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Kees PC1I
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Formerly known as PE2KM...

HF SSB, Older digimodes, AX25, Utility SWL.
FTdx10 FT-991A FT-817ND FTM-300DE VX6E. Airspy & Spyverter.
3D printing, Ender 3Pro & 5Pro.

Followers with hardly radio related content or acting as political billboards = ploink...
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My silly evening project last week turned out well! ❤️

Super cheap, ready assembled touch key for the KX2 and KX3.

Needs a bit of refining, but the first spin works well!

#elecraft #kx2 #kx3 #cw #portable #sota #pota #qrp
January 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Good FT8 reception today on 12m. Mostly with WSJT-X Improved V3.0, but also partly with MSHV 2.76.4 and standard WSJT-X 2.7. The antenna is a TF2D, Diamond WD330S, and the receiver is the FTdx10.

Just because i can...
😆
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Am I the only Windows and Linux user who sees huge differences in the number of FT8 decodes in Linux (LMDE) compared to Windows 11? Same PC, same set, same settings, and in a full waterfall, Linux decodes between 7 and 10 per pass, Windows between 35 and over 40...
#ft8
January 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
December 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The nights are getting shorter, summer is in sight...
a cartoon panda is laying on the floor next to a fan .
ALT: a cartoon panda is laying on the floor next to a fan .
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Here's the latest status for the amateur radios on the ISS.

The RS-38S SSTV event continues until Saturday.
December 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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HF DX band conditions and 24h forecast powered by AI, updated every 10 minutes, always on https://grafana.gafner.net/goto/xBW9YOWDg?orgId=1 #hamradio #HFPropagation
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Time to waste some time receiving HFDL messages. It's always fun to keep up a bit.
Using MultiPSK for it with the FTdx10.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:

Eric Clapton
Black Slate
Jeff Healy
Big Country
Santana
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:

Alas. I have only ever been to 4!

The Spinners (I was very young and got dragged along!)
Penetration
Rolling Stones
The Damned
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have been to:

David Bowie
Mott the Hoople
Focus
Fairport Convention
Gary Numan
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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ARISS is excited to premier a new video all about Amateur Radio on the International Space Station!

Thanks to Nichole Ayers who recorded this during her time on the International Space Station

Join us Tuesday 02-December on YouTube.com/ARISSlive for the big reveal!
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Connected a BME280 sensor to the #Meshcore transceiver Heltec V4.
SDA goes to GPIO 17
SCL goes to GPIO 18
Vcc = 3.3v

Needs some calibration 😄

#hamradio #hamr #AmateurRadio #868MHz #prepping #Weather #temperature #pressure #humidity
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
24-hour FT8 reception on 80 meters. I don't think it's bad at all; the antenna used is a Diamond WD330S T2FD antenna. Ultimately, it uses no more than 2 x 10.5 meters of wire in a folded dipole, resulting in a span of less than 10 meters with a dummy load terminating resistor.
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Pirate radio

Elbows up

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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”

The SpaceX-built spy satellites are helping the NRO greatly expand its satellite surveillance capabilities
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries.
arstechnica.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Tonight, Dwingeloo radio telescope will be featured in the musical piece "Le noir de l'étoile," which will be performed in Freiburg. We will transmit the ticking of pulsar B0329+54 live to the concert hall, where six percussionists will take over the pulsar's rhythm.
Vanavond speelt de radiotelescoop mee in het muziekstuk "Le noir de l'étoile", dat in Freiburg wordt uitgevoerd. Wij sturen live het tikken van pulsar B0329+54 door naar de concertzaal, waar zes percussionisten het ritme van de pulsar overnemen. www.rtvdrenthe.nl/nieuws/17957...
Bijzonder moment voor Radiotelescoop Dwingeloo: 'Tweehonderd mensen luisteren naar het ritme van het restant van een ontplofte ster'
De historische radiotelescoop speelt vandaag een bijzondere rol in een internationaal muziekproject.
www.rtvdrenthe.nl
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Short travel video from my trip to the #rsgb #convention and #bletchley #park earlier in October www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U9M...
RSGB Convention 2025 Travel Blog M9LVY & LB4FH
YouTube video by LB4FH portable radio
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October 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The better half has been lounging on the couch for about two days now, watching nothing but crime shows on the BBC. Given the number of murders in the series, you'd think there would be about 16,384 murder cases a day across the Channel. Where else do they get their inspiration?
😎
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Last year I was asked to pull an old radio out of a loft near here.
Turned out to be a HRO from WW2. It had a rusted away lethal power supply and a wooden speaker full of wood worm. I spent the morning building a PSU/Speaker for it from junk. Switched it on and it works after a fashion.
October 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Expect quite geomagnetic condx for CQWWSSB. Looking good for DX on higher bands grafana.gafner.net/goto/hhxK1pg... is.gd/5WLoHJ #hamradio #cqwwssb #hfpropagation #spacewx #spaceweather
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Combining 2 hobbies again today...
3Dprinting an enclosure for a NanoVNA.

#3dprinting #ender3pro #nanovna
September 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It seems like they're just winging it...
🤓
September 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Weekend 6 from the 9 planned this year. On a camping site where a lot of friends are joining us over the weeks to make some music every Saturday. Time flies...
August 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM