MAYDAY from the airwaves: Belarus begins a death penalty purge of radio amateurs
(steanlab.medium.com)
History repeats itself. This is East Germany all over again.
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Fucking insane, and very sad.
I recall that during the cold war, US intelligence agencies were worried that American hams might be sending secrets to amateurs in the USSR. They commissioned some report and the findings were basically "The only thing these nerds talk about are signal reports and radio equipment".
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Holy shit, that's grim. I was waiting for something to tell me it was satire. It is not.
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On second thought, maybe I won't get my license...
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Holy fucking shit.
We need another October Revolution in Russia
The Soviet Union should reform starting in Russia and Belarus. Seriously!
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As a ham, that's terrifying.
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