Pirate Hunt 2026 has now officially come to an end. First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this year’s event another success.

This year we received logs from participants representing 10 different countries: Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Once again, the event demonstrated the international spirit of pirate radio, with listeners logging everything from Dutch medium wave pirates to European shortwave stations and even North American pirates.

Publishing the final results took considerably longer than originally planned. I would like to apologize for the delay. A busy work schedule, combined with the time required to carefully audit every submitted log and apply the same scoring rules consistently to every participant, meant that the final verification process was more extensive than expected.

The final standings have now been confirmed, and each participant will receive a personalized Pirate Hunt 2026 PDF Certificate in recognition of their participation.

Congratulations to all participants, and I hope to see you again in Pirate Hunt 2027.

73 and good DX! 🏴☠️📻

Final Standings

🥇 Eric Delattre — France

🥈 Klaus Fuchs — Germany

🥉 Achim Brückner — Germany

4. Lars Jeppesen — Sweden
5. Kari Kallio — Finland
6. Jouni Kilpinen — Finland
7. Risto Harjula — Finland
8. Peter Reuderink — The Netherlands
9. Simone Zhou — Italy
10. Hugo Matten — Belgium
11. Pekka Sorjonen — Finland
12. Hans-Joachim Pellin — Germany
13. Rafael Rodríguez — Colombia
14. Peter Duister — The Netherlands
15. Patrick Robic — Austria
16. Sergio Andreu Gracia — Spain