Russian DX Contest this weekend

This weekend i will run my favourite contest the Russian one.
Please look for me on all bands 160m to 10m SSB mode with my home call.
QSL via LOTW.
See you all in the contest
de SV2DCD 

TEP is back on 70mhz

Yesterday afternoon ZS6WAB was heard with rst 59+ on 70.295
It was the first time that Willem was coming so strong on 4m band
Listen a recording of his signal in KN00PL
ZS6WAB 70mhz TEP 15-3-2012
My setup on 4m band is YAESU FT847,70W,9el long boom yagi antenna
Good luck on vhf
73 de SV2DCD

CTU CONTEST UNIVERSITY ITALY 2012

Contest University Italy 2012 took place two days ago in the city of Montichiari,Brescia Italy
I had the honor to be there and watch the excellent presentations from K5ZD,OH2UA,S50XX,IK0XBX,IK2CFR,IZ0AEG
Great organize from my good friend Stefano IK2QEI.

Cu in the next CTU
73 de SV2DCD

TRIATHLON DX CONTEST

It all started in August of 2011. That was about when it occurred to Mike, SV5BYR that a big Greek Contest was missing from international Ham Radio Contest Calendar.  By the end of September this idea became mature and so the  "Triathlon" was born! A triathlon is a multi- sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. And as you have already guessed, it is a Greek word. We had to change a bit the name to Triathlon Dx Contest to match our activity. Actually, trying here to simulate the original Triathlon athletic event, we involved three major ham radio modes, SSB, CW, RTTY. It will be a 24 hour non-stop event divided in three sections, each one devoted to a different mode. There are some tentative rules of the contest that you can take a look. It will take place every Saturday, the 1st full weekend of February, debuting on 02-02-2013.

After all, what makes this particular contest unique is the special gift for the winner! (take a look to the prize page)

In this point we have to mention all the Greek amateurs who are working to make this event alive: SV1DPI, SV1NK, SV2AGW, SV2DCD, SV5BYR, SV7JAR, SV8CS, SV8RX, SV9GPV, SV9DJO…

There is still a lot of work to be done and more details to be announced. Stay tuned!

TEP is back again on 6m

Nice TEP openings during the last evenings on 6m band
Stations from ZS,TR,TJ worked from KN00 square
Here are some spots from the DX cluster

IS0GQX         50108.0 ZS6A         599 cq cq                          1743 21 Feb   South Africa
IS0GQX         50049.9 ZS6JON       bcn 569 in JM49                    1742 21 Feb   South Africa
IS0GQX         50044.3 ZS6TWB       bcn 579 in JM49                    1741 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8GKE-@       50108.0 ZS6A         519-529 tnx                        1727 21 Feb   South Africa
SV2CXW         50107.9 ZS6A         559 73                             1715 21 Feb   South Africa
IW0BET         50110.0 ZS6AYE       59 TNX  LOTW user                  1715 21 Feb   South Africa
I6BQI          50108.3 ZS6A         CQ CW 559                          1711 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8RX-@        50110.6 ZS6AYE       Braam South africa 58 in km07ks    1709 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8MQP-@       50108.0 ZS6A         tnx cq                             1709 21 Feb   South Africa
IZ7EUH         50110.0 ZS6AYE       CQ...                              1709 21 Feb   South Africa
SV1OAA         50107.9 ZS6A         599 km17 fb                        1707 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8GKE-@       50044.4 ZS6TWB/B     km08hr-kg46rc 529                  1656 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8GKE-@       50050.0 ZS6JON       579 tep km08hr-kg33vv              1654 21 Feb   South Africa
IK0SMG         50044.0 ZS6TWB/B     599                                1653 21 Feb   South Africa
IK0SMG         50050.0 ZS6JON/B     559                                1651 21 Feb   South Africa
EA3LL-@        50044.3 ZS6TWB       589 in jn01                        1633 21 Feb   South Africa
EA3LL-@        50050.0 ZS6JON       569                                1630 21 Feb   South Africa
EA3LL-@        50110.0 ZS6A         55 in jn01                         1626 21 Feb   South Africa
EC7DZZ         50110.0 ZS6A         5/9,tnx Pierre 73s.                1626 21 Feb   South Africa
IK0SMG         50044.0 ZS6TWB/B     529                                1624 21 Feb   South Africa
SV1OAA         50050.0 ZS6JON       559 km17                           1623 21 Feb   South Africa
EA4LU          50115.0 ZS6DEK       kg55 im68  5/5                     1622 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8RX-@        50110.0 ZS6A         Pierre 59 in km07ks                1617 21 Feb   South Africa
I6BQI          50115.0 ZS6A         cq 53                              1613 21 Feb   South Africa
EA4KM          50050.0 ZS6JON       IN80BE<>KG33VV                     1610 21 Feb   South Africa

CTU Contest University in Italy 2012

Brescia Contest Group

 presents

Contest University in Italy 2012 with K5ZD and Arcala
Radio Team!

K5ZD, OH2UA, S50XX, IK2CFR, IZ0AEG

Saturday, March 10, 2012

 Event Schedule

09:30 am
Presentation of the event
by Romeo IK2EAD and Stefano IK2QEI

Hours 09:35 to 10:15
TU2T - The new adventure of the Italian Team DXpedition
Silvano, I2YSB

Hours 10:15 to 11:00
9N7MD - Nepal 2011 DXpedition
Ant, IZ8CCW - Gabriel I2VGW

Contest University in Italy

  Hours 11:00 to 11:15
Contest University in Italy - Opening
By Stefano IK2QEI, Romeo IK2EAD, Guido IK2BCP

Hours 11:15 to 12:00
SO2R and Sleep Strategy
Speaker: Randy, K5ZD

12:00 to 12:30 hours
Winning Contest   Formula "EUHFC"
Speaker: Kristjan, S50XX

Hours 12:30 to 13:15
Serious   SOAB - Radio Arcala way
Speaker: Toni, OH2UA

Hours 13:15 to 14:00
Snack Contest

Hours 14:00 to 14:15
Contest Awards 2011 CW and SSB Field Day, Memorial I0FLY
Edited by Francis IK0XBX

Hours 14:15 to 14:40
ARI Awards Contest
Edited by Roberto I2WIJ, ARI HF Contest Manager

Hours 14:40 to 15:20
Antennae Dynamics
Speaker: Fabrizio, IZ0AEG

Hours 15:20 to 16:00
Array of antennas for VHF Contesting
Speaker: Mark IK2CFR

Hours 16:00 to 16:15
Coffee Break
Hours 16:15 to 17:00
WRTC 2014
Speaker: Randy, K5ZD

Hours 17:00 to 17:45
Building up to "contest station" - Radio Arcala
Speaker: Toni, OH2UA
Hours 17:45 to 18:00
Closing of the event

Will follow at 19:30
Dinner for participants at the Boschetti Restaurant reservation at the secretariat

 

 

Italy back on 4m again

I0JX  reports

"ITALY IS ON 70 MHz. The ministerial authorization has just been released. Further news will follow"

"Beacon I0JX/B on 70.088 MHz has already been reactivated"

Congratulations for Italy on 4m.

Good luck all

73 de SV2DCD

EA8YT 4m qsl card arrived

PA2CHR new one on 4m band

The Netherlands on 4 m in 2012

All Full Class radio amateurs in The Netherlands will have access to the 4 m band from 1 January 2012. The frequency allocation is 70,0 to 70,5 MHz and with a maximum power of 50 W PEP. Cross band and duplex contacts are not permitted

https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stcrt-2011-23518.html

Happy new year 2012 !!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 !!!!
de SV2DCD

VHF Managers Handbook release

 

IARU Region 1 have released a new version of the free VHF Managers Handbook covering the VHF, UHF and Microwave bands.

Download your copy at
http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_remository&
Itemid=173&func=startdown&id=428
IARU Region 1
http://www.iaru-r1.org

Merry Christmas !

SX100A battleship G. Averof QRT

The foto was taken from my good friend Stamatis SV1EML during my qso with SX100A Battleship "Georgios Averof" while he was one of the operators for 3 days and 3 nights speciall transmitions from the ship
I worked SX100A on 5 bands and total 7 qso
For more info about SX100A visit SX100A
73 de SV2DCD

Working SV.....LONG PATH !!

The video taken from Mike SV5BYR

SX100A special celebrating call sign from Battleship " Georgios Averof "

qsp de sv2dcd

1911 - 2011 Battleship " Georgios Averof " - 100 years.

The Radio Amateur Association of Greece (RAAG) will activate the special call sign "SX100A" by participating in the celebration for the 100 years from the first day in which the Historic Battleship "Georgios Averof" joined the "Hellenic Navy".
The operation will take place from the Radio Room of "Georgios Averof" from Friday 2nd December 00:00 till Sunday 4th December 24:00, 2011.

More information:   http://www.qrz.com/db/SX100A

Tnx, 73 & good DX de SV1HER

E51MAN North Cook Islands new one # 332

Many tnx to N7OU for giving me a new one dxcc # 332 for me from North Cook Islands as E51MAN
I worked Bill this morning on 30m band
gl all with this dx
73 de SV2DCD

JIDX SSB 2011

This is my result @  JIDX Contest, Phone 2011

Call: SV2DCD
Operator(s): SV2DCD
Station: SV2DCD

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: Kastoria
Operating Time (hrs): 3:30

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  80:         
  40:         
  20:         
  15:         
  10:  198    42
-------------------
Total:  198    42  Total Score = 16,632

Club: Northern Greece Contest Team


Many thanks to all JA stations who called me

どうもありがとう 
73 de SV2DCD

CQ Worldwide DX Contest SSB 2011

This is my result during the 2011 

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: SV2DCD
Operator(s): SV2DCD
Station: SV2DCD

Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP
QTH: Kastoria
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10: 2635    40      152
------------------------------
Total: 2635    40      152  Total Score = 1,154,880

Club: Northern Greece Contest Club

Thank you everyone who called me

Cu in the next one

73 de SV2DCD

CQ WW SSB DX CONTEST 2011

Live video and audio from SV2DCD running SINGLE OPERATOR HIGH POWER 10M BAND ASSISTED

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sv2dcd#

Great TEP conditions on 6m and 4m band

70mhz TEP qso with ZS6WAB on ISCAT mode

After our last qso on 4m band with ZS6WAB via TEP on march Willem copied also yesterday around 18:00Z on 70.200 ssb calling CQ CQ with rst 44.My 70w output was not enough this time so he did not copied my signal on ssb.We completed ISCAT qso with fb copy -6db.Next time we will try on 2m band.
Good luck all with TEP on VHF

New 6m IARU R1 Band Plan

Summer is over for SV2DCD

Almost one week after my vacations i must say now that it is over....
Lot of work was waiting for me after 8 days vacations in Zakynthos island as always.The foto is taken from cape Keri in the south west part of the island.
This time there was no ham meeting in the island like every year.Anyway i had eyeball qso for a couple of minutes with my friends SV8RV Denis,SV8AXZ Takis and SV8CS Spiros who won the 2011 6m marathon.
Also qso on 70cm local qrg with SV8RX George and SV8YM Tasos
Tasos had once again in his great laboratory my YAESU FT-847 and made a great job on it after a problem caused by continuous PTT

 It is very impressive to know that the final RF transistors are ok after you see this damage !! I must say that the shack was full of smoke after this fire on the filters and the relays.Well done YAESU on the RF transistors hihi
 Now is time for some work on the antenna farm.The CQWW SSB contest is coming.I have to put a 2el delta loop for 80m band and also to repair some of the beverage antennas.Anyone for help ??? hihi

73 de SV2DCD Leo

AEGEAN VHF CONTEST 2011 LOGS RECEIVED (4 AUG 2011)

DL2OM
EA3FHP
EA8BPX
HA5CW
HG6Z
J48S
LY2SA
LZ1V
LZ2ZY
LZ3RX
LZ5IL
OE6HLF
SP4/DL3BQA
SV1AAK/8/P
SV1EIW
SV1EN
SV1FYX
SV1OBY
SV2FLQ
SV2IPF
SV2JAO/P
SV4CDB
SV5BYR
SV5DKL
SV7HRJ
SV8/SV9FBP
SV8CS
SW1JCO
SW1KYQ
SW1MNE
SW1MNF
SW1MOO
SW1MRV/P
SW1NJW
SW1OBT
SW1ONE
SW1ONL
SW1PBH
SW1QEC
SW1QED
SW1QEY
SW2HTI
SW3PGW
SW5KKR
SY1AQN
SY7SOG
SZ1EETT
SZ3P
SZ7TRC
SZ8XIO
UW5W
YO2KDT
YO5DAS
YO5KER/P
YO6XK
YT1V
YT7C

1st Greek Telegraphy Club (G.T.C.) CW Cup

Aim of the contest:      To contact members of the Greek Telegraphy Club (G.T.C.) in CW mode and to promote

                                         CW mode to the Radio Amateur community

Contest Period:             Saturday, 24 September 2011 - 12:00UTC until Sunday, 25 September 2011 - 12:00UTC

Modulation:                   Exclusively CW (A1A)

Συχνότητες λειτουργίας: 80m (3.520Mhz – 3.530Mhz)

                                              40m (7.020Mhz – 7.030Mhz)

                                              20m (14.030Mhz – 14.060Mhz)

                                              15m (21.030Mhz – 21.060Mhz)

                                              10m (28.030Mhz – 28.060Mhz)

                                              The above working bandwidths are recommended by the G.T.C. , but all CW QSOs

                                              in accordance with the official band plans will be considered valid

Categories:                          A. SOAB (Single Operator, All Bands, regardless of power output to the antenna

                                                    input)

                                               B. SOAB/QRP (Single Operator, All Bands, power output to the antenna input

                                                    limited to 5W PEP). Stations participating in this category are obliged to send

                                                    /QRP after their callsign (e.g. SV5DKL/QRP)

RST:             G.T.C. Members: RST + GTC + 3-digit member number (e.g. for G.T.C. member nr. 28 the sent  

                                                     report should be 599 GTC 028)

                      Non-members : RST + Serial No. staring from 001

Who to work: Everyone may work everyone, but just once per each band. Participating members of the         

                          G.T.C. should take part under their own callsign and not under any special callsign

QSO Points: QSOs with G.T.C. members         : 10 points

                       QSOs with non-G.T.C. members : 1 point

Multipliers: Each QSO with a G.T.C. member per band counts for one (1) multiplier. For instance, if you work

                      the same G.T.C. member in three (3) different bands, then this counts for three (3) multipliers

Total Score: The total score is calculated by the sum of QSO points (as described above) multiplied by the

                       multiplier total

Log submission: Electronic logs of your participation should be e-mailed at latest by 30 October 2011 to  

                               the European Communications Manager of G.T.C. , Stathis Maliakis - SV5DKL to the

                               following e-mail address: sv5dkl@rho.forthnet.gr

                               At the field of your e-mail you must write the callsign used as well as the

                               category of participation (Α ή Β). For instance, SV5DKL - Category A

                               Valid logs will be considered those that will have been received up to the above mentioned

                               date and that will be fully completed (the logs should contain at least the following data for

                               each QSO: Date, UTC, Callsign, Band, Mode, RST sent, Serial No. sent, RST received,

                               Serial No. received)

                               There is no special software developed yet for logging GTC CW Cup QSO data, so logs of the

                               following formats will be accepted:

                               ADIF, Cabrillo , .csv , .xls , .txt , .dat (dBase) , .wl (Writelog for Windows).

                               Also, hand-written logs sent by mail with postal signature up to 30 October 2011 will be

                               accepted, as long as they, too, contain at least the required data mentioned above for each

                               QSO  

                               All hand-written logs should be mailed to the following address:

                               Efstathios Maliakis, SV5DKL, 2, G. Georgiadi str., GR-85100, Analipsi, Rhodes, Greece.

                               All submitted logs must clearly mention the details of the participating station

                               (Callsign, Name/Surname of the station's licensee and postal address) as well as the

                               following sentence:

                               ΄΄I hereby state responsibly that my participation to the 1^st G.T.C. CW Cup is fully complied

                               with the rules and conditions set by the G.T.C. CW Cup committee and with the

                               permissions and restrictions defined for my station's radio amateur license. Furthermore,

                               I will wholeheartedly accept the results and decisions of the 1st G.T.C. CW Cup Committee"

Results:                The official results of the 1^st G.T.C. CW Cup will be published during the Greek Hamfest 2012

                               which will be possibly held in the first weekend of June 2012

                               The results and decisions of the G.T.C. CW Cup Committee are final and no objections will be

                               considered

Awards:                Top scorer of category Α. SOAB (regardless if he is a G.T.C. member or not) will be awarded

                               with a 30 cm. height cup with a commemorative plaque

                               Top scorer of category Β. SOAB/QRP (regardless if he is a G.T.C. member or not) will be

                               awarded with a 18 cm. height cup with a commemorative plaque

                               All stations that will submit their logs will receive a commemorative lapel pin for their

                               participation in the 1^st G.T.C. CW Cup

Vy 73s & 55s

Efstathios Maliakis, SV5DKL , GTC #028

European Communications Manager - Greek Telegraphy Club

SX0A Special Callsign for Special Olympics

 "SX0A" Special Callsign, for Special Olympics

On 2004, seven years ago, 125 GReek radio amateurs, participated in a unique Special Call activity, for the Olympic Games ATHENS 2004. During this historical operation we have managed 146,731 QSOs on SSB, CW, RTY, PSK31 and SSTV mode in 10 bands. Also 202 DXCC countries from all 40 zones took the message of friendship and the Olympic spirit from our operators via GReek Bureau.

 

RUNNING SCHEDULE:

 For first time ever, Radio Amateurs with SV0 prefix,  ie hams who visit GReece will participate in a Special Event Station Activity. 
The Special Call is SX0A, and this is the missing Callsign from our previous activity "OLYMPIC GAMES ATHENS 2004".
The project will be supported by few SV operators to "fill the blanks" of time, equipment and also bureaucracy.
  We will be OTA during the Games from Opening to  Closing Ceremony, ie from 25th of June to 4th of July 2011 in the following QRGs:

QRGs (+-QRM) 

	160	80	40	30	20	17	15	12	10	6	4	2
SSB	1855.0	3785.0	7155.0		14255.0	18155.0	21255.0	24955.0	28455.0	50155.0	70200.0	144295.0
Digi	1839.0	3589.0	7039.0	10089.0	14089.0	18109.0	21089.0	24929.0	28109.0	50219.0		144369.0
CW	1822.5	3502.5	7002.5	10102.5	14002.5	18072.5	21002.5	24892.5	28002.5	50102.5

We encourage every SV ham, to activate and Special Calls with prefix SY2011 and suffix their personal Callsign suffix, eg SY2011HRJ of SV7HRJ.

Operators:
SV0XAJ, SV0XAO, SV0XBA, SV0XBJ, SV2DCD, SV2GNC, SV2GWY, SV3DCX, SV7JAR_

QSLn:

  - The entire log will be uploaded on qsl.net, this blog and eQSL

 - If you want to use the direct way, sent to Demetrius SV2GWY a SAE (Self Addresed Envelope) with sufficient postage fee (2GSs or 1 IRC), or even better ONLY a SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope)

 - via Bureau is under negotiations with the SV Administration. 

(HPE 2 B supported)



AWARDs

 GOLDEN : QSOs in at least 9 days, regardless band or mode

 BRONZE : QSOs in at least 7 days, regardless band or mode

  SILVER  : QSOs in at least 5 days, regardless band or mode

PSE first confirm the QSOs from the on line log and if you wish to get our AWARD, send your Application and a Self Addressed Label among with 10.-(e) or equal to SV2GWY

from Wikipedia :

  Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organisation for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries. Every day, somewhere around the world, Special Olympics athletes are training and competing. Alternating between summer and winter, the Special Olympics World Games are held every two years. Often the Games are the largest sporting event to take place in the World that year. There are also local, national and regional competitions in over 175 countries worldwide.
History
The first International Special Olympics Summer Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1968. Anne McGlone Burke, a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park District, began with the idea for a one-time Olympic-style athletic competition for people with special needs. Burke then approached Eunice Kennedy Shriver, head of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, to fund the event. Shriver encouraged Burke to expand on the idea and the JPK Foundation provided a grant of $25,000. More than 1,000 athletes from across the United States and Canada participated. At the Games, Shriver announced the formation of Special Olympics. Shriver’s sister, Rosemary Kennedy, underwent a lobotomy in an effort to alter her personality. The brain damage inflicted by the operation caused a severe permanent intellectual disability. This disability is often credited as Shriver's inspiration to form the Special Olympics.
In June 1962, Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a day camp, known as Camp Shriver, for children with intellectual disabilities at her home in Potomac, Maryland.^[1] Using Camp Shriver as an example, Shriver promoted the concept of involvement in physical activity and competition opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. Camp Shriver became an annual event, and the Kennedy Foundation (of which Shriver was Executive Vice President) gave grants to universities, recreation departments and community centers to hold similar camps.
In 1971, The U.S. Olympic Committee gave the Special Olympics official approval to use the name “Olympics”.^[1]
The first International Special Olympics Winter Games were held in February 1977 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.^[1]
In 1988, the Special Olympics was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[1]
In 1997, Healthy Athletes became an official Special Olympics initiative, offering health information and screenings to Special Olympics athletes worldwide.^[1].^[2]
In 2003 the first Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held outside of the United States took place in Dublin Ireland. Approximately 7000 athletes from 150 countries competed over 18 disciplines. The Dublin games were also the first to have their own opening and closing ceremonies broadcast live, performed by President of Ireland Mary McAleese. Most significantly the 2003 Games dramatically changed the perceptions and attitudes of society regarding the abilities and limitations of people with intellectual disabilities. The Opening Ceremony of the 2003 Games has been described by President of Ireland Mary McAleese as "a time when Ireland was at its superb best".^[3]
On October 30, 2004, President George W. Bush signed into law the "Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act," Public Law 108-406. The bill authorized funding for its Healthy Athletes, Education, and Worldwide Expansion programs.^[4] Co-sponsored by Representatives Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Harry Reid (D-NV), the bills were passed by unanimous consent in both chambers.

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