J42T @ 2008 CQ WW RTTY CONTEST

This is the score from J42T @ 2008 CQ WW RTTY CONTEST running from the beautifull contest site of SV2BFN.

Q Pt StP DX Z hr
J42T(@SV2BFN) 2274 5435 99 258 83 48 Total score 2,391,400

Operators were : SV2BFN,SV2DGH,SV2HNC,SV2KBS and myself

More info about J42T at www.j42t.com

Cu @ 2008 CQ WW SSB

Good luck all de SV2DCD Leo

South Africa 4m band activity

ZS6NK Paul reports that a new 4m beacon will run in October.The beacon will beam North.More info soon.

Sun spot-free !!!

Eight months with almost no sunspots !!
Read the article from New Scientist space at
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14652-suns-face-virtually-spotfree-for-months.html

DXrobot update

Allard PE1NWL keeper of the DXrobot reports :

Dear DXrobot user,

You may have noticed that the DXrobot service has been down for some days.This was caused by a server crash last week, and it took me several daysto replace the disk and get all software reinstalled.

Fortunately everything is working fine again.I used the opportunity to also replace the mailing list manager softwareby a more secure software package (Mailman) that also offers moreflexibility.

The new mailing list manager can be reached at http://gooddx.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo

Enjoy!

73Allard - PE1NWL

The DXrobot - Gouda - The Netherlands

SV/A Mount Athos.Broadband access with WIMAX connection !

from http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=929936&lngDtrID=252

WiMAX pilot network of OTE in Mount Athos is true. Already the first users connected using WiMAX wireless network for broadband access.The pilot network provides services and broadband IP telephony (VoIP).Achieving these services took place in an area extremely difficult, with limited infrastructure in roads, transport and communications, and lack of established power grid.Overall, 6 base stations installed on the scope of the network will reach 50 kilometres, covering the majority of Skiton and monasteries of Mount Athos, almost throughout the Peninsula. The WiMAX network which has been implemented has the capacity to 60 Mbps (both directions).

The WiMAX base stations emit OTE in spectral band of 3,5 GHz which have been awarded in OTE by EETT.

In the initial stage of operation, currently underway, have already signed the first users both at Mount Athos and the Isle Ammouliani and the region of Ierissos with wireless broadband access. Also, users in Karyes enjoy ADSL services through interconnected in WiMAX special equipment (DSLAM).

Among users of the network include 6 large monasteries, Athoniada School and the Holy Epistasia of Athonikis State.

The findings so far from the operation of the WiMAX network to Mount Athos is encouraging because the system has operated smoothly even in extremely bad weather.

The time has come !

The time for summer vacations has come!At the moment i am in Athens.Will stay here for a couple of days and then will travel to Zakynthos island (Zante) IOTA EU-052.I travel to Zakynthos for summer vacations since i was born.Every year!Sometimes for a week,sometimes more.Zakynthos is in my heart ! I love this island!The reason that i visit Zakynthos for summer vacations every year is because my grandmother has Zakynthian origin.Her maiden house is in great shape there!Will stay on the island for 10 days this time.I bring with me a YAESU FT847 with a 5band dipole antenna for HF and a 10el DK7ZB 2m antenna.Also an ICOM IC2350 VHF/UHF transceiver for fm local chat with my good friends in Zakynthos SV8CS,SV8RX,SV8RV,SV8AXZ etc
Hope to hear you on the air
73 de SV2DCD Leo

SV3GKE/B new Beacon on 1296.803

From http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1810

Paolo, IK7UXW, like to inform that from next week he'll be active in VHF and 23 cm from KM08HQ at 1150 asl.
During this 2 Weeks operation me and SV3GKE Mike we are installing a new Beacon on 1296.803 with 4 Watts and 10 element at 320°.
The Beacon is experimental and will be SV3GKE/B for few month after this period we will recive the New Beacon Callsign from the Greek Government.
Regards Paolo IK7UXW.
LATEST NEWS from DXC,
dated 2008-08-04:0741 i3ldp(jn55) 144300.0 SV8/IK7UXW KM08HR ssb and cw

Monster antenna 9el 24m boom on 28mhz !!! by Erik PD1DX

My good friend Willy PA3EVY just send me photos from new antenna 9el 24m boom for 10m band built by Erik PD1DX !!

More info about Erik's setup is here www.pd1dx.com

HAMFEST LARISSA 2008

AEGEAN VHF CONTEST 2008

The AEGEAN VHF CONTEST is over with a new personal record !!

I completed 96 qso's on 2m ssb and many dxcc's in the log --SV,SV9,YU,S5,9A,E7,4O,HA,OM,LZ,YO,TA,9H--

The weekend started great! Excellent weather conditions and thewRADIO CLUB OF KASTORIA team was all ready for the contest.The members were Steve SV2RM,Lakis SV2FNH, Dimitris SV2/VA2EEB and myself SV2DCD all /p.

Every member had their setup ready to begin the contest on time. SV2RM with 4 antennas DK7ZB homemade 19el each for 432mhz, SV2/VA2EEB with 5el F9FT for 6m band and myself with 2 antennas (2m band 17el CUSHCRAFT w/10m boom. Lakis SV2FNH was on the logistic (souvlaki,tzatziki,beer etc.. hihihi)

The contest site was located in grid squjare KN00LI at 1800m asl about 1 hour away from the qth. Everything went according to schedule and by 12:30z on Saturday we were ready to install our setup. We first started with the two 2m antennas. We then connected them to the splitter and a small 200W mosfet linear amplifier around 200w connected directly to the splitter for minimal coupling losses and removing any unecessary cable losses.

A 3m cable was used as a driving element from my YAESU FT-847 transceiver to the amplifier. I acheived a SWR 1:1.2 and was ready to go!

The 432mhz were next. The four 19el antennas were installed quickly with the help of the entire team on a 10m mast connected to a KENWOOD TS-2000 via a splitter.

Then the 6m band antenna (5el F9FT on a 6m mast) was connected to the same tranceiver.

At 14:00z Saturday afternoon we were on the air. I acheived the first qso on 2m with YT2L from KN03EH. Around 20:42, LZ5QD was logged and I decided to put the PTT down for the night and took some much needed rest.

By sunday morning, with the help of some strong coffe,I had a great time making some good dx's during the morning tropospheric propagation.

Bingo !! At 02:25z OM8A was logged!

Some good propagation openings during Sunday with my first dxcc's from KN00LI thanks to TA1D and 9H1XT.

Total qso's 96! I am looking forward to another great year!

73's de SV2DCD!!

SV2DCD/P @ AEGEAN VHF CONTEST this weekend

This weekend i will be qrv on 144mhz from Mnt.Grammos 1800m asl qra locator KN00LI for the AEGEAN VHF CONTEST and July VHF/UHF/SHF Field day Contest 2008.

PSE STATIONS FROM 9A,S5,I,Z3,ZA,YU,4O,T9,OE,OM,OK,LZ,YO,UT, look for me.Excellent takeoff to these directions

My portable equipment :

Ant : 2x17el CUSHCRAFT

Rig : YAESU FT847

RF Power : 250w

Good luck to the stations qrv.Hope to hear you all !

WSE and 70MHz report from ON7EH

I had an email from Michel ON7EH with a link to his web site.
On 25-06 he added screenshots about his 1st 4m Rx experience with an indoor folded dipole and the WSE converters.
He copied my signal on 70.208 during e sporadic.You can see my signal in the screenshots above.
Michel writes in his web site

On the 25th of June, I was lucky enough to catch my first 4m Es opening with the SDR. The setup was very basic and consisting of the WSE modules connected to an attic mounted folded dipole (under the roof) for 70MHz.The signals were strong enough for the 70MHz WSE converter input to be well visible and easily decodable.(all in SSB) There is no LNA in the line so the NF is probably around 10dB.The 4m band is not allowed for ham transmission in Belgium by the local regulator so here follows my SWL-report in a visual way. One of the reasons is, no doubt the still active data signals (from taxi's) on the band, on discrete frequencies such as 70.150 and 70.175MHz.I read on the web that these data signals are often heard on Es openings... so now, one knows, where they originate from. They are quite loud, north of Brussels in JO20FV.You can easily spot the data signals on the left hand side of the following screenshot: (taken with an uncalibrated, non-optimised Linrad 02.47 so eg. the smart blanker was not operational)

On 70.175MHz and some 12kHz wide, the data signals cannot be missed. A similar data carrier is located 25kHz lower on 70.150MHz. Resulting key clicks from these carriers can be seen up and around 70.2MHz.The following stations were heard during the above opening and their signals can be seen from the screenshot::-70.190: IOJX (Tony in JN61GW)-70.195: IK0SMG-70.204: ???-70.208: SV2DCD (he was heard for long periods around 18:20 and back on 19:00 with good signals)
Here is another screenshot from the Greek station showing his extremely loud signals in Belgium...

Enrico, IK0BZY was heard calling CQ four, only twice
I was surprised to see the many stations centered around Rome, active on 4m!

Michel's nice web site with plenty of information is http://users.skynet.be/on7eh/index.htm

73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

CY0X Sable Island New one on 6m band !

This afternoon around 16:10z i worked on 6m band 50.108 CW the station CY0X from Sable Island new one for me in this band.
This 6m an 2m dx pedition is taking place from June 25th to July 7h.
For more info about the dx pedition and online log check the website
http://cy0x.com/cy0x/

Good luck all with this dx on VHF !

CN3A 1 year of Contesting ! The history on Youtube by IK2QEI !

The history of the contest station that my good friends IK2SGC Matteo-IK2QEI Stefano and SV8CS Spiros have create and organize so well is now on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycm_mv6swyE

FJ5DX St Barthelemy New one on 6m band !

Yesterday i worked on 6m band 50.115 SSB 16:30Z the station FJ5DX Phil from St.Barthelemy island.New one for me on 6m band !

For details about FJ5DX check http://www.50mhz.fr/

Good luck all on 6m

2008 WHITE TOWER DX TEAM DX EVENTS

SV2FPU reports

LADIES & GENTLEMENI WOULD LIKE TO INVITE U, AS A CHIEF OF WTDXT, IN HF RADIOAMATEUR FREQUENCIES,IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE WITH US THE FOLLOWING DX EVENTS.WISHES FROM GREECE TO U AND YRS!

1st EVENTPERIOD : 29 JUNE-6 JULY 2008
CALL SIGN : S Y 7 5 N W
SCOPE : CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF HELLENIC NAVAL WEEK
QTH ACTIVITY: LIGHTHOUSE MEG.EMVOLO (ARLHS NR GRE - 096)
QRA LOC : KN 10 JL
OPERATORS : WTDXT MEMBERS PLUS SV1ENG, SV2GNQ
QSL : SV2HPP
BANDS/MODES : ALL HF (ALSO 6M)
WEB PAGE : www.whitetowerdxt.com2nd


EVENTPERIOD : 30 AUG - 5 SEP 2008
CALL SIGN : SX8WT
SCOPE : ANNUALY WTDXT IOTA DXPEDITION TO ALONISSOS ISLAND
QTH : IOTA EU-072, GIOTA NAS - 065, WLOTA NR 4091
QRA LOC : KM19WD
OPERATORS : WTDXT MEMBERS PLUS SV1ENG, SV2GNQ
BANDS/MODES : ALL
WEB PAGE : www.whitetowerdxt.com

BEST OF LUCK
73GIANNIS
CHIEF WTDXT
SV2FPU

Lighthouse Activation Trikeri - SY4LH

The following Greek radio-amateurs

SV4AAQ Dimitris
SV4AFY Katerina
SV4FFF Kostas
SV4FFK Thanasis
SV4FFL Kostas
SV4JYI Panagiotis
SV4LAX George

will activate the Trikeri Lighthouse, with identification number ARLHS GRE-128.

Along with the expedition operators, the following radio-amateurs will participate for one day out of the two planned for the expedition:

SV4FFB John
SV4FFE George
SV4FFI John
SV4JYK Sotiris
SW4JYL Nikos
SW4LAD Dimitris

It is the first time that the specific lighthouse will be activated,
for radio-amateur purposes!!!

The Trikeri Lighthouse activation will take place during the first weekend of
July (5 & 6 July 2008), with the special callsign SY4LH.
The lighthouse is situated on Point Kavoulia, about a ten-minute hike from the Geroplina Settlement of Trikeri, in the Gulf of Pagasetikos.

Locator: 39.05.77N 23.03.05E
Gridsquare: KM19MC

You will be able to hear us on all bands,
160m-2m in such modes as
CW, SSB, PSK, RTTY, SSTV.

Initial estimates on the equipment status, have come to
HF Rigs: ICOM IC-737A, ICOM IC-706MKIIG, ICOM IC- 725, YAESU FT-757GX
VHF Rigs: ICOM IC-910 (for VHF use, in order to enable colleagues to run up points for the Aegean VHF Contest, that will be taking place that weekend),
Kenwood D710 (APRS), Kenwood D700 (DX Cluster),
Power Supply Units: 2 X Power Generators SGC950, Samlex 25A, Feroe 30A, Amarad 50A
Antennas: Pair HF Extended Double Zeppelin 20+20m with open wire 450 Ohm,
Single Dipole 40m (G5RV), single Vertical HF SpiderBeam 18m Fiberglass Pole,
Pair Mnt. Coupler RUN4 1KW, single Ant. Coupler 200w, 3 PC with Logger32.

QSL Manager: SV4FFK

Website Info: www.sz4srm.gr/SY4LH

Should you require further information or clarification, please contact Costas SV4FFL on: +30 6945 886306 or via email: sv4ffl@raag.org

4m band beacons on Google Earth

Great job from Nigel G7CNF

Download http://g7cnf.me.uk/Downloads/4m_Beacons.kmz and you will see all the 4m band beacons on Google Earth

OY3JE 4m qso now online

Those two mp3 files are my qso on 4m with OY3JE recorded

http://www.qsl.net/sv2dcd/oy3je4m.mp3

http://www.qsl.net/sv2dcd/oy3jecqcq4m.mp3

1st one is the report from Jan to me and reverse and the 2nd is Jan calling cq cq while LX2LA on the some qrg

QRB is 3.060 km

My setup on 4m band :

YAESU FT-847

Antenna 9el DK7ZB homemade 10m boom

CT Portugan again on 4m band

QSP from www.on4kst.com chat

SV8CS Spiros writes at 14:16 z

From today on 29. 5. 2008 the Portuguese radioamateurs are again licenced by Anacom to use the 4m band
This time with new allocation and secondary basis:

- 70,156 MHz- 70,286 MHz

with 100 W EIRP

Great news for 4m in Portugal,Madeira,Azores! Get ready all !

OY3JE Faroe Island new one on 4m band

Yesterday at 17:53z i worked on 70.205 ssb OY3JE.This is a new dxcc for me on 4m and also 1st ever qso on 4m band between OY and SV.QRB is 3060 km.Jan also worked SV8CS and today morning he worked J49K on 70.200cw and SV5BYR on the same qrg !!! Reall great qso's on 4m !!! Once again tnx my friend Jan !!

73 all de SV2DCD Leonidas

JAPAN on 6m band this morning

This morning around 07:20z i worked on 6m band 50.105 cw JH4IUO with rst 559 both ways.1st JA on 6m band for me this year.From early morning videos from east (49.750) was very strong.Also my signal reported from UN8GC

Spot from DX SUMMIT

UN8GC 50102.0 SV2DCD 559 in MN83 now. CW


Good luck all
de SV2DCD Leonidas

ES3BR Estonia New one on 4m band

Today around 11:31z i worked on 4m band frequency 70.200 ssb the Estonian station ES3BR Heino.It was a difficult qso because from his direction when the band is open i have extremly strong signals from OIRT TV stations making qrm with signals up to s9.I heard ES3BR with 52 and he gave me 55.Nice new one dxcc on 4m and also 1st ever qso on 4m band between SV and ES . Tnx Heino !!

GU6EFB Guernsey New one on 4m band

This afternoon around 13:00z i worked on 4m band 70.200 SSB mode the station GU6EFB Keith from Guernsey.Report was 55 both ways.This is my first qso on 4m band with this DXCC and also 1st ever qso on 4m band between SV and GU.Tnx my friend Keith and good luck all with the es openings

SX24 MACEDONIA

SX24 MACEDONIA

CENTURIES FROM BIRTH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN PELLA NORTH GREECE

* * * 14/6/2008 ~ 22/6/2008 * * *

This is a Special Call, celebratring (almost) 24 centuries from Alexander's the Great birth (mid July 356BC), in Pella (ancient Northern GReece).
There are also, other 19 special Calls with same perfix (SX24..) and for suffix, Counties abbreviations of nowdays GReece, where arheologists discovered Macedonians Tombs and monuments.
For example in "IMA" = IMAthia, were found Macedonian Tombs "Pringipas", "Anthemion", "Kriseos", "Sholi (school) Aristotelis Mieazas" ancient sity Verginas.
All the SX24... calls will be QRV all days, evrey day, from 14th to 22nd of June, from 6 to 160m with on SSB, RTTY, BPSK and CW modes.

The Special Calls are:

SX24 DRM (DRaMa)

SX24 ELI (ELIas)

SX24 EVI (EVIa)

SX24 EVR (EVRos)

SX24 FLR (FLoRina)

SX24 HLK (HaLKidiki)

SX24 IMA (IMAthia) #EPC:

SX24 KLK (KiLKis)

SX24 KMT (KoMoTini)

SX24 KVL (KaVaLa)

SX24 KYK (KYKlades)

SX24 KZN (KoZaNi)

SX24 LRS (LaRiSa)

SX24 MGN (MaGNesia)

SX24 PEL (PELla)

SX24 PIE (PIEria)

SX24 SRS (SeRreS)

SX24 TSL (TheSaLoniki)

SX24 VIO (VIOtia)

SX24 XAN (XANthi)

You may find yourself in the LOG http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?sx24ima

If you want to locate the area in earth-google, use this link: http://aprs.he.fi/?call=sx24ima&mt=m&z=11&timerange=21600

More about awards and details on : http://www.sx24macedonia.gr

RF Noise Identification

Ken Alexander, VE3HLS

The RF Noise Identification Website

Identify the RFI that interferes with your reception

Check the website http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/rfi-noise/

SV9 Crete Isl New one on 4m band

Yesterday evening i worked on 4m band 70.200 jt6m for new one SV9GPV my friend George.Tnx George.Cu all during the next es opening on 6m,4m and 2m band!
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

First es on 4m band for this season

I worked on 4m band yesterday around 12:00z

LX1FX SSB 59++
G3VYF SSB 57
PE1MZS 57 crossband (rx 50.170mhz)
PA5DD 57 crossband (rx 50.170mhz)

News from I0JX

http://www.ariroma.it/70contest.html

70-MHz and Cross-band ContestSunday, June 15th 2008

1st DXCC on 2m in GREECE !!!

Two more entities and total 103 for my friend SV8CS in the ARRL 2m DXCC list.

This brings Spiros to 5th place worldwide and 1st DXCC on 2m in GREECE

Congratulations again Spiros !!

Italy on 70 MHz during 2008

From www.70mhz.org

By Tony I0JX

The authorization for a second 70 MHz ham-radio experimental campaign in Italy has been granted on April 30th 2008. Its validity lasts until December 31st 2008. The technical parameters and the operational conditions are the same as for the year-2007 experimental cycle. The I0JX/B beacon operating from Rome on 70,088 MHz has been re-activated.


For Italy 70.100 - 70.200 and 70.300, +/- 25 Khz, 25 watt EIRP.