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