Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with lot of DX !!!
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

LZ2PL new one on 4m band via MS

Geminids meteor shower gave the opportunity to the ham radio society for working as many DX they can via MS on VHF and up.
Yestreday i worked Vlad LZ2PL on 4m 70.190 FSK441 mode for an new one on this band
My dxcc status now is #42 on 70mhz
Tnx Vlad for this nice qso on 4m and good luck on this band.
Bulgaria is lisenced on 4m band since 12 Augoust 2014.Bandplan for Bulgarian stations is 70.000 to 70.500 MHz and the output power is 50 W.
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

J42T CQ WW SSB CONTEST 2014

CTU 2014 SPECIAL EDITION - 6 - SEP MONTICHIARI

CONTEST UNIVERSITY ITALY SPECIAL EDITION

Saturday, 6 September, Montichiari (BS) at the Garda Exhibition Centre, there will be a special edition of the Contest University Italy !!! one of the most important event in the ham radio contest in Italy-

Mark it in your agenda!

The special edition will be dedicated to the CQWW Contest and the ICC Italian Contest Club, we will have Randy K5ZD CQWW Contest Director.

Thanks to the presence of Randy we will have an interaction with who organizes and directs CQWW the most important contest of the year.

Also after the success of our Team Italian II0HQ representative Ari in the IARU of July, we invited Giuseppe IT9BLB he will report the difficulties of management and operational strategies of a Multi Multi all over the Italian territory.

For the grand finale due to the presence of IK1HJS and promoters of the ICC we will have the presentation of the 'Italian Club Contest !!! which will be present an interesting opportunities to join this club and start to promote the Contest in Italy.

Reservation, as always via the web!

Registration to the event is Free.

Want to know more?

Visit the website http://www.contestuniversityitaly.com to see the program.

73, Stefano IK2QEI - Romeo, IK2EAD - Guido, IK2BCP

SZ5RDS/p Activation of Stroggili Islet (IOTA EU-001) & Ipsili Lighthouse during the ILLW 2014

QSP DE SV2DCD

A group of 4 hams (SV5AZP, SV5DDT, SV5DKL & SV5KKA) all members of the Radio Amateur Association of Dodecanese (http://www.sz5rds.gr), will perform a mini DXpedition to Stroggili islet (IOTA EU-001), 5nm southeast of Kastellorizo (Megisti) island, during this year's ILLW (International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend) on 16-17/08/2014.

Callsign to be used is

 

 SZ5RDS/p

Despite only military personnel is allowed on the islet, not only we managed to obtain all required permits for this operation, but we will be transferred to/from the islet by army's means.

Stroggili is a small rocky islet administrated by Megisti Municipality and its area is approximately 1 sq.km (1,5km long by up to 700m). 

A beautiful Lighthouse (named Ipsili) exists at the Southern part of Stroggili. It was originally put in service back in 1910, using oil lamp, which produced a luminosity of 20 nautical miles. It has a focal plane of 85 meters and it consists of a 6,6m high round tower. Since 1987, the Lighthouse operates automatically, solely with solar power and its current luminosity is 17 nautical miles. It is worth mentioning that before Cyprus enrolled the E.U., Stroggili islet used to be the southeasternmost part of European Union.

 

Our DXpedition will activate, in summary, the following:

 

• DXCC: SV5 (Dodecanese)
• IOTA: EU-001 (Dodecanese)
• GIOTA: DKS-001
• MIA: MGD-022
• WLOTA: L-1653
• ARLHS: GRE-123
• ILLW: TBD

Plus, we will take part in the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend.

 

The QTH Locator of Stroggili islet is: KM46TC (Maidenhead / Grid square)

 

The coordinates of the Lighthouse are:

1. 36.10992, 29.63236
2. 36° 6.595' N, 029° 37.942' E
3. 36° 06' 36" N, 029° 37' 56" E

 

Our equipment will comprise of 2 fully equipped stations running 100w, modes to be used are SSB/CW/RTTY and we will use a 3el. mini beam for 10/15/20m, a λ/4 vertical for 40m, a Fritzel FD-4 Windom for 80-10m, a 5 el. 6m yagi and a 9 el. 2m yagi.

 

QSL will be via SV5AZP. Our logs will be uploaded to eQSL.cc and Clublog, right after the end of the DXpedition.

 

Links with further info on Stroggili islet and Ipsili Lighthouse are:

 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongyli_Megistis
• http://www.faroi.com/en/megisti.htm

 

73 es hpe cu on Air

On behalf of the Team

 

Stathis, SV5DKL

AEGEAN VHF CONTEST 2014 LOGS RECEIVED TILL 18-07-2014 06:00Z

9A1CEQ
9A1I
DL2OM
E70A
E71W
HG2UK
HG6Z
IC8TEM
LY2SA
LZ1KSC
LZ5IL
LZ6T
OK1KZ
SV/YO2LLZ/P
SV02FF
SV1DPI
SV1ELI
SV1EML
SV1EQE
SV1GRD
SV1GRN
SV1MOO
SV1NK
SV1PDJ
SV1PIZ
SV1PMQ
SV1PMR
SV1QFU
SV1XV
SV2CLJ/PORTABLE
SV2FLQ
SV2FPI
SV2HJW
SV2HNH/P
SV2MCH
SV2OYE
SV3ISZ
SV3JZS
SV4/SV7QNP
SV5DKL
SV8LMQ
SV9CJO
SV9KNK
SX2IMA
SY1AQV
SZ3P
SZ6IOA
TA1BM
TA1D/3
US0LW
UW7LL/A
UZ5Q
YO2LZA
YO3FFF
YO3HEB
YO4AUL
YO4SI
YO5CRQ
YO5DAS
YO5ER
YO5PVA
YO6XK
YO7BPC
YO7HVE
YO7LBX
YT1S
YU1BBV
YU1EF
YU1RA
YU4TTT

KL7 Alaska on 6m band !!!!

An incredible qso was made this morning on 6m band with Kevin KL7KY
Kevin heard and worked around 10:10z from SV3KH beaming short path.
After this alert i run to my shack and around 10:50z KL7KY came out of nowhere with a 559 signal.
Tnx for a great new one dxcc #181 on 6m band Kevin
Watch a video of KL7KY @ SV2DCD copy

Aegean VHF and fielday contest 2014 July 5/6

Great day on 6m band with two "new one" T6DD and 6M6M

Today i worked T6DD and 6M6M for new one on 6m band
Excellent conditions with big signals from JA also
Hope the band will continue like this
For more info about 6M6M check qrz.com
73 and good luck
de SV2DCD Leonidas

GJ0JSY another new one on 4m band

Yesterday evening around 18:30z i worked on 70200 ssb the station of GJ0JSY Syd from Jersey Island
This was a new one for me and dxcc # 42 on 4m band
Info about GJ0JSY here https://www.facebook.com/groups/gj0jsy/photos/
Good luck all
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

Nice opening on 4m band after long time

Yesterday afternoon we had a nice es opening on 4m with signals from England,Spain and also 2xes to Canary islands !
Here is a video i have uploaded on youtube

Montenegro 4O/PA2CHR a new one on 4m band !

Chris PA2CHR is active 16 to 19 May from  Montenegro 4O during a dx-pedition to the Balkans.
He has a special permit to activate Montenegro on 4m.
Yesterday evening i worked Chris on 70.193 FSK441 (MS and some TROPO also) for a new one DXCC #41 on 4m band !
Tnx Chris !
Good luck all with this dx
More info about Chris activity is here
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

J42T during CQ WW WPX SSB contest

J42T Team will be qrv during CQ WW WPX SSB contest
For more info check http://www.j42t.net/
Good luck during the contest
73 de SV2DCD Leonidas

Some photos from this event

 

SX1AA @ CQ WW 160M SSB CONTEST

SX1AA - SX1AA - SX1AA
Operators SV1CNS-Vassilis , SV1EIW-Ioannis , SV1ONV-Michalis , SV1EIG-Nikos SV1ONK-John and other friends, will be active as SX1AA from Artemida (KM17XX)
GREECE , during the CQ WW 160 M CONTEST (SSB) (February 21 - 23, 2014) as a Multi-Operator: HIGH POWER. QSL via SV1CNS (direct) or SV1QXU (bureau). See http://www.qrz.com/db/SX1AA

FT5ZM team on the way to Amsterdam Isl

Happy new year 2014 my friends !
This new year starts with a great dx pedition to Amsterdam Isl which is located in the middle of Indian Ocean.
The international team is right now on the way to the island and they are qrv on 10m and 15m cw as VK6FZM/MM.
I worked them today on 15m cw
Amsterdam island  is not a new one DXCC for me but i need it many bands and modes
I have only one qso for this DXCC on 20m ssb
So good luck everyone with this DX
For more info about this dx pedition click here FT5ZM Amsterdam Island DX Pedition
CU in the pileups
73 de SV2DCD