SV5/IZ4AKS at SZ5RDS club station....

 

Giorgio and his wife tonight have visit our club station at Rhodes town. Some QSOs for Giorgio and then lot of drink and bla bla with local hams.

Thanks for visit and wait for you at 
KM36VC.

It's really Magic Band...

Last night between my QSLing and 6m monitoring as I promise to my friends at South America I decide to finish the CW keyer interface for my good friend Markos SV5PFC. It take me about 20 minutes over coffee to finish it so, I call him to pass from my shack to take it.
No big things until that time at 6m except Spyros (SV8CS) incredible DX Cluster spots entries for 6m. !
One hour later Markos came and he ask me to make a demonstration for software settings and macro purposes.  I connect CW keyer  to my FT-2000 and hit the F1 key (CQ) on my keyboard.... Few seconds later I hear at 50.110 PY1RO replying to my call....
We look each other trying to realize what really happened... and of course I give him 599 and locator... at the end of QSO I lost his signal into the noise....

All this takes about 40 seconds. And all people that chasing DX on 6m meters can understand what I'm saying.... Many efforts from other PY and LU stations but nothing.  Only noise....

TEP is still alive and have much fun around 17:00 UTC at my area maybe and less earlier. 

See you on 6m...

TRIATHLON DX Contest

Triathlon DX Contest announcement

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!

More here:  http://triathlon-dx-contest.blogspot.com

Είμαστε στην ευχάριστη θέση να ανακοινώσουμε τη δημιουργία ενός νέου Ελληνικού contest: το Triathlon  DX  Contest.
Όλα άρχισαν τον Αύγουστο του 2011, όταν ο Μιχάλης SV5BYR, συνέλαβε την ιδέα. Το όραμα άρχισε να παίρνει σάρκα και οστά τον Δεκέμβριο του 2011, όταν μια παρέα Ελλήνων ραδιοερασιτεχνών έγιναν κοινωνοί αυτής της ιδέας και άρχισαν να συζητούν για τις λεπτομέρειες του διαγωνισμού.

Σήμερα ανακοινώνουμε επίσημα τον διαγωνισμό, καλώντας, αφενός τους προγραμματιστές να προσαρμόσουν τα προγράμματά τους αφετέρου όλους εσάς να τον αγκαλιάσετε και να βοηθήσετε στην επιτυχή διεξαγωγή του.

Ο διαγωνισμός θα διεξάγεται το πρώτο Σάββατο του Φεβρουαρίου κάθε τρέχοντος έτους, θα έχει διάρκεια 24 ώρες και θα αναπαριστά πιστά το αγώνισμα Τρίαθλον. Το αγώνισμα Τρίαθλον αποτελείται από 3 διαφορετικά αθλήματα: Κολύμβηση, Ποδηλασία, Τρέξιμο. Τα αθλήματα γίνονται σε διαδοχική σειρά δίχως διακοπή και νικητής είναι αυτός που συγκεντρώνει την υψηλότερη βαθμολογία και στα τρία. Έτσι θα είναι και ο διαγωνισμός μας, με τη διαφορά ότι τα τρία αγωνίσματα θα είναι: RTTY, SSB και CW σε διαδοχική σειρά φυσικά.  Αυτή είναι και η μεγάλη διαφορά αυτού του διαγωνισμού, αφού τα τρία modes ακολουθούν το ένα το άλλο και δεν εναλλάσσονται. Ως αποτέλεσμα αυτού, να μην μπορεί κάποιος να κερδίσει το διαγωνισμό παρά μόνο αν συμμετάσχει και στα τρία modes. Ο πρώτος διαγωνισμός θα γίνει το Σάββατο 2 Φεβρουαρίου 2013. Από την άλλη κι αφού μιλάμε για Ελληνικό contest, δίνεται ιδιαίτερη βαρύτητα στην επικοινωνία με Ελληνικούς σταθμούς 

Σε όλα τα παραπάνω προσθέστε το εξαιρετικό δώρο για το νικητή, που θα είναι 10ήμερη φιλοξενία για 2 άτομα σε ξενοδοχείο της Ελλάδας!!! 

Μάλλον θα είναι το πρώτο contest παγκοσμίως που το έτερον ήμισυ, θα μας παροτρύνει για μεγαλύτερη συμμετοχή αντί να γκρινιάζει όπως συνήθως… 

Περιισότερα εδώ:  http://triathlon-dx-contest.blogspot.com 

We are about to announce...

 

Until the Sunday afternoon you 'll be informed ....

Stay tuned.

"5-9 Report" new volume (No 123) is on-line...!!!

Go to magazine's site...!!!

Click on image to go at magazine's site

Yet another 478 QSLs are gone...

This blog is made mainly to inform my ham friends about my radio activities. For one more time I have to inform my ham friends that all QSLs are answered if arrives with Self Address Envelope and the fee that is needed to return back. 

QSLs without this two conditions will not be answered.

 

I can understand that economical crisis ...affect many of my friends but the things here in Greece is more than difficult. 

Thanks for your patience.

RemoteRig Final Setup....

With the TM-D700 panel attached.  ...just FB ...!!!

OUR Greece...

My antenna against wind...

Last evening fight of my antenna at roof against 120 KM/h wind...!!!

J45K at 7th place in DXpedition category...!!!

This year the SV9 DX team and SV5BYR we are number 7   in dxpedition category!!

Thank you for the helping us to move further.

This team is getting better and better!! Hope to continue and this year to do one step more.

Also the team SY9M from Crete are in first place on fixed category!
Congratulations !!

 

Click to See some infos...

There is no meters like SIX meters...!!!

Winter Es is true....!!!

I miss the half opening but I manage to make some QSOs. Some of them over 2000 Kilometers.

Here is the QSOs:

And here is the opening map:

(Curtesy of ON4KST)

Holidays Operation Results....

During my holidays ( 23-DEC to 15-JAN )to my alternative QTH at south part of Rhodes island,  I share my time to Family, Garden, Relaxing and of-course Ham Radio.

The operation result is 3.133 QSOs mostly on CW and RTTY at WARC bands. Totally 89 Countries worked and here is the graphic Statistics:

Bad moment the blowing of the driver transistors of  Kenwood TS-2000  but thanks to my good friend Gregory (SV5KJR) who send me his radio (TS-480SAT) I mange to continue my holidays operation. Thanks once mate...!!!

Common fail...(!)

My Holidays are extented untill 15-1-2012 at my 2nd QTH.

Unfortunatelly at 4th of January my TS-2000 was fail on TX. No power on HF-VHF and OK at 6m and UHF. Searching on groups that's  related to my radio on Internet I find many info about it.  (Blown a pair of 2SC1972 drivers and a board fuse)

Finally as people says is a common failure for many of TS-2000 owners....(!)

Thanks to my good friend SV5KJR I replace my radio with another Kenwood the TS-480SAT.

This week I'll be active on CW and SSB but NO RTTY mostly on WARC bands. 

See you all and sorry for the 2 days break...hi hi

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Ham Friends.

I'll be as more I can QRV from my alternative QTH as SV5BYR/5.

Grid Locator is KM36VC.

4m 3 elements tests...

Yesterday afternoon we make some test from SV5KJR's QTH assembling the 3 el "DX Signal" 4m antenna and make some adjustments for the lowest SWR. 

In less of an hour and over coffee all gone well and the next picture of this antenna will be in short time on my tower..hi hi

Here is the foto with SV5KJR Gregory at front of his "mobile shack"

Bicycle QRP....!!!!

The incredible Leo.....!!!!

See also the QSO with me and Leo:

New "5-9 Report" new volume (No 120) is on-line...!!!

With this issue (No 120) a circle of 10 years of hard work with my ham friends around Greece is close and we continue as the first day....

Looking back I stiil heard the voices who told me that my  idea for an electronic publication for the Greek Ham Radio activities will be a big fiasko. Some of them they return me back some of the very first issues that I send to all known Greek ham E-mails as unwanted (!).

After 10 yeard Im proud for my ideas (5-9 Report and AEGEAN VHF Contest) and my ham friends who support them.