News and Announcements
J44LH
DXPEDITION 
The following Greek radio-amateurs:
SV4FFL Costas
SV4FFK Thanasis
SV4FFO Nikos
SV4FFX Tasos
SV4/SV8GGI Kostas
SV4AAQ Dimitris
SV4AFY XYL Katerina
will activate, for second time after 5 years, the Trikeri Lighthouse, with identification number ARLHS GRE-128. You can browse our old SY4LH DXpedition back to 2008 here.
The Trikeri Lighthouse activation will take place during 07 - 10 September 2013 with the special callsign J44LH.
The lighthouse is situated on Point Kavoulia, about a ten-minute hike from the Geroplina Settlement of Trikeri, in the Gulf of Pagasitikos.
Locator: 39.05.77N 23.03.05E Gridsquare: KM19MC
You will be able to hear us on all bands, 160m-6m in such modes as CW, SSB, PSK, RTTY.
Equipment: YAESU FT-897, ICOM IC-706ΜΚΙΙG, Yaesu FT-101ZD.
Antennas: HF Extended Double Zeppelin 20+20m, Multiband Delta Loop (40-10M), 10m endfed Vertical, 3 PC with MixW & Wintest.
QSL Μanager: SV4FFL
Should you require further information or clarification, please contact Costas SV4FFL on: +30 6945 886306 or via email: sv4ffl( at )raag.org
CU on the Air 73 de Costas SV4FFL on behalf of J44LH team.
J48O
DXPEDITION
IOTA: EU-052 (IONIAN ISL),
LIGHTHOUSE KASTRI (OTHONOI ISL.)
ARLHS:GRE-078 , WLOTA: L-0842
The following Greek hams:
SV2FPU John, SV2CLJ Thomas, SV2AEL Savas,
SV2YC Jim , SV2HXV John, IK0EFR Andrea, will activate the islet
OTHONOI with lighthouse
ham activation of the islet.
Lighthouse named KASTRI:WLOTA: L-0842, ARLHS: GRE-078
It
will be the first time that this islet is going to be activated
for ham purposes and so does the lighthouse "KASTRI".
GOOGLE MAP
Coordinates:
Latitude: 39°52,0N Longitude: 019°25,8E
Grid
square: JM99ru
Timeline:16 JUNE - 26 JUNE 2011.
QRV FROM 160 - 2M CW - SSB - RTTY - PSK
QSL via operators' instructions.
More info for J48O
DXPEDITION:
http://www.j48o.com
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226938853987541
More info for KASTRI (OTHONOI ISL) LIGHTHOUSE:http://www.faroi.com/en/othonoi.htm
Plaka Lighthouse, ARLHS GRE-107
Look for SV2FPU/8, SV2CLJ/8 and possibly others to be QRV from Limnos Island, IOTA EU-049,
from July 21 to 31 (2010).
This includes activating the Plaka Lighthouse, ARLHS GRE-107. This may include an entry in the upcoming IOTA contest. Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via operators' instructions.
SY4LH LIGHTHOUSE
TRIKERI - GRE 128
Active: 05-09
JUL 2008
Operators:SV4AAQ
, SV4AFY , SV4FFF , SV4FFK , SV4FFL , SV4LAX
ARLHS: GRE-128
More information
here
SX5C
DXPEDITION IOTA: EU-001, GREEK IOTA: DKS 001
The following Greek hams: SV1GE John, SV1JG Cliff, SV1RC Spiros,
SV1RP George,SV1EEX Nikiforos, SV1GRM Theodoros, SV1GYG John,
SV1HER Sotirios & SV1JCZ Daniel will activate the rocky islet
STROGILI (IOTA: EU-001, GIOTA: DKS-001, MIA: MGD-022) with lighthouse
ham activation of the islet. .
Lighthouse named IPSILI: WLOTA: L-1653, ARLHS: GRE-053,
All
the above hams are also members of the Radio Amateur Association
of Greece (http://www.raag.org).
It
will be the first time that this islet is going to be activated
for ham purposes and so does the lighthouse "IPSILI".
The
Stroggyli Kastellorizou also called Strongili or Ipsili, is a
Greek islet which lies in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, about
five (5) nautical miles south-east of the island of Kastelorizo.
The islet is about 1.5 km long, and up to 700 m wide. It covers
an area of about 0.9 km². It is rather flat and covered with macchia.
Strongili is the easternmost Greek Territory. It is not inhabited,
and has a lighthouse named Ispili, which has the characteristic
of being the easternmost building in Greece.
Coordinates:
Latitude: 36°06'49"N, or 36.1136 N ..-.. Longitude: 29°38'09"E,
or 29.6358 E
Grid
square: KM46tc [Location is 7.8 mi (12.6 km) from SOUTH edge of
grid square, 20.3 mi (32.7 km)from EAST edge of grid square]
Timeline
25 July - 04 August 2008.
We
will be active (we hope) in all bands from 160m-2m in all modes.
QSL
manager: SV1HER
NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE-LIGHTSHIP
WEEK (NLLW-2008)
# Purposes:
# To promote public awareness of ham radio and lighthouses; to
contribute to the recognition that lighthouses, lightships, and
their keepers deserve; to foster camaraderie within the ham fraternity;
and to provide fellowship amongst the members of the Amateur Radio
Lighthouse Society
# Dates &
Times:
# 0001 hrs UTC on August 2, 2008, through 2359 hrs UTC on August
9, 2008. NOTE: The period for the NLLW event has been extended
to a full week. This includes two Saturday opportunities to operate;
and the dates now include August 7th, widely regarded as "National
Lighthouse Day," a day when many lights hold open house for
the public. Hereafter, the first week in August, beginning on
the first Saturday, will be known as "National Lighthouse-Lightship
week."
More information
here
International
Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend
August 16-17, 2008
an
annual amateur radio lighthouse event sponsored by the ILLW ORGANIZATION
and any other group with an interest in amateur radio, light beacons,
and maritime communications
0001
hrs UTC on August 16th (Saturday) thru 2359 hrs UTC on August
17 (Sunday)
Dedicated
to the memory of our friend and co-organiser Mike, GM4SUC
The International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend was originated from the Scottish
Northern Lighthouses award weekend. After several years of nourishing
growth, it has had over 380 lighthouses participating from more
than 50 countries, plus untold thousands of radio amateurs working
the event from their home QTH.
More
information here |
