During my trip to Greece I am using Athens as my travel hub. I will be QRV from 3 new DXCC Entities:
1.) SV/WJ2O operating at the Club Station SZ1A
2.) 5B/WJ2O operating at the Contest Station 5B4AOF
3.) SV5/WJ2O opearting at the Contest Station SZ5RDS
I will be staying in this funny looking Holiday Inn that near Athens Airport 4 different times: The nights of 7 July, 9 July, 15 July and 19 July.
Athens City Tour
The Acropolis
Not the Stay Puff man. This is called the Glass Runner.
The University of Athens
Clean streets and no foreign street hawkers.
Greek Parliament, and the monument to the unknown soldier.
The old parliament of the Greeks
I asked the ticket lady how you get up there. The only way is walk. “Then I’m not going”, I said and she smiled knowingly. She said “The average walk time is 50 minutes.” I’m my mind i was thinking that’s 3 days for me.
The Columns of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian’s Gate.
The Acropolis from the back side.
I’m here on the ground and this A thing is way up high.
SZ1A, Radio Amateur Assocation of Western Greece
Thanasis, SV1CQK; Kostas, SV1DPI; Kostas, SV1CQG.
Church inside of a mountains.
Wanna cross? Pay 15.40 Euros!
SV Dauer and SV Gentry
SV/WJ2O QSL Card
With the understanding of how the CEPT Licensing Agreement works, I assigned myself the callsign SV/WJ2O.
SZ1A – Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece
sv-40 meters.jpeg
07/09 – working a few on 40 meters.
It looks like a fish. Starting in Nashville, TN.
1.) Stop in Charlotte, NC
2.) My main hub in Athens, Greece
3.) Upon returning going to Chicago, IL
4.) And back home to Nashville, TN.
While in Greece I drove to were the club station SZ1A is located.