NA1SS .. SSTV from ISS

Very nice signal today from ISS during his pass over my QTH at KM07JS - Zante Island - Western Greece.

73 de SV8CS

Make More Miles on VHF

Make More Miles on VHF is the best site for the VHFer's - UHFer's and also HFer's. All news about DXpeditions , propagation , databases , QSL info , theory etc etc. This site is a grate tool for active VHF amateurs. Site: http://www.MMMonVHF.de/

The MMMonVHF VHF-DX-Portal will be maintened by DG2KBC DK3XT DK5EW DK5YA HA5CRX IV3NDC OZ1LPR PA2DW PA3BIY & PA4EME and myself (DL8EBW) and we try always to be as up to date as possible. We have around 1800 reg. pleople subscribed our weekly MMMonVHF- Newsletter. There are lot of usefull VHF-Tools at these VHF-DX-Portal and all your ideas and input is very welcome! The MMMonVHF VHF-DX-Portal will use the information without a need of any need of special software...
For an example of other expeditions, please feel free to have a look right now at MMMonVHF http://www.MMMonVHF.de/ Best wishes and waiting your activity and other VHF-expedition-infos...
73 de Guido "Guy" DL8EBWon behalf of the MMMonVHF-TeamDG2KBC DK3XT DK5EW DK5YA HA5CRX IV3NDC OZ1LPR PA2DW PA3BIY & PA4EME.

Hope to see you on VHF band via EME, Es, M/S and tropo de SV8CS.

70Mhz - Good News!!

News about 4m from MMMonVHF page: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/

BAKU of Azerbaijan

For information of those interested in 70 MHz. CEPT WGFM finally approvedthe 2008 version of the European Common Allocation table at its recent meeting in Baku. It was published on the ERO web-site 7 October and includes footnote EU9 against the bands 68 - 70.45 MHz and 70.45 - 74.8 MHz. EU9 reads "In a growing number of CEPT countries, parts of the band 70.0-70.5 MHz is also allocated to the Amateur service on a secondary basis." The Baku approved version of the ECA can be downloaded at:http://www.erodocdb.dk/Docs/doc98/official/pdf/ERCREP025.PDFThis is the first international radio regulatory recognition of the 4m amateur band since Radio Regulation 182 in the ITU International Radio Regulations, Atlantic City 1947 which states: In France and the USSRthe band 72 - 72.8 Mc/s is allocated for the amateur service. Lets hopethat many more countries release all or parts of the 4 m band. Once 10 countries openly support the sense of EU9, it is theoretically possibleto ammend the ECA to actually include an allocation to amateur servicein the body of the European frequency table. 73 DaveSOURCE: Dave, EI3IO, via The UKSMG Website.

5R8EM (Madagascar) 2M EME New one # 113

5R8EM is my number 113 dxcc in 2m . Made the qso in JT65b mode with very strong signals.

5R8EM 2m antennas Please look at http://5r8em.blogspot.com/
5R8EM Location Sainte Marie Island, North-East of Madagascar
Freq 144.114 MHz , JT65B
Station, 4x8elts horizontal pol, 500w.

Thank you very much for this new one.

73 de SV8CS

11 BANDS DXCC (160m to 2m)

Today received my 12m DXCC and with this one I have complete all 11 bands starting from 160m to 2m (4m excluded). My 2m DXCC now has 108 entyties confirmed and my 6m DXCC has 149 CFM.
Hope to see you soon in the bands specialy via the Moon or during the major contests.
73 Spiros - SV8CS.

6m and 2m qsl's received

The 6m qsl cards started to come after my 6m Es hunting this summer. I would like to thank Willem, PA0HIP, for the new one on 6m from his DU7 qth http://www.pa6m.nl/pa0hip.html.
Also many thanks going to Kenny (K2KW) http://pj6-k2kw.blogspot.com/ for the 2nd new one on 6m. During my hunting to 6m Es, I had completed the 2m qso via EME (JT65B mode) and via Meteor scattering (FSK441 mode) with SU1KM and this is also a new one.

2m EME NEW ONE- UZBEKISTAN

Thank you very much dear HANS for the NEW one on 2m
73 Spiros SV8CS

SU1KM new one 2m M/S qso

SU1KM from KL59MX VHF/6M Expedition to Kairo by SU1KM, EA7KW and DL8YHR. http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1529

Today completed a 2m qso via Meteor scatters (M/S) with SU1KM operated by FRANK DL8YHR. http://www.dl8yhr.de/

This QSO with SU1KM is a new one for me on 2m and now I have 111 DXCC worked and 107 CFM. For more info about the DXpedition look at :

http://www.mmmonvhf.de/index.php

Thank you Frank

NEW qsl cards for 2m EME

ET3AA and EA8/G4RGK qsl for 2m EME qso's.

ET3AA and EA8/G4RGK qsl cards.

Recently received 2 new qsl cards for my 2m EME activity.

Now I have 108 countries confirmed for the DXCC.

Thank you Bob (ET3AA) and David (G4RGK) for the 2 New one for me, on 2m.

73 , Spiros -SV8CS

SY8B (Zakynthos island EU-052)

SY8B, DXpedition to Zakynthos island (EU-052) from German radio amateurs, of Berlin D20 radio club.

SY8B (dxpedition to Zakynthos Island)
It was a very big surprise and pleasure to have the visit in my qth and shack from a German radio amateurs group. They planed to operate as SY8B from my island (Zakynthos – EU-052) . The operators are: DL8RO, Uli – DL7WS, Matthias – DL7BW, Bernd – DL7VDC, Dirk – DL7BMG, Marcus and my friend Antony SV1ENG.
The qsl card for SY8B must be send to DL0CON.
I wish you many DX and enjoy the stay on the Island.
Foto in the SV8CS's shack on Zakynthos island.

JW5E (Svalbard Isl) - New One on 2m EME

Rene, PE1L and Bouke, PA0ZH are qrv from JW5E , Svalbard island, loc.(JQ78) on 2m EME with 2 antennas XP20 - Linear amplifier with 2XGI7B, low noise preamplifier and the Kenwood TS2000.

In the foto are the JW5E antennas.http://www.emelogger.com/svalbard/

They stay on Svalbard Island until 9th June 2008.

Many thanks Rene and Bouke for this contact via EME. It is another New One for me , number 110 dxcc on 2m. http://www.emelogger.com/svalbard/log/log.asp

73, Spiros SV8CS

EPC PSK63 qso party WINNER 2006

In the year 2006 when for the 1st time the European Phase Shift Keying Club (EPC), lunched the contest style QSO PSK63 party I participated in this QSO party and finishing first world.
Some days ago received from EPC this very nice glass plaque.
Thank you very much and hope to see you in the coming PSK contests.
73 Spiros – SV8CS

2m DXCC # 28 World Wide (103 countries)

SV8CS - 2M DXCC (15 MAY 2008).

Today received my 2m DXCC.
That is a big event for me, after many years of trying on VHF.
My 2m DXCC, is the 1st 2m DXCC in Greece and I like to dedicate it, to our SV VHF pioneer George SV1AB (sk).
George SV1AB he is not now with us but he was the 1st SV radio amateur using his old equipment to make the 1st EME contacts on 2m .
In this point I would like to thank all those radio amateurs who have helped me to get my 2m DXCC.
Thanks to SV1AB, George - SV1AE, Socrates - SV1CC, Kostas - SV1BG, Bill (all SK’s) for my 1st point to point 2m qso’s (1969).
Thanks to I0IJ/IG9 Tony - 9H1CD Henry - 9H1BT Paul for my 1st DX tropo qso’s (since1972).
Thanks to SM7AED (Arne) for my 1st Es qso (1978).
Thanks to ZE2JV,Ray for my 1st TEP qso (1978).
Thanks to YO2IS (Julio) for my 1st M/S qso (1979 with cw tape recorder.
Thanks to I2FAK for my 1st EME qso (JT65b) (2004).
Thanks to my friends SV3KH,SV8RV,SV8IE,SV8RX,SV2JL,SV2DCD who have helped me in my VHF dxpeditions in the Greek mountains for contesting and DXing since (1974).
Thanks to RA3AQ Dmitri and RU1AA Alex, for their technical support for my EME set-up.
A BIG thank to all radio amateurs who had activated all those rare one DXCC countries with their dxpeditions, putting on the air all those rare calls without to consider lost time, money, personal sweat and family obligations.
Thanks going also to BIG inventor Joe Taylor K1JT, whose the brilliant digital program (WSJT) gave me the chance to complete the last qso’s and obtain my 2m DXCC.
Thanks also to DJ6QT and the German group for allowing me to operate in the 1st SV EME dxpedition outside of Greece on Madeira as CT3/SV8CS during CQWW contest 2005 (CT9L).
Finally I thank also my friends IK2QEI and IK2SGC for helping me to operate 2m EME and 1st 6m EME dxpedition from Morocco as CN3A (2007).
During my long VHF trip, I have used all kind of modulation, like CW,SSB,HSCW,FSK441,JT65b.
At this time I need only the 12m dxcc to finish from 160m to 2m awards.

5D5A+CN3A+5F3COM logs now in the LoTW

5D5A - CN3A - 5F3COM operators are: IK2QEI- IK2SGC- SV8CS.
In the foto its me (SV8CS), with my son Tomas SV8KOS, on the Safi beach in Southern Morocco.

Now the 5D5A contest logs are uploaded to the LoTW (ARRL) .
Also our other contest logs as CN3A and 5F3COM, all from our contest activity from Morocco, are in the LoTW.
There are until now all together about 48.000 qso’s with 12.000 QSL records.
My 2m and 6M Earth Moon Earth qso’s are also there.
We hope to see you in the next contests from Morocco.

73, Spiros - SV8CS

OZ -Denmark on 6m Es - WSPR mode

Today received for the 1st time signal coming here in KM07JS (Zante Island) on 6m with the new type of modulation invented by K1JT. Whisper (WSPR) "Weak Signal Propagation Reporter" with TX and RX with digital soundcard mode MEPT_JT is a program that permit to TX with extra low power and be decoded on screen.OZ1PIF and OZ1BNN was the 1st two sigals Rxed today with WSPR via Es. I am Txing with 5w on 50293 beaming with 7 elements beam to North.
I hope to see many new calls this coming Es season on 6m. Good DX de SV8CS