Greece's War of Independance special events
Look for nine special stations to be active from
these three DXCC entities between December 2020 and March 2021. Activity
is to celebrate the 200th anniversary of "Greece's War of Independance"
against Ottoman Turks. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence
Look for the following callsigns to be on the air with a serial number
(* count down days until the actual celebration day
of March 25th, 2021) to be appended to each special callsign:
SX9A/* -- Crete Island (Counts as SV9 DXCC)
as SX9A/99 to SX9A/90; between December 16-25th, 2020
as SX9A/9 on March 16th, 2021
as SX9A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Dimitrios/SV9COL (pilot), Nikos/SV9ANK,
John/SV9CJO, Michael/SV9CVY, Georgios/SV9DJO, Giannis/SV9FBG,
Yannis/SV9FBK, George/SV9GPV, Manolis/SV9IOI, John/SV9IOQ,
Manos/SV9JI, Konstantinos/SV9OFS and Giannis/SV9RGI.
SX8A/* -- Aegean & Ionian Islands (counts as SV for DXCC)
as SX8A/89 to SX8A/80; December 26th, 2020 to January 4th, 2021
as SX8A/8 on March 17th, 2021
as SX8A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Dimitris/SV8LMQ (pilot), Alexander/
SV8CYR, Pantelis/SV8DCY, Periklis/SV8DTD and Panos/SV8JNL.
SX7A/* -- Thrace & East Macedonia Region (counts as SV DXCC)
as SX7A/79 to SX7A/70; January 5-14th, 2021
as SX7A/7 on March 18th, 2021
as SX7A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Babis/SV7BAY (pilot), Stayros/SV7BVM,
Akis/SV7CLI, Teo/SV7JAR and Dimitris/SV7RAV.
SX6A/* -- Epirus Region (Counts as SV for DXCC)
as SX6A/69 to SX6A/60; January 15-24th, 2021
as SX6A/6 on March 19th, 2021
as SX6A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Crhistos/SV6JHA (pilot), Thomas/SV6EBQ
and George/SV6KRW.
SX5A/* -- Dodecanese Region (Counts as SV5 for DXCC)
as SX5A/59 to SX5A/50; January 25th and February 3rd, 2021
as SX5A/5 on March 20th, 2021
as SX5A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Panos/SV5AZK (pilot), Pantelis/SV5AZP,
Stathis/SV5DKL and Athanasios/SV5SKI.
SX4A/* -- Thessaly Region (Counts as SV for DXCC)
as SX4A/49 to SX4A/40; February 4-13th, 2021
as SX4A/4 on March 21st, 2021
as SX4A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are John/SV4RRK (pilot), Thanasis/SV4DCQ,
Spyros/SV4DDM, Costas/SV4FFL, Chris/SV4MLF, Panos/SV4QNP,
Konstantinos/SV4RTG and Panos/SV4RXA.
SX3A/* -- Peloponnese Region (Counts as SV for DXCC)
as SX3A/39 to SX3A/30; February 14-23rd, 2021
as SX3A/3 on March 22nd, 2021
as SX3A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Panos/SV3DCX (pilot), Sotiris/SV1BDO,
Joseph/SV3AQN, Takis/SV3AUW, Babis/SV3CKF, Zac/SV3GLL, George/
SV3QUP, Nikos/SV3SCW, Dimitris/SV3SKM, George/SV3SFK and
Nick/SV0LU.
SX2A/* -- Central & Eastern Macedonia Region (counts as SV for DXCC)
as SX2A/29 to SX2A/20; February 24th and March 5th, 2021
as SX2A/2 on March 23rd, 2021
as SX2A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Michael/SV2HJQ (pilot), Nikos/SV2WT,
Fotis/SV2BXZ, George/SV2CNE, Antonis/SV2CSV, Demetreos/SV2GWY,
Sakis/SV2FPI and Dimitris/SV2RCN.
SX1A/* -- Sterea Hellas Region (counts as SV for DXCC)
as SX1A/19 to SX1A/10; March 6-15th, 2021
as SX1A/1 on March 24th, 2021
as SX1A on March 25th, 2021 (***joker***)
Operators mentioned are Chris/SV1IYA (pilot), Nikos/SV1AJO,
Vassilis/SV1CNS, Manos/SV1DZB, Kostas/SV1DPI, Christos/SV1EEM,
Kostas/SV1SAX and Takis/SV2FWV.
Activity will be on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes.
Suggested frequencies are as follows (+/- QRM):
CW - 1830, 3530, 5353, 7013, 10103, 14030, 18073, 21030, 24913,
28023, 50093 and 144053 kHz
SSB - 1848, 3783, 5363, 7130, 14273, 18130, 21273, 24973, 28300,
50130 and 144283 kHz
Digi - 1840, 3573, 5357, 7074, 10136, 14074, 18100, 21074, 24915,
28074, 50313 and 144174 kHz
Four special awards will be available to amateurs and SWLs (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platium). QSL all callsigns via LoTW, eQSL, ClubLog's OQRS or direct via SV2GWY. For more details, see QRZ.com.
