A Practical Guide to Getting on Qatar OSCAR-100 (video)
An Introduction Qatar OSCAR 100 launched on November 15, 2018, and is the first geostationary satellite with an amateur radio transponder on-board. It is a joint project of the Qatar Satellite Company (Es’hailSat), the Qatar […]
Prevent TVI & RFI with the PB-LPF1500-54 Low Pass Filter – Unboxing & VSWR Testing (video)
Afraid of causing TVI / BCI / RFI / EMI? Well, you can prevent against this, by installing a high-quality Low Pass Filter such as the PB-LPF1500-54 HF + 6 Meter LPF from LOW BAND […]
Upgrading the 3rd tower… a lot of work and we’re almost done!
During the last weekend of March 14-15, several tasks were undertaken at SZ1A. The most significant was the installation and fitting of three telescopic tower sections, that were kindly donated by Kostas, SV1DPI, on the […]
End-Fed Half Wave (EFHW) Antenna Modeling with MMANA-GAL
I wanted a quick & easy to install high-power multiband wire antenna for field-day and temporary operations and I’ve been hearing a lot about End-Fed Halfwave antennas lately. So I recently purchased the EFHW-8010-2K from Myantennas.com which […]
CQ WPX SSB 2020 Participation CANCELLED
The Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece – SZ1A, is in the unfortunate position announce that due to the spread of the coronavirus and in line with the guidelines set out by the Hellenic Government, […]