How I Joined Team SZ1A After SI9AM: A New Chapter in my Ham Radio Journey
CQ CONTEST CQ CONTEST… It all began a long time ago for me, when I was just 14 years old. It was Field Day in a small village in Belgium, out in the meadow among […]
CQ WPX Contests 2024 at SZ1A – An International Affair! (video & photo story)
The Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece consistently aims to participate in the largest and most popular amateur radio contests of the year which are the two most popular CQ World Wide DX Contests, SSB […]
J48PLH: Activation of lighthouse Plaka on Lemnos Island
August 2023. A family visit to the Plaka Lighthouse at the northeast end of Lemnos takes place. From there you can see to the north, the huge mountain of Saos (Moon) on Samothraki Island and […]
CQ World-Wide Contest: New Greece Record!
Team SZ1A made history in the CQ World-Wide DX CW contest on November 25-26, 2023, setting a new record for Greece (SV). With an outstanding score of 6,386,142 points, the team secured first place in […]
ZS6EZ visits SZ1A for the CQ World Wide DX Contest
Copyright © 2024 Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ – All rights reserved. A more comprehensive version of this story appeared in the March edition of Practical Wireless. Planning During 2023, I started wondering whether it […]
2024 CQ WPX RTTY Contest
The CQ WPX RTTY Contest is a premier amateur radio competition that challenges operators worldwide to demonstrate their proficiency in Radio-Teletype (RTTY) communication. Organized by CQ Magazine, this contest focuses on contacting as many unique […]
CQ World Wide 160-Meter CW Contest 2024 (video)
The CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest is the largest annual amateur radio event which exclusively focuses on the 160-meter band. Participants aim to contact as many other stations as possible across different countries and zones, […]
SZ1A New Year’s Event and Cake for 2024
The traditional New Year’s Cake for 2024 was cut by the Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece, at a well-known restaurant in Agrinio, this afternoon, Sunday, February 4, 2024. This celebratory event, attended by more […]
Team SZ1A Successfully Brakes Own All-Time Record in CQ WW SSB 2023
The excitement echoed throughout the team as the highly anticipated results of the CQ World Wide DX SSB 2023 Contest were unveiled. Our renowned station SZ1A, claimed an impressive array of accolades in the Multi-Single […]
Radio Amateur Examinations Final Semester of 2023
The examination date for the radio amateurs of the Second Period 2023 in Aetolia-Acarnania has been announced. The examinations will take place at the Mesolonghi Transport Service on Monday, December 11, 2023, at 8:30 am. […]