CQ WPX SSB Contest 2025: A Record-Breaking Weekend at SZ1A
On the last weekend of March, March 29–30, 2025, SZ1A once again participated in the CQ WPX SSB Contest, and this time we made history. With a better score than any previous year, our team […]
To propagation*…we say YES! (*of amateur radio, of course!)
As part of our volunteer outreach activities, our club was invited on Thursday, March 27, to the 1st Primary School of Agios Konstantinos in Agrinio. The topic of the presentation was volunteerism and amateur radio, […]
Installation of the 80M Band Full Size Vertical – A Donation from I7PHH
On Sunday, March 9, following an announcement to our members, a new full-size vertical antenna for the 80-meter band was installed at SZ1A, generously donated by fellow amateur radio operator Gianni (I7PHH). Many dedicated members […]
R-ally X-pert… at full RX!
Yes, because only I can. On the weekend of March 15–16 2025, our club took on the communication support for the 1st “Anavasi Agriniou”, a challenging rally-style mountain car race. After a request from the […]
CQ WPX SSB 2025: Team SZ1A is Ready for the Action!
We’re thrilled to announce that SZ1A will participate in the upcoming CQ WPX SSB Contest 2025 on March 29-30, 2025 – arguably our most favorite contest of the year! Known as the second-largest annual amateur […]
Introduction to the Decibel – what actually is a dB?
Introduction to the Decibel (dB) The definition of the bel was derived from measurements in telephony on the Bell system in the United States in the early 20th century. The bel (B) was named in […]
About Noise – plainly simple and easy to understand
About Noise An attempt to describe, for fellow radio amateurs, the nature, types and characteristics of noise in a simple and understandable way, avoiding the use of mathematical relationships and formulas Noise in telecommunication systems […]
New Board of Directors of R.A.A.W.G – SZ1A
Elections for the appointment of a new Board of Directors were held by the Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece (R.A.A.W.G) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. The new composition of the five-member Board of Directors, […]
Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece – SZ1A New Year’s Event! Happy New Year 2025!
Yesterday, Sunday, February 2, 2025, was a day of celebration for the members of the Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece – SZ1A, their families and friends, as the tradition of the cutting of the […]
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 […]