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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

The beauty of Amateur Radio is that it isn’t just one single hobby. It has so many different parts one can deal with, so it’s a never-ending quest. But one thing that is common in […]

As 160Μ CQ WW CW begins tonight… I’m posting a few photos and nostalgic thoughts about the decommissioned high-power (KW) Non-Direction-Beacon “KVR” at Kavouri, in Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece. In the photos, you can see the […]