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SV5 - SV9 - Flying visits to Rhodes and Crete
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Roger G3SXW and Nigel G3TXF flew from London via Athens to SV5 and then to SV9 for short operations from each DXCC. |
Arriving in Rhodes (SV5) on an Olympic Air Dash-8. The Turkish (TA) coastline can be seen clearly just 18km across the water. |
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| A 20m dipole is quickly strung out from the roof of the Hotel Pylea down to ground level. The operating room was on the ground-floor. |
Roger SV5/G3SXW with his K2 and ETM-9 keyer running a CW pile-up on 20m from Rhodes in amongst the WAG Contest. |
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| The hotel on Rhodes was close to the airport. As planes thundered overhead it was impossible to hear anything at all on the radio! |
The Elecraft K2 makes an ideal radio for super-light DX-trips. All the gear and the antenna were carried on board as hand-luggage. |
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| The grounds at the Hotel Pylea on Rhodes. SV5/G3SXW made 190 QSOs and SV5/G3TXF 260 QSOs (total 450 CW QSOs) on 20m. |
End of season guest: Roger SV5/G3SXW is the last guest to leave the Hotel Pylea on Rhodes before it closed for the winter. |
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| On Crete (SV9) the 20m dipole was strung out from the balcony. Fortunately the shack was the highest room in the hotel complex. |
Roger SV9/G3SXW is paper logging while running a pile-up from Crete. The small PC with WinTest was used by SV9/G3TXF. |
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| View to the north (and Dhia island) from the SV9/G3SXW and SV9/G3TXF shack balcony at the Rinela Beach Hotel on Crete. |
The centre of the 20m dipole was fixed to the wooden balcony with tape. 1,090 CW QSOs were made on 20m from SV9-Crete. |
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| Room 331 at the Rinela Beach hotel was the QTH for the SV9/G3SXW and SV9/G3TXF mini DX-pedition operation. |
Three internal flights were taken on Olympic Air. This UK registered Dash-8 appears to be on a dry lease from Fly Be in the UK. |
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