Post Office Box 51267  -  3503 Lemesos  -  CYPRUS

CARS CLUB MEETINGS (and QSL card drop/collect)

• Nicosia:  Every first and third Tuesday, at Agios Georgios tavern, opposite the old Nicosia municipality building. More information: Nestoras 5B4AHZ 99 610 885.
• Lemesos:  BEMRS building, on the seafront,  is open most mornings and every Thursday evening from 1900 local. Click HERE for Club News
• Pafos:    Monthly, on the third Thursday, click HERE for news.
• Larnaka:  Club Meetings (see below a picture of one in Summer 2004) are sporadic, but you may drop off or collect your QSL cards at Erricos Photo Studio, (diagonally opposite the Police Station). Erricos 5B4GJ 24 654 335.

 

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OTHER EVENTS

MONTHLY HAM LUNCH

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The Ham Lunches are informal events for all Cyprus Amateurs, their partners, friends and children. Visiting Hams especially welcome. We enjoy catching up on the latest news, boasting about the DX we have worked, and eating and drinking in very friendly surroundings. You may also drop off and collect your QSL cards. Lunches are usually on the first Thursday, 1300 local, the location varies. Telephone Nick 5B4FL 99 426 004 or Mike 5B4AGX 26 652 901

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PAST EVENTS

2007 IOTA DXpedition

The Nicosia Club C4MG (5B4KH 5B4MF 5B4XF 5B4AHZ 5B8AP SV1JG) made a dxpedition to Agios Georgios Island (AS120) during the IOTA contest 29 and 30 July 2007, and a day or two before. It is worth mentioning that this dxpedition was presented by SIGMA television during the main evening news bulletin on 29th.

Akamas DXpedition
 
The Lemesos Section activated P3CA on 8 July 2007. Manos 5B4AFQ reports:

Departure :3:00 am Nicosia 4:15 am Limassol

Radio Amateurs : 5B4AFQ 5B8AP 5B4XB 5B8BE

Location : Akamas Lighthouse

Duration : 32 hours

Actual operation time : 11 hours /

Contacts : 235 (50mhz) , 193 (18mhz) , 309 (14mhz) , 302 (28mhz)., 25< (144mhz )

Hf Radios Icom 7400 pro 100w + Yaesu 897

Hf Antennas Cushcraft R8 , Budipole. Vhf Antennas 10el Jbeam + Colinear Vertical

Power source Generator / Battery

Operators : HF Single.

Operators VHF Single.


Arrived on site at 8:00 am and started operation on 9:15 , Vhf propagation was quite disappointing so we thought of keeping busy ourselves until VHF gets better , 14Mhz were booming so we started . As the day was becoming hotter other bands were opening and pileups for P3CA were becoming common. The lighthouse provides shelter and excellent working conditions for DXing however special permission is needed from the Paphos Port Authorities to operate from there. I actually recommend to sent the request a few months before for the permission to arrive at the right time.

Plenty of water and nuclear anti mosquito sprays are recommended , winds were moderate to high therefore proper support for antennas is important.

Sea conditions were calm so I guess this is good news to the IOTA guys ( unless weather changes dramatically the next days ). One small generator and 10 LTr of fuel proved more than enough for the whole event. The Lighthouse is divided in two large rooms and a smaller one which is ideal for multiple operations. Sanitary , electricity and water facilities are not available. Steep cliffs and rocky terrain make the route impossible to anything less than a good 4x4. We DO not recommend this location for single person operation , visiting on low light conditions is extremely dangerous.

What started to be as a VHF contest participation endet up to something else but the most important is that everyone had an excellent time.
 

IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Exercise 18 November 2006

Some photos from Nicosia

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Aegean VHF Contest

On 2-3 July 2005 Norman 5B8AV operated on top of a mountain for 48 hours in square KM64hv at approx 1146m asl with a vertical and a beam. 

Mini Field Day 5th June 2005

Limassol, organised by Manos 5B4AFQ

"I would like to thank 5B4AEZ , 5B8BE , 5B8AP for joining our mini field day. Fortunately the 6m band kept us quite busy booming all day long. It was an excellent experience working many stations from Central and Eastern Europe , Egypt , Israel , Africa. The 2m ssb band was pretty much quiet."

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Mini Field Day 8th May 2005

Limassol, organised by Manos 5B4AFQ

"Mini portable field-day was really fun , ( other than eating lots of dust , and risking our life from the dangling antenna that was bending
left and right from the strong winds ) . After 500 QSOs on 7, 14 and 21 Mhz we decided to call it a day and continue with experiments.After all this was not all about dxing …. Equipment : Icom 746-pro – Icom 706mk2g , antenna Cushcraft R8 on a telescopic Clark Mast & 80m long wire."

 

ParadiseJazz Festival September 2004

Not radio, but the event was great.

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John 5B4AHK's pictures of CYBC tower on Tala hill damaged in storm 22 January 2004. It was 60m tall.

Taken with a Fuji FinePix S602 3.1Mpixel Camera

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Ben 5B4AGM's antennas, damaged in same storm

Taken with a Sony MVC-FD7 0.38Mpixel Camera

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Sunday 6th April 2003

After being forced to lose the club premises, Nicosia CARS removed their tower and antenna from the Old Municipal Building.

Thanks to all 5B4NC members who helped with the daunting task of removing the 60-foot tower and big tribander from the roof of the Old Municipal Building. Some pictures of the event are presented below. Click to see them larger.

	Inspection before the work begins. Plenty of WD40 in action, on the 12-year old tower!
	Removing the external mast, which rotated the tribander at the top with a heavy-duty rotator mounted at the base of the tower.
	Removing the 20-foot aluminum pipe, which served as the boom of a 2-element 40m wire delta loop.
	Break time at 50 feet!
	Preparing to release the tribander.
	Boom-to-mast nuts and bolts are rusted, so down go the wrenches, up goes the electric grinder by rope!
	The antenna is released and begins its slide on two thick ropes
	Hmmm, not easy...Antenna tips keep getting caught on the stay wires
	The 60-foot crank-up tower is finally down! (sorry, no pictures of the actual lowering of the tower, the photographer had to let his camera down and run to help!)
	The tower dismantled.
	The antenna dismantled.
	The crew collecting the tools, after a job well done!