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Written by Nestoras 5B4AHZ, CARS Secretary
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Monday, 14 May 2012 22:27 |
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 The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society is happy to announce that with the kind support of the Department of Electronic Communications, CARS members may activate the special suffix /EURO during the Cyprus European Presidency, starting 1 July 2012 until 31 December 2012.
During the above period CARS members may operate as 5B4xxx/EURO or 5B8xxx/EURO, where xxx is their normal callsign suffix.
Moreover, the Paphos Club members will be activating the special callsign P3EU during the above period, in commemoration of the Cyprus EU presidency. A 24hr special event will be held from 00:00 to 24:00 hrs UTC on 1st July. A special event QSL card will be issued. This card will be valid to issue for the six month period that Cyprus holds the EU presidency. P3EU will be active on the HF bands including SSB & CW during the 24hr special event and across all modes on the HF and VHF bands during the six months of the P3EU validity.
Any visitors to the Island during this time and, of course, anytime are more than welcome to join in. For more information one may contact Richard (5B4AJG) on local phone number 97857891.
The Paphos Club members meet at D.T.s bar on the Tomb of the Kings Road in Paphos on the 3rd. Thursday of the month at 19:00 hrs. local. A local 2 mtr. net is also held each Wednesday evening on 145.750. If the CTCSS is switched on it’ll be 88.5.
A special thank you goes out towards the Dept. of Electronic Communications of the Ministry of Communications and Works for their continuous support towards our amateur radio community.
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Written by 5B4AHJ
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Monday, 07 May 2012 09:33 |
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This is a summary of the CARS QSL Bureau activity for April, 2012.
Incoming QSLs
No incoming QSLs were received in April.
Outgoing QSLs
Packages were sent to BY, DL (2), OH, and SV.
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Written by 5B4AHZ NEstoras, CARS Secretary
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:00 |
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Christos (5B4AIP), president of the English School Radio Club (5B4ES) has made the Cyprus amateur radio contest community and 5B4ES proud by winning the:
Asian Winner of Junior in the category of "Single Operator" in the 2011 ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST.
He has been awarded a plaque by the JARL
This is a great promotion for youth contesting in Cyprus and hopefully many more will follow with similar successes. Congratulations Christos!!
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:56 )
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Written by Nestoras 5B4AHZ, CARS Secretary
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Sunday, 06 May 2012 22:40 |
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From July 27 to August 4, 2011 a young Dutch amateur radio team was in Campina, Romania (90 km north of Bucharest) for Youngsters on the Air Week, part of the European Commission (EC) 'Youth in Action' program.
There were 45 participants registered from nine countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and Romania. Each country provided teams of four young radio amateurs (aged between 18 and 25 years) and a team captain.
The Dutch team was led by 21 year old Lisa Leenders PA2LS who recently went on a DXpedition to Ghana. She first got an amateur radio novice license at the age of 13 and was issued with the call sign PD2LLS.
For the Youngsters on the Air Week the special callsign YO0YOA was used. During the week there were many PowerPoint presentations about amateur radio in Europe, youth and amateur radio, frequencies, antennas, propagation, satellite communications, digital modes and disaster relief. Discussions followed each of the presentations.
There was also a treasure hunt and a radio field day along with a visit to the office of the national amateur organization FRR In the capital Bucharest. The last day was devoted to evaluating the event and the publicity surrounding it.
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Written by Nestoras 5B4AHZ, CARS Secretary
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Monday, 16 April 2012 07:34 |
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The first batch of Raspberry Pi computers is being issued to users.
A group of schoolchildren in Leeds are the first to get their hands on production models of the bare-bones computer.
Costing only £16, the tiny computer has been designed to inspire anyone, especially children, to get started with computer programming.
Eager fans who were the first to order a machine should get their Raspberry Pi by 20 April.
Since the Raspberry Pi project began, the plan has garnered huge interest from developers, hobbyists and others keen to get their hands on a cheap, easy-to-use computer.
Delivery of the first batch of production machines has been delayed twice - once because the wrong component was soldered on to circuit boards and a second time thanks to confusion about electromagnetic testing.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 16 April 2012 07:52 )
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