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CLUB MEETINGS
(and QSL card
drop/collect)
- Nicosia: (Usually) first
and third Thursday, for more information send the SMS message 4ncmeeting
to 96 529 444, or you can receive regular emails of the next location etc by
emailing your interest to Andreas 5B8AP
- Lemesos: BEMRS building, on the
seafront, is open most mornings and every Thursday evening from 1900
local.
- 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
with Erricos 5B4GJ 99 654 335. To visit Erricos, from the Port roundabout take
the road directly opposite the port up to the traffic lights at Carrefour.
Turn Left. At the One Euro shop take the right fork. Turn Right opposite
Computerland. At the post box just before the school turn Right. Turn first
Right. Erricos house and studio is on the right, beneath a tribander!.
And a couple of pictures of a Larnaka Club meeting in January 2010:
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
PAST
EVENTS
JOTA 2010
Jamboree On the Air 2010 was held during the weekend of 16-17 October. Here
is some material that may be useful similar events. Please credit CARS
if you give out any of the documents.
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
Ben 5B4AGM's
antennas, damaged in same storm
Taken with a Sony MVC-FD7 0.38Mpixel Camera
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.
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