I am happy to announce Cyprus’s accession to the “Parks on the Air” (POTA) program.
Parks on the Air (POTA) was founded to encourage amateur-radio operators who enjoy the outdoors — but who may not be interested in or able to take long hikes or make steep climbs — to blend their interests by operating from municipal, county, state, provincial, and national parks around the world.
The program is designed to “promote emergency awareness and communications from national and state/province level parks.” There are more than 150 sites to choose from in Cyprus. See the relevant POTA section of the CARS website for more information. Continue reading
The CARS Nicosia Club organized an ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding) game on Saturday the 20th of June 2020 at the Athalassa National Park. The game had a duration of about 2 hours providing the 5B4NC members the opportunity to meet in person after a long time, in an open space, keeping distance in accordance with the COVID-19 suggested precautions.
A new exciting service is being launched by CARS.
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Norman 5B4AIF will be active using the special callsign 5B4STAYHOME from Wednesday, 08 April 2020, 16.00 UTC thru to 08 July 2020, 2359 UTC.
March 8th has been designated as the International Women’s Day, a day of remembrance of the struggles of the women’s rights movement.
In an effort to spread the word about amateur radio, and make the presence of hobby even more widely known around the country, the CARS website how now also been integrated with the LinkedIn social media platform. 
