It is with great excitement that the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society has received notice from the Department of Electronic Communications of the Government of Cyprus, that the 70Mhz band has been officially released for use by Cyprus radio amateurs.
The 70Mhz band is to be used on a Secondary basis, subject to the condition that stations do not interfere with other services, within the spectrum 69.9 – 70.5MHz, 400W.
Use of the band is subject to the current IARU R1 band plan, and radio amateurs in Cyprus using this band are urged to conform to the band plan as published on the IARU R1 website:
https://iaru-r1.org/index.php/spectrum-and-band-plans/vhf/4-meter
Even though this post does not directly involve amateur radio, it´s really interesting to listen to the audio communication from the moon to the earth during the landing phase of the Eagle lunar lander, during the last 13 minutes of the moon landing.
Members of the Nicosia Club of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society have visited the earth satellite station at Kofinou and had a guided tour through the facilities.
During April Martin DF3MC visited Cyprus and activated a number of 5B – Summits. Here is how he described his experience: 
ARISS Russia is planning Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions from the International Space Station. The transmissions begin Thursday, April 11, 2019 around 18:00 UTC and run continuously until approximately 18:00 UTC on Sunday, April 14, 2019.
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An article published in the CDXC Digest, January 2018 edition, presents the wonderful research work carried out by Alan 5B4AHJ into the history of Cyprus callsigns. 
