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Greek amateur to have two´way contacts using radio telephony�察�way back 

in 1921。 He was also the first amateur to operate from the island of Crete 

in 1938。 

       2。 Dr Costas Fimerelis SV1DH。 ��Transequatorial propagation��。 

       On October 9th 1988 at 23。10 GMT a new world distance record was 

established     on   the   50   MHz     band   by   the   Greek    experimental      station 

SZ2DH   operated   by   Costas   Fimerelis   SV1DH   and   a   station   in   Tokyo�察�

when it was proved that the signals had travelled a distance of 30��650 over 

the   South American   continent。   This   is   15��000   kilometres   more   than   the 

short path between the two stations�察�over which there was absolutely no 

propagation at that moment in time。 

       A   simple   5   element   Yagi   and   a   power   of   100   watts   was   used   at 

SZ2DH。   The   contact   was   on   CW   but   the   signals   were   so   strong   that   it 

might well have been on SSB。 It is estimated that 8 hops were needed to 

cover this record distance。 

       Most   people   know   by   now   that   SV1DH   was   one   of   the   principal 

stations involved in the very successful Transequatorial propagation tests 

which took place during the 21st sunspot cycle between 1977 and 1983。 

Costas gave me a simplified explanation of the phenomenon first noticed 

by    Ray   Cracknell     ZE2JV     and   Roland     Whiting    5B4WR       way    back   in 

September       1957�察   �namely    that  VHF     signals   can   travel   great   distances 

across   the   equator   ��5��000   to   8��000   kilometres��   during   the   years   of   high 

sunspot activity。 

       Costas    said   that  usually   stations   located    approximately      the   same 

distance   north   and   south   of   the   magnetic   ��not   geographic��   equator   can 

contact   each   other   shortly   after   sunset   at   both   locations。   The   first   such 

QSO took place on the 10th April 1978 between ZE2JV and 5B4WR。 Two 

days later ZE2JV contacted George Vernardakis SV1AB and this contact 

was   followed      a   few   days   later   with  QSOs   with   SV1DH   and   SV1CS。 



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��Fuller details of these contacts are given later in this book in the interview 

with SV1AB��。 

       In October 1976 there was a rumour that 145 MHz signals had been 

heard     directly   between     Argentina     and   Venezuela。     With    the  imminent 

beginning of sunspot cycle 21 many amateurs in the northern and southern 

hemispheres began organizing tests on 50��144��220 and 432 MHz。 Within 

less    than   a  year   successful     2´way     contact   was    established     between 

Argentina and Venezuela on 144 MHz。 

       Greece   is   favourably   placed   for   TEP   to   countries   in   Africa   where 

there is considerable amateur radio activity�察�like Zimbabwe and the Union 

of South Africa。 So towards the end of 1977 SV1AB and SV1DH began 

looking      for   colleagues      in  suitable    geographic       locations    with    the 

appropriate   equipment   and   the   time   and   inclination   to   engage   in   tests 

which could go on for months and months on end。 Very soon the following 

stations   agreed   to   participate   in   the   tests。   The   northern   group   included 

SV1AB�察       �SV1DH�察     �5B4WR       and   5B4AZ。      In   the  southern     hemisphere 

participants   were   ZE2JV   ��now   G2AHU���察  �ZS6PW�察  �ZS6DN�察  �ZS6LN   and 

ZS3B。 

       After   4   months   of   daily   test   schedules�察  �early   in   1978�察  �successful 

contacts     took   place   on   144    MHz�察    �some    of  which     constituted    world 

distance records for that time�察�as can be seen in the accompanying table。 

Amateurs in Malta�察�Italy�察�France and Spain soon began to participate in the 

tests�察�as well as amateurs in other areas of South Africa。 

       It can be seen from the world map that the magnetic dip ��shown as a 

heavy     line��  is  very   different   to  the  geographic      equator。   The   QTH     of 

SV1AB        is  in  a  suburb   10   kilometres    north    of  SV1DH's      so  George's 

contacts with the stations in Africa always had that edge on them。 

       In South Africa Dave Larson ZS6DN had set up a beacon which was 

first   heard   in   Athens   by   SV1AB   in   February   1979。   Within   a   few   days 

ZS6DN   had   QSOs   with   SV1DH   and   SV1AB。   The   latter   contact   was   a 

world distance record via the F´regions of the ionosphere because of the 

extra distance involved owing to the locations of the two Greek stations�察�

as mentioned in the previous paragraph。 

       For anyone who may be interested very comprehensive reports of the 



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work     done   in  transequatorial    propagation    during   cycle   21   and  earlier 

appeared in articles written by Ray Cracknell ZE2JV/G2AHU and Roland 

Whiting   5B4WR/G3UYO   in   the   June/July/August   1980   issues   of   Radio 

Communuication�察          �the    journal     of    the    R。S。G。B。      and    in    the 

November/December 1980 issues of QST。 

       RECORD        TRANSEQUATORIAL               PROPAGATION            CONTACTS 

DURING SUNSPOT CYLE 21 

       Stations MHz Date GMT Km 

     YV5ZZ/6       ´  LU1DAU      145。9    29/10/77    02。00   5��000~    World   record 

distance on 144 MHz。 First Western hemisphere contact。 

     JH6TEW   ´   VK8WJ   144。1   10/02/78   11。50   5��060~   First   Pacific   area 

contact。 

     KP4EOR ´ LU5DJZ 145。1 12/02/78 00。12 6��340 New world distance 

record on 144 MHz。 

     YV5ZZ ´ LU3AAT 432。1 13/02/78 01。10 5��100 First reception of 432 

MHz signals in Western hemisphere。 

     5B4WR       ´  ZE2JV   144。1    10/04/78    17。40   5��800   First  T。E。P。  contact 

between Europe and Africa。 

     SV1AB   ´   ZE2JV   144。1   12/04/78   18。00   6��260   First   Greek   distance 

record on 144 MHz。 

     SV1DH   ´   ZS6DN   144。1   13/02/79   18。15   7��120   New   world   distance 

record on 144 MHz。 

     SV1DH   ´   ZE2JV  432。3   20/03/79   18。20   6��250   First   reception   of   432 

MHz signals between Europe and Africa。 

     I4EAT   ´   ZS3B     144。1   31/03/79   18。50    7��890   World   distance   record 

��reception�� on 144 MHz。 

       3。 George Vernardakis SV1AB。 ��V。H。F。�� 

       In March 1988 I visited George Vernardakis SV1AB ��formerly F9QN 

of   Marseilles�察  �France��   who   spoke   to   me   about   his   contribution   to   the 

transequatorial      tests  and   his   other   experiments     in   connection     with 

Moonbounce�察�Meteor Scatter and Sporadic E propagation。 

       ;In 1965; George told me�察 �I was the only SV station equipped for 

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