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Athinai Radio
"SVA" SVA closed down it's MF/HF radio telegraphy as well as MF radio telephony on July 1st 1998 On the same day 3 more MF stations closed down they were:- Heraklion Radio SVH Kerkyra Radio SVK Lemnos Radio SVL Greece now
has just one Coastal Radio station Olympia Radio SVO. This station offers
VHF, HF radio telephone and HF Sitor services. Please click on each image for a larger version. My thanks to Yiorgos (George) SV1NA for giving me permission to use these photographs. SV1NA sadly passed away on Friday 2nd April 2004 |
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Shift on 500 kHz Main receiver JRC with 2 spare Canadian Marconi crystal receivers. |
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500 kHz operating position. |
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HF Sitor console (8-12-16-22 MHz) |
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HF R/T operating position Eddystone receiver, Litton terminal & phone patch |
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HF R/T operating position Reception with 2 receivers (Diverse reception) |
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MF R/T position Racal RX and Litton terminal unit |
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HF CW Shift in 1972 |
| The following four photographs are © Dimitrios Gritsopoulos (SV1AYE) | |
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HF CW (searching frequency in 8 MHz)Taken around 1982 |
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HF R/T (16MHz) Taken around 1977 |
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Dimitris Gritsopoulos (SV1AYE) operating the HF radiotelephone terminal with Makis Mataras (standing) taken around 1980 |
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Dimitrios Gritsopoulos (foreground, seated) operating the Tfc List buoy (QRU?) with Vasilatos Christos standing next supporting the rotating buoy. On the backround Odysseus Mpampladimos. Photo taken circa 1980. |
Athinai Radio
"SVA" 500kHz Closdown These pictures were sent me by Albert Dennis Dawson SV1HX |
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SV1HX Albert Dennis Dawson |
Last message by “Hellas Radio” operator P. Prasinos surrounded by the three of us (from left to right) SV1HX SV1WZ SV1IUT |
SVA “Hellas Radio” operator P. Prasinos sending the last message |
JRC receiver |
The last handwritten message |
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