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progress of the art of radio telegraphy and radio telephony will be greatly 

hindered。; 

       Professor W。H。Eccles wrote�此�

       ;Improvements and invention must be stimulated to the utmost。 It is 

not impossible to devise laws to impose restrictions upon the emission of 

wireless waves as will preclude interference with the public radio service 

of the future ��R。F。I。 & T。V。I。�殖。。� and yet allow liberal opportunities for the 

experimental study of wireless telegraphy。; 

       NOTE。   The      above     passages    are   taken   from   WORLD   AT   THEIR 

FINGERTIPS           by   John    Clarricoats�察    �O。B。E。��G6CL�察       �published      by   the 

R。S。G。B。 in 1968。 



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                          CHAPTER FOUR 



                         THE 1921 TRANSATLANTIC TESTS 

       Most commercial   experimental transmissions   in   wireless   telegraphy 

before World War  I  were  carried   out on   the  ;long;   wavelengths�察  �though 

they   were   not   called   that   at   the   time。   Transmissions   by   amateurs   in   the 

United Kingdom and the U。S。A。 on the other hand were made around 200 

metres     ��1。5MHz��。      In   the  U。S。A。     amateurs     were    permitted    to   use   a 

D。C。input      of   1��000    watts   to   the  anode     of  the   final   stage   of   their 

transmitters。 In the U。K。 the maximum power allowed was 10 watts and 

the   combined      height   and   length    of  the  transmitting     aerial  was   not   to 

exceed 100 feet。 So when the first attempt to span the Atlantic was made 

in February of 1921 it was natural that the American stations should do the 

transmitting and the Europeans the listening。 

       About 25 U。S。 amateur stations participated in the tests�察�which took 

place   early   in   the   morning   on   the   2nd�察  �4th   and   6th   of   February   1921。 

Although   about   200   European   stations   had   indicated   their   intention   to 

listen only 30 actually submitted logs。 And not a single one of them was 

able   to   report   hearing   anything   that   could   be   attributed   to   the American 

transmissions。 

       The then Editor of QST wrote�此 �We have tested most of the circuits 

used by the Britishers and find them one and all decidedly inferior to our 

standard      American      regenerative      circuit   using    variometer      tuning    in 

secondary and tertiary circuits。 We would bet our new Spring hat that if a 

good   U。S。   amateur   with   such   a   set   and   an   Armstrong   superheterodyne 

could     be  sent   to  England�察   �reception     of  the  U。S。   transmissions      would 

straightaway become commonplace。; Strong language。 

       In September of the same year it was announced that a prominent U。S。 

amateur  Paul   Godley  2ZE  would   be  going   to  Europe  to   take part   in   the 

second series of tests planned for December。 His expenses were being paid 

by    the   A。R。R。L。     which     already    boasted    having     15��000    transmitting 

members。   In   the   U。S。A。   distances   of   over   2��000   miles   had   already   been 

achieved。 

       During   his   brief   stay   of   a   few   hours   in   London   Paul   Godley   was 



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introduced to Senator Marconi�察�to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Jackson�察�

to Alan A。Campbell   Swinton   and   many   other   distinguished   members   of 

the Wireless Society of London�察�as the R。S。G。B。 was then called。 

       Paul   Godley  first set   up   his   receiving   equipment   at Wembley   Park�察�

Middlesex but soon decided that the electrical noises in the area would not 

permit reception of   the weak transatlantic signals。 He therefore obtained 

permission to set up the European receiving station at Ardrossan a coast 

town   near   Glasgow�察  �Scotland。   The   actual   site   was   a   large   field   heavily 

covered   with   seaweed。   He   was   assisted   in   the   erection   of   his   receiving 

antenna       by    a    member       of    the    Marconi      International      Marine 

Communications          Company。      1��300    feet  of  phosphor´bronze        wire   was 

stretched 12 feet above the ground on ten poles spaced equally along the 

full   length   of   the   wire   which   was   earthed   at   the   far   end   through   a   non´ 

inductive   resistor。   This   was   the   first   Beverage   type   receiving   array   ever 

erected   in   the   United   Kingdom。   Before   the   actual   tests   took   place   the 

length of the wire was reduced to 850 feet。 

       At 00。50 GMT on December 9th 1921 Godley identified signals from 

1BCG located at Greenwich�察�Connecticut。 The station there was manned 

by six members of the Radio Club of America。 One of the operators was 

E。Howard        Armstrong      inventor    of   the   regenerative      detector�察  �super´ 

regeneration   and   the   supersonic   heterodyne   receiver�察  �though   the   French 

claim that the superhet was first designed by Lucien Levy of Paris。 

       Two days later the historic first complete message transmitted by U。S。 

amateurs      and   received   in  Europe     on  the   ;short   waves;    ��actually    230 

metres�� heralded a new era。 The message read�此�

       No。1 de 1BCG。 WORDS 12。 NEW YORK DECEMBER 11 1921。 TO 

PAUL          GODLEY             ARDROSSAN               SCOTLAND。              HEARTY 

CONGRATULATIONS。                  SIGNED       BURGHARD            INMAN        GRINAN 

ARMSTRONG AMY CRONKHITE。 

       Eight British amateurs had also copied the message correctly。 One of 

them was W。E。;Bill; Corsham 2UV of Willesden�察�London who was later 

credited   by   the   R。S。G。B。   and   the   A。R。R。L。   as   being   the   inventor   of   the 

QSL card。 Bill had used a simple three valve receiver and an inverted´L 

wire 100 feet long compared to Godley's huge Beverage array。 



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       In the summer of 1922 amateurs in France began to get licences and 

Leon Deloy 8AB President of the Radio Club of Nice in southern France 

started hearing British stations。 After a visit to the U。S。A。 Deloy was able 

to improve his equipment and on November 27th 1923 he contacted Fred 

Schnell 1MO of West Hartford�察�Connecticut for the first ever 2´way QSO 

across    the  Atlantic。   They    used   the  ;useless;    wavelengths      around    100 

metres。 

       INTERNATIONAL DX had come to stay。 



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                           CHAPTER FIVE 



                     THE FIRST GREEK RADIO AMATEURS 

       As   no   licences   were    issued   for  many   years    there   are  no   official 

records to be consulted。 Early activity was mainly in and around Athens 

but there may have been one or two stations in other parts of the country 

which we never heard in the capital。 At the time of writing ��1987�� four of 

the   original   pioneers   in   the Athens   area   are   alive   and   three   of   them   are 

currently active on the H。F。 bands。 

       Athanassis 'Takis'   Coumbias   has   QSL cards addressed to him  dated 

1929 when he was a short wave listener in Odessa�察�Russia with the SWL 

callsign RK´1136。 In 1931 his family�察�like many other Greek families in 

Russia�察  �moved   to   Athens   where   Takis   built   a   4´valve   transmitter   with 

which   he   was   very   active   on   40   and   20   metre   CW   using   the   callsign 

SV1AAA。 

       I frequently operated his station myself and when I asked him why he 

had chosen that particular callsign he gave me what proved to be a truly 

prophetic     answer。    ;It  will  be   ages;�察  �he  said�察  �before    the  Greek    State 

officially   recognizes   the   very   existence   of   radio   amateurs   and   begins   to 

issue   transmitting   licences   to   them。   After   that   it   might   take   another   50 

years for them to get to the three´letter series beginning with SV1AAA。; 

       In actual fact this is what happened�此�legislation was enacted 40 years 

later and the callsign SV1AAA was officially allocated to Nikita Venizelos 

after 54 years had elapsed� �

       Although   at   the   time   there   was   no   official   recognition   of   amateur 

radio in Greece�察�the existence and identity of the handful of 'under cover' 

operators   was   known   to   the   Head   of the W/T  section   at the   Ministry  of 

Posts   &   Telegraphs   ��Greek   initials   T。T。T。��   Stefanos   Eleftheriou   who   did 

more than anyone else to encourage and promote the development of our 

hobby。 In fact�察�following a minor brush with the police in 1937 ��described 

by    N2DOE       later  in  this  book��    Eleftheriou     issued   three   licences   'for 

experimental research in connection with the propagation of short waves' 

on the basis of earlier legislation governing the use of wireless telegraphy 

which really had nothing to do with amateur radio。 The recipients of these 



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three    licences     were    Costas    'Bill'  Tavaniotis     SV1KE�察      �Aghis    Cazazis 

SV1CA and Nikos Katselis SV1NK。 As there were no relevant regulations 

the   choice   of   callsign   was   left   to   the   individual   operators。   For   instance�察�

Tavaniotis ran his own electrical and electronic business called 
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