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Tavaniotis ran his own electrical and electronic business called KONSTAV
ELECTRIC so he decided to use ;KE; as his callsign。
As far as I know the following ten amateurs were active in the Athens
area in 1937�此�
1。Takis Coumbias。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1AAA 2。'Bill'
Tavaniotis。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1KE ��silent key�� 3。Polycarpos
Psomiadis。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1AZ ��now N2DOE�� 4。Aghis
Cazazis。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1CA ��silent key�� 5。Nikos
Katselis。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1NK ��silent key�� 6。George
Zarifis。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1SP/SV6SP ��now SV1AA�� 7。Nasos
Coucoulis。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1SM ��silent key�� 8。George
Yiapapas。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1GY ��now QRT�� 9。Menelaos
Paidousis。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1MP 10。Norman Joly。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。SV1RX ��now
G3FNJ��
In 1952 Costas Karayiannis who ran a big business called RADIO
KARAYIANNI published an amazingly comprehensive book entitled
ELLINIKI RADIOFONIA which means 'Greek Broadcasting'。 It
contained a vast treasure of information on many subjects allied to
broadcasting�察 �and there was a page entitled DAWN ��1930´1940�� which
dealt with amateur radio activity in Greece before World War II。 It
confirmed most of the names listed above as can be seen in the photo´copy
of the original Greek text�察�and it mentioned three others�此�George Gerardos
SV1AG�察 。�silent key���察 �S。Stefanou and Mikes Psalidas who was allocated
the callsign SV1AF 20 years later�察�though he�察�like many others had come
on the air after the end of the war with an unofficial callsign。
Were all these operators who functioned strictly in accordance with
international regulations pirates�拭 �In my view they were certainly not
pirates。 If the State was officially unaware of the existence of amateur
radio how could they apply for licences and be issued with official
callsigns�拭�
Later in this book N2DOE describes how a handful of amateurs had
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prepared draft legislation in 1937 at the request of Stefanos Eleftheriou of
the Ministry but the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 had
prevented him from taking any action in this connection。
The island of Crete in southern Greece was first heard on the air in
1938 when George Zarifis came on 40 metre CW using the callsign
SV6SP。 His transmitter consisted of a single metal 6L6 crystal oscillator
with an input of about 7 watts。 For reception he used an American CASE
broadcast receiver in which he had fitted a BFO。 In a very short period he
had about 500 QSOs。
Forty four years later some of the younger generation of operators
who had not heard of this early activity from Crete allocated the prefix
SV9 to the island。 Rather illogically they allocated SV8 to all the other
islands irrespective of their geographical position and with yet another
exception SV5 for the twelve Dodecanese islands。
General George Zarifis ��retired�� SV1AA as he is now�察 �had started
playing with 'wireless' a long long time before he went to Crete。 In 1921
when he was in the 4th form at school he had bought two kits of parts
from France and put them together with the help of his fellow´student
George Grabinger。 The kit consisted of a bright emitter triode in an
oscillating circuit。 The heater supply was a 4 volt accumulator�察 �and a
dozen or so dry cells�察 �with an earphone in series�察 �supplied the anode
voltage。 The tuned circuit consisted of a coil with a small pressure
operated capacitor across it。 A carbon microphone with a dry cell in series
was connected to two or three turns of wire wound over the coil。 The
assembled kits were tested close to each other and they worked。 Later�察�
when they had connected random length wire antennas to the circuits the
two schoolboys were able to talk to each other across the 400 metres
which separated their homes。 These contacts quite definitely heralded the
dawn of amateur radio in Greece at about the same time as the 1921
Transatlantic tests were taking place。
On the 1st of September 1939 Hitler's armies invaded Poland。 Great
Britain which had a treaty with Poland was compelled to declare war on
Germany two days later on the 3rd�察 �followed by France。 Canada and
Australia declared war on Germany the next day。 All the radio amateurs in
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Athens immediately dismantled their transmitters and dispersed the
components。
So ended the first phase of amateur radio activity in Greece。
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CHAPTER SIX
WORLD WAR II AND AFTER IN GREECE
Socrates Coutroubis SV1AE described to me how his interest in radio
was aroused in 1935 when he was 13 years old。 His father had decided to
buy a domestic radio receiver。
;Of course in 1935 Athens had no broadcasting service;�察 �Socrates
said�察 �so the receiver had to be able to tune in to the short wave
broadcasting bands。 As we already had a Westinghouse refrigerator my
father decided we should try one of their receivers。 When I say 'try' I must
explain that it was the usual thing to ask a number of agents to submit
their latest models for comparison at one's home。 I remember that together
with the Westinghouse�察�we had an Atwater Kent�察�Philco�察�RCA�察�Stromberg´
Carlson and several sets of European manufacture such as Philips�察�
Blaupunkt�察 �Saba etc。 We finally settled for the German Saba because it
was the prettiest and blended better with our living room furniture� �
;There were very few stations to be found on the short waves。 But I
remember the Dutch station PCJ run by the Philips company in Eindhoven。
The announcer was Edward Startz who spoke perfect English and about a
dozen other languages。 ;This is the Happy Station�察�broadcasting from the
Netherlands; he would say cheerfully。
;A couple of years after we had bought the radio we were returning
from an open air movie round about midnight when I noticed a book on
sale at a road´side kiosk。 It was entitled THE RADIO AMATEUR'S
HANDBOOK published by the A。R。R。L。 I had no idea what the initials
stood for。 The price was astronomical for my pocket but after a little
coercion I got my father to buy it for me。 When I began to read it I
discovered the existence of radio amateurs。 It was the 1939 edition and I
found a circuit for a receiver which looked simple enough for me to try。 It
was described as a regenerative detector and audio amplifier。
;At that time the best place to buy components in Athens was at a
store called Radio Karayianni�察�but three others shops also stocked valves
��tubes�� and components。 One was the Electron run by George Spanos�察�
who was the agent for the Dutch Philips company。 Then there was a shop
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in a basement next door�察 �Konstav Electric�察 �owned by 'Bill' Tavaniotis
SV1KE。 A wide range of components were also stocked by the Raytheon
agent�察�Nick Katselis SV1NK。
;I obtained some plug´in forms and wound the coils carefully
according to the instructions but unfortunately the receiver didn't work
very well�察 �if at all。 When I asked a few friends they suggested I should
shorten the very long wires I had used between the components�察�and sure
enough I had the greatest thrill of my life when for the first time I heard
Rome on short waves on my very own home´made receiver。 Outstanding
stations in the broadcast band in those days were Trieste in northern Italy�察�
Katowice in Poland�察 �Breslau in Germany and Toulouse in south´west
France。
;Although I had read about the activities of radio amateurs in the
Handbook I had not yet heard any of the half dozen or so stations that
were already operating on CW and AM telephony in the Athens area。
;My father used to buy the periodical LONDON CALLING which
contained the overseas programmes of the B。B。C。 as well as the
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