(music not permitted)
My name is John P.Theofilopoulos, SV3AQR, 10-x # 64628, born in 1969 in town of Amalias, Greece. Amateur activities began when I was first licenced (a dream since I was a child !) in 1988 at the age of 18.
I chase countries, prefixes, QSL's and photos of other hams. My logbook contains more than 150000 QSOs (mostly on paper) since my first CQ in 1988.
Current QSL card (1999-TODAY) One of my first prints of QSL's (1989-1999)
"Born to Run!"
Patras Half-Marathon me & support HAM team!
left to right the gang:
SV3AQO, SV3ORU, SV3ITU, SV3CYL, SV3IDF, SV3AQN, SV3AQR, SV3MSQ, SV3DCX
"I'd Rather Be Flying!"
2nd hobby,airplanes! (I am chasing. Aeronautical mobile QSO's!)
Radio? Check!
see also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KysvZovSsf8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glznvHVr6wo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE7dsXW-2hE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCPuj9aAvOc
Other activities: Long distance running, listening music. Ex-calls: J43A(‘91), J43O (‘92-‘96-2K), J43TEI (‘93). I spend much of my time working DX!
Awards received:
ARRL DXCC ,Honor Roll (Phone) #20,601 (338 countries)
ARRL 10m DXCC#32,726 (295 countries)
DXCC Challenge (2139 Countries)
10m (Phone) W.A.S.#52,018
5BDXCC #6489
5BWAZ #1556
QRP DXCC
CQ DX Honor Roll
CQ WPX Honor Roll (2315 prefixes)
IARU 5BWAC
CQ ALL USA COUNTIES #3538
I have been very active in contests, as a matter of fact, during the CQ WW contest’91, I worked barefoot 125 countries (single band DXCC in 48hr contest period without cluster help!) fact that gave me the 4th World place single band low power , 1st place in Europe.
In 1993 I manage to use (upon request) a local medium waves (Radio Station of Amalias, A.M.1584KHz) 54m.top loaded tower, as TX antenna on 160m!
Top band DX'er dream.54m. tower! (Feb'93)
28MHz & 144MHz
B E A C O N S
I N F O R M A T I O N
H E R E :
Another activity is C.W. propagation beacons and runs one, since 1991 on 10m, (28.182,5MHz) on a vertical antenna with the power of 4 watts, and a second one, since 1998 on 2m (144.488,0MHz) with 5 watts power on a big wheel, both running (A1A), 24 hours a day from KM07QS, 80m.A.S.L.
I am also QRV on 2m SSB looking for Tropo-Sporadic-E propagation QSO's(144.300 +- QRM) with 20 DXCC countries already confirmed!
6 element 28MHz beam on. SV3AQR's favourite band (October '91)
I am working as a civil engineer and live in Patras, (KM08UF) Peloponese, Greece.
Beacons SWL reports, QSLs, are always very welcome!
Please NO eQSL's!
For direct requests please include S.A.S.E.
The shack in Amaliada,Greece. (July 2001)
My shack today (2013)
Working conditions:
RIG's:
IC-775DSPII , IC-970H, FT-650
AMP's:
RPA-1000B, DXP-V175
ANTENNAS:
A3WS@ 10m above the roof level & 30m above the ground level, Big Wheel, X-700H
ACCESORIES:
RE-20,EQ Plus+8 Band,G-1000DXA
My 3 element dual band beam (WARC's) antenna on the roof top of 6 storey's apartment, near at the new port (South) of Patras,Greece.(picture taken under high speed wind!)
Note: Please Don't Throw Away Any Foreign Stamps. I am Collecting Them! Any Stamps Cut Off The Envelopes Are O.K. and easy to send to me! I am Also collecting HAM shacks-Antennas Pictures, please include yours with the QSL. Thank you in advance!
"My father's house shines hard and bright. It stands like a beacon, calling me in the night.
Calling and calling, so cold and alone.
Shining 'cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned."
Bruce Springsteen, - My Father's House, Album: Nebraska,1982
I'm also on Facebook!
If you already had a QSO with me feel free to add me as a friend!
(actually "I like" to make Radio friends from all over the world!)
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John Theofilopoulos
