New PICTURES from our DX-pedition added below, at the end of this page.

You can watch some video on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=SX5F&aq=f We thank the people which upload them.

Dx Pedition to Farmakonisi Rocky Islet.
Timeline: 2011, May 14 - 22
DXCC: SV5 (Dodecanese Isl. area) GIOTA: DKS-057, IOTA: EU-001.
Lighthouse: Farmakonisi Light,
ARLHS: DOD-054, WLOTA: L-3147 (thanks F4EUG for the Wlota no), MIA: MGD-009
Latitude: 37.28778 Longitude: 27.08528
Latitude (DMS): 37° 17' 16 N Lontitude (DMS): 27° 5' 7 E
Grid Square: KM37ng

Dx-pedition of the ''Dx Plus'' Hellenic Amateur Radio Team.
Operators: SV1HER /Sotirios, SV1RP /George, SV1GE /John, SV1GYG /John, SV1DPJ /Bill (all members of SX1L contest team).
Last minute did not join us the OMs: SV1GRM & SV2FWV
All above operators are members of Radio Amateur Association of Greee (www.raag.org).

Email for information: dxpluspro@gmail.com & sv1rp@yahoo.com & sv1her@raag.org

CW Frequencies:
1.825-30, 3.510-20, 7.010-20, 10.105-10, 14.010-020, 18.070-080, 21.010-020, 24.890-900, 28.015-020
On 6m will be qrv 50.110 & we will work -10.
On 2m will be qrv 144.300 (not all the time).

SSB Frequencies:
1.840, 3.780, 7.120, 14.250, 21.250, 28.500 (+/- 5)
on 6m will be qrv 50.110 & we will work +10.
on 2m will be qrv 144.300 (not all the time).

Also active on digital modes on all HF bands.

See online the log of the DXpedition at: http://www.clublog.org/logsearch/SX5F . updated 28/May/2011 17:36Z
QSL mamager: SV1HER

We have to thank you a lot of people for their help. Some of them are:

Info for the islet: Farmakonisi or Pharmakonisi (older form Farmakonision) or Farmakousa (gr. Φαρμακονήσι, Φαρμακούσα) is a small island, area. 4 square km, c. 12 nautical miles NE of Leros.
Farmakonisi is c. 5.5. nautical miles from Minor Asia (Turkey).
North lies the island of Agathonissi, west the islands of Lipsi and Patmos, south lies the island of Kalymnos and Pserimos.
It is said that Hippocrates used plants from the island for medical purposes from which it may have derived its name.

Some more Info for the islet & area map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmakonisi &

in Greek http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B9

Some PICTURES from our DX-pedition: SV1HER below, during the operation on the 2 & the 6 meters bands. Also he was the "arm-rotor" (with the right hand) for the 2 meters antenna.. During the nights he working SSB on the low HF bands.

SV1GE below operating 10 meters band SSB. He worked untired SSB on all HF bands. Also he take care for our food.

SV1GYG below, operating the Digital modes on all HF bands. Also works SSB in the high HF bands.

SV1RP below, forced to operate SSB on HF. From the few times on SSB, as he is a CW maniac operator!

SV1DPJ below, operating CW on the HF bands. Non Stop!!!

SV1GE (left side) & SV1HER (right side) frond of the FARMAKONISI Lighthouse.

All the team of SX5F on the Farmakonisi Islet. From left to right: SV1DPJ, SV1RP, SV1GYG, SV1GE, SV1HER.

SX5F team on the boat with a part of the ship staff.

SX5F loading the boat for Farmakonisi

SX5F loading the boat for Farmakonisi

|Someone fishing in Farmakonisi Islet in order to eat ! Guess who.

The team frond of Farmakonisi islet church.

Below is our Camp. In the back & right side you can see the antena for 6m band beaming Europe.

SV1GYG frond of SX5F camp in Farmakonisi Islet. Back & right is the antenna windom FD-4 at 15+ meters height.

Set up the antennas. Frond is a Spiderbeam, back-left is the windom FD-4, back-right is the beam for 2m band.

SV1GYG on the mike & SV1GE in the back resting himself after a huge pileup.

Departure from Famakonisi islet.