SX112MGF

Diploma

Celebrating award for the 112 years anniversary from the Maiden Greek Flight. «SX112MGF» (4-24 January 2025) 

The council of the international amateur radio 5th Ocean Club and the Greek section of it, organizes non-profit international radio amateur award which is dedicated to the anniversary of 112 years from the Maiden Greek Flight (Nieuport IVG). On February 8, 1912, Emmanouil Argyropoulos became the first Greek pilot to perform a flight in Greece.

QSL Card

The 5^th Ocean Club has 650 members worldwide (pilots and paratroopers).

Photos of the diploma and qsl card are by the courtesy of GAS, Central Office, Argyropoulos family documents collection.

Polydoros Stavropoulos (SV1AHH) and the committee of 5^th Ocean club has the copyright of the diploma and QSL Card. 

Purpose and object of the competition:

So, in honor of the 112 anniversary Maiden Greek Flight we created a beautiful diploma for the special call sign SX112MGF. 

Participants:

• All licensed radio amateurs from every official radio country on the planet.

• The Short Wave Listeners (SWL). 

Award:

By the support of the international 5th Ocean Club, the color diploma (A4 size) will be awarded automatically and free of charge (electronically) to those who fulfill the rules of the competition (accumulation of 40 points). The awards will be issued from the online address: https://hamlog.online/club/5ocean/ 

Activators:

The three Greeks members of the Club who will activate the competition are:

1. Polydoros Stavropoulos SV1AHH #555 (CW - SSB)

2. George Petrakis SV1GGF #556 (FT4 - FT8 - RTTY)

3. Stavros Panagiotopoulos SV1JFL #614, (FT8 – SSB) 

Competition duration:

Starts January 4^th , 2025 (00.00 UTC) and ends January 24^th, 2025 (00.00 UTC).

Modulations:  Voice (SSB), CW, FT8, FT4, RTTY. 

Bands:

Transmissions will be on air on the amateur radio bands in the shortwave (HF), VHF, UHF,

{160M, 80M, 40M, 30M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 12M, 10M, 6M, 2M and 70CM}. 

Awarding - Rating:

The required number of points to be accumulated to qualify for the award (diploma) is 40.

For each QSO or for reception by listeners (SWL= Short Wave Listener) with:

• special call sign: SX112MGF: 10 points.

•  members of the "5th Ocean" club gives: 5 points.

• members of the "5th Ocean" club on VHF, UHF and the 160m band with radio amateurs, 5 points extra.

Repeated QSOs are only allowed on different bands and different modulation modes.

All types of digital communications (RTTY, FT8, FT4) count as a DIGI type. 

Confirmation of Reception (QSL) Cards:

QSL cards will be sent, the next day free of charge electronically to all radio amateurs who come into radio contact (QSO) with the special call sign SX112MGF. The shipment will be made through the two websites eQSL and Hamlog.online. Contacts (adif files) will be posted at the end of each day on the eQSL, Hamlog.online, QRZCQ, QRZ, Clublog and LotW websites. 

Prohibitory term:

Paper cards will not be accepted by post or Bureau.

It is not allowed sending the following to the activators,:

• money in any way (IBAN, Paypal, etc.)

• international postal coupons (I.R.C.)

• U.S.D. (green stamps) 

Additional terms:

Please:

·       follow the rules provided by the legislation and the code of the International Association of Radio Amateurs,

·       avoid tuning and testing to the frequency of the SX112MGF because it will not be possible to receive the stations that want to participate and there will be a long delay,

·       brevity in qso will be a joy to those who wait,

·       do not use computer in CW configuration,

 

We kindly request for your patience and compliance with the terms. Let this competition be a great pleasure for all of us.

Polydoros Stavropoulos (SV1AHH) will be responsible for information and comments throughout the competition:

email: sv1ahh@yahoo.gr