[ADXA] Mt. Athos on 40M F/H

Tue Feb 22 18:03:20 EST 2022

 I worked him Saturday also and noticed what George stated.  Today, the contact is in ClubLog as SV2RSG/A.
JohnKT4AC

    On Sunday, February 20, 2022, 09:09:53 PM CST, Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> wrote:  

 I worked him this evening - his CQ was as SV2RSG/A and when he replied to only one station, he was SV2RSG/A.  When he had multiple streams going, he was just SV2RSG.  I read some of the stuff on the internet - apparently there is much controversy about licensing for contacts from Mt. Athos and RSG seems to not believe that Monk Apollo had proper permission to operate from there.  It was too convoluted  to follow in depth but apparently RSG has all the necessary paper he needs to be legitimate.  I never did pick up on why some contacts might count for Greece and others at Mt. Athos, though, unless he has another location outside Mt. Athos.  My impression is that monks tend to stick fairly closely to their quarters, though.

Monk Apollo was one of my last few for Honor Roll #1.  I called him for a LONG time on 17 meter CW.  He was slow and apparently using some kind of code reader.  He quit answering anyone and I finally decided he was gone.  I really need to pee.  As I started walking out of the room, I heard him come back to me, fully 5-10 minutes after I had made my last call!  

73,
Dennis

> On Feb 20, 2022, at 4:50 PM, Scott Branyan <sbranyan at cox.net> wrote:
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> Definitely an odd situation, George. 
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> All I can say is, in my case, I worked him as SV2RSG in FT8 mode on two bands. When I went to clublog, there is no log available to search for SV2RSG, but I show up in the SV2RSG/A log--and the latter is the card I received. I had to wait a few days for the clublog account to update and show me in it. 
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> 73,
> Scott/W5AAJ
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> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of WB5JJJ
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> Subject: Re: [ADXA] Mt. Athos on 40M F/H
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> Well, I worked SV2RSG/A last evening on 40m F/H.  It was a fairly easy catch.  However, I learned things after the contact that I found interesting.  OK, I might be slow and behind the times on this, but still.  So flame me if you must, my CO2 fire extinguisher is at the ready.  
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> 1) If you work SV2RSG/A, it will come up as Mt Athos, at least in my HRD LB.
> 2) If you work SV2RSG, it will come up as Greece, again in HRD LB.
> 3) He has two different QSL Cards as well.  
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> During my time on 40m last night, I watched several folks work him as SV2RSG and he responded to them without the /A.  I'm sure they were thinking they were working Mt Athos.  But NO, even though they are physically the same station (Mt Athos), they are logged differently.  
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> Also, he does not do LoTW and only accepts QSL cards through a handler nearby.  Apparently his handler supposedly uploads to ClubLog, but I found no such entries for either call.  
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> BTW, if you are in the area of Mt Athos with your XYL and you decide to visit, she will not be allowed to enter the "territory" of Mount Athos.  Their laws prevail over those of Greece.  
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> 73's
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> George - WB5JJJ
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> On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 8:01 PM <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
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>    Tell him to get off that darn computer and grab a key. He would be a great multiplier in the CW contest.
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>    Joel
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>    On 2022-02-19 17:00, Lanny Aldrich wrote:
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>        SV2RSG/A  7.056  -11/-08 
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>        50 watts, Inv-V in Searcy.
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>        73, Lanny  K1LEC
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