Athinai Radio "SVA"
was open for 88 years.

SVA closed down it's MF/HF radio telegraphy as well as MF radio telephony

on July 1st 1998

On the same day 3 more MF stations closed down they were:-

Heraklion Radio SVH

Kerkyra Radio SVK

Lemnos Radio SVL

Greece now has just one Coastal Radio station Olympia Radio SVO. This station offers VHF, HF radio telephone and HF Sitor services.
The station is remotely controlled from Athens

Please click on each image for a larger version.

My thanks to Yiorgos (George) SV1NA for giving me permission to use these photographs.

SV1NA sadly passed away on Friday 2nd April 2004
Shift on 500 kHz Main receiver JRC with 2 spare Canadian Marconi crystal receivers.
500 kHz operating position.
HF Sitor console (8-12-16-22 MHz)
HF R/T operating position Eddystone receiver, Litton terminal & phone patch
HF R/T operating position Reception with 2 receivers (Diverse reception)
MF R/T position Racal RX and Litton terminal unit
HF CW Shift in 1972
The following Two photographs are © Dimitrios Gritsopoulos (SV1AYE)
HF CW (searching frequency in 8 MHz)Taken around 1982
HF R/T (16MHz) Taken around 1977

 

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