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<H1>Monk Apollo calls for return of Mount Athos SY prefix </H1><FONT
face=Tahoma>For many years the prefix <STRONG>'SY'</STRONG> was standing
exclusively for the DXCC entity <STRONG>Mount Athos</STRONG> in Greece. </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>This was later changed to 'SV/A' but for many HAMs the SY
prefix is still connected to Mt Athos, although every Greek radio amateur may
apply for a SY prefix now. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>This is a thorn in the side of the only radio amateur on
the Holy mountain, <STRONG>Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A.</STRONG> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>He asks DXers from all over the world to send an e-mail to
the Greek licensing authority (</FONT><A href="mailto:yme@otenet.gr"><FONT
face=Tahoma>yme@otenet.gr</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma>) asking them to stop this
practice. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>At the moment Monk Apollo is very active in RTTY because
this mode is silent and does not disturb the other monks. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>He prefers working in RTTY on <STRONG>1838-1840, 3580, 7038
and 10140 kHz around 1700-2100 UTC</STRONG>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>However his call has been abused by a pirate on Jan 12,
2010. <BR></FONT><BR></P></BODY></HTML>