1. SY prefix is not exclusively reserved for Mount Athos
2. I met Monk Apollo last Noevember in Mount Athos.
He told me about his complains about Greek Authorities
because they gave the SY prefix in various amateurs
(SY1D, SY1A, SY7LH) who have not transmit from Mount Athos
and of
By the way, the first dxpedition to Mt. Athos used
the callsign SY1MA in October 1972.
I was amused to read this article in the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #544. I was
SV0GC in Athens from 1986-1988 and frequently visited the Ministry of
Communications to apply for special prefixes. I used ALL available Greek
prefix blocks (J40GC, SV0GC, SW0GC, SX0GC, SY0GC, SZ0GC), plus the first
