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from France and put them together with the help of his fellow…student
George Grabinger。 The kit consisted of a bright emitter triode in an
oscillating circuit。 The heater supply was a 4 volt accumulator； and a
dozen or so dry cells； with an earphone in series； supplied the anode
voltage。 The tuned circuit consisted of a coil with a small pressure
operated capacitor across it。 A carbon microphone with a dry cell in series
was connected to two or three turns of wire wound over the coil。 The
assembled kits were tested close to each other and they worked。 Later；
when they had connected random length wire antennas to the circuits the
two schoolboys were able to talk to each other across the 400 metres
which separated their homes。 These contacts quite definitely heralded the
dawn of amateur radio in Greece at about the same time as the 1921
Transatlantic tests were taking place。
On the 1st of September 1939 Hitler's armies invaded Poland。 Great
Britain which had a treaty with Poland was compelled to declare war on
Germany two days later on the 3rd； followed by France。 Canada and
Australia declared war on Germany the next day。 All the radio amateurs in
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Athens immediately dismantled their transmitters and dispersed the
components。
So ended the first phase of amateur radio activity in Greece。
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CHAPTER SIX
WORLD WAR II AND AFTER IN GREECE
Socrates Coutroubis SV1AE described to me how his interest in radio
was aroused in 1935 when he was 13 years old。 His father had decided to
buy a domestic radio receiver。
〃Of course in 1935 Athens had no broadcasting service〃； Socrates
said； 〃so the receiver had to be able to tune in to the short wave
broadcasting bands。 As we already had a Westinghouse refrigerator my
father decided we should try one of their receivers。 When I say 'try' I must
explain that it was the usual thing to ask a number of agents to submit
their latest models for comparison at one's home。 I remember that together
with the Westinghouse； we had an Atwater Kent； Philco； RCA； Stromberg…
Carlson and several sets of European manufacture such as Philips；
Blaupunkt； Saba etc。 We finally settled for the German Saba because it
was the prettiest and blended better with our living room furniture！
〃There were very few stations to be found on the short waves。 But I
remember the Dutch station PCJ run by the Philips company in Eindhoven。
The announcer was Edward Startz who spoke perfect English and about a
dozen other languages。 〃This is the Happy Station； broadcasting from the
Netherlands〃 he would say cheerfully。
〃A couple of years after we had bought the radio we were returning
from an open air movie round about midnight when I noticed a book on
sale at a road…side kiosk。 It was entitled THE RADIO AMATEUR'S
HANDBOOK published by the A。R。R。L。 I had no idea what the initials
stood for。 The price was astronomical for my pocket but after a little
coercion I got my father to buy it for me。 When I began to read it I
discovered the existence of radio amateurs。 It was the 1939 edition and I
found a circuit for a receiver which looked simple enough for me to try。 It
was described as a regenerative detector and audio amplifier。
〃At that time the best place to buy components in Athens was at a
store called Radio Karayianni； but three others shops also stocked valves
（tubes） and components。 One was the Electron run by George Spanos；
who was the agent for the Dutch Philips company。 Then there was a shop
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in a basement next door； Konstav Electric； owned by 'Bill' Tavaniotis
SV1KE。 A wide range of components were also stocked by the Raytheon
agent； Nick Katselis SV1NK。
〃I obtained some plug…in forms and wound the coils carefully
according to the instructions but unfortunately the receiver didn't work
very well； if at all。 When I asked a few friends they suggested I should
shorten the very long wires I had used between the components； and sure
enough I had the greatest thrill of my life when for the first time I heard
Rome on short waves on my very own home…made receiver。 Outstanding
stations in the broadcast band in those days were Trieste in northern Italy；
Katowice in Poland； Breslau in Germany and Toulouse in south…west
France。
〃Although I had read about the activities of radio amateurs in the
Handbook I had not yet heard any of the half dozen or so stations that
were already operating on CW and AM telephony in the Athens area。
〃My father used to buy the periodical LONDON CALLING which
contained the overseas programmes of the B。B。C。 as well as the
programmes of the principal European broadcasting stations。 This
publication also carried advertisements and it was there that I first saw an
illustration of the Hammarlund Super Pro and realised that there were
receivers specially designed for the reception of short waves。
〃But during the German/Italian occupation of Greece between 1941
and 1944 my little home…made receiver played a vital role in enabling us
to listen （secretly） to the B。B。C。 broadcasts because the authorities had
sealed all radios to the broadcast （medium wave） band and to the
frequency of Radio Athens。 Most people devised ingenuous methods of
listening to stations other than Athens。
〃After the end of the war a friend of mine who returned to Athens
from Cairo brought me the 1945 edition of the A。R。R。L。Handbook； which
is still on the shelf as you can see。〃
Socrates explained that in 1945 there was complete political upheaval
in Greece； owing to the events that had taken place during the foreign
occupation； so the General Election of that year was carried out under the
supervision of foreign observers from the U。S。A。； the United Kingdom &
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France。 The Russians did not send a mission。
〃Owing to my knowledge of English I was employed by the
American mission to act as interpreter。 One day when I was off duty I was
taken by a friend to a signals unit where there were many pieces of
equipment which had been 'liberated'； and I was able to buy a BC 342
receiver。 Later when Harry Barnett SV1WE who was in the Press
Department of the British Embassy returned to England I bought his
Hallicrafter SX28。
〃It was at Harry's house in Kolonaki that I had my first taste of
amateur radio in action。 He had a National HRO for reception and he had
constructed a 50…watt transmitter using surplus components which were in
plentiful supply at that time。
〃Another friend of mine； Jim Liverios； was employed at the Civil
Aviation transmitter site on a hill south of Nea Smyrni。The American
Mission had set up their short wave transmitters on the same site and later
Interpol installed their own equipment as well。 Liverios was always on
night shift because he attended the University during the day。 I still don't
know how he ever managed to get any sleep。 When things were quiet he
would 'borrow' a 5 Kw transmitter and tune it in the 20 metre band。 Using
a callsign of his own choice （probably a different one every night）
