5B4AHZ

Welcome,

my ham radio adventures begun at high school, when I joined the school amateur radio club 5B4ES at the age of 13. I was initially licensed as 5B8AH (class B) in 1993 at the age of 16. I continued being active in amateur radio all through high school.

In 1995 I co-organized my first IOTA dxPedition to Moulia Island in Cyprus where the team operated as C4MI. (Story)

From July 1995 till August 2000, I attended university in the UK, during which time I was not active in amateur radio. Round about October 2000 I run into an RSGB advertisement promoting the CW lessons that were being held at the time north of London. I signed up, and within a couple of months, I had succesfully passed my 5WPM code exam, and obtained my first full license, M0DEA.

I moved back to Cyprus in the summer of 2002 when I obtained my full, class A licence, 5B4AHZ.

Coming back to Cyprus, I also joined the local club in my hometown, the Nicosia Amateur Radio club. Soon after, I was elected on the committee of the Nicosia club, which I served until April 2007, at which time I was elected as the General Secretary of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS). I continued serving from the post of General Secretary, until April 2015, when I was elected as President of CARS.

My main interests in amateur radio include:

Dxing, Contesting, Field days, Mentoring and Tutoring new, prospective radio amateurs.