Ham Radio tracks the fall of Troy

An ancient Greek system of communication with fire from torches above mountaintops is called fryktories from fryktos that means 'the torch' in Greek.

On July 13th and after 3200 years we will be climbing up the same mountaintops with Turkish Hams and will transmit through the ham radio frequencies a message from Troy - located in N.W Turkey up to Mykines that is in Southern Greece using a special call on every mountaintop that the original message passed through.

The same mountaintops are mentioned from Aeshylus in his drama "Agamemnon" and they are the ones that brought back to the Mikines city the message that Troy has fallen into the hands of the ancient siege army.

The transmitted message will be passing along the nodes on the 2m band from one station to another.

The special calls that will be used through this campaign will be:
Turkey - Mountain Ida (Troy) to be announced;

Greece - SX8FRA Lemnos Island; SX2FRB/A Athos mountain; SX8FRC Kandili Evia,

SX1FRD Mesapio, Biotia; SX1FRE Kitheronas; SX1FRF Gerania; SX3FRG Arachneon, Peloponisos; and SX3FRH Mikines.

Every Station will have at least 2m SSB/FM capability with yagi antennas. Before and after the event every station will be trying to make as many QSO's as possible with the special calls. Also that day we expect that many other hilltops will be activated in 2m band from other Greek and Foreign hams that will be joining this event.

Nik, SV1EEX will be QRV from Kitheronas mountain with the call SX1FRE. Along with him will be SV1EOS, SV1JGX and SW1JGW.

GRID Loc: KM18OE. They will be active July 11-14th on 80-2m + 70 cm.

Modes will be SSB/FM/SSTV/RTTY/PSK and will try MS + JT6M. Also will try FM LEO SATS.
QSL will be via the bureau.

Further information can be found at: sx1fre.blogspot.com/