Mount Athos wants help keeping SY prefix

A decision by Greek telecommunications authorities may cause confusion in the DXCC program and the Monks at Mount Athos monastery are asking for your help to sort it all out.

According to Monk Appolo, a recent change in regulations made by the Greek Ministry of Communications has re-designated the longtime Mount Athos SY prefix to special call status and has made it available to any Greek radio ham who wants it.

Monk Appolo says that those at the Ministry do not understand the importance of Mount Athos as a separate DXCC entity to the world of amateur radio and to the DXCC program itself.

To help reverse the decision, Monk Apollo is asking hams world-wide to send an email to the Greek telecommunications ministry at yme@otenet.gr.

He says to request that they act to once again reserve the SY prefix solely for the use of Mount Athos. This, to eliminate any confusion to the DXCC.