Category Archives: Cretan News from SV0XBN/9

News from our correspondent in Crete, Dick SV0XBN/9.

Cretan Blog-June 2013

Yassas. Just after this hits your screens, we will be in the UK for a wedding. Yes, I know you always want it fine and dry for a wedding, but if it rains, for us it will make a very … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-May 2013

Greetings once again from a pleasantly mild Crete. I say pleasantly mild but during April we had a taste of winter again with cold northerly winds and temperature around 15-16°C. We did not sign up for freezing temperatures like that … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-April 2013

Greetings again from a Crete that is getting warmer by the day, which is all very pleasing (but windy – see later). With your Easter some weeks before ours, a number of hotels and Tavernas are getting ready for the … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-March 2013

Greetings from a pleasantly warm Crete where today (27thFeb) we have 21°C and not a cloud in the sky SSB I now have to hang my head in shame. I have to admit that, after over 25 years, the other … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-February 2013

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Hello again es good to see some of you at the Christmas Bash last month and at the excellent Club Meeting on the previous Friday when we had a really interesting talk by Stan, G4OAV, about ‘Secret WW2 Wireless Interception … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-January 2013

ΧΡΟΝΙΑ  ∏ΟΛΛΑ (Happy New Year!) I trust that Santa brought you the new rig you wanted and that you obtained the planning permission for the 80ft tower and 4 ele Quad. I have lost my J49XF contest call. J4 calls … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-December 2012

Greetings from a decidedly cooler Crete. We have had some topsy-turvy weather these past few weeks with temperatures ranging from 31°C down to chilly 17°C. We have also had the first of our Winter storms which broke one of the … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – November 2012

Greetings from a now very quiet Crete. The vast majority of the tourists have left and we now just have the odd independent traveller wandering about… The roads are quiet, most of the Tavernas have shut down, the beaches are … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – October 2012

Greetings from an unseasonably warm Crete. During September temperatures usually cool off slightly but instead of the expected 27°C – 29°C, recently we have been having afternoon temps around the 34°C  mark. This is all very pleasant as it allows … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – September 2012

Hello again from a pleasantly mild Crete. A bit of a strange month just gone as at the beginning we had guests and our days were full and busy, now, at the end of the month, it is quiet, as … Continue reading

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