Category Archives: Cretan News from SV9RPE

News from our correspondent in Crete, Dick SV9RPE – formally SV0XBN/9.

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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Cretan Blog – August 2012

Hello again from a pleasantly mild Crete where we are currently having daily temperatures of around 32°C, although one day we did get to 37°C. However, just south of Heraklion they hit 42°C one afternoon. As I say, pleasantly mild. … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – July 2012

Ah, the joys of summer! The happy sounds of people enjoying time outside with their barbeques or splashing about in the sea. The hum of bees in your flowerbed and the sounds of distant static crashing through 80 meters. Four … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – June 2012

A warm welcome from a warm Crete. The tourist season is getting fully underway now but there are not as many tourists as the local shop and Taverna owners would like to see. I should also give a warm welcome … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – May 2012

[The following was written prior to my trip to the UK so, at the time of publication, I could well be sitting in a pub down in Kent downing a few warm ones. Of course I will be missing the … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – April 2012

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Hi again. First things first: – I must congratulate Marc and the other guys on the Committee and all the helpers at the Club for being Regional Winners in the RSGB Club of the Year. Well Done All! Well, we … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – March 2012

Hello again . . . Just after sending my last ramblings, my copy of SV NEA arrived. Several pages were devoted to IOTA stuff and this IOTA Marathon which is currently running. You didn’t know about this? No, neither did … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – February 2012

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Greetings once again. It was really good to see so many of you at the Christmas Bash and a few reprobates later at the Robin Hood. While at the RH, I first saw my first ‘demonstration’, if that’s the right … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog – January 2012

&#935&#929&#927&#925&#921&#913 &#8194&#8719&#927&#923&#923&#913 (Happy New Year!) Let’s all hope it is better than last year. RSGB Musings. My January RadComic has still to arrive (so yet another letter sent to Mr Beattie asking why I keep getting forgotten) but I was … Continue reading

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