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Later when Harry Barnett SV1WE who was in the Press Department of the British Embassy returned to England I bought his Hallicrafter SX28. "It was at Harry's house in Kolonaki that I had my first taste of amateur radio in action. He had a National HRO for reception and he had constructed a 50-watt transmitter using surplus components which were in plentiful supply at that time.
He adopted the same method of modulation using a record player amplifier and an Astatic crystal microphone. W.A.C. was achieved by February 1948 with about 50 watts of R.F. into a simple dipole antenna. During the ten months that SV1WE was active 750 QSL cards were sent out. Of the 61 countries worked only 49 were confirmed.
The terms of his licence were in themselves rather strange, one might even say quite 'experimental', the final paragraph reading: "This experimental research must be carried out as follows: With a maximum power of 50 watts. 2. In the frequency bands 28 Mc/s and 56 Mc/s. 4. With the call sign SV1WE."
In July 1946, Harry Barnett, a Royal Air Force officer attached to the Press Department of the British Embassy in Athens obtained an experimental transmitting licence from the W/T section of the Ministry of Posts & Telegraphs, with the callsign SV1WE. At that time he was living in a flat in Athens and could not put up an antenna, so it was not until June 1947 that he became active.
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