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World Flora Fauna / SVFF
WORLD-WIDE PROGRAM Especially protected natural territories of Fund World Flora Fauna.
Slogan of the Program:
“Lets Save the green planet Earth!”
WFF is an International Award Program (an International ecologo-edicational and nature conservation action on supporting of protected areas), organized to attract attention of the world community to the problems of protected areas, to provide them with feasible practical support, to waken a feeling of pride in the minds of the Earth’s inhabitants for natural and cultural heritage, for visiting National Parks and Nature Reserves and making QSO contacts with them.
The Program was launched in 2008 under the auspices of International Foundation World Flora Fauna and RRC. For you to get a WFF/SVFF Award you need to contact locations possessing an official status of National Parks or Nature Reserves all over SV land (GReece), listed in the WFF Program .
NATIONAL PARKS in SV land
In the following WFF/SVFF Directory you have a list from WFF Database of National Parks and Nature Reserves throughout GReece. Also, during a QSO is provided a symbol, for example: SVFF-01, SVFF-02, SVFF-03, which corresponds to certain National Park or Nature Reserve. Moreover, the Internet site contains a DataBase (which is currently being filled up) that has an indication from which location one or another station works.
| WFF Ref. No |
Name of National Park
or Nature Reserve
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LAT/LONG QTH |
Prefix |
| SVFF-001 |
Ainos |
38o08N/20o40E |
SV3 |
| SVFF-002 |
Mount athos |
40o10N/24o19E |
SV/A |
| SVFF-003 |
Mount Oiti |
38o50N/22o19E |
SV1 |
| SVFF-004 |
Mount Olympus |
40o05N/22o22E |
SV2 |
| SVFF-005 |
Mount Parnithta |
38o10N/23o42E |
SV1 |
| SVFF-006 |
Parnassos |
38o35N/22o33E |
SV1 |
| SVFF-007 |
Pindos |
39o54N21o10E |
SV2 |
| SVFF-008 |
Prespes |
40o47N/21o04E |
SV2 |
| SVFF-009 |
Sounio |
37o43N/24o01E |
SV1 |
| SVFF-010 |
Vikos-Aoos |
39o58N/20o42E |
SV6 |
| SVFF-011 |
White Mountains (Samaria) |
35o15N/23o56E |
SV9 |
FUTURE SVFF INPUTS
All the above are National Forest Parks. Except these, in GReece there are also National Parks, National Seaside Parks, Nature Reserve and Nature Monuments that are under proccession and consideration to be added in the above table.
IDENTITY OF WFF/SVFF
While having a QSO with the WFF/SVFF expedition you are welcome to transmit two figures - 44! which means “Forty Four ~ Flora Fauna” and is interpreted as the slogan of the WFF program: «Lets save the green Planet Earth!»
If the National Park or Nature Reserve territory includes a water area, and call-sign had extension “/mm”, it must be indicated on the QSL card and stated by this radio station for the WFF/SVFF Database.
RULES:
All HF Bands, 50 MHz and 144 MHz are valid.
Modes: CW, PHONE and DIG (RTTY, PSK31,…). However the QSO made through any type of repeaters will not be considered.
We only consider valid one activity by day.
All contact made from 1 April 2010 are valid and must appear on QSL card with number and name of Park, Reserve or Landscape. The numbers are attributed by sequential order of the responsibility of the award promoter.
It is not necessary the delivery of QSL cards at the award request, provided that the activation has been previously validated and activators has sent us logs from activity. However any HAM must be have these QSLs in case any of them can be claimed by the Award manager”.
Award Order:
There are three Awards levels, depending if you contact 25%, 50% or 75% of SVFF different references.
3rd class-25% different SVFF (for activators-3 activations) 2nd class-50% different SVFF (for activators-5 activations) 1st class-75% different SVFF (for activators-7 activations)
HONOUR ROLL-85% different SVFF (for activators-9 activations)
Each Class of Award will be certified by a colour sticker
HONOUR ROLL Certificate will be issued as separate Award
There is no fee if the award and stickers are requested to be in electronic format. It can be sent on pdf format .
Send us your log with QSOs information. It can be printed on this web site in AWARD section .
Before any request, ask information by email.
Operators who active minimum number references required for obtaining award, will be attributed award with no cost (FREE).
Activities:
To all who activate a reference they will be given this reference, but need work 150 stations for the activation to be considered valid. Please send us the logs in electronic format (ADIF).
Activation must be inside the physical limit of the Park.
They should be sent copies of any licence, pictures or videos with stations and operators. Please send any Picture that proves the location.
One “Team Photo” is welcome to be published on web site.
All valid operations will be listed on web site and if possible all logs will be on-line on our website.

Send your detailed QSO list + Self Addressed Label + 10 EURs (or equal GSs or IRCs) to : 
Demetrius Anastasiades (SV2GWY)
28HS OKTOBRIOU 3St, TAGARADES
57001 THESSALONIKI
GREECE
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