RSGB ISLANDS ON THE AIR

• Postal awards delayed

  Please note that requests for certificates and other awards to be sent by post are being delayed because the RSGB headquarters is relocating. We hope that they will be mailed in the next few weeks. Electronic certificates are, of course, unaffected.
  M0BLF, 20 Apr 2008

• The Passing of a Remaining Link with IOTA 1964

  I heard this morning with sadness that Bill Hall, G8JM passed away last Sunday, 6 April 2008. Bill was active in the IOTA Programme from its inception in 1964 until around 2001. He was the FIRST AMATEUR to receive the IOTA 100 Islands Certificate on 14 August 1966. He was not the first recipient - Geoff Watts issued No. 1 the same day to a Swedish SWL. Between 1966 and 1969 Bill received either No. 1 or No. 2 of seven other IOTA certificates. This demonstrated his commitment to Geoff's new and exciting initiative. Remember, in those days everything was down to one's own efforts - there was no Internet, no DX Cluster, no IOTA support group or net and IOTA orientated DXpeditions were almost non-existent. In 1997 Bill received IOTA's 750 Islands Plaque of Excellence No. 59. G8JM was a part of IOTA's early history who will be sadly missed.
  G3KMA, 09 Apr 2008

The following activations have been notified to us, or to services such as 425 DX News, as being expected to be active now. For more details, click on the activation's callsign, or click on a reference number for more information about the island group.

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