IOTA News
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- Operations Approved for IOTA Credit
- The following operations which have taken place between January and April 2010 have provided acceptable validation material and are therefore approved for IOTA credit: 3W6C (AS-185), CK8G (NA-182), FO/DL3APO (OC-114), TX3D (OC-114), T32MI (OC-279), T32SI (OC-280), T32CI (OC-281), T32VI (OC-282) and CX2FAA (SA-057). For further detail, see the latest IOTA NEWS bulletin (20 June 2010) uploaded to G3KMA's website at www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com.
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- Operations Approved for IOTA Credit
- The following operations which have taken place in March/April 2010 have provided acceptable validation material and are therefore approved for IOTA credit: VY0V (NA-231), V63MY (OC-260) and V63TO (OC-260).
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- A 25th Anniversary Not to be Missed
- This week just passed saw the twenty-fifth anniversary of the day in 1985 when Geoff Watts transferred responsibility for management of the IOTA Programme to the RSGB. For those of you who were with the programme then, enjoy the occasion and reflect. For others, know that you are members of a large family who have committed themselves to one of the most rewarding and enduring quests in amateur radio.
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- The Honour Roll Exercise Sees Further Growth
- We reported at year end that compared with calendar year 2008, 2009 had enjoyed a 20.4% increase in credits confirmed by checkpoints and an overall 10.8% rise in applications processed. Rolling the 12 month comparison period forward just one month (February to January) to cover the annual Honour Roll update exercise, we saw even more impressive figures, increases of 32.4% for credits given and 20.4% for applications processed. Take the opportunity of the next few months, traditionally a quieter time for the checkpoints, to submit your new application or an update.
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- 2010 Honour Roll and Annual Listings
- The 2010 Honour Roll and other annual listings have been uploaded to the website. See the Programme Information screen. The last date for emailing submissions and forwarding cards to checkpoints for the 2011 performance tables is 31 January 2011. Only scores that have been updated since February 2006 will be shown.
Activations expected now
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.
| Ref. No. | From | To | Callsign: |
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| AN-010 | 5 Dec 2009 | 31 Jan 2012 | DT8A |
| EU-038 | 14 Aug 2010 | 4 Sep 2010 | PH9GFB |
| EU-052 | 28 Aug 2010 | 6 Sep 2010 | SV8/OK1MBZ/P |
| EU-127 | 30 Aug 2010 | 9 Sep 2010 | DL1HCR/P |
| EU-174 | 28 Aug 2010 | 8 Sep 2010 | J48HW |
| NA-141 | 24 Aug 2010 | 3 Sep 2010 | KB2VMG/4 |
Latest IOTA DX Spots
The latest DX Cluster spots which appear to have an IOTA reference number in the comments field are shown below. If the callsign appears as a link, there is an entry in the notified activations database for this callsign on this island group. Click the link to find out more.
| Time: | Callsign: | Frequency: | Comment: | Spotted by: | IOTA Ref: |
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| 8 mins. ago. | IA5/IQ5LV | 14070 | PIANOSA ISL EU-028 | YO3CBZ | EU-028 |
| 1 hr, 0 mins. ago. | KP4BD | 14180 | BIG BIG SIGNAL INTO CALIFORNIA | W6GMP | NA-099 |
RSGB and the IOTA Committee cannot take any responsibility for the accuracy of data derived from the DX Cluster service.
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