425 DX News- IOTA Notices

>>> IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED <<< AF-092 3V Sousse / Monastir / Mahdia Region group (Tunisia) AS-163/Pr R0Q Laptev Sea Coast East group (Russian Federation) AS-164/Pr R0Q East Siberian Sea Coast West group (Russian Federation) OC-249/Pr YB8 Aru Islands (Indonesia) SA-092 PZ Suriname group (Suriname) Source: http://www.eo19.dial.pipex.com/index.shtml ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> PROVISIONAL IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS AS AT 30 JUNE 2002 <<< AS-163/Pr R0Q Laptev Sea Coast East group (Russian Federation) AS-164/Pr R0Q East Siberian Sea Coast West group (Russian Federation) OC-249/Pr YB8 Aru Islands (Indonesia) Source: http://www.eo19.dial.pipex.com/index.shtml ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL <<< AF-092 3V8KO Kuriat Island (June 2002) AS-152 UA0QHZ/P Bol'shoy Begichev Island (March/April 2002) AS-152 UA0QMN/P Bol'shoy Begichev Island (March/April 2002) AS-159 TA2MW/0 Kefken Island (May/June 2002) AS-159 TA2RC/0 Kefken Island (May/June 2002) NA-163 XF1DN Angel de la Guarda Island (June 2002) OC-077 AH6HY/AH8 Ofu Island, Manua Islands (May 2002) OC-090 DU1/G0SHN Dimakya Island, Calamian Group (April 2002) OC-244 DU1/G0SHN Verde Island (March 2002) SA-092 PZ5PI Papegaaien Island (June 2002) Note: This list includes operations where validation material was volunteered, ie not specifically required for credit to be given. In all cases, cards now submitted will be accepted by Checkpoints if they meet normal standards. This means that the island name must be on the card. Source: http://www.eo19.dial.pipex.com/index.shtml ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> OPERATIONS FROM WHICH VALIDATION MATERIAL IS AWAITED <<< >>> AS AT 30 JUNE 2002 <<< AF-057 5R8/F5DKO Nosi Be Island (March 2002) AS-163/Pr R3CA/0 Makar Island (May 2002) AS-164/Pr R3CA/0 Nemkov Island (May 2002) EU-082 U1ZA/1 & /A Kil'din Island (resident?) OC-197 YC3MM/P Bawean Island (June 2002) OC-221 YB8VM/P Kai Islands (June 2002) OC-221 YE8XM/P Kai Islands (June 2002) OC-249/Pr YB8VM/P Wamar Island, Aru Islands (June/July 2002) OC-249/Pr YE8XM/P Wamar Island, Aru Islands (June/July 2002) SA-073 4T4X/5 Chincha Islands (January 2002) SA-086 XR2D Damas Island (February 2002) SA-088 PSA088 Tacami Island (June 2001) Note: Checkpoints are not authorised to credit QSL cards for an operation where validation is required. Source: http://www.eo19.dial.pipex.com/index.shtml ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> IOTA CONTEST 2002 <<< >>> From 12 UTC 27 July to 12 UTC 28 July <<< Just a couple of weeks now until this year's IOTA Contest. And, judging by the announcemenents in the bulletins and on the reflectors, there will be a huge ammount of island activity; plenty of multipliers for the serious contesters, plenty of IOTA counters for the IOTA enthusiasts. It looks like being the best IOTA Contest yet! Most of you will have seen the write-up and results from last year (if not, they are of course on the RSGB HF Committee Web page - www.rsgbhfcc.org ). The main rule changes this year are in the rules regarding island DXpeditions, the introduction of a World multi-op category (previously, only island stations could participate multi-op) and the introduction of a 100-watt option for all entrants. When you submit your logs, do please ensure that the cover sheet makes clear which section and category you are entering (especially, make clear whether 12- or 24-hour, whether 100-watt or high-power and whether CW, SSB or multimode. Otherwise you will be automatically classified as 24-hour and/or multimode and/or high-power). Advice on how to configure the most popular logging programs for use in the contest has been posted on the Contests Committee Web page (see above). There were particular problems last year with entrants who had used CT. Under some configurations, the .LOG file did not contain the received serial number (whereas the .ALL file did). Please check that your log contains all the necessary information. Electronic logs are preferred, ideally to the new address of iota.logs@rsgbhfcc.org Even if you only make a few QSOs, please send a log - all logs are entered in the master database for checking purposes. We hope to improve the collection of logs this year and I am especially grateful to Trey N5KO for working with us on this, as he has previously done for both CQ and ARRL. Don Field G3XTT IOTA Contest Manager iotacontest@rsgbhfcc.org ============================================================================= Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ RSGB IOTA Committee Member Past IOTA Notices are available at http://www.425dxn.org/iota Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ RSGB IOTA Committee Member E-mail: i1jqj@ari.it 425 DX News Editor http://www.425dxn.org i1jqj@425dxn.org