IOTA Notice [SEP-99]
>>> IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED IN AUGUST 1999 <<<
AS-142 UA0Z SEA OF OKHOTSK COAST group (Kamchatka Oblast islands,
letter "c")
OC-229 VK8 NORTHERN TERRITORY (ARAFURA SEA COAST) CENTRE group
(Australia, Northern Territory Islands, letter "a"),
following the operation by VK8AN/8 and VK8PW/8 from South
Goulburn Island.
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>>> OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL (*) <<<
AS-056 JA6GXK Me-jima, Danjo Archipelago (April-August 1999)
AS-064 UE0XZZ Karaginskiy Island (June 1999)
AS-142 UA0ZY/P Kambalny Island (July 1999)
EU-094 TM5G Saint-Nicolas Island, Glenan Islands (July 1999)
EU-074 F5PFT/P Brehat Island (May 1999)
EU-074 F5SNY/P Brehat Island (May 1999)
EU-105 F5PFT/P Batz Island (May 1999)
EU-105 F5SNY/P Batz Island (May 1999)
EU-107 F/G0GRC Aux Moines Island, Les Sept Iles (June 1999)
EU-157 F5SNY/P Cezembre Island (May 1999)
NA-173 VY0O Grass Island, Nunavut (June/July 1999)
OC-104 YJ0AXC Vanua Lava Island, Banks Islands (August 1999)
OC-135 P29BI Bougainville Island (resident from August 1999)
OC-159 ZK1MGS Mangaia Island (July/August 1999)
OC-164 VK6DDU/P Rottnest Island (July 1999)
OC-229 VK8AN/8 South Goulburn Island (August 1999)
OC-229 VK8PW/8 South Goulburn Island (August 1999)
(*) 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.
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>>> OPERATIONS FROM WHICH VALIDATION MATERIAL IS AWAITED <<<
AS-067 JF6WTY/6 Kusagaki Island (August 1999)
EU-102 RF1P Dolgiy Island (July 1999)
EU-102 RI1P Zeleniy Island (August 1999)
NA-040 KL1SLE St Lawrence Island (April 1999)
OC-014 ZK1AAN Manihiki Island (August 1999)
OC-014 ZK1SCQ Manihiki Island (August 1999)
OC-153 P29VHX Loloata Island (August 1999)
OC-159 ZK1SCQ Mangaia Island (August 1999)
OC-199 VK6DJP/P Rosemary Island (August 1999)
Checkpoints are not authorised to credit QSL cards for operations from which
validation material is still awaited.
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>>> ACTION ON DELETED ISLAND GROUPS <<<
The following policy was agreed recently by the IOTA Committee with respect
to deleted island groups. The groups concerned are:
AF-034 Bassas Da India Islands
- Islands no longer exist!
AF-055 Penguin Islands
- Now part of AF-070 (Namibian Atlantic Coast South Group)
AS-034 Jabal At Tair Island
- Now part of AS-009 (Yemeni Red Sea Coast Group)
AS-035 Abu Ail Island
- Now part of AS-009 (Yemeni Red Sea Coast Group)
1. Credits for deleted entities will be removed after the 2000 Honour Roll
has been produced.
2. Credits for deleted entities will NOT be transferred to successor groups:
for example, a 1990 credit for AF-055 (Penguin Islands) will NOT be
transferred to AF-070 (Namibian Atlantic Coast South Group) for which
these islands now count following the transfer of sovereignty in 1994.
3. Old IOTA reference numbers will NOT be reissued.
The Committee believes that, by following this approach, the important
concept of the "level playing field", in terms of maximum available score,
would be preserved for all IOTA enthusiasts whether newcomers or old timers.
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>>> REVIEW OF THE IOTA ISLAND LISTINGS <<<
(as announced at HAM RADIO 1999, Friedrichshafen)
In readiness for the next IOTA Directory, to be published in Spring 2000, the
IOTA Committee is carrying out a major exercise to identify all qualifying
islands for most IOTA groups listed in the existing Directory.
As part of this work it is reviewing group coverage with a view to making a
few small changes in the interests of tidyness, fairness and consistency of
approach. This will include deletion of some "barren" island groups and their
replacement by a matching number of new groups (to maintain the cap on
programme size). All action will be consistent with the existing structure of
a listing based on island groups rather than on individual islands and with
the existing qualification criteria.
The Committee is prepared to consider proposals for boundary adjustments or
replacement groups, submitted by the IOTA community, which are justified in
these terms. Please send them to Roger Balister, G3KMA, RSGB IOTA Manager at
his callbook address (La Quinta, Mimbridge, Chobham, Woking, Surrey GU24 8AR,
England) or e-mail them to g3kma@dial.pipex.com to arrive BEFORE 30 SEPTEMBER
1999. Scanned map attachments are acceptable within reason. Existing
proposals submitted in the last three years need not be resubmitted but it
may be best to send a one line e-mail reminder.
Proposals received will be acknowledged but it will not be possible to engage
in any correspondence. It is not intended that the island listing appearing
in Directory 2000 will be reviewed again for a period of at least ten years.
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>>> WHO ACTIVATED WHICH GROUP? - FROM THE IOTA DATABASE <<<
OC-200 W5BOS/KH8
OC-201 * DL1SCQ/ZL, DL2SCQ/ZL, ZL1AIH, ZL1ALW, ZL1BAI, ZL1BXA, ZL1MFW,
ZL1UAY, ZL4OK
OC-202 I2YDX/DU4
OC-203 DL2SCQ/ZL, G4CVC/ZL, K8VIR/ZL4, ZL1HS/P, ZL1MFW, ZL4IR, ZL4TT/P,
ZL7IR/4
OC-204 8A4EI
OC-205 P29VMS
OC-206 VK6ISL
OC-207 4H1TR
OC-208 YE8I
OC-209 YC8TZR, YE8TI
OC-210 YC8RBC, YC8RRK, YC8TXW, YE8SUN
OC-211 VK9XZ/6
OC-212 VK2BRT
OC-213 YB5NOF/8, YB8NA/P, YE8T
OC-214 VK6ISL
OC-215 8A5ITU
OC-216 VK4ALF/VK9
OC-217 YB3SPS/P
OC-218 FK5M
OC-219 YB8ZY
OC-220 VK5ISL
OC-221 YC8VYY/P, YC8YR
OC-222 YC8TXW/P, YC8YZ/P
OC-223 VK2IOM
OC-224 YC8SHQ
OC-225 4H8TI
OC-226 V63RL/P
OC-227 VK4CAY
OC-228 VK4CAY/5, VK5AFZ/P, VK5BIT/P
OC-229 VK8AN/8, VK8PW/8
Note: with the exception of the one group marked with an asterisk the
database has no record of other activity from the groups mentioned.
(Sorry, we cannot answer questions about other groups at the moment.)
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Roger Balister, G3KMA Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ
RSGB IOTA Manager RSGB IOTA Committee Member (Europe)
1 September 1999 3 September 1999
Email g3kma@dial.pipex.com Email i1jqj@amsat.org
Past IOTA Notices are available at
http://www.425dxn.org/iota
as well as the 1999 Honour Roll/Annual Listing
and the latest Most Wanted IOTA Islands Groups listing
i1jqj@425dxn.org
