 6
Metre IOTA Award
Dave, EI3IO has been informed by the RSGB IOTA
checkpoint that he has qualified for the first VHF (6 metre) IOTA award
to a station in the West European Isles (Anglo-Celtic Isles) with 100
island references.
These comprise 59 island references from Europe, 10 from Africa, 5 from
Asia, 20 from North America, 1 from Oceania and 5 from South America.
One of Dave's cards was rejected as an illegal 6 metre
operation. This was for EU-187, Gavdos Island, which was an Italian expedition
to SV9 prior to the 12th of May 2006 when for the first time non Greek,
CEPT Class 1 licensees were authorised to use 4 and 6 metres in Greece.
Dave's current worked island total on 6 metres is 108. The IOTA VHF award
has similar rules to the HF award; however the qualification requirements
are slightly lower, in that at least 1 contact should be made with each
of 5 continents.
Further IOTA information is available at www.rsgbiota.org.
Source: IRTS
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