http://fp-ve2xb.jimdo.com/ FP/VE2XB, St Pierre et Miquelon Islands, NA-032 FP/VE2XB will be qrv from 10-20 August, 2012 using 160-10m including the WARC bands 12, 17, and 30m and 6m when there are openings. Pse QSL direct to qrz.com address which is aok with self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with CDN stamps …

http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/iotahelp.shtml Islands on the Air (IOTA) Contest Help for newcomers Getting started with the RSGB IOTA Contest Here’s a summary of how inexperienced contesters can enter the IOTA contest. Welcome! Basics First of all – be reassured. Contesting is meant to be fun, and you can enter without any previous …

http://www.rsgbiota.org/info/directory/dodont-en.pdf ANNEX L – SOME FINAL DOS AND DON’TS DXPEDITIONERS Make your cards clear and unambiguous – and print both the call-sign and the island name. The call-sign should be the one used during the operation –the time for deciding whether to use /P, /number, prefix/ or /suffix is  before the …

http://www.rsgbiota.org/info/directory/validate-en.pdf ANNEX K – GUIDE TO VALIDATING YOUR OPERATION FREQUE NTLY AS KED QUESTIO NS AB OUT V ALID ATIO N (RULES SE CTIO N F) DO I NEED TO VALIDATE MY OPERATION? Yes, if the IOTA group from which your operation has or will take place is currently listed as …

http://www.rsgbiota.org/info/directory/rules-en.pdf IOTA PROGRAMME RULES A     THE AWARDS A.1     ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES A.1.1 Certificates are issued on presentation of satisfactory evidence of contact with, or, for SWLs, reception of, licensed amateur radio stations operating from numbered IOTA groups listed in the IOTA Directory. Currently, 22 separate certificates are available, graded as follows: …

http://www.rsgbiota.org/info/directory/faqs-en.pdf WHAT IS IOTA? SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Created in 1964 by Geoff Watts, a leading English short wave listener, and taken on by the RSGB in 1985, IOTA is  an  amateur  radio  activity  programme  designed  to encourage contacts with island stations world-wide. The oceans’ islands have been grouped into some 1200 …

http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2012/08/2012-young-ham-of-year-presentation.html 2012 Young Ham of the Year Presentation The 2012 Newsline Young Ham of the Year award was presented August 18 at the Huntsville (AL) Hamfest. From left, Newsline’s Don Wilbanks, AE5DW; CQEditor Rich Moseson, W2VU; Young Ham of the Year Erin King, AK4JG; Bob Heil, K9EID, of Heil Sound, and …

http://www.radio-sport.net/cq_logs.htm Goodbye Post-Contest Log Massage; CQ Announces Five Day Log Submission Deadline By Jamie Dupree NS3T  radio-sport.net Posted July 21, 2012 In a major change, CQ Magazine has announced that effective with the CQ WW SSB Contest at the end of October, all logs must be submitted within five days after the end …

http://www.kc4dx.com/ Navassa Island, May 12-15, 1972 Operators: Rick K3FPY, Ray K4PGM, Skip K4TMA, Wayne W2NSD/1, Chaz W4GKF, Phil W4GTS, Steve WA4VWV, Don WB4SST (now N4DK), Neil WB4UPC and Bill, WB4WMG (Names in bold were members of the SEDXC.) The IdeaThis adventure began (the planning stages at least) at a Southeastern DX …

http://ri0k.ru/ RI0K/KL7RRC IOTA DXpedition 2012 Ratmanova Island ( Big Diomode Island )AS-061 / Little Diomode Island NA-150 / Alyumka Island AS-092 ABOUT RAMANOVA: Big Diomede Island (Russian: ostrov Ratmanova; native name Imaqliq) is an island among the Diomede Islands in the middle of the Bering Strait. The island is a …