I agree that they are behind on remote and confirmations. I am
surprised that they allow FT mode contacts. :)
I like what POTA and others have done where you upload your logs and
awards are based on activator logs. Sure it takes some infrastructure.
More islands on the air equals more mults and more people to work.
Maybe they like having just a few islands on so they are the big DX for
the weekend.
Are there any IOTA leaders here that care to discuss?
W0MU
On 7/26/2023 10:26 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
/So is the "Radio in a Box" on island with the operators operating
remotely less than a km off shore a valid IOTA operation? Sounds like
if the operator remotes in from around the world using the boat
floating offshore as the gateway, that wouldn't count. So was the
whole recent RIB Dxpedition not allowed for IOTA credit? Ed N1UR///
Ed,
I found this in the IOTA program rules
/B.3.7 Contacts made using a radio, Internet or non-wire direct link
from a land-to a sea-based station or from a sea-to a land-based
station to facilitate or enhance signal transmission or reception will
not count.//////B.3.8 Remote operation is defined as where the link
between the base station and the remote may be by radio, internet or
other means.//////•As the IOTA chaser (i.e. the applicant registered
at IOTA with a personal profile): Contacts made by the applicant using
a single remote receiving and transmitting site will be accepted for
IOTA credit if the remote site is land-based, not located more than
500 kilometers (310 statute miles) from the applicant’s location and /
or land-based base station and is nominated as being in use, even if
only occasionally, on the applicant’s personal profile. The base
station may be the applicant’s home station if he / she is temporarily
away from home and remoting it. The applicant, base station and the
remote site must all be located within the same DXCC entity. Use of
more than one remote site or a network using multiple remote sites to
make contact will not be accepted for credit. Contacts between fully
automated remotes at both or either end of a path will similarly not
receive credit./////
Personally I think the IOTA program is behind the times. For
confirmations I think they still require paper QSL cards that have the
information printed on them. When someone sends me a QSL wanting a
confirmation I usually take my home QSL and print (using printer) the
IOTA info on the back. You can't just write the information on the
card. Also, I don't believe there isn't a way to electronically submit
a confirmation for their awards. Personally I'm not an avid IOTA
chaser. I just operate the IOTA Contest for the rush of a pileup like
I do when I go roving in a QSO Party.
I've also never really understood their criteria for what counts as an
island. During the Summer my wife and I take a vacation the the
Georgia coast. I usually schedule that during the IOTA Contest
weekend. I just play around using my mobile setup in the car to
activate NA-058. I believe I'm the only station on from that island
group. We usually go to either Jekyll or St Simon's Island. What's
strange is those two islands count for IOTA but several of the coastal
islands around Savannah,GA don't count. A good example is Tybee
Island. Jekyll, St Simon's and Tybee are all separated from the
Georgia coast by the Intercoastal waterway. But for some reason Tybee
Island doesn't count for IOTA but the other two I mentioned do.
EI5DI made a comment that operating a station remotely isn't really
ham radio. That's just not true. The only thing that's at my station
is the logging program and interface to control the remote station.
All the radios, antennas etc.. are located at the physical station
location I'm operating. If you think about it this is really no
different then you operating your station at home with all everything
hard wired. I'm just doing it wirelessly thru an internet connection.
Like K9YC said Bonaire isn't a rare island. My friend PJ4DX will
probably be on in the contest on SSB. I just want to operate from
there remotely because the contest is much more fun when you're on an
island.
Jeff
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