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MONTHLY UPDATE OF DATA IN IOTA DIRECTORY - 11th Edition
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>>> NEW IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED <<<
OC-255 VK4 Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group
(Australia)
OC-256/Pr P2 Kilinailau (Tulun) Islands (Papua New Guinea)
OC-257/Pr P2 Nuguria Islands (Papua New Guinea)
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>>> PROVISIONAL IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS AS AT 1 FEBRUARY 2003 <<<
OC-251/Pr VK3 Victoria State West group (Australia)
OC-256/Pr P2 Kilinailau (Tulun) Islands (Papua New Guinea)
OC-257/Pr P2 Nuguria Islands (Papua New Guinea)
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>>> IOTA REFERENCES ISSUED SINCE PUBLICATION OF <<<
>>> DIRECTORY - 11TH EDITION <<<
AF-092 3V Sousse / Monastir / Mahdia Region group (Tunisia)
AS-162 3W South China Sea Coast North group (Vietnam)
AS-163 R0Q Laptev Sea Coast East group (Russian Federation)
AS-164 R0Q East Siberian Sea Coast West group (Russian Federation)
AS-165 XZ Arakan Region group (Myanmar)
AS-166 EP Hormozgan Province group (Iran)
NA-222 KL Southern Alaska Peninsula West group (Alaska)
OC-249 YB8 Aru Islands (Indonesia)
OC-250 YB3 Masalembu Islands (Indonesia)
OC-251/Pr VK3 Victoria State West group (Australia)
OC-252 YB7 Kalimantan's Coastal Islands West (Indonesia)
OC-253 V63 Hall Islands (Federated States of Micronesia)
OC-254 V63 Mortlock Islands (Federated States of Micronesia)
OC-255 VK4 Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group
(Australia)
OC-256/Pr P2 Kilinailau (Tulun) Islands (Papua New Guinea)
OC-257/Pr P2 Nuguria Islands (Papua New Guinea)
SA-092 PZ Suriname group (Suriname)
SA-093 HK4 Choco Division North/Antioquia Division group (Colombia)
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>>> OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL <<<
EU-104 TK/DL2JRM/P Grande Sanguinaire Island (April 2002)
EU-110 9A/DL2JRM/P Sv Jerolim Island (July 2002)
EU-187 SV9/SV1QN Gavdos Island (August 2002)
OC-172 VK4WWI Fitzroy Island (November 2002)
OC-187 VK4WWI Turtle Head Island (November 2002)
OC-255 VK4WWI Parau Island (November 2002)
SA-052 OA4/DL2JRM/P Pachacamac Island (November 2002)
SA-069 3G1A Santa Maria Island (July 2002)
SA-073 4T4X/5 Chincha Centro Island (January 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.
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>>> OPERATIONS FROM WHICH VALIDATION MATERIAL IS AWAITED<<<
>>> AS AT 1 FEBRUARY 2003 <<<
EU-186 TB05GF Gokceada Island (August 2002)
EU-186 YM05GF Gokceada Island (August 2002)
OC-251/Pr VI3JPI Lady Julia Percy Island (September 2002)
OC-256/Pr P29VMS Tulun Islands (January 2003)
OC-257/Pr P29VMS Nuguria Islands (January/February 2003)
Note: Checkpoints are not authorised to credit QSL cards for an operation
where validation is required.
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>>> ANNUAL UPDATE <<<
The last date for mailing applications or updates to Checkpoints for
inclusion in the 2003 Honour Roll and other performance tables has now
passed. Any posted now will be processed in the normal way and scores will be
held over to the 2004 listing.
To recap, listing in the 2003 tables will be restricted to those members who
have updated their scores since February 1998. This implements the new rule
in the latest IOTA Directory that limits inclusion in the listings to those
members who update their scores at least once every five years.
"Lapsed" members should note that their records on the IOTA database have
been amended to reflect changes in Directory 2000 arising from the splitting
of a number of island groups. This reminder applies also to any member who
has not converted his/her record to the revised island listing during the
last two years. The maximum 19 credits concerned were either confirmed or
repositioned where HQ knew the correct group or, failing that, deleted.
Checkpoints will be able to provide information on revised scores.
All members should be reminded that the final decision on acceptance of
credits is made at IOTA HQ and that this can mean downward adjustments to
scores to reflect corrections of one sort or another. Data-cleansing work is
on-going and covers every member's complete record, not just the latest
credits added. Although efforts are made to alert members to score changes,
this cannot be guaranteed to happen in every case. Members who wish to
monitor their record closely should check their credited score in the
performance tables when published or, alternatively, directly with their
Checkpoints AFTER their data has been recorded at HQ.
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Maybe this is a good time to make a general comment about the integrity of
the checking. All our Checkpoints take the greatest care but, given the
nature of the programme, with the inbuilt complication of qualifying and
non-qualifying islands, this is not easy. Checking a card for IOTA may take
many times longer than checking a card for DXCC. Checkpoints devote their
effort to this willingly, without payment and often at great cost to their
own operating time. From time to time Checkpoints report attempts at "gaming
the system", or, in more familiar language, plain cheating. IOTA members
should be aware that substantiated attempts at this will lead the IOTA
Committee to take action against the members concerned, including suspension
or disqualification from the programme. The IOTA Committee will also act very
firmly, in a similar way, against any member who shows an intent to bring the
programme into disrepute by any means, including circulating malicious and
unsubstantiated charges about those managing or participating in IOTA.
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Roger Balister, G3KMA Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ
RSGB IOTA Manager RSGB IOTA Committee Member
1 February 2003 8 February 2003
http://www.eo19.dial.pipex.com/index.shtml http://www.425dxn.org/iota
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