[Dx4win] IOTA OC-298 -- Tatakoto Atoll

[Alan Zack]

Jim,

I have FO/DL5XU on 4 and 6 FEB 2001 OC-066 Rangiroa confirmed
I have FO/F6CTL on 8 JUL 2001 OC-066 Rangiroa confirmed
I have FO5RH 2012 IOTA Contest (JULY 2012) OC-066 Raroia confirmed
I have FO5RH 2013 IOTA Contest (JULY 2013) logged as OC-066 but with
the notation IOTAMSG: Bad Island=00006050 What should it be?

I only show TX0T for OC-298, no others. Maybe FO5RH in 2013 S/B
OC-066/OC-298?

New IOTA Subject: Has anyone ever received a QSL for FO0DEH, OC-057 in
Oct 2000?. Op was ON4QM, now a SK. That was my one and only QSO with
OC-057

Merry Christmas

Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:06 AM
To: DX4WIN Reflector <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Dx4win] IOTA OC-298 -- Tatakoto Atoll

If you are not an IOTA chaser, you can skip reading this...

Recently Cezar VE3LYC operated from Tatakoto as TX0T which was then
qualified as IOTA OC-298.  There were several past operations from
this atoll.  These will now also count as IOTA OC-298 instead of IOTA
OC-066.
If you have received credit for IOTA OC-066 for one of these past
operations, you will lose that credit.  You will need to find another
QSO with IOTA OC-066 to submit for IOTA credit.

With the help of DX spots and DL6KVA, I have identified the following
past operations from Tatakoto Atoll.  The information on the IOTA
World web site does not include dates but does include callsigns:


https://www.iota-world.org/islands-on-the-air/iota-groups-islands/grou
p/1175.html

The next country file will have the following callsigns associated
with the new IOTA (they are listed chronologically):

    FO0CLA   2000-04-20,2000-05-23
    FO0CLA   2000-06-27,2000-08-01
    FO5RH    2004-07-20,2004-07-21
    FO5RH    2005-09-18,2005-09-27
    FO5RH    2008-05-14,
    TX5TES   2010-07-11,2010-07-25
    FO8AA/P  2015-03-01,2015-04-07
    TX0T     2020-10-30,2020-11-05

Note that FO0CLA (who later became FO5RH) operated from many other
islands in French Polynesia starting in mid-1999, so the start and end
dates are important.  I have done my best to determine the correct
dates.  There may have been other operations from Tatakoto, other than
the dates given above.  If you have a QSL from such an operation,
please let me know and I will make the necessary changes to the
country file.

When the next country file is released later this week, you can use
Multiple QSO Operations | Check IOTA to determine which QSOs you may
need to change.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://www.ad1c.us
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