[PVRCNC] IOTA

[Wes Quinn]

Hi Jim,


I noticed it saying not Topsail too and it is strange why they call it East and West for NC.  And population doesn't matter for an IOTA, since for example,  AUSTRALIA (OC-001) is an IOTA.  :-)


Here are some of the reqs for being an IOTA (found at http://www.aqyr83.dsl.pipex.com/083-084%20directory%20rules.doc):

  VALID IOTA  ISLANDS

  B.1.1   Every island must meet certain basic criteria for acceptance within the IOTA Programme. Specifically, it must be located in the open sea, not a lake or river, must be natural, not man-made, must be demonstrably above water at high tide and must have a recognised island name! There is no minimum island size requirement but an island needs to be shown on a 1:1,000,000 scale map and to be separated from the mainland at low tide by a minimum 200 metres of sea measured at the narrowest point. Connection to the mainland by bridge does not invalidate an island so long as the minimum sea separation requirement is met under the bridge as well as elsewhere. (Sections E.6 to 8)

  

So is Topsail at least 200 meters away from the shore?  Maybe there are parts of Topsail that are too close to the main land that invalidates it from being an IOTA?



Here are the NC IOTAs (found at http://www.aqyr83.dsl.pipex.com/057-066%20n%20america%20list.doc):

And this is what I found in that Word Doc for the North America link listed directly above.



NA-067    W4        b.    NORTH CAROLINA STATE EAST (CARTERET TO CURRITUCK COUNTY) group (=Baregrass, Beacon, Big Swan, Browns, Cedar Hammock, Core Banks, Cricket, Duck Island [not Duck Town], Dump, Great, Great Marsh, Gull, Harkers, Hatteras/Pea, Indian, Jacks, Kathryne Jane, Middle Marshes, Morgan, Ocracoke, Pifontary Isls, Portsmouth, Raccoon, Roanoke, Sam Winter Lump, Sand, Shackleford Banks, Sheep, Shooting Hammock, Whalebone) (Note: not Bells, Big & Little Penguin, Bodie, Durant, Grun, Headquarters, House, Nags Head, Pond)



NA-112    W4        c.    NORTH CAROLINA STATE WEST (BRUNSWICK TO CARTERET COUNTY) group (=Bald Head [Cape Fear], Battery, Bean, Bogue Banks/Emerald, Cat, Dog, Long, Long Marsh, Lovett, Mason-boro, Piney, Smith, Sunset Beach, Wood) (Note: not Figure Eight, Harbor, Oak, Ocean Isle Beach, Topsail, Wrightsville Beach)




Maybe you can operate from a NC IOTA nearby to Topsail instead?  Or are you staying specifically on Topsail and not operating mobile?  GL and I hope you can find an IOTA to operate from.  People from Europe and Japan go crazy over NA IOTAs.  :-)


73,

k4Wes



----- Original Message ----

From: "Jim Jordan, K4QPL" <k4qpl at nc.rr.com>

To: pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net

Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:27:33 PM

Subject: [PVRCNC] IOTA



IOTA is coming up and I'm trying to figure out what the Brits consider an 

"island." The RSGB IOTA website seems a bit messed up and slow to react, but 

I can only find two NA groups that seem to have NC islands, "East" and 

"West". I would have thought North and South but whatever.  I was hoping to 

operate from Topsail Island but NA-112 says, "not.....Topsail, Wrightsville 

Beach...etc." NA-067 excludes some other ones. Does that mean that if there 

are a lot of people there it isn't an island? Or is there another group for 

islands one can reach by bridge. I couldn't find it with a name search 

either.



Am I missing something or am I just SOL?



73,



Jim, K4QPL 



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