[South Florida DX Association] IOTA Contest

[Michael Raskin]

OK - FCG has half the Florida IOTAS covered!  We could use more ops at
Hutchinson.  K1PT is hosting a lobster bake and free beer for all ops!

NA-138 - Amelia Is. - K9ES
NA-141 - Hutchinson Is. - W4UM and K1PT
NA-062 - Florida Keys - N2NL
NA-079 - Dry Tortugas -
NA-052 - Marco -
NA-069 - Sanibel -
NA-034 - Honeymoon, St. Armands, etc. -
NA-076 - Cedar Key -
NA-085 - St. George - N4PN
NA-142 - Santa Rosa - N4OX and NF4A

It would really be a hoot if we could put all 10 Florida IOTAS on the air
for
the contest.  NA-052, NA-069, and NA-034 are fairly easy to get to -  NA-079
is for the fearless and undaunted.  Who's next?

Below are some of the pertinent rules from the RSGB web site.  This is a
SHORT contest - 12 or 24 hours total!

1. GENERAL The aim of the contest is to promote contacts between stations in
qualifying IOTA island groups and the rest of the world and to encourage
expeditions to IOTA islands.

2. WHEN 1200UTC Saturday 28 July to 1200UTC Sunday 29 July 2007 (The contest
always takes place over the last FULL weekend of July).

3. BANDS AND MODES 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28MHz, CW and SSB.

4.1 Location:
. Island (Any station operating from a qualifying island, as listed in the
IOTA Directory. Island stations must ensure beforehand that the island from
which they are operating is a valid qualifying island for IOTA. Any
questions about the IOTA programme and island validity should be addressed
to the IOTA Manager G3KMA (g3kma at dsl.pipex.com)).
. World (any station not on a qualifying island).

4.2 Operators:
. Single operator
. Single-operator Assisted (passive use (self-spotting not allowed) of DX
spotting nets and DX Cluster is allowed).
. Multi-Operator (24-hour Mixed Mode only. Multi-ops are restricted to a
maximum of two transceivers, the second station to be used to find and call
other stations only if the station is a new multiplier. It must not be used
to solicit other contacts, e.g. by calling "CQ" or "QRZ". Any non-multiplier
QSOs made accidentally on the second station should be logged, but will be
scored as zero points. Multi-ops may make passive use (self spotting not
allowed) of DX spotting nets and DX Cluster. Multi-operator entrants should
include a full list of operators with their entry).

4.3 Mode:
. CW
. SSB
. Mixed-mode (multi-operator entries must be Mixed Mode).
4.4 Operating Time:
. 24 hours
. 12 hours (Multi-operator entries must be 24 hours, In the 12-hour
categories, operation need not be for one continuous 12-hour period but,
once operation has commenced, off periods must be a minimum of 60 minutes.).
4.5 Power (Any station not indicating transmitter power will be classified
as High Power):
. High-power (maximum, as permitted by the station licence but, in any case,
no more than 1500 watts output)
. Low power (maximum 100 watts output),
. QRP (maximum 5 watts output)

73 and hope to see everyone in Orlando,
Mike, W4UM (ex-K4KUZ)
South Florida DX Association - www.qsl.net/k4fk
Mid Florida DX Association - www.w4fdx.com
Florida Contest Group - www.floridacontestgroup.org