[SFDXA] IOTA - Islands On The Air Users May Obtain Award Credits via Logbook of The World

[Bill]

    Islands On The Air Users May Obtain Award Credits via Logbook of The
    World

05/20/2020
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Islands On The Air (*IOTA* <https://iota-world.org/>) users may now 
obtain contact credits via ARRL’s Logbook of The World (LoTW). A similar 
arrangement is already in place with Club Log.

“Islands On The Air (IOTA) Ltd. is delighted to announce the 
implementation of the ARRL application which allows the use of 
QSO-matching via LoTW,” IOTA’s Roger Balister, G3KMA, said. “We wish to 
thank ARRL for having made their application available.”

Balister said an initial list of operations extending from the 
arrangement with LoTW has been added to the IOTA database, and these 
will become available for contact-matching starting on May 21. “We are 
sure that the IOTA community will welcome this development for which 
they have long been pressing,” Balister added.

ARRL Director of Operations Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, points out that LoTW has, 
for years, allowed award sponsors access to a utility that lets them 
verify contacts in LoTW. “The IOTA folks have begun using this utility, 
but still check the QSOs against known IOTA operations,” he explained, 
noting that applicants cannot apply for IOTA awards through LoTW.

To claim a new island group from matched LoTW contacts, users would 
click on “Retrieve QSOs from LoTW” to retrieve matching records. Within 
30 minutes, IOTA users will receive an email listing the matches added 
to a list of pending contacts.

Use the “Submit HF application” or “Submit VHF application” utilities to 
go through the steps necessary to ensure that your application is 
complete before submitting it. Once IOTA has accepted the LoTW-matched 
contacts and any others in an application supported by QSL cards, IOTA 
will credit the contacts to your IOTA Award account and issue any 
appropriate awards or certificates.

See *Instructions for LoTW QSO Matching* 
<https://www.iota-world.org/info/lotw_qso_matching-en.pdf> for details. 
*Direct correspondence* <mailto:info at iota-world.org> to the IOTA Support 
Desk.

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