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VI60IOTA – June and July 2024

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Between the evening of Sunday 23rd June 2024 and Wednesday 3rd July 2024, I was allocated the special callsign of VI60IOTA to use on SSB. The callsign is to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Islands On The Air (IOTA) program.

Paul VK2HV was allocated the caIl over the same period for data, while I had the call for SSB.

I made a total of 2,122 QSOs, with 70 DXCC worked. I worked 41 out of 50 USA States and 24 out of 40 Zones worked.

The map below shows my QSOs.

  • 10m – green pins
  • 15m – light blue pins
  • 20m – orange pins
  • 40m – red pins
  • 80m – dark blue pins

Above:- My contacts whilst using VI60IOTA.

The Top 10 countries worked were as follows:-

  • Australia – 539
  • United States – 233
  • Italy – 202
  • England – 134
  • France – 113
  • Federal Republic of Germany – 110
  • Spain – 92
  • Belgium – 63
  • Poland – 61
  • Netherlands – 56

The majority of my QSOs were on the 20m band

  • 10m – 75
  • 15m – 113
  • 20m – 1,532
  • 40m – 342
  • 80m- 60

20m long path to Europe/UK during the afternoon was excellent. There was also an excellent opening on 15m long path into Europe one afternoon. The map below shows my European/UK contacts.

Above:- Map showing my European/UK QSOs.

The short path to North America on 20m during the evening was very disappointing. There were no big openings like I experienced whilst on Flinders Island back in February. even a few weeks prior I was working North America during our evening with very strong signals, but that was not to be this time. I did however work some USA & Canada during the evening, however, North American signals on 20m were stronger during our afternoon.

The map below shows my North American QSOs.

Above:- Map of my North American QSOs.

The majority of VK & ZL stations were worked on 40m & 80m.

Above:- Map showing my VK & ZL QSOs.

Thanks to Grant VK5GR for giving me the opportunity to use the call, and thank you to everyone who called me.