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The IOTA program focuses on contacts with salt-water islands as opposed to those found in lakes. [1] With those who work to contact these stations known as island chasers. [ 2 ] There are 1,200 groups of islands that the IOTA program recognizes, with the number of islands ranging from one to hundreds.
The site is built and maintained by a small group of radio amateurs with interests in SOTA, [1] hill walking and mountaineering, mapping and open source programming. They also maintain [ 2 ] a similar site ( iotamaps - Islands On The Air [usurped] ) for the Islands on the air (IOTA) award scheme.
Many amateurs also enjoy setting up and contacting special event stations. Set up to commemorate special occurrences, they often issue distinctive QSLs or certificates. . Some use unusual prefixes, such as the call signs with "96" that amateurs in the US State of Georgia could use during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, [1] or the OO prefix used by Belgian amateurs in 2005 to commemorate their ...
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Earth's Tropical Islands is a 2020 British television series co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and PBS. [1] It premiered on 1 January 2020 in the United Kingdom on BBC Two. [2] and later in the USA on PBS under the title, Islands of Wonder. The series has three episodes, each of which features a different tropical island.
Map of Weddell Island's vicinity featuring the air defence radar station Mount Alice. Mount Alice is a mountain rising to 361 m (1,180 ft) [1] at the south extremity of West Falkland, Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is situated between the bays of Port Stephens and Port Albemarle, 12.3 km (7.6 mi) due north of Cape Meredith.
Île aux Cerfs (in English: Deer Island) is a privately owned island near the east coast of Mauritius in the Flacq District.. The island of Ile aux Cerfs lies off Trou d’Eau Douce in the largest lagoon of Mauritius and offers 87 hectares of luxuriant vegetation and preserved, white, sandy beaches.
Binter Canarias S.A. is the flag carrier of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands, based on the grounds of Gran Canaria Airport in Telde, Gran Canaria and Tenerife North Airport, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. [3]