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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. [3]
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.
Providenciales is the most tourist-oriented and developed of the Turks and Caicos Islands, boasting many resort hotels and an 18-hole golf course. [3] The island has recently become popular with retirees from around the world, kindling a boom of residential development. Grace Bay has seen many luxury condos built on its shores. [citation needed]
They left the studio around 6 p.m. but didn’t get to Baltimore until well past the time The Late Show was set to air at 11:35 p.m. And they still had three-plus hours to go to Richmond, Virginia ...
[17] 15% of the island is classified as natural reserve; however, the primal forest now covers barely 5% of the island due to illegal deforestation. Just like many volcanic islands, Mayotte shelters quite a limited mammal biodiversity, the only native species being flying foxes (Pteropus seychellensis comorensis). However, there are 18 species ...
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.
A lighthouse in the Chilean Gardiner island. In the background is Picton Island. Picton, Lennox and Nueva (Spanish: Islas Picton, Nueva y Lennox) form a group of three islands (and their islets) at the extreme southern tip of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region.
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 ...