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After DXCC, the IOTA award is probably the most sought after. It is awarded for successfully working Islands On The Air. It sounds easy, given that islands such andeat Britain are IOTA EU-005, however some are VERY small islands that have no resident amateur radio stations. This means that DXpeditions to activate them are keenly chased when they appear on the bands.


IOTA contest 2008

References worked for the IOTA award by G6CSY on 10 to 160 m.
Type of propagation: All Mode: All mode
From 01/01/1900 to 24/03/2008

REFERENCE CALLSIGN BAND
AF-ØØ3 Ascension Island ZD8Z 15 m.
AF-ØØ4 Canary Islands EA8AJO 10 m.
AF-Ø14 Madeira Archipelago CT3/DJ6QT 20 m.
AF-Ø16 Reunion Island FR1HZ 20 m.
AF-Ø18 Pantelleria Island IH9/IQ2CJ 40 m.
AF-Ø19 Pelagie Islands IG9R 15 m.
AF-Ø86 Cape Verde Windward Is D4B 20 m.
AS-ØØ4 Cyprus Island (Main I) C4M 10 m.
AS-ØØ6 Hong Kong VR2XLN 20 m.
AS-ØØ7 Honshu Island (Main I) JS3CTQ 20 m.
AS-Ø77 Kyushu I (Main Island) JA6ZPR 20 m.
AS-Ø89 Kara Coast (Yamalo) West RI9KM 20 m.
AS-12Ø Cyprus's Coastal Islands C4MG 20 m.
AS-159 Black Sea Coast West TC2T 20 m.
EU-ØØ1 Dodecanese SV5/DL3DRN 15 m.
EU-ØØ2 Aland Islands OHØZ 20 m.
EU-ØØ3 Eastern CU2AF 20 m.
EU-ØØ4 Balearic Islands EA6TU 15 m.
EU-ØØ5 Great Britain (Main I) G6INU 40 m.
EU-ØØ6 Aran Islands EJØGI 40 m.
EU-ØØ8 Inner Hebrides GM2T 40 m.
EU-ØØ9 Orkney Islands GM8M 20 m.
EU-Ø1Ø Outer Hebrides GM3PPG/P 80 m.
EU-Ø11 Isles of Scilly M8C 40 m.
EU-Ø12 Shetland & Fair Islands GM4AFF/P 15 m.
EU-Ø13 Jersey GJ1EXC 20 m.
EU-Ø14 Corsica (Corse) I (Main I) TK5EP 40 m.
EU-Ø15 Crete Island (Main Island) SV9FBM 20 m.
EU-Ø16 Dalmatia South 9A1CFN 40 m.
EU-Ø18 Faeroe Islands OY3JE 20 m.
EU-Ø21 Iceland (Main Island) TF3GC 20 m.
EU-Ø22 Jan Mayen Island JX9NOA 20 m.
EU-Ø23 Malta 9H6A 40 m.
EU-Ø24 Sardinia (Main Island) ISØKEB 40 m.
EU-Ø25 Sicily (Main Island) IT9YSW 20 m.
EU-Ø28 Toscana(Tuscany) Region IA5/IK5AFJ 40 m.
EU-Ø29 Sjaelland Archipelago OZ8ABE 20 m.
EU-Ø31 Campania Region IC8WIC 15 m.
EU-Ø32 Poitou-Charentes Region F6BKP/P 20 m.
EU-Ø34 Hiium/Saarem/Laanem Cty ESØIC 20 m.
EU-Ø36 S-Trondelag/M-O-Romsdal Cty N LA/SP7VC 80 m.
EU-Ø37 Kalmar County 8S7A 20 m.
EU-Ø38 N Holld/Friesld/Groning Prov PA2SWL 40 m.
EU-Ø4Ø Estremadura Province CS7T 10 m.
EU-Ø43 GoteborgBohus/Halland Cty SK6M/P 80 m.
EU-Ø45 Lazio Region IBØ/OMØC 80 m.
EU-Ø47 Niedersachsen State DH6DAO/P 40 m.
EU-Ø5Ø Puglia (Foggia) Region IL7/IZ4JMA 30 m.
EU-Ø52 Epeiros/Dytiki Ellas Reg. SV8CS 20 m.
EU-Ø54 Egadi Islands IF9ZWA 20 m.
EU-Ø55 Sogn Og Fjordane etc Cty LA/DB7TF 20 m.
EU-Ø57 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern St. DK3R 20 m.
EU-Ø61 Vest Agder To Ostfold Cty LA7XK 40 m.
EU-Ø64 Pays De La Loire Region TM7C 20 m.
EU-Ø68 Bretagne (Finistere SW) Reg F/OO5S/P 40 m.
EU-Ø74 Bretagne(Cotes-D'Armor Ctre) R TMØEME 20 m.
EU-Ø77 La Coruna/Lugo Province ED1CA 40 m.
EU-Ø8Ø Pontevedra Province ED1CA 15 m.
EU-Ø84 Uppsala/Stockholm Cty SKØHS/5 20 m.
EU-Ø88 Kattegat OZ8MW 15 m.
EU-Ø92 Summer Isles MMØBQI/P 40 m.
EU-Ø96 Lansi-Suomi(Turku) Prov OH1TD 15 m.
EU-1Ø5 Bretagne(Finistere North) R F/OT3T 40 m.
EU-1Ø8 Treshnish Isles MMØBQI/P 40 m.
EU-113 Peloponnisos(Lakonia)/Kythira SX8L 40 m.
EU-114 Guernsey GU4EON 40 m.
EU-115 Ireland MIØDJX 40 m.
EU-116 Isle of Man MD4K 40 m.
EU-12Ø English Coastal Islands G3N 80 m.
EU-121 Irish Coastal Islands EJ2MT 40 m.
EU-122 Northern Irish Coastal Islands GNØADX/P 40 m.
EU-123 Scottish Coastal Islands MM3M 20 m.
EU-124 Welsh Coastal Islands GW5X 40 m.
EU-125 Jylland West OZ/DFØTX 40 m.
EU-126 Lappi Province OH9GIT 20 m.
EU-127 Schleswig-Holstein SW DAØT/P 20 m.
EU-128 Schleswig-Holstein East DL5XAT/P 40 m.
EU-129 Usedom Island DR6IOTA 40 m.
EU-13Ø Friuli-Venezia Giulia Reg IU3G 10 m.
EU-132 SzCzecin/Koszalin Prov. SP1/DK7YY 40 m.
EU-133 Gulf of Finland RI1AA 20 m.
EU-136 Kvarner 9AØR 40 m.
EU-139 Norrbotten County 7S2S 20 m.
EU-14Ø Etela-Suomi(Kymi) Prov. OH5AD 20 m.
EU-143 Cadiz/Huelva Province ED7SPI 40 m.
EU-144 Calabria/Basilicata Reg. IC8S 20 m.
EU-146 Zuid Holland/Zeeland Prov. PA6Z 40 m.
EU-149 Tallinn&Harjumaa/Virumaa ES2Q 20 m.
EU-151 Castellon/Valencia Prov. EE5KB 15 m.
EU-153 White Sea(Arkhangelsk) West UE1OTA 20 m.
EU-165 Sardinia's Coastal Islands IMØ/IZØEJQ 40 m.
EU-17Ø Damatia North 9A9Z/P 10 m.
EU-172 Jylland East & Fyn OZ3FYN/P 20 m.
EU-173 Lansi-Suomi OH9A 20 m.
EU-174 Makedonia/Thraki R J48WT 20 m.
EU-175 Central  ex=ØØ3 CU3AA 20 m.
EU-182 Odes'kaiya Oblast EM5F 20 m.
EU-183 Romania YO3CZW 15 m.
NA-ØØ2 Caicos Islands VQ5XF 40 m.
NA-ØØ5 Bermuda Islands VP9/K9JY 20 m.
NA-Ø1Ø NS Prov. (Cape Breton I) VE1OP 15 m.
NA-Ø18eenland (Main Island) OX3DB 20 m.
NA-Ø21 Barbados 8P2K 20 m.
NA-Ø22 Anguilla VP2E 15 m.
NA-Ø26 New York State NC2N 20 m.
NA-Ø27 Newfoundland I (Main Island) VO1AU 20 m.
NA-Ø29 Prince Edward Island VY2ZM 15 m.
NA-Ø32 St.Pierre & Miquelon FP/VE7SV 15 m.
NA-Ø38 QC Prov. (La Madeleine Is) VC2W 20 m.
NA-Ø46 MA State South W2JU/1 20 m.
NA-Ø96 Hispaniola (Main Island) HI3CCP 40 m.
NA-Ø99 Puerto Rico KP4JRS 40 m.
NA-1Ø2 Guadeloupe TO5BG 20 m.
NA-1Ø6 Virgin Islands WP2Z 15 m.
NA-1Ø7 Martinique TM7F 10 m.
NA-1Ø8 St. Lucia J6DX 40 m.
OC-Ø36 North Island (Main Island) ZL2AMI 40 m.
OC-134 South Island (Main Island) ZL3RG 40 m.
OC-143 Sumatra Island (Main I) YB5BO 15 m.
SA-ØØ4 Galapagos Islands HC8N 40 m.
SA-ØØ6 Bonaire & Curacao Is PJ2F 20 m.
SA-Ø36 Aruba Island P4ØY 20 m.

SDI is contest logging freeware developed and maintained by Paul O'Kane, EI5DI, that I use for this contest:

 

You can do an island search by looking at the IOTA website