IOTA Contest 2024

At the end of the month, 27.July from 12.00UTC to July 28th 12.00UTC the IOTA Contest is held 2024. IOTA stations and all other stations of the world compete. As reported by RSGB 4. March 2022 until further notice, all logs received from stations in the Russian Federation or Belarus will be considered control logs.

Competitive bands

It competes in bands 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m a 10m while the stations must follow the IARU recommendations for contest operation (may not be broadcast in segments 3500-3510, 3560 – 3600, 3650 – 3700, 14060 – 14125 a 14300 – 14350kHz).

Code exchanged

The exchanged code differs according to the competition category. Stations outside the island give RS(T) + serial number of the connection from 001, IOTA stanice RS(T) + serial number of the connection from 001 + IOTA reference number. Non-competitive stations can be logged with the number 0.

IOTA Contest scoring

(a) Connection of island stations:

World stations: 5 points
Island stations with the same IOTA reference number: 5 points.
Other island stations: 15 points

(b) contacting world stations:

World stations: 2 body
Island stations: 15 points

(c) Multiplier

The multiplier is the sum of the different IOTA references achieved on each band on CW plus the sum of the different IOTA references achieved on each band on SSB.

(d) Total score

It is the sum of points for QSOs on all bands together, multiplied by the sum of the multipliers on all bands together.

IOTA Contest Diaries

(a) They will be sent in Cabrillo format viahttps://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl?Contest=IOTA%20Contest do 5 days from the end of the IOTA Contest.

(b) If the robot finds errors in the format, it will reject the log and ask to resend the corrected log file.

(c) Second and subsequent sent log files may be subject to analysis of all changes made.

(d) If you have problems preparing or uploading the Cabrillo log file, contact the contest judge for help, and that before the deadline for the receipt of diaries.

(e) Final results will be online and will include online logs for all participants

(f) Penalties will be imposed for mistakes, as stated inPrinciples of the RSGB for KV evaluation of contests. This penalty will be the loss of others 5 QSO points.

(g) It is strongly recommended to use CAT control to record the correct frequency and mode - errors in frequency and mode will result in loss of QSO points.

Full text of the IOTA Contest Terms and Conditions 2024 https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2024/riota.shtml