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My report this time starts at the same date as my last report ended.

Later in the day on September 17th I worked OH/DL2SWW again. I worked him on 30M CW from EU-184 for a new iota.

On September 19th I worked 7T9A on 20M SSB from AF-104 for a new iota.

On September 20th I worked 7T9A on 17M SSB from AF-104. A43MI was worked on 15M SSB from AS-014 for a new iota.5Q7Y was worked on 40M CW from EU-172. SD7W/2 (DL2SWW) was worked on 40M CW from EU-139 for a new iota.

On September 22nd FO/KH0PR was worked on 30M CW from OC-238 for a new iota.

On September 25th SD7W/3 was worked on 40M CW.

On September 28th I worked TM6BRE on 20M SSB from EU-074. EJ0M was worked on 30M CW from EU-121.

On October 1st I worked OH/DL2SWW on 40M CW from EU-097 for yet another new iota. Frank has given me 5 new iota's on his trip. Thank you very much.

On October 3rd I worked ID9Y on 15M SSB from EU-017.

On October 5th I worked CY0P on 30M CW for a new dxcc on 30M.

On October 6th I worked TX5D on 30M CW from OC-114 for a new iota. H7H was worked on 12M CW. FM5WD was worked on 12M SSB. Lucien was my first FM on 6M back in 2001.

On October 8th I worked YD1NAA/5 on 15M CW from OC-075 for a new iota.

On October 12th I worked K5T on 40M and 12M CW from NA-119. That was a new iota for me.

On October 13th I worked K5T on 30M CW from NA-119. YF1AR/0 was worked on 15M SSB from OC-177 for a new iota. AA1AC was worked on 15M CW from NA-031 for a new iota. YB3MM/P was worked on 20M SSB From OC-197 for a new iota.

On October 14th I worked YB8XM/P on 20M SSB from OC-070 for a new iota. JW9JKA Svein was worked on 10M SSB while I was listening for a new iota from CE, which I did not get. LU1XS was worked on 15M CW from SA-008 for a new iota.

I'm now at 474 iota's worked, which means 14 new islands since my last report. I have now managed to set up e-mail alerts when new islands are spotted. This does help a little bit when I'm not in front of the pc watching the cluster.

Soundclip

• TX5D 30M CW – OC-114, new iota

This was yet another new iota for me and I requested the card via oqrs here. Thank you for the qso and the qsl.

I got XW Laos confirmed on LoTW last week thanks to XW1YC. That was #316 on LoTW. Thank you for the qsoes and the confirmation!

Since my last report with VK5CE/P, I have worked several new islands. Here is a small report since then.

On August 24th I worked YW5X from SA-054 on 17M CW for a new iota.

On August 25th I worked YW5X on 20M CW. 

On August 30th I worked EF3EGB from EU-078 on 17M CW and 20M CW for a new iota. 7T9A was worked from AF-094 on 15M CW for a new iota. YB8S was worked from OC-236 on 20M SSB for a new iota.YB3MM/P was worked from OC-217 on 20M CW for a new iota.

On August 31st I worked EF3EGB on 40M CW. I also worked T10VB on 40M CW. Vlad UA4WHX is operating from Transnistria. It doesn't count (yet?) for any dxcc. Read more about the operation on DX-World.

On September 1st I worked CT1EGW/P on 20M SSB from EU-167.

On September 4th I worked FO/KH0PR from OC-131 on 30M CW for a new iota.

On September 6th I worked VE7DP/7 from NA-075 on 20M CW for a new iota. XW0YJY was worked on 20M CW. XW1YC was worked on 30M CW. GW3KHZ/P was worked on 17M/20M/30M CW from EU-106. It is a very rare iota, but it was not a new one for me. HP0INT/3 was worked from NA-071 on 17M CW for a new iota.

On September 7th I worked HP0INT/3 on 30M CW. GW3KHZ/P was worked on 40M CW.

On September 8th I worked R20RRC/0 from AS-066 on 15M CW for a new iota. XW1YC was worked on 40M CW.

On September 9th I worked HP0INT/1 from NA-072 on 30M CW for a new iota. XW1YC was worked on 17M/20M CW. V6G was worked from OC-012 on 20M CW for a new iota. HP0INT/2 was worked on 15M CW from NA-072 for a new iota.

On September 12th I worked YB0AI/9 from OC-275 on 20M SSB for a new iota.

On September 14th I worked JA8COE/8 from AS-147 on 15M SSB for a new iota. JA6TBE/6 was worked 12M/15M CW from AS-036 for a new iota. IQ7IA was worked from EU-091 on 20M SSB for a new iota. HP0INT/9 was worked from NA-203 on 15M CW for a new iota. YF1AR/9 was worked on 20M SSB from OC-275. OH/DL2SWW was worked from EU-173 on 40M CW for a new iota.

On September 15th I worked FO/KH0PR from OC-094 on 30M CW for a new iota. VK4EI Lyn was worked from OC-227 on 20M CW for a new iota. YN2PX was worked on 30M CW. OH/DL2SWW was worked from EU-101 on 30M for a new iota.

On September 17th I worked HP0INT/4 from NA-088 on 30M CW for a new iota. I managed to work them on 5 of 6 islands activated. They were so weak from NA-202 that I barely could read them. I tried, but I could not get them in the log. Though I'm very happy to work them anyway. To read more about the activation of the Invoker Team, go here.

And before you ask… I have been bitten by the iota-bug! I have worked iota's before, but I haven't really focused my attention towards them before. Lately I've been watching the cluster and the bulletins for new iota's a lot. Besides I feel that there are a lot of people activating iota's these day. As of the time of this writing I've worked 460 iota's. I have plenty of island to work as the total number of iota's are around 1100. If you want to read more about IOTA (Islands on the Air) go here.

Soundclips:

• FO/KH0PR 30M CW – OC-131
• HP0INT/3 30M CW – NA-071
• XW0YJY 20M CW

Here is the card for H44AJ. This was a new iota for me and I requested the card via oqrs from K9AJ. Thank you for the qso and the qslcard. Request your own card here.