The
original, and arguably most popular, "OTA" program is the Radio
Society of Great Britain's (RSGB's) Islands on the Air (IOTA), which has
been encouraging "activations" of islands around the world since
1964. Since celebrating the program's 50th anniversary last year, the RSGB's
board has been looking at ways to keep it growing and to meet its challenges,
including a computer system to allow online credit submissions similar to the
ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW).
The
RSGB announced in October that it is forming a new organization - the IOTA
Foundation - to manage IOTA in partnership with RSGB and to spearhead
development of an online credit system with a target completion date of 2017.
Initial leaders of the foundation will be Roger Balister, G3KMA; Bob Barden,
MD0CCE; Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC, and Johan Willemsen, PA3EXX.
