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Geoff Watts BRS-3129, IOTA Award creator
The eminent British
short-wave listener Geoff Watts was the founder and
long-term editor (1962-1982) of The DX News Sheet, and
in 1964 Geoff Watts created the IOTA (Islands-On-The-Air)
Award, and he administrated it until 1985.
In 1985 he passed everything over to the RSGB because of
the illness of his XYL Marjorie who died in 1990. Since
then he became again
interested in IOTA.
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Directory of islands for the Islands-On-The-Air
Award
One of Goeff Watts's directories |
When IOTA was taken over by the RSGB in 1985 it had
already become, for several hams and SWLs a favorite award. Its
popularity grows each year and it is highly regarded
among amateurs world-wide.
He also published the DXCC Countries Guide and the Radio
Amateurs Prefix Country Zone List.
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QSL of
Geoff Watts to BO0K, IOTA AS-102
Date: April 4, 1994 |
Geoff was the first SWL to receive confirmations from
all 40 CQ Zones in 1958, the first British SWL with 300
countries confirmed and was #1 on the SWL DXCC Honor
Roll for many years. For his efforts as editor,
inventing the IOTA Programme and many other services to
the DX community, Geoff Watts was elected to the CQ DX
Hall of Fame in 1977, the only non-licensed amateur ever
to be so honored. Geoff Watts passed away in 1994.
Thanks to
Martin G3ZAI for the pictures
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