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    OH1ØX: A New IOTA Counter Right on Our Doorstep

    Jun 01, 2019 4 minutes
    BY MARTTI LAINE,* OH2BH

    Inakari Island EU-192 in the Tornio River Delta

    One can only dream about a new DXCC or IOTA counter suddenly being born one morning right on your doorstep. As Godfather to some 12 new DXCC entities, I have seen that strange situation more than once before. However, on this occasion, we suddenly learned that a new IOTA counter had been born right within our own homeland, Finland. Inakari Island (the Finnish section) and Kataja Island (the Swedish part) had been designated by IOTA management as EU-192.

    Preparation work needed to be done for the first-ever operation from this new IOTA, even

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