[SMCARA] 2015 US Islands QSO Party on August 29-30

[Richard N1LID]

Thanks Dan!

I haven't, as of yet, participated in the US Islands award program.

I have, however, been part of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) Islands On The Air (IOTA) program for many years.
They have been around since 1964.  

This year’s IOTA Contest takes place from 12:00 UTC Saturday 25th July to 12:00 UTC Sunday 26th July 2015

http://www.rsgbiota.org/

The IOTA contest always brings out a lot of rare DX's, many of which are activated solely for this contest.

73 DE N1LID (Boz)


-----Original Message-----
From: SMCARA [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Metcalf - W3DMJ
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 2:47 PM
To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [SMCARA] 2015 US Islands QSO Party on August 29-30

I received the following:

Hi to the St Mary's County ARA ( K3HKI ) and its Members: 

This is to invite the St Mary's County ARA ( K3HKI )and its members to participate in the 2015 US Islands QSO Party on August 29-30  (1200-0300 UTC). Nearly 3000 islands have been listed by the 21 year old US Islands Award Program and a little more than 2000 of these have been activated.
There are many more islands in the USA and its territories that qualify for listing since an Island only need to be surrounded by water, at least 100 feet long and at least 50 feet from the main shoreline. 

A mini-expedition to activate an island can be a fun club or individual Ham experience. This is especially true during USI’s Spring One-Day Getaway and the August QSO Party. Being on the receiving end of relaxed pile-ups along with QSOs with other island stations and an expanding band of island collectors can be a rewarding activity for K3HKI. Some QSO Party island expeditions will be to previously activated Islands while others will be activating listed but not yet activated islands or new islands they have had added to the list. 

The first reported activators of an island have their callsign shown on the list of US Islands. Initial activations require at least 25 QSOs and contacts with at least two DX entities (usually the US and one other), but subsequent activations can be as few or many QSOs as you want to make.

Participating non-island stations are an important part of the USI QSO Party, so if St Mary's County ARA will not be operating from an island please consider having K3HKI contact the island stations during the USI QSO Party. 

Information about the US Islands, the QSO Party and a calendar to post your planned operations can be found at: http://www.usislands.org/ It would be appreciated if this information were mentioned at your club meetings and in your newsletters with the hope some members would want to participate as a club or individual effort. 
73,
Ralph, NM5RC
US Islands Award Program Committee Member 

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