[W8MWA] Fwd: US Islands QSO Party Participation - general

[Monongalia Wireless Assoc]

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See the following message.

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Hi to the Monongalia Wireless ASSN ( W8MWA ) and its Members:

This is to invite the Monongalia Wireless ASSN ( W8MWA )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 W8MWA. 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 Monongalia Wireless ASSN will not be operating from an island
please consider having W8MWA 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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