W/VE Islands Contest
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SONSOR: Sponsored by the US Islands Awards Program (USI).

OBJECT: Work as many American and Canadian islands on HF as possible. All
        fresh water or saltwater islands count for awards provided they
        qualify for USI or CISA (Canadian Islands Awards). Please ensure
        the islands qualify. New islands can be called "new" until a number
        is assigned (ie - WA-new or BC-new, etc).

DATE:   First weekend in August.

TIME:   Saturday  16.00 UTC   -   Sunday  23.59 UTC.

CATEGORIES: A. Island station (1.W  2.VE)
            B. Non-island station (1.W  2.VE  3.DX)
            C. Island Rover (1.W  2.VE)
            D. SWL (1.W  2.VE  3.DX)

         (A) Island stations work as many other W or VE island stations and
             non-island stations as possible.

         (B) Non-island stations work W or VE islands only.

         (C) Rover stations same as (A), but must spend a minimum of 2 hours
             on each island and submit separate entries.

         (D) SWL stations log A or C.

EXCHANGE: 1. Island stations (A) and rovers (C) send signal report, USI or
             CISA# and island name.

             * Work other stations only once per island *

          2. Non-island stations (B) send signal report and state or
             province/territory or country.

SCORING: 1. Island stations and rovers receive 1 point for each non-island
            station worked and 5 points for each island station (USI/CISA)
            worked.

         2. Non-island stations and SWL's receive 5 points for each island
            station (USI/CISA) worked or heard.

         Logs may be submitted in longhand or any standard logging program
         software is acceptable. Please send hard copy of logs.

MULTIPLIERS: Each different state or province/territory worked counts once
         as a multiplier for category A through D.

SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES: "General" phone or CW portions of the HF bands.

AWARDS:  All entries will be tabulated. Send your entry to the contest
         manager. Award certificates and plaques are "optional". 
         Certificate fee is $5.00 US or $6.oo foreign. Handsome metal on
         wood base plaques (9" x 12") are available for $45 US or $52
         foreign. Send certificate or plaque fees to: John Reisenauer, NL7TB,
         @ 23406 E. Kennedy Rd, Benton City, WA 99320, USA.

         For multi-op operations, all operators qualify for a certificate
         or plaque regardless of callsign used. Special recognition for the
         top entrants of each category will be listed on each certificate
         and mentioned in a future ISLDX bulletin.

CONTEST MGR: Russ Wilson, VE6VK
             1235 Richland Rd NE
             Calgary
             AB  T2E 5M5
             Canada

         Entries must be complete, legible, per above rules and submitted
         to the contest manager no later than September 15th to qualify.
         Entries can not be returned. Do not send original logs, instead,
         send copies of your log(s) and a recap sheet. Include an SASE with
         your entry so the contest manager can verify receipt of your entry
         (very important). The contest rules will be strictly adhered to and
         the decision of the contest manager is final.


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