1. Island Chasing Roger Reini, KD8CSE October 2013

2. What is Island Chasing? Island chasing is one of several ways to operate from and activate various geographical or political entities Akin to DXCC, county hunting, mountain peak activation (Summits On The Air), etc. Main Program: IOTA (Islands On The Air) US program: US Islands Awards Program

3. Islands On The Air

4. IOTA (Islands On The Air) The best-known island chasing program Created by Geoff Watts in 1964; now administered by the RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain) Eligible islands or island groups: islands in salt water (not islands in rivers, lakes or mostly enclosed bays); listed in directory More details at http://www.rsgbiota.org/info/directory.php http://www.rsgbiota.org/info/directory.php

5. IOTA Awards First award certificate for contacting 100 islands; next come 200, 300, 400, etc. up to 1100 islands Certificates also available for contacting all islands in each continent (All Africa, All North America, etc.) IOTA Plaque of Excellence for contacting 750 island groups IOTA 1000 Islands Trophy

6. Example Certificate

7. Miscellaneous Forthcoming activations listed at http://www.rsgbiota.org/activations/index.php http://www.rsgbiota.org/activations/index.php 50 th Anniversary convention July 4-6, 2014 in the UK

8. US Islands Awards Program Established in 1994 by John Reisenauer. Jr., KL7JR (ex-NL7TB) as a US counterpart to IOTA and CISA (Canadian Islands) Not as well known as IOTA Fresh water islands are eligible to be activated – e.g., Belle Isle, Grosse Ile, Mackinac Island are ineligible for IOTA but are eligible for USIA Rules: http://www.usislands.org/rules.htmlhttp://www.usislands.org/rules.html

9. USi Awards USi Honor Roll – contact with 100 islands (then 300, 500, 750, 1000, 1250, 1500 and up) WASI Award – work islands from all 50 states More listed at http://www.usislands.org/awards.htmlhttp://www.usislands.org/awards.html

10. 2013 W/VE QSO Party Weekend before CQWW Phone contest – so October 19, 1600 UTC to October 20, 2359 UTC Details at http://www.usislands.org/contest_rules.htmlhttp://www.usislands.org/contest_rules.html

11. Links IOTA Program: http://www.rsgbiota.orghttp://www.rsgbiota.org US Islands Award Program: http://www.usislands.orghttp://www.usislands.org