2019 is the U.S. Islands Awards Program’s 25th anniversary. USI is offering a special, 25th Anniversary award for both chasers and activators running from January 1 to December 31, 2019. Chasers: Confirm 25 islands during 2019, as a club or individual. Activators: Qualify or Activate a total of 25 islands in any combination. A minimum of 15 QSOs must be made for both a new island qualification and an island activation to be considered for this award. This can be issued to a club call, (multiple members under one call) or individual. Under our honor system, send the Award Chairmen, NS4J a list of confirmed or activated islands. The list should include, Name, Call, address, email, USI number, island name, date worked or activated, Call used or worked. All the USI rules and awards can be found at usislands.org
There are literally 1000+ islands here in northern New York but only maybe 1-2 a year are activated. Yes...the salad dressing was invented here too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Islands
