Membership: Membership in OMISS is required to earn any awards. Club calls members can earn certificates only.
Contacts Start Date: You may use contacts from the date of OMISS 06/28/1981.
OMISS Nets: Contacts must be made on OMISS Nets.
Contact Type: Members or non-members on an island. Mixed band contacts are allowed.
Combo & Club Calls: Contacts with club stations are eligible, but only either the club station call or the operator call will be allowed. You cannot count both calls toward the awards if they are used during the same contact. Combo stations that have more than 1 operator each operator call may be used if you worked each call.
Repeat use of contact: OMISS member or Guest contacts may be used once each in mixed and per band for this award.
Enhancements: Single bands, each additional 25 contacts, 5,6, 7, and 8 bands.
Certificate numbers: On the first application approved, the next available certificate number is assigned. When an enhancement is earned, certificates will be issued with the same # and the enhancement listed on it.
Seals: N/A
Parts of an award: N/A
Details: An Island is defined as a body of land surrounded by water as named on Google maps. An island can be self-reported by a station on check-in to an OMISS net. When self-reported, NCS will add Island and name to remarks column on Netlogger. Use the state, province, or DX.
Documentation to Submit: Log extract of Islands worked. QSL cards are not required.