This award series consist of eleven (11) different awards. Ten (10) state certificates (Counties) Overall award for completion of all 111 counties. Gold seal is for Mobile to SINGLE Base or Base to SINGLE mobile.
Rules for "The Great River Road Awards"
1. Contacts must be made on OMISS net frequencies and net times.
2. Contacts must be between OMISS members.
3. Mixed bands allowed
4. Endorsements are available for single bands.
5. NO starting time (Dig through those logs)
6. The Counties do not have to be worked in any order.
The Great River Road is a collection of state, federal and local roads which follow the course of the Mississippi river through ten states of the United States.
MINNESOTA(17): Anoka, Benton, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Morrison, Ramsey, Sherburne, Stearns, Wabasha, Washington, Winona, Wright
WISCONSIN (8): Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Pepin, Pierce, Trempealeau, Vernon
Iowa (10): Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque. Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott
ILLINOIS(18) Adams, Alexander, Calhoun, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Jackson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, Rock Island, St. Clair, Union, Whiteside
MISSOURI (16): Cape Girardeau, Clark, Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Pike, Ralls, Scott, St. Charles, St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve St. Louis (City)
KENTUCKY (4): Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman
TENNESSEE (5): Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton
ARKANSAS (6): Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips
MISSISSIPPI (11): Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, De Soto, Issaquena, Jefferson, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson
LOUISIANA (16): Ascension, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, Iberville, Jefferson, Madison, New Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, Tensas, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana
Total 111 Counties/Parishes in ten states.