NS4J’s USI Expeditions
This is a table of my USI Expeditions. Calls AE4MK, NS4J, K4I (Island QSO Party), W3I (IOTA contest) and K3USI (USI club call). The table also includes Parks on the Air (POTA) and Islands on the Air (IOTA) references.
Individual map links added to each state/territory page
A link to the Google Earth file (.kmz) for the islands within each state and territory has been added to it’s page. The color of the icon on the map indicates the status of the island, a pink icon indicates a Qualified island, and a yellow icon indicates an island that hasn’t been Qualified. And, as with all things, if you find a error let us know.
Look for this icon 
in front of the island count.
Twelve Mile/Emery Isl. KY027R ~ A Club’s Winning Expedition
The idea to activate an island was borne in the regular club meetings (Amateur Radio Transmitting Society, ARTS), after discussing activating Shippingport (KY002R) near downtown Louisville, for about a year.
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Quarry Isl. OK028L ~ A CW Only Qualification by N5PHT
US Islands
The US Islands program (USI) is found at https://usislands.org/ and it is not associated with the IOTA program but rather for islands found within lakes, rivers and ocean shore of the United States. I also qualified one other USI, TX035L, Rattlesnake, many years ago and have activated TX003S, Goose island in the Gulf of Texas.
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Portable Operations ~ A Practical Overview
Christian Bravo ~ W4ALF 6 August 2016
Northern Kentucky Amateur Radio Club
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WI060L Horseshoe, KD9FM
It took me 2 attempts but got the 5 contacts I needed plus 20 more to qualify Horseshoe Island WI060L off the Door County Peninsula of Wisconsin yesterday 24 September. I was so grateful that conditions on the band were better than on August 27th 73’s, Paul KD9FM.
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N4SVC FL528S North Key August 2016
On August 27, 2016, members of the Suwannee Amateur Radio Club participated in two events from North Key Island, FL (Cedar Keys). N4SVC operated in the US Islands Awards Program to qualify the island for the first time. It is now designated FL528S. Continue reading
W4YVB Turkey Isl. Expedition FL496R & FL497R Nov. 2014
Way down upon the Suwannee River … I bet you can’t say that without singing it! Three NFARL members, Terry Joyner (W4YBV), Wes Lamboley (W3WL), and Jim Paine (N4SEC) set out on November 22 and 23 from Steinhatchee Florida for fun and a good time with ham radio by making contacts from the Turkey Islands on the beautiful Suwannee River in west central Florida.
The Micro-DX-Pedition operated from Terry’s 26 foot center-console boat and wire antennas were deployed on the islands. Although the antenna installations weren’t “Pretty”, they managed to work quite well.
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W4H Graveyard Isl., TN047L 2014 Oct. 30 – Nov. 2
Submitted by Dan – W9DLK.
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W4YBV Pepperfish Keys FL492, FL493, FL494 May 2014
Two NFARL Members, Terry Joyner (W4YBV) and Jim Paine (N4SEC) set out on a fun adventure of qualifying three new islands off the west coast of Florida on May 2, 3, and 4 with the US Islands Awards Program. Planning started several months in advance by looking at tide tables, our availability, and other factors. Our island transportation was Terry’s 26 foot Carolina Skiff Center-Console fishing boat.
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