[CQ-Contest] IOTA Contest and Definition of an Island

[David Kozinn, K2DBK]

A quick search on the RSGB's IOTA website turned up these official rules:
http://www.rsgbiota.org/rules/rules.pdf

Section B is probably what you're looking for.

73,
David, K2DBK
k2dbk.com
k2dbk.blogspot.com


On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:01 PM, ku8e <ku8e at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone knows criteria the IOTA Contest uses to determine
> what locations are considered islands ? I was just
> curious after reading K2SX's posting on 3830. He lives on Pawleys Island,
> which is a barrier island near Myrtle Beach, SC.
> His island doesn't count as being an island in IOTA even though it's in the
> Atlantic Ocean.
>
> I know the island has to be in a saltwater ocean, so an island in a large
> body of water like the Great Lakes in the
> USA/Canada wouldn't count. It also looks like the rules state the island
> has to be 200 meters away from the mainland.
> Looking at the IOTA webpage there are many barrier islands on the GA coast
> (and other places) that are not counted as an IOTA island.
> I have been to Tybee Island (Savannah beach) on vacation and have operated
> the IOTA contest on both St Simon's and Jekyll Island (NA-058).
> These islands are all separated from the mainland by the InterCoastal
> Waterway , which I think is at least 200 meters wide,
> but for some reason Tybee Island doesn't count for IOTA. Seems to me an
> island is an island if it has the name "island" in it's name.
>
>
> 73's Jeff KU8E
>
>
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