The Island Festival weekend is approaching fast and this year there are exciting new reasons to join the fun. This year we will reward multi-island entries and increase the bonus for new islands and high-effort expeditions.

But first, let's recap; The Island Festival was created by a group of island enthusiasts to promote activity on the 11 meter band in the bottom of the solar cycle when activity was low. The Original Island Festival has grown to be a major group-independent event and this year we have updated the rules to promote even more excitement for both island hunters and expedition teams.

Whats New? - We have observed how some teams like to put more islands on the air during the festival, but up until now every island counted individually for the final score making it very hard to compete against the high number of contacts collected by one single island active all 48 hours. We are now changing this so that teams activating more than one island can add all their unique contacts together for a higher total score.

And what changed? - Hunters are always looking for a new one, and they love the thrill of working a hard to reach and seldom active island. To promote teams that goes to the extra effort we have raised the New Island and Expedition bonus to 30%. This gives you a more fair reward for putting in that extra effort!

So Hunters and Teams, now is the time to secure your participation in the Island Festival and make plans for the biggest island event on 11 meter 2012. Check out the updated rules and announce your activity here.

The Island Festival 2012 goes on the air at midnight Jun 2 and ends 48 hours later, don’t miss out on the fun!

73 de the Island Festival Organisers,

13DX028 Niko
14IR184 Diego
14DX461 Ludo
21DX011 Erik
21DX116 Chris

You are welcome to announce your activation here!

Please notice that you have to create an account and login to announce the activation!

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