The Islands On PSK Award (IOPA) was devised by the European PSK Club on 11th February 2007. This was designed to encourage contacts with IOTA island stations world-wide. IOPA-50, IOPA-100, IOPA-150, IOPA-200, IOPA-250, IOPA-300, IOPA-350, IOPA-400, IOPA-450, IOPA-500, IOPA-550 and IOPA-600 Awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or SWL eligible under these rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550 and 600 different IOTA islands respectively at the time of application by using any PSK mode. EPC membership is required for the IOPA Award applicants. All contacts must be made since January 1, 2000.

QSL-cards are not required. Awards are issued to the person or club. The person or club can use any legal call sign. Contacts made from club stations or special event stations count to the credit of both the club and the operator. All stations must be operated in accordance with their licensing conditions. Contacts may be made from any location in the same DXCC country. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz. Confirmations from the EPC Short Wave Listeners and Digital Monitoring Stations are accepted as confirmed contacts. All stations contacted must be "island stations". Contacts with ships and boats, anchored or underway, and airborne aircraft, cannot be counted. For the purposes of this award, remote control operating points must also be island based.

The submission for credit of any altered or forged log extractions or, equally, bad behaviour on or off the air which is judged by the European PSK Club to bring a particular programme into disrepute may result in disqualification of the applicant from the Award Programme. The decision of the award manager on this and other matters of dispute will be finals.

All awards are issued FREE of charge in a high quality PDF format and sent via email to the applicants. Awards could be printed with the highest quality and with optimal performance by applicants themselves. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact IOPA award manager Mike Hayens, DO6BCO.

RSGB IOTA Website: This site contains a basic introduction to the IOTA Programme, full details from the IOTA Directory, and a search function by reference number and by island name. Please click here to access the IOTA website.

Polar Bear Award 50 IOTA Island Groups		Bamboo Lemur Award 100 IOTA Island Groups
Brown Bear Award 150 IOTA Island Groups		Galapagos Iguana Award 200 IOTA Island Groups
Sumatran Orangutan Award 250 IOTA Island Groups		White Shark Award 300 IOTA Island Groups
Emperor Penguin Award 350 IOTA Island Groups		Atlantic Puffin Award 400 IOTA Island Groups
Caribbean Parrot Award 450 IOTA Island Groups		Giant Panda Award 500 IOTA Island Groups
Canada Goose Award 550 IOTA Island Groups		Bengal Tiger Award 600 IOTA Island Groups