= ahoy, what ever happened with the 13 orig colonies event that n3tl / Tim started last year ? there was some chatter here about it, but i did not hear any stations (only worked 2 or 3 passes) on july 4th weekend, and have not seen anything else on the BB. maybe next year ? or anytime ! it seems like there is a gap in WAS for many with all those small, eastern states. i may be activating some grids in nor*cal soon, stay tuned. thanks and happy bird watching from the wild, western, big states. too bad we dont have 50 oscars !!! 73, Robert k f 0 g cm97 =
Robert,
We did have the "Original 13 Colonies event, here is what was posted. I was WB2OQQ/K2A and I made over 108 contacts in the three days. Dave, took over for Tim, see you next year!
73's Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com
Hello,
We have ten out of the thirteen colonies represented.. You can make up special QSL cards for your station to send to whoever you contact if you choose. As far as callsigns go, I was unable to get special calls for us due to time( selling house, buying house, and 8 week old baby), so we will do like we did last year, using our own calls with a /K2A, /K2B, /K2C and so on.
Here are the calls-
NY- Pete, WB2OQQ/K2A VA- Steve, NL7VX/K2B RI --------------------------- CT- Paul, K1PL/K2D DE ------------------------ MD- Bruce, WA3SWJ/K2F GA- Tim, N3TL/K2G MA- Dave, KB1PVH/K2H NJ ---------------------- NC- Mark, N8MH/K2J NH- Rik, N1XED/K2K SC- Art, K4YYL/K2L PA- Rich, K3BFS/K2M
Here is the email I got from Ken with more details.
Hi Dave: All I need is just the number of contacts each colony station made with other stations for the special event. Like I made 1285 contacts from NY as K2A during the SE with other stations in 2009. We are going on the honor system as far as the contact logs are concerned. It is just to much to check for each certificate request. 12,500 in 2009. I believe most hams are honest :) .. So each Sat.operator representing a Colony State must email me with only one number-the total contacts made on Satellite..for the special event only July 1st to July 5th..It doesn't matter if you cant get all 13 colonies on Sat, you got 10 already. So if an operator gets 10 of the Sats, he can get the other 3 on HF! for a clean sweep. Go to my bio KU2US on QRZ.com and read all that is there. An operator is eligible for a certificate if he makes one contact or in between to all 13. If YOU the Colony station would like to also contact all 13 for a certificate, then YOUR state is counted automatically, so you would have to only get the remaining 12. THIS log needs to be sent to me for a certificate. The cert. is free to all colony operators.
Thanks-Ken
I think that is all, but if I missed something, give me a yell.
Have fun on the birds!!!! If anyone has questions, feel free to email me.
Dave - KB1PVH/K2H
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