13 Colonies Special Event

KJ4BFH · Jul 11, 2020

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Each state is an individual entity with a manager and a QSL card manager. They pay for the QSL cards and are volunteers. I welcome anyone who wishes to badmouth us, because each year our total number of contacts increases, which means that your hot air is just that! BUT it is YOUR hot air so you can blow it at anyone you choose! Just be sure when you are blowing you wear a mask and stand at least 6 ft. away and social distance! My God, every year I have to read about all the sour grapes! Problems? SURE! there is going to be some! Everyone has them! Show me a person who does not and I will show you a saint in Ham heaven! With all this civil unrest, the virus, lock downs, businesses closing and everything else, don't you think that the Colony operators are affected by this too? Yet, the show must go on, weather you like it or not. Participate! or not to participate! That is the question! If you do? Then have fun. If not and are disenfranchised? Well, back to the hot air I guess! Some will fall thru the cracks? yes! If you are one of those who do? And are full of hot air? Then close your crack and deposit your negatives where they belong! In the Toilet, no one wants to hear it. SO REMEMBER one thing! One of these days the shoe will be on the other foot, and I would LOVE to see how you react! I hope better than I do! I hope everyone enjoyed a little SATIRE This morning! (OR is it?) Most everyone has more time on their hands now, so we expect a huge participation increase over last year! No matter what the naysayers and Lids try to do (badmouth, carriers, et.et.) You are only hurting yourselves because most rigs have notch filters! There will be over 135 operators on this year! You can't be everywhere all of the time! But if negativity and carriers et. is your way of having fun? Go for it! Ignoramus, stupidity, naive, negativity, pie hole, jerk weed, deuce bag, butt wipe, Lid? -PICK ONE OUT! and be the best you can be! .. I just can't wait to see how low some can go! I will even institute an award for it!
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KU2US said: ↑

Each state is an individual entity with a manager and a QSL card manager. They pay for the QSL cards and are volunteers. I welcome anyone who wishes to badmouth us, because each year our total number of contacts increases, which means that your hot air is just that! BUT it is YOUR hot air so you can blow it at anyone you choose! Just be sure when you are blowing you wear a mask and stand at least 6 ft. away and social distance! My God, every year I have to read about all the sour grapes! Problems? SURE! there is going to be some! Everyone has them! Show me a person who does not and I will show you a saint in Ham heaven! With all this civil unrest, the virus, lock downs, businesses closing and everything else, don't you think that the Colony operators are affected by this too? Yet, the show must go on, weather you like it or not. Participate! or not to participate! That is the question! If you do? Then have fun. If not and are disenfranchised? Well, back to the hot air I guess! Some will fall thru the cracks? yes! If you are one of those who do? And are full of hot air? Then close your crack and deposit your negatives where they belong! In the Toilet, no one wants to hear it. SO REMEMBER one thing! One of these days the shoe will be on the other foot, and I would LOVE to see how you react! I hope better than I do! I hope everyone enjoyed a little SATIRE This morning! (OR is it?) Most everyone has more time on their hands now, so we expect a huge participation increase over last year! No matter what the naysayers and Lids try to do (badmouth, carriers, et.et.) You are only hurting yourselves because most rigs have notch filters! There will be over 135 operators on this year! You can't be everywhere all of the time! But if negativity and carriers et. is your way of having fun? Go for it! Ignoramus, stupidity, naive, negativity, pie hole, jerk weed, deuce bag, butt wipe, Lid? -PICK ONE OUT! and be the best you can be! .. I just can't wait to see how low some can go! I will even institute an award for it!
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This was my very first event/contest in amateur radio. I had an enormous amount of fun scanning the bands looking for each operator. I want to thank you and all the volunteer operators who participated, I know it was a lot of work and some long hours. The operators were great at pulling my weak signal out of the mud over and over.
Thank you all for these great memories!
Brian KJ4BFH

KC9LOO · Jul 11, 2020

I too had a lot of fun sweeping the bands. Managed to get all 13 colonies and Wm3Pen, but no luck with GB13Col. I got all with just 100 watts and a wire on SSB. I don't care for digital and am not setup for it, actually don't know anything about it, hi-hi
But was great fun, looking forward to next year. Getting ready to send for my certificate and will frame it with pride.
Thanks to everyone involved in this.
Mike KC9LOO

KJ4BFH · Jul 13, 2020

KC9LOO said: ↑

I too had a lot of fun sweeping the bands. Managed to get all 13 colonies and Wm3Pen, but no luck with GB13Col. I got all with just 100 watts and a wire on SSB. I don't care for digital and am not setup for it, actually don't know anything about it, hi-hi
But was great fun, looking forward to next year. Getting ready to send for my certificate and will frame it with pride.
Thanks to everyone involved in this.
Mike KC9LOO
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Mik

KC9LOO said: ↑

I too had a lot of fun sweeping the bands. Managed to get all 13 colonies and Wm3Pen, but no luck with GB13Col. I got all with just 100 watts and a wire on SSB. I don't care for digital and am not setup for it, actually don't know anything about it, hi-hi
But was great fun, looking forward to next year. Getting ready to send for my certificate and will frame it with pride.
Thanks to everyone involved in this.
Mike KC9LOO
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Mike, your set up is like mine, 100 Watts and I have a EFHW at 66 ft. I reached all 13 colonies and WM3PEN on two bands but never got through to GB13COL. I might try some other modes down the road but I'm only using SSB for now. I had so much fun that I'm looking for some similar contests...any suggestions? I hear Route 66 OTA is fun, but that doesn't start until September.
73 Brian

N3PM · Jul 17, 2020

Received my 40M/CW cert today. Fast turnaround. Thanks to Ken and the ops.
Mike N3PM

KD4ULD · Jul 17, 2020

Wow that was quick.

K6GB · Jul 18, 2020

Here at my QTH I didn't even hear WM3PEN or GB13COL, only got 11 colonies, that was all I heard.

WA6MHZ · Jul 28, 2020

Lightning fast turnaround on the Cert!!
Thanks so much, Ken!!! it will be on the wall this morning!!!

W5BIB · Jul 30, 2020

WA6MHZ said: ↑

Lightning fast turnaround on the Cert!!
Thanks so much, Ken!!! it will be on the wall this morning!!!
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yep... got mine yesterday. Nice looking certificate. Mine had the endorsement; "ALL CW" & "In Honer Of Our Veterans"

I wonder how many ops were able to snag GB13COL ? (NOT me)

Thanks KEN/KU2US (and all of the other ops) for a really enjoyable special event. Kudos

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