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Don't know if anyone on the forum is working the 13 Original Colonies Special Event Stations this week, but if you are, look for K2M/W3WH tonight after 0000 Z.
I'll be down at Bill's place for a few hours. Don't know yet if I'll be on Phone (K3 set up in his sunroom) or on CW (Omni VII down in his basement shack) or splitting time between the two.
Last night, most of the activity for the 14 calls (*) was on 40 meters, split about evenly between Phone & CW, with some activity on 20. (Even got my last one, K2K in NH, on 160 last night!!) Depending on propagation & antennas, I'm hoping to put in some time on 80 & 30. We'll see.
More info on the special event stations at http://www.13colonies.info/
Just one thing: Make sure that if/when you work K2M, it's me. Not that putz Radio Free Bob WC3O over at K2M/K3MJW!
(*) Yes, 14. K2A - K2M represent the 13 colonies. There's also a bonus station, WM3PEN from Philadelphia... found them last night on 7115 running QRS in the middle of the old Novice band. First time I've sent 7 WPM code in years, and boy, was that tough!
There are multiple stations running each 1x1, so you'll see calls like K2M/K3MJW just to indicate who's who.
Let us loser phone ops know when you are on phone and where.
Let us loser phone ops know when you are on phone and where."Loser phone ops?" Now that's no way to think of yourself. You should have a positive attitude!
I'm actually more comfortable handling a pile-up on phone, so we'll see.
Oh, I should have mentioned, I'm also tentatively planning to be down there Friday morning (the company is closed on Friday, they're giving us all a long holiday weekend) to hit the high bands... that means you Cor!
"Loser phone ops?" Now that's no way to think of yourself. You should have a positive attitude!
I'm actually more comfortable handling a pile-up on phone, so we'll see.
Oh, I should have mentioned, I'm also tentatively planning to be down there Friday morning (the company is closed on Friday, they're giving us all a long holiday weekend) to hit the high bands... that means you Cor!
Purely tongue in cheek, of course!
Anyway, I'm assuming 40 is probably a good band after 0000.
wa6mhz
07-03-2013, 07:57 AM
I have been working the 13 Colonies thing and have 4 in the log now. Very FIERCE pileups that take every milliwatt of the Kilowatt to crack! This is a great event, and wish I had been on last night for K2M! (I was at a Radio Club board meeting). Will look again tonight as I still have 9 to go!
Enjoy the PILEUPS!!!
I have been working the 13 Colonies thing and have 4 in the log now. Very FIERCE pileups that take every milliwatt of the Kilowatt to crack! This is a great event, and wish I had been on last night for K2M! (I was at a Radio Club board meeting). Will look again tonight as I still have 9 to go!
Enjoy the PILEUPS!!!There are actually supposed to be four stations running K2M. Three are in WPA -- WC3O is leading the Skyview RS group out at the K3MJW clubhouse, W3WH is leading the WASH group from his house. I haven't heard the EPA guys on yet (WX2A, I think), nor have I heard a peep out of the 2 Rivers ARC gang (W3OC).
But that's why they have multiple stations running the calls...
Oh, I should mention, if you hear a YL at K2M, especially last night or today/tonight, it's probably Carol KB3GMN. She's a great op, and a nice lady too, but don't piss her off... if she says "the 6MHZ only" then she MEANS it...
PA5COR
07-03-2013, 09:42 AM
There's the time difference here to look at, but i can try in the weekend to scan the bands for you guy's and give me a reason to fire up th Heathkit SB-1000 after months of neglect.... the 3 - 500 ZG might want to be run red again to getter ;)
Too easy from here. I'll pass. ;) :neener:
Aww. Not even for me? I am depressed. :(
Aww. Not even for me? I am depressed. :(
I did this bit 2 years ago, Ron. Been there; done that.
I haven't tried to make a single contact with any of the stations this year. It's not personal, I'm just not interested. I wasn't interested last year, either.
grumble grumble fed him a perfectly good straight line from Blazing Saddles & he lets it go to waste grumble grumble
No problem. No harm, no foul. To be honest, I didn't bother with it last year, but I did get into it a little this year.
Aww. Not even for me? I am depressed. :(
How 'bout me and the boys shoot that Jerry dead? Would that cheer you up?
Feel better now?
How 'bout me and the boys shoot that Jerry dead? Would that cheer you up?
Feel better now?THERE you go! I knew that you would rise to the occasion!
After all, you'd do it for Randolph Scott!
Well I'll get on and try to work you tonight on 40. I've been listening around and have worked K2A and K2I thus far.
THERE you go! I knew that you would rise to the occasion!
After all, you'd do it for Randolph Scott!
I'd prefer Lilly von Shtupp, but she's always tired. She needs some re...........st...
Good. She'll feel refweshed.
Good. She'll feel refweshed.
It's twue.... it's twue, it's twue!
KG4NEL
07-03-2013, 03:19 PM
Baby, I am not from Havana.
KG4NEL
07-03-2013, 03:19 PM
No corntesting for me until the IARU thing.
W2NAP
07-03-2013, 06:45 PM
wish I had my antenna up for HF. but damn been busy with other crap. plus I have miss-placed a 4:1 balun somewhere in this craphole that I live in.. i guess ill get my 80m ocf up someday.
wa6mhz
07-03-2013, 08:31 PM
9 of them in the Log, but K2M is NOT one of them yet! Just worked K2H on PSK63, so they are all over the bands! Wild Pileups on 20M for the stations, worse than DX Pileups! But all heard have been worked so far. Maybe I can find the last 4 tomorrow sometime
9 of them in the Log, but K2M is NOT one of them yet! Just worked K2H on PSK63, so they are all over the bands! Wild Pileups on 20M for the stations, worse than DX Pileups! But all heard have been worked so far. Maybe I can find the last 4 tomorrow sometimeI ended up spending the bulk of the evening on 7233.
It was fun! But boy, is my voice hoarse!
Pat, I'm sorry, whenever I called for 6's, I called directly for you.
K2M / W3WH will be on tomorrow and Friday. I will be back down around noon (1600 Z) on Friday, crusing the high bands. We'll try.
PA5COR
07-04-2013, 03:08 AM
Pity our 40 meter is from 7.000 to 7.200....
wa6mhz
07-05-2013, 07:31 PM
Up to 12 out of 13. K2D is the last holdout.
I did hear them on 20CW, but they went QRT fast.
Also saw the WM3PEN on 20PSK, but they went QRT fast too.
2 days left (Extended 2 days). I worked K2M but it was Bob in W PA. Saw U listed on 15SSB but when I went there no sign of U.
Up to 12 out of 13. K2D is the last holdout.
I did hear them on 20CW, but they went QRT fast.
Also saw the WM3PEN on 20PSK, but they went QRT fast too.
2 days left (Extended 2 days). I worked K2M but it was Bob in W PA. Saw U listed on 15 SSB but when I went there no sign of U.Today? That was W3WH on 15. He had me working 40 SSB on 7233.4 all afternoon. The reason you might not have heard him is that we had a crimp-on connector fail (amazing what happens when a deer kicks the plastic container containing the SGC tuner), and he was down for awhile.
If you worked Bob, then you worked K2M/K3MJW, over one county. No worries, I'm glad you got him!
I'm seeing spots on 40 for K2D, 7228. I don't think the band is long enough for you right now, though.
Pat, if you're keeping an eye on the reflector...
K2D is on 14290, and I'm hearing a bunch of 6's & 7's working some of the other stations (K2A, K2C, K2G to name three) on 40 SSB. All in the last 10 minutes.
wa6mhz
07-06-2013, 12:27 AM
OK!!! Got K2D on 20SSB for #13, and then went hunting the WM3PEN.. A spot showed them on 40 SSB, but didn't find them. Lotsa Venezuela stations though and that is a new DXCC county for me on 40! Then found Carl BSO and Janet WU9G up on the high end of the band. Great QSOs and time to hit the Snoreshelf. Gotta find that WM3PEN somewhere this weekend!
NA4BH
07-06-2013, 12:30 AM
But boy, is my voice hoarse!
That explains the long face. :rofl: :rofl:
That explains the long face. :rofl: :rofl:
You're going to have to pony up for that one, Bob.
NA4BH
07-06-2013, 12:37 AM
You'll never saddle me with that guilt.
Now that's just plain, unbridled stubbornness.
NA4BH
07-06-2013, 12:43 AM
Is that your mane point? I have never noticed it in a gallop poll.
WØTKX
07-06-2013, 10:25 AM
Just worked K2K, Fred in NH.
OK!!! Got K2D on 20SSB for #13, and then went hunting the WM3PEN.. A spot showed them on 40 SSB, but didn't find them. Lotsa Venezuela stations though and that is a new DXCC county for me on 40! Then found Carl BSO and Janet WU9G up on the high end of the band. Great QSOs and time to hit the Snoreshelf. Gotta find that WM3PEN somewhere this weekend!Excellent!
Be advised, event ends at 0400 Z Sunday... aka midnight Eastern.
You're going to have to pony up for that one, Bob.
You'll never saddle me with that guilt.
Is that your mane point? I have never noticed it in a gallop poll.OK, that's enough. Reign it in, gang. Before someone else spurs it on.
OK, that's enough. Reign it in, gang. Before someone else spurs it on.
It would behoove you to let us run with this.
It would behoove you to let us run with this.
You're just a whinny little filly.
wa6mhz
07-07-2013, 12:46 PM
Tough to ferret out the WM3PEN now!
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 12:52 PM
Tough to ferret out the WM3PEN now!
Ferret? The other guys were talking equines, but in the long stretch, it didn't last furlong. Sorry, I didn't mean to stirrup any trouble.
Ferret? The other guys were talking equines, but in the long stretch, it didn't last furlong. Sorry, I didn't mean to stirrup any trouble.
There you go, horning in on this thread as it withers on the vine. You're hobbling us.
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 01:39 PM
Sorry. I thought this was where the people who can't find their Ipods posted. You know, the Applelosers.
Sorry. I thought this was where the people who can't find their Ipods posted. You know, the Applelosers.
You're just dappling in puns, Eddie. Paint with a broader brush.
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 01:52 PM
You're just dappling in puns, Eddie. Paint with a broader brush.
That's always been my handicap. I guess you and I are just a parimutuel punsters; always trying to jockey ahead of each other.
I'm a bit of a hack. The XYL says I should groom my punning abilities.
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 02:03 PM
Tell her that's tacky, and makes you feel infarrier.
Tell her that's tacky, and makes you feel infarrier.
That's a shoe-in, but I'm afraid to make her angry because then she bellows. She's a bit un-stable; why don't you collar?
That's a shoe-in, but I'm afraid to make her angry because then she bellows. She's a bit un-stable; why don't you collar?
I think this part of the thread should be consigned to the glue factory
I think this part of the thread should be consigned to the glue factory
That's a blanket indictment. You're just jealous because you can't keep up the pace.
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 02:26 PM
That's a shoe-in, but I'm afraid to make her angry because then she bellows. She's a bit un-stable; why don't you collar?
I would, but I was out in the summer reigns, and have a sore throat, and bit of a colt. Perhaps when I'm better, I can bale out of here, and trot to a phone. In the mean time, canter anger be put on hold.
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 02:30 PM
I think this part of the thread should be consigned to the glue factory
Normally I'd yell at you for making a statement like that. But as I mentioned, I only have 75% of my voice back. I still a quarter horse.
I would, but I was out in the summer reigns, and have a sore throat, and bit of a colt. Perhaps when I'm better, I can bale out of here, and trot to a phone. In the mean time, canter anger be put on hold.
She'd become sulky at the very suggestion. Don't stall—you can call collect and it'll be on my buck. Then we can team up.
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 02:37 PM
She'd become sulky at the very suggestion. Don't stall—you can call collect and it'll be on my buck. Then we can team up.
Maybe this Asian Chick friend of mine will have some suggestions on how to handle this. You think I should give Year Ling a call?
Maybe this Asian Chick friend of mine will have some suggestions on how to handle this. You think I should give Year Ling a call?
I'm afraid that old chestnut would just drive her right out the front gait.
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 02:47 PM
I'm afraid that old chestnut would just drive her right out the front gait.
I can check with her Asian boy friend, Gil Ding.
I can check with her Asian boy friend, Gil Ding.
That might halter.
WØTKX
07-07-2013, 03:34 PM
I think this part of the thread should be consigned to the glue factory
Huffing Posts?
K7SGJ
07-07-2013, 05:17 PM
Well, this will just cinch it for me. Someone give me a leg up, and although it just chaps me, I'll just ride into the sunset.
wa6mhz
07-08-2013, 09:08 AM
Nailed the WM3PEN justa few hours before the QRT time. PHEW!!!! He had a great signal on 20SSB yesterday afternoon and I was in the log on the first CALL!!!
SO that makes a CLEAN SWEEP plus the BONUS Station!
Guess I need to send off the certificate now! Sure worked for this one!
We need more great operating events like this. I am sure the "DX" stateside Ops had as much fun as us who worked them! Great fun DXing when the Sunspots SUCK and no hope of working overseas.
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