 This just in!
July 1st to July 5th 2009, all thirteen 1776 original colonies will be on the air. One S.E. station per Colony state.
A full color certificate printed on heavy card stock or parchment paper,
with a map and the state flags of all the 1776 colony states will be available to to each station who works one or more or
ALL of the Special Event stations.
Each colony state worked will be marked by the shield of the United States by each state flag.
Special event call signs will be used.
Dates: The Special Event will begin July 1st at 1300 UTC and end July 5th 0400 UTC.
Bands: All bands will be in play except 60M and the WARC bands. The Colony stations will be
operating on or near the "13" of each band (Eg.14.213, 14.313, 7.213, et.). 2 meter and 6 meter simplex is encouraged.
For this event 2 meter repeater contacts WILL be allowed WHY? because all of the SE stations are on the east coast and are very close to each other.
It will be harder for these states to contact each other, also 40m-160m is encouraged because of this.
PARTICIPATION: We have a volunteer ARS to particpate in each Colony state for this event (KU2US will be New York).
The state each volunteer station is operating from will be automatically be counted for them.
CERTIFICATE: Each station is to send a contact log stating the Date, UTC, Band, & call sign of each contact, along with your QSL card and $4.00 US. in check, MO. or cash (to help defray printing costs).
NO SASE required. We will furnish postage, certificate and 9"x12" envelope. No QSL cards will be issued - just the certificate.
All award requests and payment to be sent and made out to the KU2US-Award Manager (Address on Log Form below).
CLEAN SWEEP:Those stations submitting contacts for ALL thirteen colonies will have their certificate marked with a
"Clean Sweep" in recognition of their efforts.
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K2A - NY
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K2B - VA
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K2C - RI
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K2D - CT
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K2E - DE
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K2G - GA
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K2F - MD
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K2H - MA
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K2I - NJ
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K2J - NC
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K2K - NH
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K2L - SC
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K2M - PA
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A Brief Note: A State operator asked about including EchoLink contacts for the Special Event:
I know a lot of hams like working with echolink, but I question if it is true ham radio? I cannot send out the certificate for echolink contacts, so I would have to make up separate certs, or add an echolink endorsement. BIG added work. Every state op would have to be near a node or have the facilities. This would take time to set up. We would need a new OP for each state just for echolink, or supply the software. I must respectfully decline the idea, at least for this years SE.
Yes, repeaters are allowed as you know, but only because of the close locations of the SE states. I really had to think about that one, because at first I felt that repeaters were not really the way to go, but after may requests, and because of many Tech operators who want to participate, I recanted.
Thanks to everyone for their input.
Ken KU2US
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