ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES
INDEPENDENCE WEEK
SPECIAL EVENT
July
1st-6th 2010
| ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES INDEPENDENCE WEEK SPECIAL EVENT | | |
July
1st-6th 2010 | |||
FINAL
QSO COUNT: 34,273 | |||||
NY-NJ-RI-GA-PA-NH-SC-VA-CT-DE-MD-MA-NC | |||||
| Starting on July 1st to July 6th, 2010 (5 Days) all thirteen 1776 original colonies were on the air, AGAIN! | |||||
| GUARANTEED at least two S.E. stations per colony state. Also included - Super contest stations, multi-operator Club stations & OM & XYL teams. | |||||
Click
on a State Map or Flag, in the image below, to see details of that State's Special
Event Station: | |||||
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| A magnificent NEW, full color, 8 1/2"x11", certificate, printed on heavy card stock, with a map and the state flags of all the 1776 colony states, adorns this award. You can have worked one state or, all 13 and, you are eligible for the certificate. | |||||
| The theme for 2010 was George Washington. Each colony state worked will be marked by the Purple Heart Medal (given for being wounded in combat to our armed forces). Also a special "Contact" logo will be affixed if you worked one or all 13 stations. A "Clean Sweep" indicator will also be affixed, for those lucky enough to "Q" all 13. | |||||
| Special event call signs were used (K2A Thru K2M). | |||||
| All modes of operation were represented-SSB, CW, RTTY,Digital, Etc. - The mode of operation was up to the individual colony state station. Please refer to the Station information page for details. | |||||
Each OP is to send a contact log stating the Date, UTC, Band, & call sign of each contact, and a BLANK QSL CARD +$4.00 US. (to help defray printing costs). PLEASE NO STAMPS. NO SASE required. We will furnish postage, certificate and 9"x12" envelope via 1st class mail. The certificate will NOT be folded. IMPORTANT: Make check or money order payable to Ken Villone-KU2US. | |||||
| The blank QSL card is needed because sometime we cannot read some folks hand writing :) All the info is on your card, which insures you will get the certificate in short order. | |||||
| It would be super appreciated if you included a self stick return address label for your certificate envelope. This would cut down the response for your certificate by half the time!-only a suggestion. | |||||
| You may print out a log form for your use from our website (see below). | |||||
| All award requests and payment to be sent and made out to the award manager-KU2US (Address on QRZ.com). | |||||
QSL
CARDS | |||||
| K2A (NY-KU2US) will issue a special event QSL card for a QSO with K2A for those Ops that requested one in lieu of the certificate. SASE Please and your FULL DATA-QSL CARD for return QSL card only. You can have the certificate, or the QSL card for K2A, or both if you want. | |||||
| K2A cannot send QSL cards for the other Colony Stations, Just for K2A in NY. | |||||
| Other Colony stations MAY offer a special QSL card also. Inquire to their home call on QRZ.com OR check their State information page by clicking on the state map above or the call listing below. Not all will do this. | |||||
BANDS | |||||
| All HF bands were in play except the WARC bands and 60 meters. The Colony stations operated on or near the"13" of each band (Eg.14.213, 14.013,14.313, 7.213, 7.013, etc.). 2 meters and 6 meter simplex were encouraged. | |||||
| The SE stations were on the east coast and, are very close to each other. It was harder for these states to contact each other so, use of 40m-160m was encouraged. | |||||
| The SE began July 1st at 1300 UTC and ended July 6th at 0400 UTC. | |||||
| This SE will be annual each year, with a different spectacular multi-color certificate for variety - be sure to collect all issues. | |||||
For
additional info or suggestions, E-mail me at: dentron1@yahoo.com | |||||
CERTIFICATE
REQUESTS TO: | |||||
Ken
Villone-KU2US-AWARD MGR | |||||
PO.BOX
185 | |||||
CONESUS
NY.14435 | |||||
THE
SATELLITES WERE ON THE AIR AGAIN! | |||||
| Most of the "13" Colonies had a Satellite station for you to work, just like last year! A special satellite logo will be affixed to your certificate if you make a contact with one or all of the "Birds". | |||||
New
for 2010 | |||||
| ATTENTION all short wave listeners (SWLs). You will also qualify for the certificate. Follow the instructions above when you submit your log and in place of "Your Call", indicate "SWL". A special SWL logo will be affixed to the certificate for you. One or all 13 stations logged qualifies you. Consider becoming a HAM too! Look at all the fun we are having! | |||||
| MOBILE COLONY STATION Mike Mardit (WA2VQW / K2A-2nd NY STATION) attempted to operate mobile from different Revolutionary War Period Historical sites down in South Eastern New York State, to add a little flavor to the Special Event. He described his location and historical connection to the Revolutionary Period. Other Colony operators also volunteered some historical tid-bits about their States also, keeping with the spirit of the Event. | |||||
| UK STATIONS A new developement. There will be 6 UK special event stations under (MN5ALJ) that will be participating during the July 1st-5th event. They have also a SE in conjunction with our event. Work them and a special Union Jack will be placed on your certificate. The contact must be recorded on the Colony log sheet (this does not count as one of the thirteen colony stations) you submit, to get the special endorsement. | |||||
| Terry-GI7THH, put this together and all his stations are looking forward to working you. Also, they are commemorating the birthplace of the man (John Dunlap) that printed the declaration . This will be fun. | |||||
| We welcomed their participation. | |||||
SPECIAL
EVENT CALLS: | |||||
| Most Colony states will had two operators running the special event stations on a rotating/alternating basis to insure continued presence for the five day event. We wanted everyone to have a "Q". All call signs for the Colony Stations were Listed Below and up-dated regularly. If you heard any station On HF that does not match the call signs below-THEY WERE PIRATES. | |||||
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IF YOU
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF A COLONY STATION, EMAIL KEN (dentron1@yahoo.com)
ASAP! | |||||
| A few stations did operate as pirate stations, asking that you send your certificate request and $4 to them. They will not count as a Colony contact. It's a shame some folks will stoop that low, but it happens. There have been reports of false spotting of our Colony Stations on the different DX threads. We asked anyone involved to PLEASE refrain from doing this. We are all out to have fun and celebrate the 4th of July together! | |||||
LOG
FORMS | |||||
You
may download and print out the form, below, for your log (right click and save).
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