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13 Colonies Special Event July 1-7th
From QRZ.com; written by WA3PZO (edited by OPDX):
In just a few weeks, one of the most popular summer
operating events
kicks off – The 13 Colonies Special Event. Now in its
18th year the event
has grown from Special Event Stations making
approximately 12,000 contacts
to last year making 292, 496 contacts around the world.
The Event runs
from July 1st, 9:00 AM, - July 7th, Midnight Eastern
(July 1st – 1300
UTC – July 8th – 0400 UTC).
This year the 13 Colonies Special Event organizers are
recognizing
America’s sesquicentennial by featuring many locations
where the
Declaration of Independence was first read in their city
or colony.
The Special Event consist of one station operating in
each of the 13
Colonies (K2A – K2M) and three bonus stations (WM3PEN –
Philadelphia,
GB13COL – England, TM13COL – France). Each representing
their city,
state, or country’s role in America’s Colonial period.
All stations will
be offering a special QSL card. A few stations are
offering special
events within the Special Event. North Carolina’s K2J
team says to stay
tuned to their Facebook and QRZ page. Philadelphia’s
WM3PEN is partici-
pating in both the 13 Colonies Special Event as well as
the World Soccer
Tournament Special Event, Stations who work WM3PEN July
1-7th will get
credit for both events and with a QSL request will get a
special QSL
card for each event.
Ham Radio operators and SWLs can participate in the
event. Complete infor-
mation about the call for each colony station and the
bonus stations can
be found on the event website 13colonies.us and they can
follow us on
Facebook – 13 Colonies Special Event Community. Stations
need only make
one contact with one of the participating stations or
they can go for a
Clean Sweep and work all 13 Colony stations and the 3
bonus stations.
This year certificates can be downloaded, or ordered
online or by mail.
Operators can keep an eye out for the special event
stations by watching
many of the dx spotting networks such as DXSummit.fi.
Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
<[email protected]> and<[email protected]> Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) |