[TVARC] 13 Colonies: N8SK's "Brag"

[Daniel McKinney]

Good job Tony it's so nice to get excited about a job well done!!!!   I
worked 8 and I got the Willam Penn station all but one on cw and one on
ssb.😀

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 8:01 AM <rwmw1932 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Congrats, Tony !!!  My goal this year was to work them all on 40 cw. Like
> Ed, I never heard the English bonus station on cw, any band. I managed all
> the others except New Jersey (K2I), which I finally contacted on 80 cw with
> less than 1 hour left in the event !!
>
> Also managed to work a few new dxcc entities while "window shopping" for
> 13 colonies. So I now have over 100 countries on cw from The Villages.
>
> Vy 73 to all TVARC
> Ralph  N8RW
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Anthony Hackenberg" <anthony.w.hackenberg at gmail.com>
> *To: *"TVARC MailList at QSL.net" <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent: *Monday, July 10, 2017 1:09:33 AM
>
> *Subject: *[TVARC] 13 Colonies: N8SK's "Brag"
>
> Hi Members of TVARC's MailList (hosted by QSL.net),
>
> The "13 Colonies" Special Event occurred on the ham bands from July 1
> through July 6, 2017.  This year's event ran as follows:
>   ET: July 1 (9AM EST) to July 6th (Midnight EST)
>   Z:  (July 1, 2017-1300 UTC to July 7, 2017-0400 UTC).
>
> I again thoroughly enjoyed this event as a fun filled way to celebrate
> America's birthday using our ham radios.  The organizers of this event and
> the various station operators in the 13 states making up the original 13
> Colonies deserve our kudos.  Also, the two bonus stations (one in
> Philadelphia & the other in Great Britain/England) deserve our thanks.
>
> N8SK's Brag for the 2017 "13 Colonies" Special Event:
>
>   # Colony stations worked: 13 of 13 [a clean sweep!]😉
>   # Bonus stations worked:    2 of   2 [Philadelphia & England]😀
>   Total Worked                     15 of 15
>
> I worked 12 of those 15 stations on 20 meters.  The remaining 3 I snagged
> on 40 meters.
> My toughest colony station to get was Connecticut (K2D).  And it nearly
> came down to the wire before I finally got the bonus station (GB13COL) in
> England.
>
> Working those 15 stations was spread across five (5) days: July 1, 3, 4,
> 5,  & 6.  I don't recall how long (on-the-air duration) it took me to work
> these stations.
>
> For more information about this special event, see the 13 Colonies website
> at: http://www.13colonies.net/.
>
> 73,
>
> Tony/N8SK
>
>
>
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