13 Colonies - K2B - 2023Welcome to 13 Colonies 2023, K2B team!

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Looks like we have another great group this year.? Last year, we had a casual operation.? Whoever wanted to operate, simply went on the?groups.io?page spreadsheet, and filled in a slot.? I ended up filling dozens of empty slots.? If you are signing up for K2B, I’m hoping that you actually want to operate; last year, several didn’t, and I paid the price.? Is 500 contacts, over the course of a week, too much to ask?? The eyes of Virginia are on you!

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The spreadsheet for 2023 is up.? Here’s the link, if you’d like to start filling in the slots.? Please don’t one station grab all the prime slots!? As I mentioned last year, one of my (few) tasks is to equitably allocate air time.? By popular request, the two-hour slots have been reduced to one-hour slots.? Thanks to Mike Dodd for helping me lock the headers, making it more user-friendly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vwMb_A8spDuXFVIibm1Ee6I6nkT8WKmKZvl1zuKtFRg/edit#gid=1400000382

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New people - I think it requires you to “request permission” before inputting data.? Just click the tab, and I’ll add you.

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We will also use the same?groups.io?page; new people, please log in, so you can receive occasional emails.? Note that this is the primary way we can alert the group to open slots, so please tolerate those emails for the week of the event.

/g/K2B-13Colonies2022/topics

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This year’s prizes (for top five ops) will be 13 Colonies mugs with your callsign.? As in the past, I will also create and send out full color commemorative certificates to all.? No budget for this (or anything else), so give me some time.

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Please, try to spot other K2B op’s when you can.? We did not do enough spotting last year.? More on spotting, on io.groups.

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Please feel free, always, to email me off the thread.? Virginia hams are the best!

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(Please don’t “reply all” – we can use the?groups.iopage for mass messaging, okay?)

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Vy 73,

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David, K2WPM (“20,000 or bust”)

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