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2024 Results and post event thoughts; Berryville

David Wright K2WPM All Messages By This Member #773 Again, thanks to all for your efforts this year.? I posted the results on "cumulative" page of the sign-in sheets. My target was 25,000 QSOs.? We got 26,506, a great surprise to me, given the number of empty slots.? As in the past, I will be commissioning a genuine K2B mug this year, similar in design to last years - see animation, attached (but with this year's QSL card, of course), personalized with your callsign.? I'll let you know if the $20 pricing remains same as 2023.? I will be buying one each for the top five scores, and one for our great QSL manager, Rhonda, W0MAN.? There may be more little surprises in the envelope with your certificate.? K2B bling. On the cumulative sheet, you will also see a summation of top 20 K2B ops, which is 24,875.? This was the idea of Ken KU2US, to level the playing field among colonies.? This will be the score that's used for comparison in the hyper-competitive (ugh) inter-colony rivalry.? (double ugh) May I ask for comments / complaints / suggestions? W2RU had one comment: I thought the real-time google docs spreadsheet worked very well, with the single exception that it was too easy for me (and others, too, it appears!) to accidentally change the contents of a cell.? I have no idea whether that can be easily corrected with a special “Enter” key combination, but I wouldn’t give up the “real time” aspect of that shared spreadsheet — it made it very possible to dodge the frequent sporadic lightning alerts we had down here all week and sign up for hour-long slots at the last minute. I plan to reserve a table (Horticulture Room - yes they have AC this year) at Berryville Hamfest, August 4, maybe an impromptu K2B meet-up at lunch time? Also, if you have gear you'd like to sell, I am happy to accommodate.? If there's demand, I will get two tables.? Let me know, off-thread. Maybe email me off the thread for a casual RSVP, if you would. Hoping I can snag Bud W2RU and Jeff K0ZR to buy or get autographed a copy of their books.? (also on Amazon) I am starting to feel like we are family .... in a good way.? Or more aptly, a band of brothers ... having been through an ordeal together. 73,? David, K2WPM 3d Mug Animation.gif
David Wright K2WPM All Messages By This Member #774 开云体育 For those who want a mug, or mugs, please send me $20 per mug. I will place the orders with Randy. As noted, they will be personalized with your callsign. ? David Wright, K2WPM PO Box 596 Melfa Va 23410 ? ? ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David Wright K2WPM via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [K2B-13Colonies2024] 2024 Results and post event thoughts; Berryville ? Again, thanks to all for your efforts this year.? I posted the results on "cumulative" page of the sign-in sheets. My target was 25,000 QSOs.? We got 26,506, a great surprise to me, given the number of empty slots.? As in the past, I will be commissioning a genuine K2B mug this year, similar in design to last years - see animation, attached (but with this year's QSL card, of course), personalized with your callsign.? I'll let you know if the $20 pricing remains same as 2023.? I will be buying one each for the top five scores, and one for our great QSL manager, Rhonda, W0MAN.? There may be more little surprises in the envelope with your certificate.? K2B bling. On the cumulative sheet, you will also see a summation of top 20 K2B ops, which is 24,875.? This was the idea of Ken KU2US, to level the playing field among colonies.? This will be the score that's used for comparison in the hyper-competitive (ugh) inter-colony rivalry.? (double ugh) May I ask for comments / complaints / suggestions? W2RU had one comment: I thought the real-time google docs spreadsheet worked very well, with the single exception that it was too easy for me (and others, too, it appears!) to accidentally change the contents of a cell.? I have no idea whether that can be easily corrected with a special “Enter” key combination, but I wouldn’t give up the “real time” aspect of that shared spreadsheet — it made it very possible to dodge the frequent sporadic lightning alerts we had down here all week and sign up for hour-long slots at the last minute. I plan to reserve a table (Horticulture Room - yes they have AC this year) at Berryville Hamfest, August 4, maybe an impromptu K2B meet-up at lunch time? Also, if you have gear you'd like to sell, I am happy to accommodate.? If there's demand, I will get two tables.? Let me know, off-thread. Maybe email me off the thread for a casual RSVP, if you would. Hoping I can snag Bud W2RU and Jeff K0ZR to buy or get autographed a copy of their books.? (also on Amazon) I am starting to feel like we are family .... in a good way.? Or more aptly, a band of brothers ... having been through an ordeal together. 73,? David, K2WPM
David Wright K2WPM All Messages By This Member #775 Here is the report from Ken, KU2US: ? Awesome! We beat last year by 54,923 contacts, and we beat our best year to date which was 2022 by 25,091 contacts. GRAND TOTAL FOR 2024 IS 292,426 total gross contacts. Our Top twenty operator total is 229,289 contacts.? ? WINNER of the top 20 operator score and Top 13 Colony SE State is: K2J North Carolina with a top 20 score of 30,27 6ontacts and an over all number of contacts of 30,367.. Below is the event standings for 2024: ? Over all contacts K2J? ?30,367 K2A? ?27,401 K2B? ?26,506 K2L? ?26,209 K2M? 24,772 K2H? ?20,604 K2D? ?17,552 K2F? ? 16,923 K2E? ? 15,432 K2I? ? 14,563 K2G? ?14,468 K2K? ?14,380 K2C? ? 12,064 ---------------- WM3PEN-12,914 GB13COL-8282 TM13COL-9989 ---------------- TOTAL-292,426
Kay N3KN All Messages By This Member #776 Whether or not one gives a hoot about how they add up in a competitive way, the numbers show that we colonials are providing a heck of a lot of our fellow hams with the fun of chasing an award that means something to them.? The event sure has come a long way from the beginning, when each colony had just 2 operators, who were often unable to cope because they were not sufficiently experienced in this kind of operating. It was so painful to listen to their struggling that I quit chasing the award.? I enjoy being part of this now and hope to be involved again next year. Special thanks to you, David, for your leadership and coordination work. We’ll keep trying not to make your job too much like herding cats. Or goldfish. 73, Kay N3KN toggle quoted message Show quoted text Here is the report from Ken, KU2US: ? Awesome! We beat last year by 54,923 contacts, and we beat our best year to date which was 2022 by 25,091 contacts. GRAND TOTAL FOR 2024 IS 292,426 total gross contacts. Our Top twenty operator total is 229,289 contacts.? ?

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