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I wanted to let everyone know that Ken, KU2US, the founder and boss of 13 Colonies, has retired due to health issues. He appointed a successor, Tony N4ATJ. I had hoped he would leave it to the colony-managers to carry on the show but that's not happening. We have a Zoom call tomorrow (Friday May 2) evening to discuss the Special Event going forward. I've been told -- in addition to the huge investment of time and expense I already make -- I am asked to pay for 1,000 QSL cards, costing about $150, this year. In the past, Ken paid for these -- I understand from the monies he netted on certificate fulfillment ($5 solicited, actual cost of certificates and postage $2, leaving a net of about $4,500 a year on 1,500 certificates sent out; some of this revenue was used to pay for QSLs). (I also assume Ken donated his own funds to this event, which is why I usually sent him $25 or $50). Two other colony managers told me they get donations to pay for their QSLs. Any idea who I would solicit? Should I ask K2B ops for small contributions? I've always been happy to invest my own funds (a) as annual donation to Ken to help him cover costs, (b) to pay to have full-color certificates printed and mailed to K2B ops, (c) for mugs for top 5 ops, for Ken and for Rhonda our QSL manager, and (d) occasional bling (except that Steve KO4ENU has contributed very generously in the bling department!). Also thank K2B ops for sending me occasional extra monies (thanks Carol, KG4DTM and others). But last year I invested over $300 -- starting to sound like real money! May I solicit K2B ops input/consensus opinion: 1. Should we have a rule that all K2B ops contribute $5 to $10 each to defray these expenses? 2. If not, does anyone know where/how I could solicit donation of a small sum annually to defray costs. 3. Would you prefer I not send the hard copy certificates -- instead I could do digital ones? (that saves maybe $100) 4. Should I not buy mugs for top ops? (that saves about $120) 5. If I don't have expenses #3 and #4, I can buy the QSL cards. 6. This also means no more bling. Thoughts? Also, anyone who has not already contacted me, but who would like to participate in K2B this year, please contact me by email. Thanks, David, K2WPM P.S., Did you see that the 13 Colonies wannabe guy is having a special event July 1 - 13, 2025 celebrating America's 250th birthday (which isn't until 2026 by my math)? That will really help to confuse everyone!

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If you happened to do a POTA activation using K2B, Please send that adif log to me (timboyd@...) and I'll get it uploaded to the POTA data base 73 Tim AA4SS

Attatched is my 2024 K2B log from KN4DUF. Wasn't sure I'd be in state but caught the last 5 days for 291 FT8/4 contacts. Seemed slow and well under my past 500 to 800 FT8/4 contacts. Several years ago there was just a few of us doing FT8. No problem finding open schedule slots on the prime bands and would get slammed with contacts while on. Not so this year, seemed like most of the prime slots were filled well in advance. **THIS IS A GOOD THING** I'm happy to see so many more participants. I kept an eye on the 13 Colonies Facebook page and several spotting pages. Didn't see a single "Where Is K2B" for any mode or band. Shows K2B had a strong team and David desrves credit and thanks for organizing the past few years. Frank KN4DUF

attached please find my log. sorry i could not do more but as i am getting older my energy level has dropped. bob ka3ocs

First, thank you to all who have been operating tirelessly to field the huge volume of contacts this year. Special shout-out to Chip, N2YO, who apparently operated all night ... at 35 wpm, last night! Unbelievable. Question for the group. It's a tradition that the final day is a free-for-all, meaning each colony can have more than one op on a band, same mode, at the same time; no rules really. Except not for digital modes, as that would be too confusing (right, digi ops?) I don't care for this; other states field many folks and it really clogs the bands, but I have not been able to convince the boss to stop it. What do K2B team members think? Would appreciate any thoughts. I suppose ultimately it will be whatever each individual wants to do. Also, after the event is over, I'd appreciate if you could email me your log in adif or Cabrillo format, at your earliest convenience. I will summarize and circulate K2B results as well as 13 Colonies overall summary. Then we'll talk about K2B bling. Many thanks, David, K2WPM

I can hear thunder so no 5-6 pm operation for me. I took myself off the schedule for 20m FT4 at that time. I'll see how things develop later on. 73, Kay N3KN

no signals heard so gg to qrt at 315 pm bob ka3ocs

Have to cancel this slot. Perhaps someone else can pick it up. Should be on 15m in 2-3pm time slot 73, Paul — N4PD Radio.N4PD@...

Set up at 0900 and havent heard a thing, even set up a endfed. Noticed 40 timeslot was open going to try that from 10-11.

What contest log are you FT8 folks using? -- George-K4GM

Bud's line of storms will be here in an hour or so, give or take. Timing doesn't look good for my 6PM shift on 20CW. I'll take another look at the radar at 5:30PM. Chuck K4QS

Totally disconnected as of 3:00 p.m. — first of multiple waves of T-storms has just arrived from the NW. At least they’re bringing much-needed rain. At the halfway point for 13 Colonies 2024, I’ve managed 720 CW QSOs in 9.5 hours’ operating time. Most of that is from CQing on 20 meters, with brief forays to 15 and 40 in yesterday’s 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. CWTs, plus 30 minutes on 15, just before shutting down for the storms. Unfortunately, there are 29 “dupes” in my QSO totals. Not sure why the dupe count is so high in this event but maybe those are “insurance contacts”. Band conditions have not been particularly great, and I’ve had to ask for callsign repeats numerous times despite enjoying a generally quiet receiving location. It’s been gratifying to see near-continuous DX Cluster spotting of K2B CW operation from nodes all around the globe. And at one point on the first or second day I saw eight K2x CW stations spotted at one time on 20 CW. If it looks like this QTH is not going to be clear of T-storms in time for my scheduled 10 p.m. 20-meter CW hour, I’ll erase my call — probably some time after 9:30 or so. Bud, W2RU

I hope someone will pick it up. -- Thanks, 73, Paul — N4PD Radio.N4PD@...

David O. Wright, K2WPM From: Ytdave <ytdave@...> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 06:23 To: David Wright <dwright@...> Subject: Fw: Hurricane Beryl - Avoid 14.325 and 7.268 Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS Begin forwarded message: On Sunday, June 30, 2024, 14:07, Larry Krainson <wb1dby@...> wrote: Great advice! I forwarded to my ops for K2H. Larry, W1AST ARRL WMA Affiliated Club Coordinator Northeast HamXposition Committee Member Team K2H - 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager Proud Member of ARRL, HCRA, FCARC & YCCC 413-348-3289 Hamop.W1AST@... On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 11:38 AM wa3pzo <wa3pzo@...> wrote: The following info was posted on the Hurricane Watch Net website this morning. The Hurricane Watch Net will be activated this afternoon (Sunday) at 3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC) on 14.325.00 MHz (USB). We remain in operation on this frequency for as long as propagation allows. We will activate this evening at 7:00 PM EDT (2300 UTC) on 7.268.00 MHz (LSB). We will remain active on this frequency overnight for as long as propagation allows. If propagation allows us to operate all night, we will suspend operations at 7:30 AM EDT Monday to allow the Waterway Net to conduct their daily Net. For this evening and overnight, we will be lining up reporting stations in the path of Beryl. This will allow people to check their equipment and allow us to know where storm shelters are located as well as line up Emergency Operations Centers and Emergency Comms. For Monday, we will resume operations on 14.325.00 MHz at 6:00 AM EDT (1000 UTC). Also, we will resume operations on 7.268.00 MHz at 8:30 AM EDT (1230 UTC). We will be collecting surface reports and forwarding that information directly to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.