The colony stations will operate from Tuesday June 30, 9:00 AM Eastern (1300 UTC) until Sunday night July 5, Midnight Eastern (0400 UTC July 6). Operations will be on CW, SSB, RTTY … Each year very attractive certificates are sent to those who submit a log, they are a nice addition for folks who collect and display them. It actually is a rather popular special event that started in 2009, with participation growing every year. This is an operating event that you can make as intense as you want and can spread your operating time out over days. One of the things that make it rather fun, at least to me, is finding a station just as they come on the air and you’re the first or one of the very first to make the contact! For all the longer it takes listen for a station tuning up, it may be one of the the colony stations that you can log without working through a pile-up.
For all the details check out the event web site: http://www.13colonies.info/
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