Keith, KC1IMK and Abby, AB1BY operated remotely from the AB1OC/AB1QB station during Summer Field Day as part of the AB1QB entry. They also operated as K2K during the recent 13 Colonies Special Event.
2020 13 Colonies Special Event Certificate
Student Teacher Contest Update
With a great entry from the 13 Colonies Special Event of 281 non-duplicate QSOs in 3 hours, Keith, KC1IMK has pulled ahead of Abby, AB1BY. The competition is still neck and neck – Keith has a score of 1208 and Abby’s score is 1180.
The contest score is the sum of QSOs made in a contestant’s top 4 entries. Both Keith and Abby have reached more than 4 entries with the latest entries. Now each of them needs to improve on their previous scores to pull ahead. Full results and rules for the competition can be found at Student-Teacher Contest Series.
Next Opportunity
The North American QSO Party (NAQP) – SSB is coming up on August 15th, With its 100 watt power limit, it will be a great opportunity for contestants to increase their scores.
The 13 Colonies Results are in and the K2K New Hampshire Colony set the event record for a single state with a total of 22,696 contacts! You can read about the K2K operation in the 13 Colonies Special Event in this article.
2020 Thirteen Colonies Top State Plaque
This was a record year for the event. A grand total of 202,089 QSOs were made by all of the 13 Colonies special event stations combined. This was 32,205 more than the 2019 total!
2020 13 Colonies Special Event Certificate
13 Colonies Results
K2K New Hampshire was the top State with 22,696 QSOs. The last time we won top state was in 2017 when we made only 5 more contacts than K2M/PA that year. Here are the 2020 totals for each state and the two Bonus Stations:
K2K/NH: 22,696
K2M/PA: 19,917
K2G/GA: 17,527
K2J/NC: 16,541
K2F/MD: 15,102
K2L/SC: 14,511
K2H/MA: 14,378
K2A/NY: 13,651
K2D/CT: 12,198
K2E/DE: 11,523
K2C/RI: 11,282
K2I/NJ: 10,161
K2B/VA: 5,838
WM3PEN: 10,214
GB13COL: 6,550
2020 Thirteen Colonies Top Club Plaque
In addition, the Nashua Area Radio Society was the Top Club with 22,696 contacts, and Fred, AB1OC was the Top SSB High Power operator with 5,171 contacts.
KC1XX Team
We could not have done this without Matt, KC1XX, and his world-class contest team (All NARS members) running CW and SSB pileups and a great team of SSB, Digital, and CW operators, operating from their homes and remotely from AB1OC.
Abby, AB1BY
Thanks also to all of the Amateurs who worked K2K! If you want a K2K QSL, you can find QSLing instructions on the K2K QRZ page. If you would like to get a certificate, you can find instructions on the 13 Colonies event website. You do not need to contact every colony and bonus station to get a certificate
K2K Operators
Each member of the K2K team will receive a plaque for Top State! Congratulations to the operators:
Field Day 2020 is now over and you have until Tuesday, July 28th to submit your log and bonus points. Members can find details in our Field Day Forum on the bonus points that we achieved as a group. Here are some guidelines on how to submit your score.
Steps to Submit your Score
Export a Cabrillo file from your logging software
Capture the breakdown of your score by band and mode from your logging program. For N1MM it is the score window.
N1MM Score Window
Collect the evidence required for your bonus points:
Natural Power Bonus – List of QSOs made on natural power
Formal messaging – Copies of each message you originated, relayed or received (up to 10)
Message to ARRL Section Manager (Copy of fully serviced message)
Field Day Bulletin – an accurate copy of the message
Publicity from the local media – a copy of a press release sent to the local media or a copy of the actual media publicity received.
On the web form, fill in your information (Call, ARRL Section, Number of Participants, Entry Class, etc.) For the Club or Group Name, you can enter Nashua Area Radio Society so that your points count toward our club score.
Check off the bonus points that you earned and upload the documents that you collected in step 3.
Use the score breakdown from your logger to fill in the Band/Mode QSO Breakdown. Note that you may need to combine your QSOs from multiple digital modes on each band to fill in the Digital QSO columns. For example, in the Score window illustrated above, on 40 meters, we had 128 FT4 QSOs and 9 FT8 QSOS, so I would enter 137 for the total 40m digital QSOs.
ARRL Webform – QSO Breakdown
Use the “Choose File” button to upload your Cabrillo file.
Check over all of your entries on the web form. Then fill in your Name, Call, and email at the bottom and submit your entry.
Any questions about bonus points, scoring, or other Field Day rules? Consult the ARRL Field Day page and review the rules.
Anita, AB1QB presented a segment on Submitting your Field Day score as part of the June Tech Night onField Day from Home. For more details on Field Day score submission, you can watch the video of that Tech Night and view the slides on our Tech Night page
