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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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:

• AB1BY – Abby, Operating from AB1OC, Hollis, NH
• AB1OC – Fred, Hollis, NH (State & QSL Manager)
• AB1QB – Anita, Hollis, NH
• AC1DC – Jamey, Nashua, NH
• K1DLM – Dave, Operating from AB1OC, Hollis, NH
• K1GQ – Bill, Wolfeboro, NH
• K1QX – Craig, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• KC1IMK – Keith, Candia, NH
• KC1IML – Mark, Candia, NH
• KC1XX – Matt, Mason, NH
• KM3T – Dave, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• NE1B – Bill,  Hudson, NH
• NN1C – Marty, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• W1FV – John, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• W3UA – Gene, Bedford, NH
• WA1Z – Bob, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH

Anita, AB1QB

The 2020 Thirteen Colonies Special Event is in the books as I write this. The K2K New Hampshire Colony had a record year in 2020. All of the members of the 2020 K2K operating team are also members of the Nashua Area Radio Society…

Source: 2020 Thirteen Colonies Operations Report – A Record Year for K2K

The 2020 Thirteen Colonies K2K New Hampshire team had an amazing year this year!

Matt Strelow, KC1XX joined the K2K team this year. Matt’s superstation and he and his team of world-class operators enabled us to break some records in 2020. Our 2020 operator team included:

• AB1BY – Abby, Operating from AB1OC, Hollis, NH
• AB1OC – Fred, Hollis, NH (State & QSL Manager)
• AB1QB – Anita, Hollis, NH
• AC1DC – Jamey, Nashua, NH
• K1DLM – Dave, Operating from AB1OC, Hollis, NH
• K1GQ – Bill, Wolfeboro, NH
• K1QX – Craig, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• KC1IMK – Keith, Candia, NH
• KC1IML – Mark, Candia, NH
• KC1XX – Matt, Mason, NH
• KM3T – Dave, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• NE1B – Bill, Operating from Hudson, NH
• NN1C – Marty, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• W1FV – John, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH
• W3UA – Gene, Bedford, NH
• WA1Z – Bob, Operating from KC1XX, Mason, NH

All of the members of the 2020 K2K operating team are also members of the Nashua Area Radio Society.

A Record Year for the 2020 K2K Team

The K2K Team made an amazing 22,696 contacts during the July 1 – July 7, 2020, Thirteen Colonies period! This shattered the previous event record for a single state of 16,092 contacts. We are hoping that this will be an event record when the final 2020 results are in. Equally amazing was the fact that over half of the K2K operators made over 1,000 contacts including some ops with relatively modest home stations.

You can read all about our 2020 K2K operation via the link above. Information on how to obtain a K2K QSL card and an event certificate are also included in the link.

More to the 2020 K2K Story

The story behind K2K’s success this year is all about our operators who used their home stations to contribute a good portion of our final contacts. It’s much more difficult to manage pileups and make many contacts from a smaller station with wire antennas and limited power. I want to especially thank our operators who put in the hard work from their home stations to help us make contacts – thank you!

K2K’s 2020 Thirteen Colonies operation included some great stations for sure but the real story around our success was our operator team. Everyone worked very, very hard to make contacts and our results demonstrate this. There was great teamwork with lots of collaboration to ensure that we did a good job of covering all of the bands, modes, and DX around the world. I am proud to have been part of the 2020 K2K Team!!

Fred, AB1OC