The 2018 13 Colonies Special Event took place from July 1-7 this year and Nashua Area Radio Society members operated as K2K, the New Hampshire station.

Several members operated from AB1OC and AB1QB’s QTH.  We were operating from 2 stations.  The SSB station was in our shack and used the stacked SteppIR DB36 beams.

We also had an FT8 station set up in our kitchen.  It used the Flex 6700 in our shack remotely and the SteppIR BigIR vertical antenna, which is in the woods next to our house, far enough from the tower to avoid interference.

We live-streamed much of the operation on our Facebook page – here is one of Brian, AB1ZO operating as K2K.

In addition to the operators at AB1OC and AB1QB’s QTH, several members operated as K2K from their own stations.

With 13,622 QSOs, the Nashua Area Radio Society won the top club and New Hampshire was the 2nd state behind K2J, North Carolina.

Congratulations to all of the 13 Colonies operators:

• Dave, K1DLM
• Dennis, K1LGQ (QRP)
• Layne, AE1N
• Curtis, N1CMD
• Jamey, AC1DC
• Hamilton, K1HMS
• Ira, KC1EMJ
• Charlie, W1CBD
• Sterling, AK1K
• Jerry, K1OKD
• Brian, AB1ZO
• Jon, AC1EV
• Mark, KC1IML
• Desmond, WK1V
• Gene, W3UA