The ARRL Rookie Roundup RTTY was held on Sunday, August 19th. The N1FD rookie multi-op team, operating from AB1OC’s QTH took 1st place overall in the contest!
Congratulations to the Rookies who operated in the contest:
Thanks to Jamey, AC1DC, and Fred, AB1OC for being elmers to the rookies!
Here are the final scores:
For the complete results, please visit http://www.b4h.net/arrlrr/rr_scores201808.php
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:
The Thirteen Colonies Special Event begin this Sunday, July 1 at 9 am EDT. The event runs for 6 days and is the largest Amateur Radio Special Event in the world. Each state that grew from one of the original Thirteen Colonies will be using a K2x call and will have a nice QSL card available for Hams who work them. There will also be a very nice certificate available for Hams who work one or more of the stations that are part of the event.
The event is celebrating its 10th year in 2018 and we have designed a new QSL card for K2K New Hampshire this year.
The New Hampshire State Navy during the American Revolutionary War consisted of a single ship commissioned by the state of New Hampshire in 1779. The Hampden, a privateer owned by John Langdon, was purchased and outfitted by the state in August 1779. Our card features the Hampden.
Nashua Area Radio Society operators will be operating all of the K2K New Hampshire stations this year. We will be defending our Top State and Top Club titles this year. The NARS team made 12,838 contacts during the 2017 event and we are looking forward to making lots of contacts again this year!
K2K New Hampshire will be QRV on all bands 160m – 6m except for 60m. We will be operating using SSB Phone, CW, and Digital modes. We will also have a QRP station operating as K2K/QRP and some mobile stations operating as K2K/M.
K2K New Hampshire, QRZ?
Fred, AB1OC
