Not sure if people monitor QRZ. But there's a thread there for 13 Colonies, and an op from SC was complaining about on-air discourtesies for other K2* stations. I wrote:
I found 99.5% courtesy and good old fashioned great hams.
Yeah, there is that .5% ... that's when I turn up the Mercury III a few notches, and they usually go away.
Especially 20 meters, a pretty rough neighborhood.
But I don't like seeing this wonderful special event turning into a contest of state versus state.
And no, I don't give a rat's behind that NC "won." I like to see a nice close bunching, like last year.
Wondering if anyone has suggestions for making this less state versus state, and maybe something more akin to us working together ... like we did at the beginning of this whole experiment called the United States.
By the way, the DX stations are also getting into this. While on 20 SSB with the beam pointed West, I was called by -- and made contacts with -- Norway, Sweden, Latvia, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Cyprus, Malta, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Montserrat, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba. Lots more that I couldn't hear ... guys were whining at me "answer the DX." Maybe that's an angle, see if the 13 Colonies can do DXCC in a week?
David, K2WPM
K2B Virginia Coordinator 13 Colonies Special Event
