13 Colonies special event 2022

This is the eleventh time I have participated in this special event since 2012, only missing 2009 thru 2011. Four times I have achieved a clean sweep of all thirteen colonies and several times have added the extra stations.I did not have a lot of time this year because of a mini vacation in the middle of this event but I wanted to make sure to participate and decided on a goal of at least six colony contacts and maybe even one or two of the extra if lucky.

 During this short day and a half I was able to get on the air I managed seven colonies and zero extra stations. The station in France-TM13COL- I heard at about an S6 level on 20m but the pile up was too big to break. I didn't hear the Great Britain station or WM3PEN on SSB much and when they were ,again pile ups were huge. I did see them spotted on FT8 several times so maybe next year I will try Digital--My Dell win10 PC failed several weeks ago but thats another blog story for later.

All My contacts this year were on 20m except for a lone one on 40m. Bands were only okay and unfortunately I was not on during any 15m or 10m openings. This was fun while I participated. Next year I might have more time.Already sent donation for certificate.

73--Tim