I am now sitting at my radio trying to work some special event stations. Special events are when a ham operator or a bunch of ham operators work as many stations as they can over a day, weekend or week. They usually have certificates or cards available to the hams who contact them. The one I am currently working on is the 13 Colonies Special Event which runs from 1 to 7 July 2002. It is a yearly event and they have nice certificates. I work the stations mostly in morse code (CW) but some using SSB (voice). It is fun hunting down the statins and then trying to break a pile up and be heard. Some people get almost obsessed about it but I see it as fun. I try to work all 13 states but some years I just can’t. In any event you can get a certificate for working any of them … you don’t need all. Right now I have worked 11 of the stations. It is a bit amusing. I was going to write that one of them was iffy as I didn’t think the operator copied my call sign correctly and I heard them come back on on a different frequency. I worked them with no problems so now I am at a count of 11. Lol I just worked my 12th station and am only in need of 1 for a clean sweep. That is how the events go, sometimes lots of activity, sometimes not so much. The next event I am looking forward to is the W9IMS Brickyard 400 event at the end of July. Anyway, back to playing radio.

Namaste, kidlets.