[ILQSO] abbreviations...or not...

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:15:41 -0700 (PDT)

Good points.  I'm out to have FUN! (aren't we all?)
As for mobile experience, i'm not a professional
driver, but i have run lots of counties in IL,
WI, and MI on the county hunter net in the past.

Getting a good driver is key -- that i agree
with. I'm poor enough at CW that i don't want
to have to drive at the same time.  I'll end
up in the ditch! And this year for a change
I would like to do ssb AND cw.  :)

Steve, N9OH

--- jim funk <[email protected]> wrote:
> It depends upon what you want to accomplish, and
> what your capabilities are.
> 
> If you are fairly experience at mobile operation and
> "have the bugs out" of
> your mobile station, you will probably do well in
> that category, have a lot
> of fun, and be widely appreciated by the masses. 
> Never mind that there are
> a lot of mobiles out there already.  Always more
> room!
> 
> If *not*....
> 
> Mobile operation in a contest is a different breed
> of cat.  Be sure you can
> find a driver willing to be safe, flexible and
> helpful.  While these
> operations can be done "solo", I wouldn't recommend
> it.  (I did one in the
> Missouri QSO party, and it's a bit
> nerve-wracking....)  Find a logging
> program you can live with and get all the help you
> need in setting it up.
> Drive your proposed route in advance if at all
> possible.
> Have your intended mobile setup in the car when you
> do so, if only to detect
> especially noisy places you want to avoid.  Try
> every band-mode-antenna
> combination ahead of time, and be sure you have *in
> the car* any accessories
> that might create noise:  keyer, laptop, inverter,
> clock, whatever.
> The day of the contest is NOT the time to find out
> you can't send on 20 cw
> because it causes the car's electric fuel pump to
> croak!
> 
> If you can't make these preparations ahead of time,
> then staying home and
> being sure nobody misses McHenry County is not the
> worst thing that can
> happen!
> 
> 73, Jim N9JF
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Woodruff <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] abbreviations...or not...
> 
> 
> > Activity!  Yes!  I'm uncertain whether I
> > should work the contest from home again
> > (and try to beat my score from last year)
> > or should I go mobile this year and activate
> > some of the Northern IL counties?  Seems
> > like the Northern IL counties were already
> > well-represented by mobile routes last
> > year... and i'd rather not stray too far
> > from home!
> >
> > Anyone on the list have any suggestions?
> > Home county is McHenry, well populated
> > with hams.  :)
> >
> > Steve, N9OH
> >
> > --- jim funk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I can make TrLog work with 4-letter
> abbreviations.
> > > I've been told some other
> > > programs need 3-letter ones.  FWIW.
> > >
> > > Let's get the activity, and we'll worry about
> > > abbreviations later...much
> > > later is OK with me... :)
> > >
> > > 73, Jim N9JF
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Steve Woodruff <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:12 PM
> > > Subject: [ILQSO] Re: ILQSO Mobile ??
> > >
> > >
> > > > 4-char county abbreviations were published
> > > > last year and worked out great.  I'm not
> > > > sure i see why we need 3-char ones... but
> > > > to each his own!
> > > >
> > > > I actually created some ILQP files for NA
> > > > and used them last year... it doesn't score
> > > > correctly or handle county-lines, but it
> > > > works and has the official 4-char abbrev's.
> > > >
> > > > I am also currently developing an ILQP module
> > > > for WriteLog.  I've written about a dozen
> > > > other modules for WriteLog -- including qso
> > > > party modules for 8 or 9 other states.
> > > >
> > > > I hope to have the ILQP module for writelog
> > > > available for beta testing soon... you can
> > > > check the status at my module website:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.xnet.com/~sjwoodr/ham/modules
> > > >
> > > > You can also find my stable modules for the
> > > > WIQP, GLQP, VAQP, MIQP, OKQP, INQP, OHQP,
> > > > GAQP, and the New England QSO Party, at the
> > > > mentioned website, available for download.
> > > >
> > > > Enjoy,
> > > >
> > > > Steve, N9OH
> > > >
> > > > ----- Orig Message Follows -----
> > > > "Thomas Kravec" <[email protected]>
> Wrote:
> > > > > Sure would be nice to have county
> abbreviations
> > > > > that will work with popular contest
> software.  I
> > > > > haven't used paper logs (except for ILQSO)
> for
> > > > > 20 years.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > >
> >
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> > > [email protected]
> > > >
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