[ILQSO] updated ILQP plans

Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:06:37 -0700 (PDT)

It will be interesting to see what activity is like
the last couple of hours of the contest, since I
believe the World Series will be going on that
weekend.  Given the events of this evening, for once
the October Classic might matter to stations in
Illinois!!

73s John NE0P
>From the extremely rare ILQP multiplier of Oklahoma

--- James Funk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Illinois QSO Party plans as of 5 October 2003:
> 
> Okay, troops, here's how it looks from what I've
> seen and heard the last few
> weeks.  I think I'm missing a couple of posts
> that are on another computer, so if I neglect to
> mention your plans, just
> send 'em again.  Sorry about that!  The same 
> goes if you've changed your plans or if I've
> misinterpreted what you've
> posted or told me.
> 
> I'll reformat this at a later time
> 
> Counties missed in 2002 were Calhoun and Henderson. 
> It is likely that
> Calhoun will be covered by one or more of the 
> following:  KB0WIL (SSB), W3DYA (CW), NA9Q (BOTH?),
> NG9R (BOTH?)  That
> doesn't mean ANY of you should cancel 
> Calhoun from your itinerary!  It's a small county
> and there ARE NOT MANY
> ROADS!  
> 
> Henderson is a bit scary right at the moment.  No
> one has spoken for it.
> NN9K, do you have room in your schedule for even 
> a short stop there (oops...I said "short
> stop"...listening to the Cubbies
> win....)?  My mobile rig is being repaired at the
> moment.  If it doesn't return by mid-October, I'll
> do a portable operation
> somewhere; and Henderson/McDonough/Warren is a
> possibility.
> 
> There are several mobile operations in the southern
> half of the state; but
> there is a good mix of SSB and CW and it doesn't 
> look like any two of them will be in the same
> counties at the same times
> except by happy accident.  (I personally could 
> stand to work another nearby mobile or two!!).  We
> could use another
> operation or two down there.
> 
> It appears that the area north of Springfield is a
> bit sparsely mentioned,
> but I think there are a few to be heard from in that
> area.
> I'm thinking of Mason, Menard, Marshall, Putnam and
> Stark.  Anyone??  N9GZ
> will NOT be in Putnam this year as he is 
> working with KN9T.
> 
> Oh, and nobody has "claimed" Cook, Lake, DuPage,
> Kane, Will or Kankakee
> yet....
> 
> The Cal party this weekend was a study in
> organization with a caveat.  Most
> counties were well-covered; there are a LOT 
> of hams in California, including some really "big
> gun" contest stations.  On
> the other hand, they have only 58 counties to cover.
> I found only one station in Plumas County and missed
> the ONE MOBILE who went
> through Glenn County on Sunday morning.
> There were not many active mobiles.  Having driven
> in central California in
> the last month, it's not hard for me to understand
> why.
> Traffic is awful, and  engineers have a bad habit of
> putting highways at the
> bottoms of the canyons!  Fifteen meters was
> dynamite, 
> especially on Saturday; it was so good, in fact,
> that 20 was sparsely
> populated.  California stations apparently did
> pretty well on 
> ten meters, but propagation from there to the
> Midwest was nothing to brag
> about.
> 
> 
> Station/Category/Likely Modes/Counties/Notes
> 
> KB0WIL/MULTI-SINGLE/SSB/under consideration, but
> probably area to the north
> of St. Louis; may be mobile or portable
> 
> KF9D/MOBILE/BOTH/
> Washington, Randolph, St. Clair, Perry, Jackson,
> Union, Alexander, Pulaski, 
> Massac, Johnson, Williamson, Franklin, Jefferson,
> Marion, Clay, Effingham, 
> Fayette, Shelby, Christian, Montgomery, 20 counties
> total. Hopefully this
> will 
> help to fill in some of the southern counties; with
> driver W9HB
> KJ9C/MOBILE/BOTH/
> Coles-Moultrie-Shelby (signed as KJ9C/CMS so your
> logger will not dupe it)
> > Clay-Fayette-Marion (KJ9C/CFM)
> > Crawford-Lawrence-Richland (KJ9C/CLR)
> > Cumberland-Effingham-Jasper (KJ9C/CEJ)
> > Clark-Edgar (KJ9C/CED)
> >
> WW9CW/PORTABLE/BOTH
> Rock Island ; (Campbell Island); with N9YPN
> K9IUA/MOBILE/BOTH
> about an hour each, with time in between movements:
> 
> Ogle, Carroll, Stephenson, Jo Daviess
> 
> KI9A/FIXED/BOTH
> St. Clair
> 
> NY4N/MOBILE/mostly cw
> 
> 1.    Alexander
> 2.    Pulaski
> 3.    Union
> 4.    Johnson
> 5.    Williamson  
> 6.    Franklin
> 7.    Jackson
> 8.    Perry
> 9.    Washington
> 10.  Jefferson
> 11.  Wayne
> 12.  Hamilton
> 13.  White
> 14.  Gallatin
> 15.  Saline
> 16.  Hardin
> 17.  Pope
> 18.  Massac
> 
> Of course, 40 and 20 will probably be the bands of
> choice, plan on having 80
> 
> meters too, with some 15 and 10, if open. VHF and
> UHF on board also. Will 
> operate almost all CW, very little SSB.
> 
> N9OH/FIXED/BOTH
> McHenry
> NN9K/MOBILE/CW
> Rock Island, Mercer, Warren, Mc Donough, Schuyler,
> Cass, Morgan,
> Sangamon, Logan, Mclean, Woodford, Tazewell, PEORIA,
> Knox, and Henry.
> 
> KO2R/FIXED/BOTH?
> 
> Boone; with other Big Thunder members
> 
> KN9T/PORTABLE/BOTH
> 
> Boone/DeKalb/Ogle/Winnebago; with N9GZ
> 
> NE9U/MOBILE/?/PLANNING
> 
> W3DYA/MOBILE/CW/
> "from Pike to Macon and south along the west side of
> the state"
> 
> N9XBG/FIXED/BOTH?
> Whiteside
> 
> WK9O/MOBILE/CW + 2M FM
> JODA, CARR, WTSD,OGLE,LEE,STEP,and WINN.
> ALTERNATE: KANK,IROQ,FORD,LIVG,KEND,GRUN, and maybe
> a few more. 
> 
> NA9Q/MOBILE/BOTH?/PLANNING
> 
> NG9R/MOBILE/BOTH?/PLANNING
> 
> N9DT/PORTABLE/CW
> Adams/Brown/Pike
> 
> WB9EWM/PORTABLE/SSB
> Adams/Brown/Pike
> 
> N9GXW/PORTABLE/SSB
> Adams/Hancock/Schuyler
> with N9UPG, KB9VEI and others
> 
> NM9C/PORTABLE/CW
> Adams/Hancock/Schuyler
> may use W9AWE callsign?
> 
> AB9DU/PORTABLE/BOTH?
> Fulton/McDonough/Schuyler
> 
> W9FGH/PORTABLE/BOTH?
> Greene/Jersey/Macoupin
> W7GS may provide CW?
> 
> 
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