[ILQSO] updated ILQP plans

Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:03:06 -0500

N9UM will be QRV from rare and exotic Cook Co.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of James Funk
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 10:43 PM
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Subject: [ILQSO] updated ILQP plans

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?

KC7RAD/MOBILE/SSB
Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion

KN0E/PORTABLE/BOTH
Hancock/Schuyler/McDonough
with KN0I

W9GKA/FIXED/BOTH?
Madison

KF9TL/PORTABLE/BOTH
Bureau/Henry/Whiteside

W9EBK/PORTABLE/MULTI-SINGLE/BOTH?
Christian/Sangamon
possible second operation in Cass/Morgan?

N9JF/MOBILE/BOTH
Tentative (depends on whether or not radio returns....):
Lawrence/Richland/Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, White, Hamilton,
Saline, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Massac, Johnson, Williamson, Franklin,
Jefferson, Washington, Clinton, Bond

Haven't heard so far from W9MSE, W0GXQ, W1NN, K8MR, WT9U, K9LY,
  K9CS, K9XE, KQ9L, KD9AC, N9NL, K9OT, K9WM, K4MUT, K4LTA

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