[ILQSO] KJ9C NEW ROUTE

[Mel Crichton]

Jeff NY4N has to come up from Tennessee and I have to merely drive 
from central Indiana....

And Jeff knows the southeast counties already.

So I am moving west... please change the map

I plan to activate
RANDOLPH
WASHINGTON
CLINTON
BOND
MONTGOMERY
FAYETTE
EFFINGHAM
CLAY
WAYNE
EDWARDS
RICHLAND
WABASH
LAWRENCE

There may be time to also do Perry or Madison/St Clair (but not both 
stops) ... Jeff is planning to do Perry and I think the other two are 
covered by fixed stations.

HINT TO FIXED STATIONS FOR GETTING MULTS:
Fixed stations in Illinois should S&P every ten-20 minutes OR watch 
the packet cluster. Mobiles may be the only station in most counties, 
and they will likely NOT search and pounce if they can hold a 
frequency... this likely will be the case on CW...
So check the CW frequencies every 10-20 minutes.... the mobiles will 
NOT come to find you if they can run stations.

On phone, mobiles may not be able to hold a run frequency, especially 
on the low bands. If you are calling CQ, please ask for "mobiles 
only". We'll try to get through, but won't try long. Many a strong 
Cook County station lost a mult because he was interested in working 
yet one more Texas caller and did not listen for weaker callers.

Mel KJ9C