[SMC] [ILQSO] planning time]

[aduhawk at comcast.net]

We have a nice hillside spot in Stephenson County that we tried out in June, 2005.  Pat would much rather go mobahl, but I would like to scope it out operating portable on 80, 40 and 20 for SS -- since we have to operate super-stealth fashion from home.  I have a simple and maybe effective antenna idea for domestic purposes, so put us down for Stephenson.

73, Tim K0PG and Pat K9ILT  

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From: <dmcvin2447-contest at yahoo.com> 

> Just got back from scoping out a couple of family sites around the Galena area, 
> and it looks like I will be operating from JoDaviess County for the 2006 ILQSO 
> Party (instead of my Lake County QTH). Not at the highest point in Illinois, but 
> on a farm close to it (~980 ft ASL): 
> 
> http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=4040+n+rawlins,+galena,+il&ie=UTF8&z=14&l 
> l=42.433213,-90.291481&spn=0.025593,0.107803&t=h&om=1&iwloc=A 
> 
> Got some crude drawings and measurements... so now to work on the antenna 
> details... 
> 
> 73, Wayne / AA9DY 
> 
> ***************************************** 
> 
> Greetings! 
> 
> It's time to start firming up plans for October 22's big event. Several 
> operations have already been announced; now we need to start "filling in 
> the holes"..... 
> 
> Updates, as they are received, will be added to the activity map: 
> 
> http://www.w9awe.org/2006%20ILQP%20Activity%20Map.pdf 
> 
> "Talk up" the party within your local club. Several clubs have done a 
> great job of making ILQP a club activity, and we need more of those. 
> Single operator activity from home stations is great. Better yet, 
> gather together a few less-experienced operators and do a multi-op, 
> either from a permanent location or from a county corner. If you have 
> mobile HF capability, consider touring a few counties, even if you don't 
> spend the whole eight hours doing it. 
> 
> ILQP has generated a great deal of CW activity, but there have been some 
> strong SSB entries as well. We don't want to neglect either mode. 
> Mobile entries have a rough row to hoe on SSB, so it would be really 
> nice to have a large group of home stations active on SSB from all over 
> the state. 
> 
> Several mobiles have indicated interest in coming in from out of state. 
> The sooner plans can be made public, the sooner we can tell these guys 
> what counties we need to have them cover. 
> 
> We'll try to coordinate mobile plans here on the reflector, or you may 
> e-mail me directly at jfunk at arrl.net or jfunk at fossnorthamerica.com. 
> 
> 73, Jim N9JF 
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