[ILQSO] W9DUA and club picnic

[Donald Pitchford]

Well, we gave it a try from Lake Sangchris. 40 meters was so-so. All we 
worked on 20 meters was Europe, Alaska, Montana, Maine, etc. No 
Illinois at all on 20 meters. Only one contact on 2 meters. I came home 
and worked about 60 contacts on 80 meters in 45 minutes. Unless there 
is an outburst of sunspots I think I already have next year's strategy 
worked out. Watch football for the first 6 hours of the contest. Then 
at sunset fire up the rig on 80 and knock out a few hundred contacts in 
the last 2 hours. In spite of lack of propagation and QSOs we had about 
15 Club members show up at Lake Sangchris. The pot of chili that KC9GQR 
cooked on the campfire was great. As were the hot dogs, brats, and all 
the other food people brought. Look for pictures on the svrc,org 
website in the next week or so.

Don, W9EBK