[ILQSO] Suggested frequencies?

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

FWIW in the Ohio QSO Party this past August  we used on 80 meter CW during 
the daytime, when there would normally be little  activity, a "mini-window" 
of exactly 3545, the official center frequency.   We asked fixed stations to 
avoid that, plus or minus about 1 KHz.

That  way a station could have a second receiver sitting on 3545, possibly 
with a  speaker in the background, and if any activity was heard it would 
likely be a  mobile or somebody working a mobile. A station without a second 
radio could just  punch that frequency from a memory, and in a few seconds 
determine if there was  any mobile activity.

It seemed to work pretty well. As a mobile I could  do a few CQs on 3545 
and usually stir up some activity. If nothing in several  CQs I was back to 
another band.  I was mobile in 25 counties, and had 80  meter CW contacts from 
24 of them. There were only a few counties where I had  fewer than 5 qsos. 
(By the same token, I did not have much more than 5 qsos per  county until 
dark.)

Until we get some sunspots and accompanying short  propagation on 40 or 
above, I believe strategies like this will be necessary for  mobiles to work 
other in-state stations.

Meanwhile I'm looking to hearing  all you guys in Illinois just fine for 
most of the day on 40 meters, even if you  can't hear each other  :>)


Separately, thanks to the ILQP  gang for the "edible eatable" which showed 
up in my mailbox today. Things must  be going good out there, as the Riley's 
seasoning container was twice the size  of the one I got a couple of years 
ago.  Much good seasoning lies  ahead.



73  -   Jim     K8MR





In a message dated 10/16/2009 5:08:21 P.M. Eastern  Daylight Time, 
kj9c at iquest.net writes:
Took a quick look and did not find  suggested operating frequencies for 
this weekend.

Is there a mobile  window (i.e.  for only mobiles to call CQ in the 
window)? We set one up for  INQP that made it a bit easier to find the mobiles with 
their weak signals (how  about  3545, 7045, 14045 and 5 khz up?)....