[ILQSO] KJ9C a no-show this year

[Danny Pease]

Dave, you are right, mobile ops are getting fewer and I fully understand
why. Our mobile ops have to be commended, without them things would be quite
different and a lot less fun. Mel have done this for us for years now and
most of it playing clean-up, hitting open counties others did not cover.
Driving, navigating, operating and logging by yourself for 8 hours is a
tough dangerous and mind numbing job. Mel is one of the few mobiles in ILQP
that still does it all himself. I have tried the mobile route and even with
someone else driving it is tough.

It is quite an investment of money, time and possibly sanity to put out the
effort most of our mobiles have in the past.

That said, I am sure anyone that wants to take Mel's place would get a lot
of help from Mel, as well as a few others.

NG9R


-----Original Message-----
From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of David Bunte
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:47 AM
To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] KJ9C a no-show this year


As a very happily married family man, I fully understand, respect, and
appreciate that Mel will need to be elsewhere this year... but his mobile
efforts have churned out so very many QSO's in the past, I know he will be
missed.  Of course, this means that other mobiles may be in even greater
demand.

Safe travels to you, Mel... and best of luck to all in ILQP.

de Dave, K9FN (cw op with N9FN)

> From: jfunk at fossnorthamerica.com
> To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:05:33 +0200
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] KJ9C a no-show this year
> 
> Hey, Mel, you gotta do whatcha gotta do!  Thanks for all the past and
future contributions!
> 
> 73, Jim N9JF
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Mel Crichton
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 7:23 AM
> To: IL QSO Party
> Subject: [ILQSO] KJ9C a no-show this year
> 
> As much as I enjoy banging along a gravel road at break-neck speeds while
sending CW and tending the logging computer, I won't be able to make ILQP
2010. My niece is getting married in Louisiana that weekend.  Since I went
to my other niece's wedding in Seattle, I'd better be in Baton Rouge if I
know what's good for me.
> 
> Have fun and BE SAFE
> 
> Mel KJ9C
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