[ILQSO] IL QSO Party- SVRC group in Sangamon County

[Eric Lorenz K9LGE]

Don-

Partnetr with someone. " Hey, you foot the expense of bringing your
trailer out, I'll provide the the food, drink, supplies etc...and we
have a great overnight or day of it" just find somwhere with a few
good tall trees... :-)

Eric K9LGE

On 10/18/10, Don Pitchford <w9ebk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all who worked us. We did not use the club call W9DUA from the Red
> Cross in Springfield. We used our own calls instead. This turned out to be a
> good choice as we discovered the new Red Cross location has a nice sustained
> S-7+ noise level on all the HF bands. With tight CW filters this could be
> knocked down to S-3, but CQing even with 100 watts didn't seem like a good
> idea. We would have been big-time alligators. After a few hours, 100
> contacts, and about as many hotdogs and bad stories around the grill, we all
> headed home and used better antennas from better locations to make some
> progress in our scores. I hope someone drove through Christian county. We
> just couldn't get anyone to commit to cover it. I think all those years of
> freezing wind on the shores of Lake Sanchris has convinced SVRC members that
> county line operations are for the young and hardy. Discussions are already
> underway to let a fixed station or 2 cover Sangamon county next year
>  and those of us who used to do the county line from Lake Sangchris might
> hit the road in various directions to cover some of the central Illinois
> counties. I know great places in Cass and Christian counties if there are
> any campers who want a nice weekend of ham radio in some of the most quiet
> RF spots in the state. I think getting the camper/hams involved with the QSO
> party might be a great way to build up the counties that seem to always lack
> activity. Since I am not a camper I'm not sure how to go about this, but
> I'll see what I can figure out.
> Don, W9EBK
>
>
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