[ILQSO] Wabash County & Barney Fife

[Jim Funk]

Hank raises an interesting point.  If one is planning an operation from an Illinois state park (one that is still open.....), the best strategy is probably to plan on forgiveness rather than permission.  I would think that in most cases, if you can establish ahead of time that at least some campsites have electricity and can reserve one of those, you would be pretty safe in assuming you could land there, toss up a decent dipole and get away with operating for 8 hours on a Sunday afternoon with no one caring one way or the other.

Carry a copy of  your license and an official-looking letter from your state EC :)  "Barney" won't stand a chance!

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From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hank Greeb
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 5:06 PM
To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] Wabash County & Barney Fife

My, how you folks from Illinois treat an interloper from OhHoHo.  If I 
were going to Illinois and received such a nice greeting, I'd reconsider.

Good luck, John, really, most IL hams welcome visitors during ILQP. 
They even put up with me twice back in 2006/7 or so. :)

73 de n8xx Hg
staying in Michigan this year.

p.s. There's a nice triangle of real estate between I-70, I-64, and East 
St. Louis.  The preferred route from Cincinnati to St. Louis (Google 
Maps) goes through Louisville, where it picks up I-64, and thence to E. 
St. Louis.

p.p.s.  You probably don't have time, but I found that small towns and 
villages typically will welcome a Ham expedition for an "Amateur Radio 
Communications Test."  And, if you're in a campground in a State Park, 
you shouldn't even need to ask for permission to set up a station.