[ILQSO] high bands and spotting mobiles

[Jim Funk]

High bands have come to life.  As a mobile the last few weeks, I've consistently worked Europe on 20 CW for several hours during our afternoons and into the evenings.  There are several EU stations who are regulars on the county hunter frequencies and will undoubtedly be looking for IL stations during ILQP.  Some who come to mind:  DL3DXX (crushing signal!), DL6KVA, DL3IAC, DL5ME, OE5KE, OK1VD, SP5SA, PA3ARM, OK1KT, LY5A, UT5UIA and some others whose calls escape me at the moment.

Those who have capability on 20/15/10 should count on spending some time there.  It's a great source of multipliers, even though only 5 DXCC "count".  Don't get "stuck" there, however, or you will most assuredly miss the IL mobiles who are going to be spending 10-40 minutes in a given county!

Also, please bear in mind that there are no restrictions on spotting assistance for any entrants.  YMMV, but the best one in my opinion is W6RK's site: http://ch.w6rk.com/  .   You can easily watch spots there and add your own.  Feel free to spot not only mobiles but portables, rovers and fixed stations during the event.  Those of us who are the subjects of such notification will try to deal with it.  Please honor our instructions for "EU EU" or "DX" and stand by whilst we try to sort out those stations from the pileup!

This should be fun....

73, Jim N9JF


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