[ILQSO] AA5JG initial obsevations

[John Geiger]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for making the effort.  Those intermittant connection problems are 
enough to drive one crazy.  As you said, you got a nice drive thru Iowa and 
Illinois at the best time of year.  This is the one time I year I really 
miss living up there.

WIll work you next year, that is a promise.

73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Anderson" <k9iua at yahoo.com>
To: <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] AA5JG initial obsevations


> AA5JG wrote:
>> Never heard Kevin, K9IUA on.  Usually get him on 20 for a couple of
>> counties-I could have used him in JODA and WBGO if he was there.
>
> Sorry I missed you, John.  I was there, but I won't fault anyone if they 
> won't claim that I was.  Yesterday was a disaster.  I almost gave up many 
> times.
>
> It didn't help that the church event I was participating in didn't let out 
> until almost 2:30 in the afternoon.  (My wife was one of the honored 
> guests, so I couldn't exactly leave or duck out.)  After a quick change of 
> clothes, I was on the road with still an hour's drive to get to my 
> starting point in far western WBGO.  Once there, I was then plagued with 
> technical troubles with my tuner and my antenna system from mismatches and 
> I believe a bad connector.  It took 40 minutes of wiggling connections and 
> re-seating things to get stuff to behave to where I could get a signal 
> out.  So I wasn't participating until 3:20 or so local.
>
> Spent some time on 20 m in both WBGO and STEP, but 40 m was proving to be 
> the better band most of the time.  (I was reluctant to change bands much, 
> as each antenna change brought the risk of my equipment failing on me 
> again.)  But the problem with 40 meters is everyone gets packed in so 
> close together, it is hard to find an open frequency to call CQ (or to not 
> get chased off once I do).  I didn't make it to JODA county until well 
> after 6 p.m. local, almost 2330 with a potty stop, etc..  But even there 
> some people managed to still find me, but no where close to what I usually 
> do in JODA.
>
> A lot of driving for very little in return.  I know I made some people 
> happy by giving them either WBGO, STEP, or JODA, but it was not nearly the 
> experience I was hoping for, nor anything close to the normal number of 
> stations I typically work calling CQ in the ILQP.  I did manage to work a 
> couple of the county-corner stations for some multipliers.  I will still 
> submit my puny log for the record, but I am embarrassed to see the score 
> in print.  (I haven't even calculated it yet, but I know it is bad.)  As 
> always, a redeeming factor for ILQP, and what brings me back besides the 
> loyalty, is the beautiful fall farmland country I get to drive through up 
> here in northern and northwestern Illinois.
>
> Cheers/73,
> Kevin, K9IUA, who is always QRP under that call, even when he attempts the 
> ILQP as a rover.
>
> -- 
> -------------------------------------
> Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA
> k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com
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