[ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...

[Jim Funk]

There was a maritime mobile in the Cal QSO Party for several years who anchored at a 4-county corner west of San Francisco.  Given my propensity for motion sickness, I don't even want to THINK about it....

If you are serious about doing this someday, you might just nose around in the area of the lake and see if someone else has a boat that would rent for a more reasonable figure.  Not sure how large a craft you would need, and I'm sure it would depend upon the wind and weather; one might have great plans and be derailed by winds high enough to make the whole operation unsafe.
 
Interesting  thought, nevertheless.


-----Original Message-----
From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hank Greeb
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:05 PM
To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...


Tnx, Danny:

Two items concern me.

1. I looked at renting a pontoon boat from one of several of the nearby marinas - they all say the boat must be returned by 7 p.m.  That's 0100Z  The ILQP times say I could operate until that time but I need at least 30 minutes or so to motor back to the dock and check in.  Guess this isn't insurmountable, since I'm never in real contention for a plaque.

2. The pictures of the pontoon boats I see wouldn't provide much protection from the weather.  When I was at the Champaign, Vermillion, Douglas, Edgar county corner I about froze because of low 40's temperatures and 30+ MPH winds.  I had to move into my automobile every couple hours to warm up for 15 minutes or so. :)  These olde bones are even a bit more creaky that 5 years or so ago when I was there!

The upside - the Corps of Engineers say the lake is quite shallow, so anchoring at or near the county intersection would be possible.  
Downside - $400 per day plus fuel is outside my usual budget for such an expedition, but there are always exception.  Maybe I could find a willing ham who has a pontoon boat to loan for less?  :)

Lettuce c what happens in the next couple years.  Maybe I could be the first county line Maritime Mobile (not really, to be Maritime Mobile one needs to be outside the territorial waters of a sovereign country,) but.....

You've got me thinking.

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time.

On 10/10/2012 10:25 PM, Danny Pease wrote:
> Hank
> 	I went looking and what I found in the FAQ section (http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP%20FAQ%20Page.html) was one cannot operate from a structure, such as a bridge, over a river or stream (safety issues). It does say some awards programs do not recognize operation from a "wet" county line, it says nothing at all about operating on lake in a boat (or otherwise). I was under the impression no "wet" county lines were allowed, but it appears that is not correct. I know of a county line on the Sangamon Rover where you could activate a couple of semi-rare counties, Mason and Menard.
>
> 	For ILQSO you will classified either Rover or Portable if you operate from a county line or multi-county corner, regardless of antennas. I am pretty sure you only qualify for Rover if you operate from more than one location.
> 	
>
> Danny NG9R
______________________________________________________________
ILQSO mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ilqso
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:ILQSO at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html