[ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...

[KI9A at aol.com]

I live about 30 min from Carlyle, and have been on it MANY times. If there  
is even a breath of wind, the lake is crazy. So, unless you are immune to 
sea  sickness, several hours anchored...yikes!
 
73- Chuck KI9A
 
 
In a message dated 10/10/2012 11:10:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
jfunk at fossna.com writes:

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
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