[ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...

[Zig Markowski]

Trolling in a tight circle pulling leadcore or copper doubling as radials? ;-)

KI9A at aol.com wrote:

>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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