[ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...

Thu Oct 11 22:15:27 EDT 2012

"Nothing good can come of this..."

-----Original Message-----
From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Pitchford
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:57 PM
To: Illinois QSO Party
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...

I believe dragging such a line is where it all started to go wrong for Humphrey Bogart in the Cane Mutiny.
Don, W9EBK

--- On Thu, 10/11/12, Zig Markowski <km9m-zig at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Zig Markowski <km9m-zig at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...
To: "Illinois QSO Party" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 4:34 AM

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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