[ILQSO] On Lake Carlyle...

Thu Oct 11 22:46:15 EDT 2012

Guys, the trolling in a tight circle pulling leadcore and copper lines was meant to be humor ..
73, Zig - KM9M 

Jim Funk <jfunk at fossna.com> wrote:

>"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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