[ILQSO] ILQSO Digest, Vol 97, Issue 20

Sun Oct 20 09:55:06 EDT 2013

AH6EZ will arrive at 3 county line at 10am after leaving home at 5:30am. Have fun everyone.

73 Dick Illman

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>Today's Topics:
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>   1. final map and activity list update (Danny Pease)
>   2. N8XX WILL be on. (Hank Greeb)
>   3. N8XX WILL be on. (Hank Greeb)
>   4. Almost Time (Roger Scott)
>   5. KJ9C/m  should be QRV at 1700 (Mel Crichton)
>   6. Re: KJ9C/m should be QRV at 1700 (Craig Thompson)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 14:25:27 -0500
>From: "Danny Pease" <dpease at adams.net>
>To: "'Illinois QSO Party'" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [ILQSO] final map and activity list update
>Message-ID: <021301cecd00$f74dfae0$e5e9f0a0$@net>
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>The final activity map and list have been updated.
>
>Map  http://www.w9awe.org/2013%20ILQP%20Activity%20Map.pdf
>
>List  http://www.w9awe.org/2013%20ILQP%20Planned%20Activity.pdf
>
>You can still post your plans or changes here, but most likely they will not
>make it to the web page.
>
>Thanks to a lot of portable and mobile operations, we have at least one
>station scheduled to be in every county except ROCK and I am reasonably sure
>it will get activated by a fixed station. The weather forecast looks good it
>will be a good day to be on the road or in the field.
>
>The propagation even looks favorable, it will be interesting to see how
>things play out tomorrow.
>
>Everyone be safe and have fun!
>
>Danny NG9R
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:21:49 -0400
>From: Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org>
>To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [ILQSO] N8XX WILL be on.
>Message-ID: <526305FD.1080501 at arrl.org>
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>Last week my antenna fell down.  I wasn't sure I would be able to make a 
>"great erection until I got the job done today.
>
>So, I'll look for the stations from Illinois tomorrow afternoon - might 
>be as late as 2 or 3 p.m. CDT.
>
>72/73 de n8xx Hg
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:21:07 -0400
>From: Hank Greeb <hgreeb at one.net>
>To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [ILQSO] N8XX WILL be on.
>Message-ID: <526305D3.8080202 at one.net>
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>Last week my antenna fell down.  I wasn't sure I would be able to make a 
>"great erection until I got the job done today.
>
>So, I'll look for the stations from Illinois tomorrow afternoon - might 
>be as late as 2 or 3 p.m. CDT.
>
>72/73 de n8xx Hg
>
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:17:29 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Roger Scott <hamkf9d at yahoo.com>
>To: IQP Reflector <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [ILQSO] Almost Time
>Message-ID:
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>400 miles driven today towards the starting point.? Equipment checked out while having fun in Ia and Ny QSO parties on the drive down. Looking forward to good propagation and good driving conditions.? Good luck to all.
>
>Received a beautiful plaque delivery today from last year's party.? Thanks so much to all the WIARC guys for all their efforts so we can have fun!
>
>Roger, KF9D
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:44:51 -0400
>From: "Mel Crichton" <kj9c at iquest.net>
>To: "IL QSO Party" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [ILQSO] KJ9C/m  should be QRV at 1700
>Message-ID: <7208D601D0494358868E46CDAEF6255D at MEL>
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>Got up at oh-dark-thirty and let the dog out. At least the dog likes to get up early, as long as he can go out and patrol for terrorist squirrels. He hasn't yet learned that squirrels, even the terrorist variety,  keep more civilized hours.
>
>Almost thru the first pot of coffee and the pain pills haven't kicked in yet, but they should be doing their job by kick-off time at 1200Z when the old 4-Runner takes off for its last-ever QSO Party...It's a 5 hour drive to Hardin County from Indy, and the last thing I want is for the back pain to slow down the QSO rate.  I vowed after last INQP to retire from mobiling, but somehow it's tough to say no.  Masochism runs in my family.... maybe I should do the mobile thing QRP.  
>
>Anticipating 100-plus rates .... yeah, right.  Forget that. Target this year is not a win, but to put those 7 orphaned counties on the air. The last guy to speak up with plans gets the counties that are too inconvenient for the first guys who speak up.  As usual, it's a long (270 mile) circuit to connect those 7 counties.... and there's another 450 miles to/from Illinois... at least oa half tank of gas..... But I get gas points on my credit card so I may drive around a bit more if there's time. I hear Missouri is pretty this time of year.
>
>All the gear SEEMS to work, but for some reason ILQP has a habit of breaking my set-up within the first hour. One year it was the rig keying jack, another year the computer died and I had to hand log. Got spare antennas, spare K3, spare computer, spare cabling,... let's see what Ol Murphy tries this year... Wait! I just figured it out... I don't have a spare driver.... (It's another solo effort.... Makes logging slow while moving, so be patient). 
>
>I forgot how much prep work it takes for a mobile/portable/rover to go out for 8 or 12 hours of ham radio. Already invested about 12 hours into this ILQP (rig setup, route planning, logging config files).... add five more hours to get there and 3 hours to get back, and it's a 28 hour event. Others have even more time invested.  So when you are sitting there in your shack and flick the switch on the rig to participate in ILQP, don't get ticked off if a mobile is tough to work or has a weak signal. You are lucky, so invest a few extra hours yourself.  The most you have to invest is 8 hours....Make your presence known.
>
>Contrary to what I posted on the county hunter website and here, if I can break Illinois' speed limits in those non-orphaned counties (and maybe go 66 MPH on the interstate) I should be able to arrive EARLIER than posted by a few minutes. My goal is to be all the way thru Lawrence county at 0100Z. (and a bit closer to home)
>
>Hope to  give a report tomorrow. 
>
>KJ9C/m
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:53:37 -0500
>From: Craig Thompson <craig at thompsonet.com>
>To: Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [ILQSO] KJ9C/m should be QRV at 1700
>Message-ID:
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>Mel
>
>Have a safe trip! I am hoping to get you in the log A LOT. I hope Murphy
>leaves everyone alone for at least 8 hours.
>
>Thanks for driving! It sounds like fun but obviously I have not tried it.
>May the pileups be fast and furious.
>
>73, Craig K9CT
>
>
>On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Mel Crichton <kj9c at iquest.net> wrote:
>
>> Got up at oh-dark-thirty and let the dog out. At least the dog likes to
>> get up early, as long as he can go out and patrol for terrorist squirrels.
>> He hasn't yet learned that squirrels, even the terrorist variety,  keep
>> more civilized hours.
>>
>> Almost thru the first pot of coffee and the pain pills haven't kicked in
>> yet, but they should be doing their job by kick-off time at 1200Z when the
>> old 4-Runner takes off for its last-ever QSO Party...It's a 5 hour drive to
>> Hardin County from Indy, and the last thing I want is for the back pain to
>> slow down the QSO rate.  I vowed after last INQP to retire from mobiling,
>> but somehow it's tough to say no.  Masochism runs in my family.... maybe I
>> should do the mobile thing QRP.
>>
>> Anticipating 100-plus rates .... yeah, right.  Forget that. Target this
>> year is not a win, but to put those 7 orphaned counties on the air. The
>> last guy to speak up with plans gets the counties that are too inconvenient
>> for the first guys who speak up.  As usual, it's a long (270 mile) circuit
>> to connect those 7 counties.... and there's another 450 miles to/from
>> Illinois... at least oa half tank of gas..... But I get gas points on my
>> credit card so I may drive around a bit more if there's time. I hear
>> Missouri is pretty this time of year.
>>
>> All the gear SEEMS to work, but for some reason ILQP has a habit of
>> breaking my set-up within the first hour. One year it was the rig keying
>> jack, another year the computer died and I had to hand log. Got spare
>> antennas, spare K3, spare computer, spare cabling,... let's see what Ol
>> Murphy tries this year... Wait! I just figured it out... I don't have a
>> spare driver.... (It's another solo effort.... Makes logging slow while
>> moving, so be patient).
>>
>> I forgot how much prep work it takes for a mobile/portable/rover to go out
>> for 8 or 12 hours of ham radio. Already invested about 12 hours into this
>> ILQP (rig setup, route planning, logging config files).... add five more
>> hours to get there and 3 hours to get back, and it's a 28 hour event.
>> Others have even more time invested.  So when you are sitting there in your
>> shack and flick the switch on the rig to participate in ILQP, don't get
>> ticked off if a mobile is tough to work or has a weak signal. You are
>> lucky, so invest a few extra hours yourself.  The most you have to invest
>> is 8 hours....Make your presence known.
>>
>> Contrary to what I posted on the county hunter website and here, if I can
>> break Illinois' speed limits in those non-orphaned counties (and maybe go
>> 66 MPH on the interstate) I should be able to arrive EARLIER than posted by
>> a few minutes. My goal is to be all the way thru Lawrence county at 0100Z.
>> (and a bit closer to home)
>>
>> Hope to  give a report tomorrow.
>>
>> KJ9C/m
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