[ILQSO] Best Wishes for ILQP 2016

[John Geiger]

I am looking forward to the ILQP later today as well. Not sure I can
operate the entire 8 hours, but I will do what I can to put Oklahoma in as
many logs as possible.

The first ILQP I remember running was in the mid 90s, operating from Dekalb
County when I was in graduate school.  I was using an Icom 720A and an
indoor dipole on 20, and a long wire running outside for the lower bands.
It was great to be the sought after station for once.

I am still going to make it to Illinois again someday to run the ILQP
mobile as I did in 1999 and 2000.

73 John AF5CC

On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 11:52 PM, Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org> wrote:

> Best to everyone for ILQP 2016!
>
> I'll probably operate QRP from home here in Michigan.  Supposed to be
> raining much of the day here.
>
> But, if the weather forecast is wrong (as it sometimes is) I'll take the
> KX2 down to the North Country National Scenic Trail (TR04) and combine ILQP
> with National Parks on the Air.
>
> I remember with fondness (?) almost freezing the first time I operated
> ILQP from Vermillion and 3 other counties. Temperature was in the 40's with
> high wind, and I had brought only a dining canopy. Had to rig up a tarp on
> three sides to get "somewhat" of a shelter. That was a year with N9FN/K9FN
> couldn't make it.
>
> The next year I tried a different 4 county line near Rockford, IL, but
> found a "tennis ball eating tree" so I couldn't get my antenna up more than
> about 20 feet, and a sloppy generator which didn't allow me to run more
> than 30 watts or so.  But the weather was much, much nicer, and I was
> surrounded by trees on 3 sides, so operating was much easier.
>
> I sorta wish I could make it back to some 3 or 4 county corner, but.....
>
> Life is good, have a great QSO Party!  Hope to work many of you.
>
> 72/73 de n8xx Hg
> QRP >99.44% of the time
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