[ILQSO] IL Bicentennial Challenge

[Jim Funk]

I see no reason not to allow them.  We may need to talk about how the Activator logs are configured so we can import them as easily as possible.

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Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 3:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [ILQSO] IL Bicentennial Challenge

Hello Jim. Question. Are county line or county corner activations also ok for the IL200 as it is for ILQP? I assume it is.

On Feb 18, 2018 3:22 PM, "Jim Funk" <jfunk at fossna.com> wrote:

> The 2018 Illinois Bicentennial Challenge
>
> Greetings!
>
> The Western IL ARC invites all amateurs to a special event to 
> celebrate
> 2018 as the Bicentennial for the State of Illinois.
>
> To showcase Illinois amateurs during 2018, WIARC, in addition to the 
> ILQP,
> proposes:
>
> http://www.w9awe.org/Challenge.html
>
> WIARC will coordinate with other IL stations as "Activators" to put 
> all
> 102 counties on the air multiple times during the period August 26, 
> 2018 through December 3, 2018 (including October 21, the day of the ILQP).
>
> Both during ILQP and during the rest of this period, activations will 
> be coordinated through the ILQP Reflector http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP% 
> 20Reflector.html. "Activators" are encouraged to post plans on the 
> reflector, and a weekly update of "Planned Operations" will be 
> maintained on the WIARC page (link to follow).
>
>  "Activators" will upload Cabrillo or Excel log files (with the 
> required QSO information: template available at http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP.html.
> Check the "Sample Log" tab at the bottom of the page.)  Outside of the 
> ILQP period, "Activators" are encouraged to append their calls with 
> "/IL200" to indicate they will be uploading their logs for the event.
>
>  "Chasers" will attempt to contact all 102 counties during this period 
> and will submit contact information on either the Excel template or 
> .txt template provided on the ILQP website (link to follow). Both "Activator"
> and "Chaser" logs should be sent as attachments to n9jf at arrl.net no 
> later than December 10, 2018.
>
> Chasers who successfully contact all 102 counties will receive a 
> special Bicentennial Challenge certificate.
>
> Reach out to your membership to see who would be willing, during the 
> period August 26, 2018 through December 3, 2018, to be "Activator Stations"
> for the Bicentennial Challenge detailed in the above link.
>
> While home station activations are welcomed, we are going to need 
> operators willing to do portable or mobile activations in order to 
> make less-populated counties available multiple times.  Activations at 
> various times of the day and week and on various bands and modes will be needed.
>
> Only by involving a large number of amateurs from around the state can 
> we make it reasonably possible for stations to achieve working all 102 
> counties!  Contacts during the 2018 ILQP (Oct 21) will automatically 
> be registered from submitted logs.  If you have questions or comments, 
> please contact the club through n9jf at arrl.net.
>
> See https://illinois200.com/events/the-illinois-
> bicentennial-challange-award.
>
> 73, Jim N9JF
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jim Funk
> Customer Service Engineer
>
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