[ILQSO] ILQSO Digest, Vol 136, Issue 10

Tue Oct 20 10:47:02 EDT 2020

Is there a top 10 most wanted Illinois counties list or just refer to
yesterday's email? I may go Jersey/Greene next year instead of Haml Wayn
Jeff.

On Sat, Oct 17, 2020, 15:37 <ilqso-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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>    1. ILQP logs (n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com)
>    2. Re: FT8 setup (Chuck Schneebeli)
>    3. Re: on behalf of W4GRN (Chuck Schneebeli)
>    4. N9JF/M mini-disaster (n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com)
>    5. activity map and list updated (dpease at adams.net)
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> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:47:28 -0500
> From: <n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com>
> To: <smc at w9smc.com>,    "'Illinois QSO Party'" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ILQSO] ILQP logs
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> Reminder:  Please send ILQP logs to n9jf at arrl.net.   Logs are due 30 days
> after the party ends.  There is no "Robot".  ("I....robot....").  You
> should
> receive an acknowledgement from me within 24 hours (usually a lot less, but
> it gets crazy for the first couple of days.).  If not, try resending.  I
> don't think my spam filter will catch these, but there is no guarantee.  If
> after the second try you hear nothing, just send an e-mail without the
> attachment and ask what's going on.
>
> Please note that the logs need to be:
>
> 1) As attachments, though in some cases embedded in the e-mail works.  We
> have to "extract" these, however.
> 2) In Cabrillo format or in Excel (see the sample log form on the website
> ("ILQP Template" under "Resources"). This is easy to use and works well for
> us.
> 3) NOT a pdf or a scanned log!
>
> If you can't pull your log into Excel, neither can we; and that's what
> ultimately has to happen for our system.
>
> I look at each log when it's received before passing it on to the log guru.
> If it doesn't look right, I'll ask for clarification or a different format.
> Each year, we get PDF files, scanned files, logs for the wrong contest
> (NYQP, CQWW....), logs with no operator info, .adi files (no, I can't
> afford
> time to retype all of these into Excel....), and other weird stuff I have
> mercifully forgotten.
>
> Yes, we still accept paper logs, providing they contain all of the required
> information.  Unless you send a paper log, you do NOT need to send a
> summary
> sheet.  Paper logs are subject to transcription errors, and the
> transcribers
> will be held harmless.  Illegible logs will receive little grace.  (We
> don't
> usually get many of those). If you log on computer, send the Cabrillo
> output
> of the logging program as an attachment!
>
> I'm retired, but with diminished mental capacity.  If you have questions,
> ask; and I'll respond when I get up from my nap.
>
> 73 and have fun on Sunday!
> Jim N9JF
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:40:33 -0500
> From: Chuck Schneebeli <chuckschneebeli at gmail.com>
> To: Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] FT8 setup
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> Not sure if that is possible..?
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> > On Oct 17, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Cary Holman <w4grn at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > ?Can anyone tell me how to set up WSJT-X for FT8 for the ILQSO party?
> > Thanks, Cary  W4GRN Bond County
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:59:45 -0500
> From: Chuck Schneebeli <chuckschneebeli at gmail.com>
> To: Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] on behalf of W4GRN
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> I think the issue would be is casual entrants who won?t, or can?t figure
> it out. Any type of success depends on casual entrants.  While I use ft8
> alot, I don?t think its going to used much for this contest...Just my 2
> cents..
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> > On Oct 17, 2020, at 9:55 AM, n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > ?I'm sure one could use a "free-form message" to include a county name.
> If I
> > were going to do it, I'd have to do the logging on a different program.
> > There *might* be a way to CQ showing your call and "ILBOND" instead of
> your
> > grid???  That would do it....
> >
> > 73, GL, Jim N9JF
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net <ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> > Behalf Of Danny Pease
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 11:18 AM
> > To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [ILQSO] on behalf of W4GRN
> >
> > W4GRN will be on from Bond county, likely using mostly FT8. I do not know
> > how easy it is to use FT8 for the ILQP but digital contacts count 2 point
> > per QSO, same as CW.
> >
> > If any of you have had success in using FT9 for the ILQP, you might share
> > your experience  with the others.
> >
> > Danny W9DP
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:32:07 -0500
> From: <n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com>
> To: "'Illinois QSO Party'" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ILQSO] N9JF/M mini-disaster
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> "Never let the perfect become the enemy of the good."  Confucius BY1ZZZ
>
> (If he didn't say it, he should have....)
>
> I've not been particularly happy with the signal I put out as a mobile
> during ILQP.  Finishing "back in the pack" doesn't bother me since part of
> the reason is no doubt operating skill.  However, I've been told I'm "not
> very loud" compared to other mobiles.  The usual arrangement here (lately)
> has been three Hustler resonators on a trimount and short mast on the van.
> Lately, I've played with a super-long mast under a single resonator when
> parked and putting out parks/refuges during Earth Week as N9G.  The
> difference on RBN has been remarkable compared to the old system.
> Obviously
> I can't drive with that much mast (10-11 feet) on the car!  However, a
> compromise presented itself:  a 5-foot mast with three resonators mounted
> horizontally.  I know some mobiles who have used this with considerable
> success.
>
> I mounted this on the rear portion of the van roof, using a 4-magnet mount
> and a quick-detach at the bottom of the mast.  Since I hoped to run one
> more
> park as N9G, I put on 40, 30 and 20 meter resonators.
>
> I got 10 miles from home, and the mast flipped down, smashing the rear
> glass
> on the van.
>
> I have never had a 4-magnet mount flip before.  You can barely pry them
> off.
> But that's not what happened.  The 1/8" pin on the quick detach simply
> sheared off, and the mast departed.  Of course, it only went a few inches
> before the coax stopped it and the resonators went careening gleefully into
> the back glass.
>
> Lessons learned:
> 1) Guy the mast. I knew this and for some inexplicable reason did not do
> it.
>
> 2) Lessen the wind load.  There was no reason, with the QSO party coming
> up,
> to put the 30 meter resonator on the array.
> 3) Look for weak points.  Obviously (duh) the 1/8" pin was a weak point.
> 4) Marry a woman who won't look at you like the idiot you are, who will
> sympathize and offer to help clean up the mess.
>
> I have everything back on the van (yes, and guyed....).  I don't know if we
> can put plastic or something over the back window or if we'll try to get
> along with an open-ended vehicle.  The high temperature tomorrow is
> supposed
> to be only in the low 50's.....
>
> We'll try to hit the counties on our list and see what happens.
>
> 73, Jim N9JF
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:37:08 -0500
> From: <dpease at adams.net>
> To: <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ILQSO] activity map and list updated
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> The ILQP activity map and list have been updated. They can be found at:
>
> http://www.w9awe.org/2020%20ILQP%20Activity%20Map.pdf
>
> http://www.w9awe.org/2020%20ILQP%20Activity%20List.pdf
>
> Danny W9DP
>
>
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