[ILQSO] ILQSO Digest, Vol 136, Issue 10

Tue Oct 20 11:25:12 EDT 2020

It depends on the year and mobile activity. In years past there is usually activity from the GREEN/MCPN/JERS corner, but not the past couple of years. N9FN activated the CHAM/DOUG/EDGR/VERM corner but it has not been activated the past couple of years either.
Look at activity maps from the past 3 or 4 years and notice counties only activated by a single mobile and you will find potential lines or county corners that are fairly rare.

Danny W9DP

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On Oct 20, 2020, 9:48 AM, at 9:48 AM, Carl Buehler <cbuehlercbuehler at gmail.com> wrote:
>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.
>
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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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>> Message: 1
>> 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]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> 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
>> Message-ID: <49D98753-9FF0-40D9-A832-5DF0205AF3CD at gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>> Not sure if that is possible..?
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> > 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
>> Message-ID: <8007DE9D-3D59-423C-8368-13824DE31343 at gmail.com>
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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
>>
>> > 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
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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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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