Tom,

For what it's worth: The IL QP was last week.    The good folks of IL 
(and everybody else for that matter) are smart enough not to go head to 
head with CQ World War.

73, Steve KW3A

On 10/26/2012 10:13 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I'm not quite sure what to say about this week-end's nets.
> Tomorrow, at least in our neck of the woods, we're likely to have lots of
> competition from the Illinois QSO Party on or near 7.191 MHZ at 4 p.m.
> Eastern.
>
> Then, of course, Sunday is questionable due to the CQ World-wide SSB
> contest, which will see 20 meters being basically wall-to-wall with
> contesters.
>
> As for me, I'm going to be spending most of the day Saturday at our local
> EOC, programming and testing somenew radios we just got by virtue of a
> Regional grant program.  I may be back home by 4 p.m., but I simply can't
> guarantee that.
>
> On Sunday, I may be around, but I'm afraid we'll be pre-empted on 20 meters
> by the CQWW contest.
>
> We'll all see what happens, I guess.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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