[ILQSO] website?

Thu, 5 Sep 2002 00:46:28 -0500

Hi Joe and group,

My vote is that "within 100 yards" is close enough for this contest ...
especially if closer means going out on the river.  The river bank seems
close enough.  I know the county hunters won't like us ... "you're either in
one county or the other.  No county line sitting."  Well, we've allowed
county line sitting in the past in this contest, and often the rig, coax,
antenna, and ground have been spread over 2, 3, or 4 counties in the past
too ... but not always.  If we don't say "close enough" here, then we must
insist that the gear must extend over the county lines ... always.

Enough.  What do you think?

John Matz KB9II
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter E. Beedlow" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:43 PM
Subject: RE: [ILQSO] website?

> Joe (and the group)
>
> At the risk of incurring the wrath of the sponsoring club enclosed below
is
> a message you sent in 2000 replying to several county line questions.
> Assuming you haven't changed your mind, Jeff has a detailed map and it's a
> narrow river, I would think Jeff could get within 100 yards of the county
> line. Of course a good GPS mapping system could confirm that fact very
> easily.
>
> I go across a county line every day that runs down the middle of the Rock
> River. One side of the bridge has a Henry county sign and the other side
of
> the bridge has a Rock Island county sign. And there is a parking spot that
> is easily within 100 yards of the middle of the river and 20 feet from the
> Rock Island county sign. Makes it interesting doesn't ?
>
>
>
> At 6:18 PM -0400 9/27/2000, Hal Offutt wrote:
> >
> >NE0P's query on the Kendall/Will/DuPage/Kane county corner brings up the
> >question of exactly how close a station (mobile or portable) needs to be
to
> >the actual county line.
>
>
> Hi, everyone.
> As part of the sponsoring club, I guess this is where I chime in.
> Regarding how close one should be to a county line for both of them
> to count:
> 1) Safety is the first priority. Don't endanger yourself or others
> just to straddle the county line.
> 2) Don't trespass onto private property to be near a county line.
> 3) You can consider yourself at the border if you're within 100 yards of
it.
>
> >Another question I've had is what would happen if two mobiles show up at
> >one of the choice locations at the same time?
> >
>
>
> If two mobiles show up at the same location at the same time, I would
> say that both stations have an equal right to operate from there, and
> need to work it out among themselves. Even if it were necessary to
> separate themselves by a couple hundred feet to prevent receiver
> overload, we would still allow them both to say they were in counties
> X, Y, and Z. We just want people to have a good time and make QSOs.
>
>
> 73,
> Joe K9LY
> RAMS - ILQP committee
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete, NN9K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Joe LeKostaj
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 7:04 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ILQSO] website?
>
> Jeff,
>
> This hasn't come up before, so guess I'll have to make a judgement call:
> No, we won't permit using a river as a county line for the purpose of
> 2/3/4 county border operation.
>
> 73,
> Joe K9LY
> RAMS / ILQP committee
>
>
> At 7:47 PM -0500 9/2/02, Craig Wilkins wrote:
> >My name is Jeff Wilkins,WW9CW, and I want to know how close to the county
> >line do you have to be? I have a three county line I want to use and it
is
> >in the middle of the Rock River. I can get to the bank, I think, and
would
> >like to know if this would count as the county line.
> >
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