[ILQSO] County Lines

[Tom Horton]

Hi all,
  Tom has it right.That is the way a lot of county hunters feel including 
myself.
There is a good sized contingent of county hunters out there that use
these contests for finding new counties for whatever aspect of the award or
awards the are working towards. I also don't think that anyone(CQ or Marac) 
reognizes
a county line with more than two counties involved anymore.
They used to,but no longer.
  The IQP has a lot of good mobile activity, too bad we (county hunters) can't
make use of a lot of them.
  The fact of a "missing RST" is also an important factor as well.
This is just FYI. No flames please...or flame away. Whatever.
73, Tom K5IID



At 09:20 09/05/02 -0400, Tom Pennebaker wrote:
>I don't make the rules, just have to live and operate by them. CQ and MARAC
>do not allow "Wet Lines or close enough (whatever that means!) When mobile,
>part of the vehicle HAS to be in the county you are claiming. When portable
>part of the antenna has to be in the county claimed. If not I can't claim
>the county or counties for any of the awards.
>
>Several state qp's don't specify an RST which is a requirement for CQ and
>MARAC awards. Most of the time I don't work these contest. I'd rather be
>working something that counted for my awards.....your mileage may vary...Tom
>N4RS
>
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Tom Horton	
K5IID in West "BY GAWD" Virginia
" E " sorter for the W5 Bureau