[ILQSO] County Lines

Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:10:49 -0400

This is "Ham Radio Ingenuity" at it's finest!!
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Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County Lines


> Hi all,
> 
> Some interesting viewpoints and several have merit.     For what it's
> worth to the county hunters, here's what we do when at a 4-county line
> which intersects in the middle of an intersection.    
> 
> Fortunately the 4 counties rarely meet in an urban setting with a LOT of
> traffic so we just use a counterpoise with our antenna system.   We run
> the counterpoise made of thin insulated hookup wire out to the center of
> the road where we usually find the surveyor's marker (like a big nail
> head).   We circle the marker with the end of our counterpoise wire and
> hold it down with chunks of duct tape every foot or two as needed.   We
> have never had to re-tape it once it is in place even tho trucks, etc.
> have run over it for the whole contest period.   Teardown is real easy
> even in the dark or we could just abandon the stuff if we had to.  We
> always make a photo of the marker and wire in case somebody takes us to
> court,  HI.     Not sure how much the signal strength is improved but it
> lets us feel we are legal.     
> 
> Se y'all in a few weeks.    
> 
> Bud Frohardt   W9DY
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