[ILQSO] County Lines

[John Geiger]

It is finally nice to see someone hit the nail on the
head.  The ILQP is a contest, not a county hunting
net, and as such, the contest committee can make any
rules they want to about the exchange.  If they
wanted, they could say that you can give all counties
that you are within 200 miles off as your exchange,
and count that as a multiplier, and that is perfectly
legal.

73s John NE0P
--- w3dya@juno.com wrote:
> I have read most of the mail on this subject (for
> several years and many
> QSO parties besides IQP) and have restrained myself
> from commenting this
> year... at least until two county hunters showed up
> to weaken my resolve
> (N4RS and K5IID)
> 
> MARAC and CQ (Ted, K1BV) don't really insist on an
> RST - there's no place
> in the CQ 1st time award for an RST.  EVERYONE
> accepts an exchange of any
> kind as a good QSO for the CHing awards.  I just put
> 599 on my QSL cards
> if it's not part of the exchange - works every time!
> 
> Regarding "close enough" to a county line, I don't
> consider the game of
> county hunting to be related even remotely to the
> game of horseshoes.  So
> what's to discuss?  OK, we're really discussing
> contest rules - so 100
> yards is OK for that!  150?  on the riverbank? from
> home?
> 
> If a mobile operator wants an opinion, he can keep
> asking until he gets
> one he likes.  On the other hand, he can examine his
> location, decide to
> his own satisfaction which counties he can claim to
> be in, and announce
> them in his exchange.  Honesty and integrity should
> be his guide; without
> those, he might as well stay home and operate in
> comfort and claim he is
> wherever he wants to be.
> 
> I would like to see ALL state QSO Party contest
> committees clarify the
> rule as:  "Your vehicle or antenna must be in the
> counties you claim."
> 
> GPS is probably required for proper positioning when
> claiming more than
> two counties.  As long as the mobile or portable
> claims operation from a
> "feasible" location where counties meet, accept it. 
> 
> 
> This is a hobby, and IQP is a very interesting
> contest.  Regardless of
> your county(s)!  And I only need Jackson to finish
> IL... for the past
> three years!
> 
> 73, Norm, W3DYA
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