[ILQSO] Island portable?

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:34:56 -0700 (PDT)

Pete,

I agree with you on signing portable.  I was just
thinking that in terms of contest category, I believe
that it would be considered fixed, since he is not
mobile, and is not a country line portable.

73s John NE0P

--- "Peter E. Beedlow" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dr John,
> 
> Guess I'd disagree with your statement. If Jeff
> operates at a location
> different from his primary station address he is
> technically portable and
> can sign /p. How the contest sponsors decide in
> which class to put his score
> is up to their discretion although the rules only do
> indicate an award to
> the "top county line portable station". They do not
> say that a station
> cannot be portable in the middle of a county.
> 
> I can see situations where someone in say Cook
> county would want to go
> camping and operate /p from Whiteside county. I
> think in that case they
> would definite want to sign /p to indicate that they
> were not in their home
> county.
> 
> Guess it's up to the operator in the end. You're a
> zero in five land and are
> well aware of the problems of not signing /p.
> 
> CU
> 
> Pete, NN9K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ILQSO] Island portable?
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> It seems that the only portable operation class is
> county line portable, so I would guess that you are
> fixed.  Which island are you planning to operate
> from,
> and what is the county?
> 
> BTW, what kind of setup are you planning on using?
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> 
> 
> --- Craig Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I will not be multi-county as there are no other
> > counties nearby. I would
> > just be single-county. Next question would be
> class
> > of operation. If I am
> > using commercial power would that make me fixed or
> > could I still be called
> > portable as everything would be outside?
> >
> > Thanks for your reply and efforts towards this fun
> > contest.
> >
> > Jeff Wilkins
> > WW9CW
> >
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