[ILQSO] ILQP 4-corner question:

[Jim Funk]

The 4-corner spots I know of are:

BOON/DEKA/OGLE/WBGO (activated many times)

DUPG/KANE/KEND/WILL  (maybe more of a challenge)

CHAM/DOUG/EDGR/VERM  (an N9FN staple lately)

JOHN/POPE/SALI/WMSN  (can be done)

GALL/HAML/SALI/WHTE   (may be in the middle of a cornfield)

As for your question, Ric, the answer would be "unlikely"...which is why we give certificates to the winners of the individual classes (1-county, 2-county, 3-county...added a couple of years ago....) in addition to the plaque, and certificates to the stations with the overall high "raw QSO score" for both SSB and CW.  

I suppose the plaque *could* go to the portable with the largest number of "raw QSOs"....but that would disincentivize (is that a word??) going to the trouble to activate multiple counties as a portable...and the participants love to work those!

73, Jim N9JF (who is still trying to decide what he's doing this year for ILQP...)

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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:04 PM
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Todd, there appears to be at least five (5) four (4) county corners in IL.  

Answer this one:

Based on past IQP results, what is the probability of winning the Illinois
Portable Station Plaque by an Illinois Portable Station operating from a
single-county, when competing against an Illinois Portable Station operating
on an Illinois County line or corner (getting credit for multiple counties)?

73 Ric N9T (aka wo4o) TAZeWell County