[ILQSO] Map Question

[Hank Greeb]

I've been told, but I ain't no x-purt (and expert is defined by noting 
"ex" means "has been" ans "spurt" is "A drip under pressure), that MARAC 
allows one to be within 600' of the actual county line.

When I was in Illinois, back just after the Sp*rk Gap daze, at a four 
county line (I think this was 2006 & 2007, though it might have been a 
year later)  I parked my station in a corn field each time (the corn had 
been picked), about 200' from the actual corner.  In both cases there 
were power lines along one side of the road, and I stayed away from them 
for RFI plus electrical protection.

I distinctly remember the wind during the first year - it was blowing so 
hard we had to tie the tent down!!  The temperature was in the low 40's, 
but luckily I had brought a winter coat, else I'd have packed up and 
gone back to the motel.

If I erred, would the organizers of these events strike my scores (N9Q) 
from the records, please?

Tnx es 73 de n8xx hg

On 9/29/2011 1:49 PM, Danny Pease wrote:
> The ILQP has been fairly lenient on being exactly on the line, we want the ops to be as close as safely possible, so if they can straddle the line, that is great, but we don't want them doing that if it puts them or someone else at risk. A 2 county line is pretty easy to straddle if you look for the line, a 3 or 4 county corner is much tougher to be exactly in all 3 or 4 at once. Many corners I have been to are in the middle of a road or a fencerow.
>
> NG9R
>
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> Subject: [ILQSO] Map Question
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> The county hunter club MARAC, designates the county sign as the line or marker. You will find Delorme to be very accurate and will not agree with the signs. Counties seem to put them in the most convenient place, not on the exact line. I found one in WV over three hundred feet off. The ILQP rules committee should have a handle on this one. I bet Jim N9JF has the answer to this one....Tom N4RS