[ILQSO] COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES

[Tom Pennebaker]

*/The Rules/*

*The USA-CA award sponsored by CQ magazine 
<http://members.aol.com/cqmagazine/usacarul.htm> makes no mention of 
county lines in the rules.*

*The major county hunting organization MARAC (Mobile Amateur Radio 
Awards Club) also issues many county hunting awards. In 2000 they issued 
the following rules for county lines: *

    *A county-line is that legally defined boundary separating two
    geographic and/or administrative regions. The best evidence of the
    location of a county-line is the marker permanently placed beside a
    highway. The marker will be assumed to be correctly placed for
    county-hunting purposes, except for those at wet lines.*

    **

    *Other devices may be found on secondary roadways, such as, a cattle
    gate, or a monument placed in the fence line. Frequently, too,
    changes in the composition of the roadway surface are a indication
    of county boundaries. For county hunting purposes, when no other
    means of identifying a county line is available, these markers may
    be used.*

    **

    *With the degradation of GPS having been turned off on 1 May 2000,
    GPS may be useful as an aid in locating county-lines. While the
    accuracy of GPS is now a nominal +/- 20 meters, it may be relied
    upon only when other markers and evidence are not apparent.*

    **

    *A county-line may be run with credit being given for both counties.
    A part of the vehicle must be in each of the counties. Thus, a
    county-line may not be credited if the mobile is in motion.*

    **

    *A county-line may be wet, that is, a watercourse (river, lake,
    water reservoir, creek, brook, stream) may cover the legally
    described boundary.*

    **

    *A wet line may be run for county-hunting credit as long as the
    County Line can be located as described above and can be run SAFELY.*

    **

    *Three and four county lines may not be run simultaneously for
    county-hunting credit...........................Tom N4RS
    *

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