[ILQSO] COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES

[Danny Pease]

Even MARAC gives no distance, they simply state a vehicle must occupy both
counties and do not allow more than two counties to be occupied at the same
time. 

Since most portable operations do not operate out of a vehicle, it might be
easier to have parts of the operation on two counties or more at the same
time, but doing so safely is almost impossible when it comes to a road being
involved.  Because of the ILQSO rules allow for more than two counties at a
time to be activated, there has to be a little bit of leeway in what is
close enough for the sake of safety.

Besides that, we do not want to discourage our multi-county operations from
going out by forcing them into a dangerous situation. I suppose we ought to
set a number of feet as being close enough to make it a little clearer.

MARAC mentions an accuracy of 20 meters as being acceptable when using a
GPS. Maybe that would be a good starting point, but that does require you
know the exact intersection to measure from, another variable.

NG9R


-----Original Message-----
From: ILQSO [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom
Pennebaker
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:56 PM
To: ILQSO at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ILQSO] COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES

*/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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