[ILQSO] ILQSO Digest, Vol 102, Issue 2
Hank Greeb
n8xx at arrl.org
Sat Oct 4 00:08:15 EDT 2014
According to MARAC, one should be as close to the corner as safety
permits, typically within 600 feet of the corner.
I was about 300 feet from the corner in one four corner spot, and about
200 feet from the corner of another four corner spot.
there was a high tension 60 cycle line along both of the roads which
intersected at the four corner site, so it would be very, very hazardous
for the antenna to cross the road.
Common sense must be the guide in all such situations.
I'm glad to see a QRP category. When I ventured into Illinois I don't
recall such a category.
Sorry, I can't make it this year. I'll be in Hell (Michigan) on October
18, running Hellschreiber (Feld Hell) as W1AW/8 - fire up your favorite
data mode software, choose Feld Hell as operating mode, and give us a
buzz. We'll try to be on all bands, probably not simultaneously, but at
least an hour on each band from 80 to 10 meters, including the WARC bands.
72/73 de n8xx hg
QRP >99.44% of the tiem
Except we'll be using 100 watts as W1AW/8 from Hell :)
On 10/3/2014 10:42 PM, Steven KA9MOT wrote:
> Thanks for all of the advice. I gather that nobody really knows for sure.
> My plan was/is to set up a station on the property that is right on the
> corner of the 3 county lines. Assuming the line is down the middle of the
> road, I would only be in Henderson County and 25 feet or so from McDonough
> and Warren Counties if the person who lives in the farmhouse pictured here:
> https://www.google.com/maps/@40.636685,-90.7889042,429m/data=!3m1!1e3 will
> allow me to set up in the corner of the intersection (Northwest corner).
>
> I'm planning on running portable, off battery power and at QRP Power levels
> (5W) if I can do this and stay with-in the rules, and the property owner
> allows.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks again,
> Steve KA9MOT
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 5:51 PM, <ilqso-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> 1. Re: County Lines (Jim Funk)
>> 2. Lake County (Jim Lang)
>> 3. Grundy County (Brian S. McDaniel)
>> 4. COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES (Tom Pennebaker)
>> 5. Re: COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES (Danny Pease)
>> 6. Re: COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES (Fritz Bock)
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>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 14:38:22 +0000
>> From: Jim Funk <jfunk at fossna.com>
>> To: Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County Lines
>> Message-ID: <A90D277E-958E-44D0-B71E-B91E54FD0F65 at fossna.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>> Good points. Look for a culvert.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:34 AM, "Danny Pease" <dpease at adams.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I would be very leery of stringing an antenna that crosses a public road,
>>> many risks involved. Since there is an intersection of roads, there is
>>> likely overhead power lines, plus the traffic issue. IF power lines are
>> not
>>> an issue and IF you can get the antenna as high as or even higher than
>> power
>>> lines normally are, you might get by with it, once it was up, but even
>>> getting it up could be dangerous. Even running a radial laying across a
>> road
>>> could be disastrous if a passing vehicle manage to catch hold of it. You
>> may
>>> look for a steel culvert and attach some part of the antenna system to
>> that.
>>> NG9R
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ILQSO [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Funk
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:50 AM
>>> To: Illinois QSO Party
>>> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County Lines
>>>
>>> Steve, I will take a stab at this since you asked....
>>>
>>> From DeLorme, it seems obvious that there is such a county corner.
>>>
>>> There appears to be access to said corner by car as the corner is at the
>>> intersection of 2100E and CR 2400 N.
>>>
>>> If I were you, I would set up as close to the intersection as possible
>>> (SAFETY CONSIDERED) and string a portion of an antenna (could be a
>>> counterpoise or overhead dipole) in such a manner that the "station"
>>> (including antennas) is actually in all three counties.
>>>
>>> I believe that would meet the letter and the spirit of the event rules.
>>>
>>> 73, Jim N9JF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ILQSO [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steven
>>> KA9MOT
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 1:22 AM
>>> To: Illinois QSO Party
>>> Subject: [ILQSO] County Lines
>>>
>>> I am seriously considering setting up a Portable station on the
>> Henderson,
>>> McDonough and Warren County lines this year, if I can get permission from
>>> the property line.
>>>
>>> My question is, how far (in feet) can you be away from the actual line,
>>> before you are no longer considered to be on the County Line?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time,
>>>
>>> Steve KA9MOT
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 13:15:21 -0500
>> From: "Jim Lang" <jimlang at comcast.net>
>> To: <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: [ILQSO] Lake County
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> I will be set up at home in Lake County.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim / KD9GY
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:24:30 -0500
>> From: "Brian S. McDaniel" <bsm60403 at gmail.com>
>> To: ILQSO at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [ILQSO] Grundy County
>> Message-ID: <542EE9DE.1050807 at gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>> The Rainbow Council Boy Scouts will be on the air for Jamboree on the
>> Air on the same day as the Illinois QSO Party.
>>
>> Look for K9RSR on 80/40/20/10 from EN51th. Hope to work you all.
>> --
>> 73,
>>
>> Brian McDaniel
>> KC4LMD
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:55:34 -0500
>> From: Tom Pennebaker <n4rs at iamotelephone.com>
>> To: ILQSO at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [ILQSO] COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES
>> Message-ID: <542EFF36.1050105 at iamotelephone.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>>
>> */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
>> *
>>
>> ************
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 16:09:06 -0500
>> From: "Danny Pease" <dpease at adams.net>
>> To: "'Illinois QSO Party'" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> 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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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 17:51:10 -0500
>> From: Fritz Bock <wd9fmb at gmail.com>
>> To: Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] COUNTY LINES by MARAC RULES
>> Message-ID:
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>>
>> I think the IL QSO FAQ's do a great job on answering the question of a
>> county corner...nice and simple.....
>>
>> Q: I want to operate from a three or four county corner. I think I know
>> the exact location of the corner (from a map or posted signs), but how
>> close do I have to park to this spot to qualify?
>>
>> *A: The traditional answer to this has been: ?As close as possible, keeping
>> safety uppermost in mind.? To claim three or four counties, the operator
>> should 1) As nearly as possible, locate the exact corner; 2) Find a safe
>> spot as close as possible to the corner to set up the station; 3) Obtain
>> permission from land-owners if at all possible; 4) Arrange portions of the
>> antenna system to be physically placed in all three (or four) counties if
>> possible.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Fritz Bock
>> WD9FMB
>> 309-256-2297
>> IL ARES District 7, DEC
>> Peoria County ARES EC
>> www.peoriacountyares.org
>> www.W9UVI.org
>> ARRL PIO, IL Section
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Danny Pease <dpease at adams.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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