[ILQSO] County line operations.

Thu Oct 1 06:53:16 EDT 2015

Tim,

I chimed in last year on the same question....I have posted the FAQ from
the IQSO page.....as stated, the 4 subpoints address the concerns from year
to year.....they all seem reasonable to me and make the ILQSO party a fun
event to operate.  Personally, I use the county line marker that anchors
the 3 county corner of McLean, Woodford and Tazewell each year with some
part of my antenna system  (counterpoise, guy wire, etc) anchored to it.....

By looking on Google Earth, the intersection point is in the middle of the
county road, but the county line marker post is located just north of that
imaginary intersection point.  That's what I use.....besides, who else but
me would make a day of ham radio in a gravel pit....

73

Fritz

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 Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Tim Childers KB9FBI <kb9fbi at arrl.net>
wrote:

> The reason I asked was because W9ABS and a group from Springfield have a
> communications trailer that they were thinking about going out to a
> campground at Lake Sangchris that is on the Christian/Sangamon County line.
> The back part of the campground is 100 foot or so from the line and it's
> not really feasible to set it up at the line or safe.  Jess was asking if
> they could do it from there and make it a campout/ILQP.  Looking at the map
> it's not that far to the line but it is all a wooded area.
>
> Tim, KB9FBI
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ki9a" <ki9a at aol.com>
> To: <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County line operations.
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>
>>
>> Yikes..."straddle" the county lines? What if you are using a vertical?
>> I think 50-100 yards is plenty, it gives teams an oppurtunity to do an
>> operation within the spirit of the rules, wbile remaining safe and easy to
>> accomplish.
>>
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Don Pitchford <w9ebk at yahoo.com>
>> Date: 09/30/2015  5:46 PM  (GMT-06:00)
>> To: Tim McDonough N9PUZ <tim.n9puz at gmail.com>, ilqso at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County line operations.
>>
>> Tim,As I recall the discussion was that 100 yards seemed to be the
>> acceptable limit. At Lake SangChris this was never an issue since our
>> antennas actually straddled the county line.Don, w9EBK
>> From: Tim McDonough N9PUZ <tim.n9puz at gmail.com>
>> To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 10:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] County line operations.
>>
>>
>> This by no means "official" but it seems like in years past when the
>> SVRC operated Sangamon/Christian at Lake Sangchris we were told we
>> needed to be within 50 yards of the line. Perhaps Don W9EBK will weigh
>> in, I believe he coordinated that effort.
>>
>> Tim N9PUZ
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/30/2015 9:17 AM, Tim Childers KB9FBI wrote:
>>
>>> We have had some discussion of how close you have to be on the actual
>>> county line and it seems that isn't defined in the ILQP rules very
>>> well. I looked up MARAC rules but they say on the line and don't allow
>>> 3 and 4 county corners. I have always tried to be on the line while
>>> still remaining safe. No operations from a bridge if it's a water
>>> crossing is't not possible without a boat. I never did one that the
>>> county line ran down the road but have where the line crossed the road
>>> and just tried to get off the road as far as possible and as close to
>>> the line as I could be and still be safe sitting there. Could we get
>>> some direction there?
>>>
>>> Tim, KB9FBI
>>>
>>>
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