[PaQSO] Re: Ports

[Larry]

>Subject: Re: [PaQSO] I disagree
>To: paqso@mailman.qth.net
>From: ed.miske@kennametal.com
>Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:04:44 -0400
>
>
>Mark N3GNW wrote:
>
>>Now a question,  are portables eligible for the county certificate?  If
>not, I
>>agree with Dick that that's not right
>
>Ports are eligible for the county certificate.
>

If Ports are eligible for the County Certificate then why did
the NARC people screw me over like they did last year?
Last year I sat two days in my car mobile on the Bedford/Fulton
line (no external grounds, power or antennas) drive away at the turn of the
key and have them change my classification from
Mobile on the two county lines to Portable LINE, beat my closest
competition for Fulton by 24K points and not get a thing but screwed? My
points also reflect what should have been second
in Bedford but their scoring don't mean a thing.

The way I feel right now I doubt I'll ever do the contest again.
It was fun doing it for the first time with a broken tooth,
hardly being able to talk and missing a sweep by two counties.

I think this year I'll sit home and let them screw somebody
else.

On the VHF issue from another thread it could be interesting
when you look at the first day of the MDC QSO Party last Fall.
There was a solar flare and the only points to be had the first
day were basically on VHF. I was mobile sitting way out in Far western
Garrett County, MD and the HF bands were dead leaving
those I could hear operating the VHF bands. It was so bad I
never even submitted my log.


Larry - N2OCW