[PaQSO] County line logging

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/31/04 2:31:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
Bob.Crossland at telcove.com writes:


First, I use NA software, and second, I'm assuming that when I work  a county
line operation under the new rule I give them only one serial  number.  

Next, I enter that contact with the county abbreviation  appended to the
call.  Let's say Ed, WA3SES, is on the CMB and WES  county line.  I would log
him twice.....WA3SES/CMB then WA3SES/WES,  each with it's own, unique serial
number.  I would do this for each  band and mode on which I work him.  




By logging WA3SES twice, once as /CMB and once as /WES, any software I'm  
aware of will give you credit for two qsos.  Under the previous rules, as I  
understand them, you were only allowed credit for one qso.  So you would  either 
have to go back and somehow delete the credit for the second "qso", or  else 
just claim it and make the log checkers adjust your score. I suspect that  many 
of these second qsos just passed through log checking process, and received  
credit anyway.  The new rule just adapts to this, and goes ahead and allows  
credit for the second entry.
 
Although the PA committee may not yet be there, contest log checking  is 
evolving to a situation where participants really just send raw data in  the form 
of a log (in Cabrillo format), and the sponsor's computer  checks and scores 
it.  ARRL, CQ, and most other major contest  sponsors are already to this 
point. It's reasonable to assume that the PaQP  will eventually be there as well, 
so now's as good a time as any to make the  switch.
 
Things could be even better, or worse, depending on your view:  In the  
Illinois QSO Party, credit is given to both stations for county  line qsos.  If a 
county line station works another county line  station, both get 4 qsos worth 
of credit.  Since Illinois has  lots of counties with straight lines for 
borders, and corners where four  counties come together, if a 4 corner station works 
another 4 corner  station, that's worth the equivilent of 16 qsos for a 
single  contact!
 
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR