[PaQSO] 2004 PARTY NEWS

[Ron Notarius]

Oh my goodness.  The repeal of the KC3CL Rule!

...one year in the early '80's,  Dave operated from a county line, and
claimed that his pickup truck bed actually straddled the line.  So when he
worked you, he worked you from one county, allegedly moved his seat to the
other side of the truck bed, and then worked you from the other county.

In any event, I agree with Kay that this repeal was not a good idea, and
will cause more problems than it solves.  In my own case, when I was still
using my own dBase IV routines to log, I solved the "problem" simply by
putting -- in my own log -- a QSO entry for each county, all showing the
same sent & rcvd serial numbers.  I just made sure that the extra entries
indicated (if neccesary) a new multiplier, but counted for 0 points.

73, ron wn3vaw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kay Craigie" <n3kn at comcast.net>
To: "PA QSO Party" <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:01 AM
Subject: RE: [PaQSO] 2004 PARTY NEWS


> Chuck wrote:
> THE CHANGE IS THAT EACH COUNTY LINE STATION'S COUNTY WILL NOW
> BE CONSIDERED TO BE A SEPARATE QSO.  YOU WILL MAKE A SEPARATE LOG ENTRY
> FOR
> EACH COUNTY AND BOTH THE MULTIPLIER AND QSO POINT(S) WILL COUNT FOR EACH
>
> COUNTY.  THE COUNTY LINE STATION WILL STILL GIVE ONLY ONE NUMBER FOR THE
>
> CONTACT AND THAT NUMBER WILL BE USED FOR ALL THE LOG ENTRIES FOR THAT
> CONTACT.
>
> If I have to log 2 or 3 separate QSO's for a county-line station that I
> work, do I send them 2 or 3 serial numbers from my own log?
>
> If I have to send 2 or 3 serial numbers to a county-line station, then
> it's going to take me more time to complete a QSO (especially on CW),
> because I have to go to the next log line, enter the other station's
> callsign again, enter their serial number again, hit the function key
> again to send the additional exchanges. And if it's a 3-county line, I
> get to do this all this 3 times.
>
> If that's not the case, then I have not a clue how to enter 2 or 3 QSO's
> into my log but send them only 1 serial number of my own. Or do I just
> skip over the additional serial number(s) and send what comes naturally
> to the next station I work?
>
> Arggh.
>
> I know this change was well-intentioned and may help some people, but
> the program I use (WriteLog) handles the county-line stations just fine,
> and so for me it's going to create logging problems where none existed
> before.
>
> Frankly, for me this is a dis-incentive to call county-line stations,
> particularly on CW, unless I am desperate for a particular county
> multiplier.
>
> 73 - Kay N3KN
>
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