[PaQSO] CL Rules?

[Bill Gallagher]

As a rule, the PA QSO Party has always been a little
looser in the definition than MARAC...and that isn't
such a bad thing...

As always, The Grump is the voice of reason!

362 days to go!

Bill WA3RA



--- TOM <n4rs at iamotelephone.com> wrote:

> Being an avid county hunter, here are the rules from
> MARAC....
> 
> DEFINITION OF A COUNTY LINE - 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 gates/cattle guards, or a monument
> placed in the fence line.  Frequently, too, changes
> in the composition of the roadway surface are an
> 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. 
> 
> One thing I didn't see....A part of the mobile HAS
> to be in the county claimed..........Tom N4RS
> 
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