[PaQSO] County Line Ops

[WS3PC]

ECHOLINK! THAT'S NOT "HAM RADIO" BET YOU'RE ALL FOR DOING AWAY WITH "CW"
(MORSE CODE) TOO.
--... ...--
DE WS3PC
WAYNE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Warner" <gene.warner at intdef.com>
To: "PAQSO" <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, 13 October, 2005 20:18
Subject: RE: [PaQSO] County Line Ops


> Why don't we just eliminate all mobile and portable operation?
> That way we could just sit in our comfy warm and dry shacks instead
> of going out in weather like we had this past weekend, erecting
> temporary antennae (again in the rain and wind) just to put some
> of the less active counties on the air.
>
> Oh my gosh... I wonder if anyone has a home shack sitting on a
> county line!
>
> All in all... I think people are blowing this way out of proportion.
> Let's go back to the discussion of allowing Echolink contacts.
>
> 73
>
> DE AD3E
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Schreibmaier
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:52 PM
> To: PaQSO at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Jim
> Subject: Re: [PaQSO] County Line Ops
>
> Maybe a minority, but I agree with you.  I've always
> felt that county line operation was a bit questionable,
> at best.  In many cases, it's not very clear where the
> line really is!  Is it right at the sign that says,
> "Potter County - God's Country" or is it where the
> pavement changes or is it at the township sign or
> is it...  well, you get the idea.
>
> Of course, I was gone for over 20 years and just came
> back in 1997.  By that time, county line operation
> was "the thing."  So, I just bit my tongue and got
> on with operating.  :-)
>
> 73,
> Bob
> K3PH
>
> Jim wrote:
> > I may be in the minority here, but I do not like the
> > concept of county line operation.  You are either in
> > one county or the other.  Since a line is imaginary
> > and paper thin, it can be no other way.  CL operation
> > is a clever way to "bend" the rules.
>
> -- 
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