[PaQSO] County Line Ops

[Gene Warner]

Hey Ed! If you stick the ARM/VEN/FAY/SOM/BED/TIO/JUN/ADA county line
in there, you'll hear a collective scream from all the 
logging software writers!

Gene,  AD3E

BTW: I totally agree with your last submission.


 

-----Original Message-----
From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
ed.miske at kennametal.com
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:47 PM
To: paqso at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] County Line Ops

Blair et al:

I submit that the motive behind 90% or more of CL operations is to
"give", 
not to "receive".

The thrill is in giving out more than one county to the other station,
not 
to enhance the CL stations score. I agree there is little or no benefit
to 
the CL station........maybe if the CL station is on the 
ARM/VEN/FAY/SOM/BED/TIO/JUN/ADA county line it would help a bit........ 

I can state for a fact the CL station rate is slowed. 

Anyhow, that's my story..........and I'm sticking to it.

Ed/WA3SES

paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net wrote on 10/13/2005 04:10:59 PM:

> In a message dated 10/13/05 3:41:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jss167 at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> << 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. >>
> 
> I also could live without "county-line" operations.  I have worked
many, 
but 
> have never considered doing portable or mobile operation from one of 
these 
> lines.  Even if an operator feels confident that his/her station 
> straddles the 
> line:
> A.  There is no point benefit to the CL station
> B.  The "rate" of the CL station is likely to be lower because of a 
longer 
> exchange to be sent and more requests for repeats.
> C.  Seldom are both counties equally rare.
> 
> If I wanted to activate adjacent counties, I'd be inclined to operate
in 
one 
> as a mobile or rover, then move and activate the second.  I would be 
giving 
> others more points (more QSO's) and earning more myself 'cause I could

work 
> stations a second time.
> 
> The biggest benefit of this possible change would be an END to the 
endless 
> debates about CL operation.  :-)
> 
> 73,  Blair k3yd
> 
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