[PaQSO] County Line Ops

[Bob Crossland]

Ed (WA3SES) and I can attest that there is little to gain for the CL
station in giving out the looooong exchanges involved with CL ops as he
and I operated from WES/SOM/FAY one year.  The rates really did slow
down, and I can recall many of the operators at the other end of the QSO
stammering while they tried to figure out how to enter the multiple
counties into their contest software.  It was a challenge to say the
least.  

Now, having said all of that, I can say that Ed and I had a blast that
weekend, even after getting whacked in the head with the crescent wrench
we were using to throw the dipoles into the trees.

Bob, N3FR  




-----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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