About 20 years ago I regularly worked WA2SPL/1 in Vermont in the 160M
contests. The second night of the contest he would always show up as
WA2SPL/VE2 in Quebec.
I was told he lived on a farm in Northern Vermont and he had one
antenna in Vermont and another antenna in Quebec.
There was never a problem with logging and reporting both QSOs.
73, Richard - K5NA
At 23:27 11/13/2008, Paul J. Piercey wrote:
>Does sitting on a county line require separate QSOs for each mult in the QSO
>party? I would imagine so seeing it would be hard for logging software to
>issue 2 mults in 1 QSO so, if that's the case, then he would be KE0Z/W0 in
>one QSO and KE0Z/VE4 in the other. However...
>
>There is probably some issue about crossing international borders as opposed
>to county/state/provincial borders anyway. Besides, I would think your
>Homeland Security dudes might have an issue with it. A bunch of porcupine
>vehicles lined up on the border every weekend might get them a bit nervous.
>;-)
>
>Thanks -- Paul
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Eric Hilding
> > Sent: November 13, 2008 06:41
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Cc: 'Kutzko, Sean, KX9X'; wigravning@iw.net
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] VE4 and ND in one QSO?
> >
> > Regarding KE0Z's Soapbox writeup for his /VE4 activity
> > (below), it appears Emerson, Manitoba may be just above
> > Minnesota from what I can tell on Google Earth.
> >
> >
> >
> > So, the $64,000 question is. if KE0Z (or anyone else) moved
> > West a bit and put a vertical exactly centered right on the
> > U.S. Canadian border line (Manitoba to the North and North
> > Dakota to the South), would this yield two "rare mults" in
> > one SS QSO? My personal opinion is that this would really be
> > no different than a 'County Line' type operation in State QSO Parties.
> >
> >
> >
> > Would signing something like KE0Z/W0/VE4 or KE0Z/VE4/W0 be legal ???
> >
> >
> >
> > I will sleep better at night knowing the answer to this!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Tnx & 73.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick, K6VVA * The Locust
> >
> >
> >
> > RE:
> >
> > KE0Z/VE4 -- Nov 5, 2008 19:10 ET
> >
> > I noticed the past couple years that a lot of ops were
> > missing the sweep because of the troublesome Manitoba section
> > so I began thinking about making a kind of mini-dxpedition
> > there for this year's CW SS.
> >
> > In September, my work brought me up close to the Canadian
> > border so I went across to look at possible sites for
> > portable operations. Just across, and only 300 yards from the
> > US/Canadian border was the Maple Leaf Motel in Emerson
> > Manitoba. It is a mom and pop sort of motel with a small yard
> > which looked like a good spot for a vertical.
> >
> > I told the owner what I had in mind and he was okay with it.
> > On the afternoon of the contest I was setting up my station
> > and before long slinging the dits and dahs into the ether. I
> > prefer search and pounce but I tried to spend some extra time
> > calling cq so it would be easier for everyone to work the
> > section. It was fun to be on the other end of the pile-up for
> > a change and I hope I helped some folks with the sweep.
> >
> > Incidently, Sunday was a beautiful day so I took about an
> > hour break from the radio to go for a walk. The motel owner
> > pointed out a marker placed on the border between US and
> > Canada. It was curious to me that there wasn't even a fence
> > there, just the marker and I could simply step from one
> > country into the other.
> >
> > IC-706 and a Butternut vertical, ground mounted with 18
> > radials. -- KE0Z
> >
> >
> >
> >
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