On 22 Oct 2002 at 19:32, Ernest Zingleman wrote:
> One other suggestion should be to allow mobiles to run
> county lines.
Is it not allowed now?
The problem is that it's counter-productive to the contester, as it
reduces the number of QSOs. If you're an active mobile station, the
county-hunters know it and will watch for you to change counties.
You can park on the side of the road and run a bunch of guys, then
move your car 15 feet and do it all again, doubling the QSOs. I
know, I've done it...and had all the CH guys follow me.
You straddle a county line, and you've cut your QSOs in half...or
worse if it's a junction of 3 or 4 counties...like those guys in the
sailboat in SF bay do every year for the CQP.
Every time I work a mobile on a county line, I think, "just lost a
QSO". And, FWIW, I'm a county hunter...kinda. I'm just not active
in it now.
73 de Lee
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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, Georgia
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