Or you could do what they do in the ILL QSO party....
If you are on 2 county lines = 2 QSO's 3 county lines = 3 QSO's etc...
Jeff
--- Lee Hiers <aa4ga@contesting.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> Lee Hiers, AA4GA
> Cornelia, Georgia
>
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