[FQP] FQP and county line stations

[Charles Sanders]

Just a few more comments.

I use this type of operation very seldom because most of my trips are with
a driver and I would rather be moving than sitting on a county line since
most of the time I will need to travel through that next county anyway.

However, this year in the MS QP I was operating without a driver, making
QSOs only while stopped at some preplanned points on the route to work the
pile and then driving on to my next stopping point. Using the street view
feature in Google Maps I found two county line pairs that looked like safe
stopping points so I decided to give it a try. Actually it went very well
with most of the operators on the other end sending me two exchanges -- of
course I don't know if they actually logged the two QSOs but at least they
stayed around to make them. At those two stops (FRA-ADA and FOR-LAM) 160
total Qs went in the log of a potential 162, only two stations failed to
stay around for the second QSO at FRA-ADA.

Then there is at least one case in Texas where a road actually defines the
boundary between two counties and does so for 20+ miles. That would be a
case where county line operation could be done while in motion.

Finally you might want to ask your question to Bob - W0BH as he practices
county line operation extremely well -- especially in the Texas Panhandle.

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Charles Sanders <no5w.chuck at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Robert --
>
> I use CQ/X which has a separate dialog for running stations from a county
> line or multiple (up to four) county intersection. The QSO for each county
> is logged on a separate line of the log at the moment of making the QSO and
> the user has the option of sending the exchange as separate QSOs or can
> send the multiple counties in a single exchange -- in many cases the rules
> of the party specify which method is to be used. For example in the Texas
> QSO Party each county must have a separate exchange from both stations and
> I think in CA QP the counties can be sent in a single exchange.
>
> On the receiving end of one of these county line QSOs the user can set up
> a function key that will allow him to just type all of the counties
> involved in the QSO entry window and the program will write a separate line
> to the log for each county.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at citlink.net>wrote:
>
>> Hello FQPers...
>>
>> The Florida QSO Party is one which allows (encourages?) county line
>> operations by stations. There are explicit details in section 7)
>> Scoring, (B) Multipliers, (2) paragraph which state: /"//Florida
>> stations on a county line may be claimed as a QSO and a multiplier from
>> each county (2 QSO's and 2 multipliers)//"./
>>
>> I am interested to know how county-line stations log contacts during the
>> contest. During FQP I might hear "CQ FQP de W4XYZ/LAK/POL/SUM" where a
>> station is operating from the corners of Lake, Polk, and Sumter.
>>
>> In my log, I end up with three W4XYZ QSOs in a row, with each unique
>> county designator assign to each QSO. This is straight forward.
>>
>> My questions are regarding what logging software do you use as a
>> county-line station? And what is the process for logging these multiple
>> contacts? Do you log them as three QSOs at that moment, or one QSO and
>> expand the log later, or what?
>>
>> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>>
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