[amsat-bb] Proximity to grid line boundary

[Burns Fisher]

Thanks, Patrick.  I was doing the state activation for AMSAT 50th
anniversary and very close to the tripoint for MA, CT, RI.  There was a
marker there, but I never could have reached a satellite :-)

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 6:33 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:

> Hi Burns!
>
> The WAS rules do not go into detail about operating on state
> boundaries, like we see in the VUCC rules about operating from grid
> boundaries and intersections. WAS rules seem to be more concerned
> about the location of the stations working toward a WAS award:
>
> "Contacts must be made from same location, or from locations no two of
> which are more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) apart."
>
> (from http://www.arrl.org/was )
>
> I look for either markers or signs showing the boundaries. Then I set
> up either next to those signs, or in between the signs for those
> states. Sometimes there are markers on the boundaries, which makes this
> a little easier. Then I take pictures of my station, just like I would
> to satisfy VUCC requirements to document a station on a grid line or
> intersection. This includes my 2015 trip before the AMSAT Symposium in
> Dayton, when I operated from the Indiana/Michigan/Ohio tripoint:
>
> https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=62129
>
> I wrote about my operation from this tripoint as part of an article in
> the January 2016 AMSAT Journal. The article included a picture of me
> standing on the tripoint, in the middle of a very quiet road where the
> tripoint marker is located.
>
> 73!
>
>
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>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
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> On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 7:09 PM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity, how do the rules for states?  I tried to activate 3
>> states from a three-state boundary where there was a marker.  (It did not
>> work because of the same problem--trees and grass) but I'm wondering if
>> the
>> marker would be sufficient evidence?  Depends who placed it, I suppose?
>>
>> This was for an informal 'contest' but for something like WAS, I can
>> imagine it would be important.
>>
>> Burns WB1FJ
>>
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