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@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!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 7:09 PM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@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