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 Please read the following. I respect Jim and the way he operates the net. I have asked him to  help our new county hunters with some points of interest. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME AND READ. THANKS

Thank you for the opportunity to post my thoughts on your Web Page. KZ2P/K2JG

 First and foremost everyone should remember that we are there to have fun and try to help each other.  Collecting counties is ONLY a by-product of having fun.  Remember the golden rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”  Be courteous of the other participants and 99% of them will respond in a like manner.

 Although the Net is run in an informal and “easy going” manner, there are occasions when time constraints must be instituted to ensure that every one has an opportunity to work that elusive county.  When the net control must limit the mobile’s run, it is incumbent on every one to refrain from monopolizing the mobile’s “run time” with questions or special requests.  Remember there are others who would also like to confirm that county.  I am sure that most of the participants understand and agree with this procedure. 

Here are a couple of tips for the net participants:

3) When the net control calls for either relays or questions, respond with your call using.  It is much easier to recognize a call using than it is when several people are talking at the same time.

4) When you are being relayed to a mobile wait for the net control or assistant net control to ask you to send your signal report.  This eliminates the possibility of “doubling” and any wasted time associated with repeating the entire relay process.  Also, if you are aware that the mobile did not receive your report correctly, advise the net control but DO NOT just give another report.  Most of the time the mobile station is not listening for another report and will not hear you.

When you are running a county, give your call using and the name of the county after every 3 or 4 contacts.  This will help reduce the number of questions – Where are you?  What’s your call?  Of course there is always the question of why did you work someone if your did not’t know who hey were or where they were???

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Remember the Purpose of the Net's is to provide Emergency Service to Mobile Operators during there travels. Chasing the County's is what we do when there is no Emergency. I can remember : that is what I thought until I heard a Station mention what the net is for. I guess I just assumed that it was for chasing counties.

I have had to use the service while is was mobile and I can tell you it work's.

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Running your county. Both NC and ANC stations will announce your CALL, COUNTY AND STATE. Please during the run do the same. About every 5-6 contact do this and you will notice that there is less confusion on the net and even on the MRC'S that you have to sign.

As a mobile, you will not get as many MRC'S to sign as you think. Why? Because of the various types of awards that are offered. Let's see, there is the all one band, all one mode, all teams, all mobile to mobile, all county lines, all USACA holders, and then there is Bingo and. To make it short and sweet. Those that mail you MRC'S are most likely working on there first time around. REMEMBER THAT FIRST TIME IS MUST CONFIRMATION.

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IDAHO MILLIONAIRES CONTEST

Would you like to become a millionaire overnight. Now is your chance to do just

that By winning a chance in the Idaho Lottery. Announcing the 1999 Millionaire

Lottery Contest for County Hunters. In conjunction with the MARAC National

Convention in Idaho. This contest will afford entrants a chance to become a

Idaho Millionaire. The winning number in a very recent drawing would have paid

$12,000,000.00. WOW.

This contest will run from 0001 May 16th thru 2400 June 15th. Winners will be

announced at the convention.

RULES:

Earning points - make two way contacts with amateurs in as many US counties as

possible. Each contact will count as one point.

Submission - Only one contest submission per mode per amateur allowed. Mixed

modes not accepted. (Multiple calls cannot be entered together). Yes you can

have two separate submissions if you have two different modes.

All bands, mobile/fixed, are logged together for each mode. No multiple

operators permitted.

Submit your logs with summary sheet to Bill Nash, W0OWY; 13212 N. 37th Avenue,

Phoenix, AZ 5029, to be received not later than June 23rd in order to considered

as a valid entry. Weekly winners announced and certificates awarded if you

submit your score by week via email.

Contacts limited to one with each station in any single county. Stations may be

reworked for each new county they are in or if you are mobile, the new county

you're in. One contact and one point per person. Repeater contacts not valid.

50 BONUS points each for contacts with Contacting MARAC officials and other

stations that substantially support county hunting. (KE0AY, K0AYO, WB0CQO,

W0DFK, N0DIA, W0FF, WW0G, KC0JG, W0OWY, W0WYJ, K1BV, WA2GLU, WB2NFB, W2NWL,

KZ2P, KB3GN, K3IMC, N4ANV. WB4FBS, KM4W, KB4XK, N5DKW, WD5JGS, W7LQT, W7WBZ,

K8CW, N8EMV, W9GPC, WB9NUL, W9UCW).

Fifty points additional are awarded for contacting each MARAC member. Use 50

points in addition to any other points for the contact. It is necessary for you

to record and exchange your MARAC membership group id with the report, i.e. 59R

or 55C for Regular or Charter members. This is in addition to the other contact

points.

Additional 250 Bonus points per county awarded for each Idaho county contacted.

Additional 500 Bonus points per county for transmitting from each Idaho County.

(One time for each ID county.)

- Use the sample log sheet to submit your entry. Bonus points to be entered per

line. All points are to be added together on each line. Any invalid contacts

will cause that submission to be rejected.

- Totals to be entered on each sheet and final total on last sheet submitted.

Make up your own form or use the one in the N/L or send to W0OWY for log sheets

(send SASE - 4 sheets for each SASE).

- Send SASE with 55 cents postage to W0OWY for MARAC members listing.

- Lottery Chances. There will be $100. total worth of chances total to be

awarded in SSB and CW categories. One half for each category. Chances to be an

Idaho Millionaire in each category are divided into one half for the top score,

one third for the next highest score, and one sixth going to the third highest

score. In the case of duplicate scores, the earliest entry received will be the

winner. 1999 COUNTY HUNTERS MILLIONAIRE CONTEST LOG

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