Portkey mystery? - incomplete lexicon information

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 59067

Brief Chronicals wrote:

> I decided to tell myself that Harry's Portkey at the end of GoF 
was a generic Portkey, that just allowed for travel back and forth 
from one place to another at any old time. And the QWC Portkey was 
designed to open only at *specific* times, to prevent Muggles from 
stumbling across them and being transported. If a QWC Portkey opens 
only at one moment, the chance of Muggles being transported by 
accident is cut dramatically.>

 Linda:
   I like this theory quite a bit. It makes a lot of sense. I even 
have another supporting argument for it. In addition to attempting 
to prevent muggles from using the QWC portkey accidentally, I would 
think they would want to keep wizards from accidentally activating 
it as well. I have two reasons for this. First, all the portkeys for 
the QWC led to the same destination point. Imagine the chaos if 
there 
was no time schedule and everybody tried to use them at the same 
time.(I'm sure everyone that was apparating had a set time to do 
that as well.) Second, think about the scene in which the Weasleys 
and HH used the portkey at the top of the hill. Amos Diggory found 
it and picked it up. If it had been set to activate by touch alone, 
he would have gone of to the tournament by himself, leaving the 
Weasley party and Cedric behind. I would think that whenever there 
is an event that calls for a group of people to use the same 
portkey, it would be necessary for there to be a set time of 
activation. IMO, there must be a variation of the portkey creating 
spell that adds the time factor and the version that Crouch Jr used 
on the cup was a more basic enchantment.

  -Linda-just my two nuts