It's a little late for this now, but I think whatever organizer takes on the
responsibility for the next WRTC, needs to come up with the scoring grid ahead
of time instead of post-facto.
Let the guys know which contests will be used and what the weighting is ahead
of time, the penalties for being a singleband effort or part of a MM crew and
so forth. If guys know ahead of time what the scoring grid looks like, there
should be less griping about the selection process. Many good ops are being
hurt by the MM and single band rules. I would not have done so many single
band entries if I had known ahead of time how they would be scored, and lots of
guys may not have operated as parts of MM crews if they were seriously
thinking of going to WRTC.
I see it as a big positive for contesting. If guys knew the Sprint counted
450 basis points as does the SS, can you imagine the amount of guys who would
be in the Sprint CW and SSB? Think how many guys of the DX contest world might
be tempted to do a serious effort in the SS. Wouldn't it be cool to hear SS
being done seriously by KC1XX, W3LPL and K3LR as single ops, either by the
owners or guest ops? The participation would really be increased in some of
the
'lesser" contests. Guys who are geographically and station hardware
challenged, might be tempted to travel a couple hundred miles to a competitive
station
that might otherwise be inactive in one of the qualifying contests. There are
so many big stations inactive for domestic contest, it might be the way to
get them on
I'm not talking about spending $1000 bucks on airline tickets to operate in
the Caribbean, just a tank of gas for the opportunity to have a chance of
getting some points for WRTC as a guest op at a good/great station in your
state or
the one next to you.
This post is not a knock against the PY guys. It is just a suggestion as to
what could be done in the future to improve contesting and selection for the
2010 WRTC. I'm sure others have other worthwhile suggestions too, but let's
not beat on the PY guys too much. Their job, and remember they are all
volunteers, is a tough one.
Bill K4XS
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