Geoffrey,
I don't think that anyone suggested that it be mandatory for everyone. If
it somehow farkles your run at a WRTC spot then you might not want to do it.
Meanwhile the universe of SS "players for fun" dwarfs the number of WRTC
aspirants, so even those exalted few heavy hitters would benefit from the
increased activity.
Cheers,
de Hans, K0HB/4ID
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"Just a Boy and his Radio"
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On Sunday, February 3, 2013, Geoffrey Way wrote:
> Hans wrote: "What's not to like about this idea?"
>
> What's not to like about it is, WRTC will officially DISALLOW using any and
> ALL of your scores with respect to WRTC's ranking/scorekeeping for that
> event-- they will not count toward improving your WRTC ranking. You get
> ZERO, ZIP, NADA, ZILCH.
>
> The sponsor/organizer still recognizes and counts your scores, it's just
> WRTC that will ignore them.
>
> I've proposed to WRTC already that one ought to be able to ask in advance,
> ONLY ONCE, WITHOUT ANY OPTION TO CHANGE, to have a particular operation be
> the ONLY one allowed to count, so that one cannot "harvest" whatever result
> worked out best after the fact. After-the-fact score selection was how this
> rule came about originally I am told, as there were possible abuses in the
> past.
>
> My proposition will not be an option for 2014, but they have offered to
> pass the idea on for the next WRTC.
>
> So, as it stands now, one must make a choice between their personal
> aspirations, or their desire to strengthen the level of contesting activity
> as a whole. The way WRTC adjudicates their ranking at present, it's every
> man for himself, and I wish it were otherwise. There are 2 occasions where
> I have already set my aspirations aside. But I don't operate at that skill
> level (yet) where it really matters, anyway.
>
> Another by-product is my WRTC ranking is now skewed from this, and I'll
> have to re-calculate what it could have been to actually see where I would
> rank if it were otherwise. I'll look forward to doing some long division by
> hand... ;)
>
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