I hope when each contest club selects their list of candidates for the WRTC-2002 (the USA teams) that they consider some of the good operators who have not got the chance to participate in the past W
Sour grapes? If they are the best, they should go again, and again, until someone is better. Don't dummy this down like everyother venue in America! On the other hand, we are not selecting our team,
Couldn't disagree more with you, Jeff. This is not a "touchy fealy" feel good event. It is a world championship contest. You enter to win and to win we enter the best competitors that we have. Period
Agreed Joe. As long as the selection criteria is fair and as complete and as thorough as possible, if you're the best, you should be so rewarded. I just hope the clubs make a real effort to nominate
Hi Jeff -- don't know if you kept the data, but it might be very instructive to compile a table showing which US ops placed where in each of the 3 runnings to date. Perhaps a single figure of merit c
I thought KQ2M put it very well on the WRTC2002 reflector: "I personally think that the WRTC committee should use their wildcard selection criteria for ALL the participants, ensuring that everyone me
Hi Bruce, I'll have to say that I respectfully disagree with your opinion on this one. I think this event is a great excuse to get together with contest friends from around the world. Based on what
I was surprised to learn of this also. I see absolutely no reason that the OH gang should have this authority. But, the only way I see to change this is for the US to boycott the WRTC until contester
I think K3EST was quoted before announcing the USA team selection criteria for WRTC-1996 as predicting that "nobody is going to like whatever I come up with". It is pretty obvious to me that not ever
Sounds like a volunteer to organize WRTC-2004 to me... Speaking as an organizer of or referee in all three WRTC events, I think the Finns should do whatever it is that they consider reasonable. Ther
I agree 100%. Here I must disagree. We should not be selecting "our team" or "our representatives", we should be selecting the best contesters in the world. This is not a contest among nations or reg
The actual competition is almost secondary to the gathering. In 40+ years of contesting, being a judge at WRTC-96 was one of my most memorable experiences in the hobby. I have permanent mental pictur
Anyone who is looking for excuse to get together is free to travel to WRTC, no need to go through "agony" of selection process, many do that and help or serve as judges, operate HQ stations, etc. Tho
My hope is that the US will send their best contesters to win the 1-2-3! I think Dave Bell's, W6AQ, video title of WRTC 2000 says it best "THE HAM RADIO OLYMPICS". In the Olympics we send our best pa
I think it's probably fair to assume that your hopes will be realised. But it's the individuals (OK, teams) who will be the winners, not the country. Does anyone know... Is the WRTC 2000 video avail
Interesting link>> Seems like we got some beleiving it's the good ole boys club, some believing the system is flawed and needs to be fixed and some believing we should be able to set our own adjenda