Not sure if many people have seen the qualifying rules yet. Pretty much a game changer for the next 2 years. It virtually kills the multi-op participation of anyone interested in competing in WRTC 20
Read it again to see if you agree that single band scores will be compared to all band scores for the same power level. The way I read it your low power 160 score would have to be as high as the win
I don't think your interpretation is correct. I read it that if you operated 160m single band, your points are calculated as your percentage of the all band winning score. It is a way to allow single
That is truly tragic as it favors "point and click" skills over "radioman" skills. 73, de Hans, K0HB The surprise for me is that Assisted scores are compared against Unassisted. This really says that
I missed the note 1 under the table that states that. I stand corrected on that item. The rest I believe is correct. Thanks to a number of people pointing that out. Ed From: Stan Stockton [mailto:wa5
Hello, just as a short notice and to avoid further guessing I want to confirm K5ZD's explanations regarding the qualifying scores of assisted and non-assisted competitors and single band entries. 73s
Hi Hans, With all due respect. I believe you do not have all the information you need to make your statement. To say that, it would be really interesting if you tried to enter SOAB(A) in a serious ef
<snip> I always believed and I still do, that SOAB/SOAB(A) should be merged to eliminate one of the many ways cheaters have to cheat in our hobby and ruin it. LU5DX is correct, and we could eliminate
We need to stop disparaging how people choose to operate. Yes, there are different categories, but one does not mean you are a better radio operator than another. I worked 5000+ QSOs in the CQWW this
Martin, Most of your points are valid, but the better contester is the one that does ALL his contesting without any dependence on cluster, RBN or similar tools. I work equally often SOAB and SOAB(A).
Paul, Where are the rules? Why are you sure that competitors cannot use the internet? :-) --Mensaje original-- De: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] En nombre de Paul O'Kane Envia
With the exception of ARRL, CQ and the Scandinavian Activity Contest, the rest of the worlds contest organizers have moved on and allow single operators to use the Cluster if they want. It doesnt ma
Yes indeed, that would include people who don't ID as often as you would like. Jim, AF6O _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists
Hi Mats, Thank you for your note. Reducing SOAB(A) to just point and clicking by Hans sounded really funny to me. But now you saying SOAB(A) involves laziness is even funnier! All the SOAB(A) efforts
Randy, The issue being argued here is not disparaging assisted operators, but rather official suppression of unassisted operators. It is also official suppression of fine operators who man multiopera
Hi Martin, Anyone sitting in front of a radio for 48 hours does a great job and should be rightfully admired. If the person also have some health issues, such an operation is even more impressive. I
Author: Richard DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:47:59 -0600 (CST)
Perhaps we should get some clarification from the organizers on this one. That is, is it the intent of the WRTC2018 committee to allow the teams to use assistance (i.e., Skimmer and recognized spotti
A tiger isn't going to lose his stripes just because you took away the distinction between assisted and non-assisted. Cheaters will cheat. If it's not by claiming unassisted, it will be by using too
Hi Kelly, Yes. There is whole universe of difference between being at 8P5A and PX5E. Not even N5TJ can even come close to Tom operating from Barbados if Jeff was operating from Sergio's! There an ast
Author: Richard DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:59:03 -0600 (CST)
Kelly, you really need to look at some recent scores where you have true head-to-head competition involving major operators to see the results. Claimed scores for CQWW CW this year put K5ZD's assiste