And Minnesota is in the same group with West Virginia.
Did they just throw darts at a map?
73, de Hans, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 09:28 Karel Matousek <ok1cf@atlas.cz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> UA6 it is a completely different world than here in central Europe. I
> cannot believe that someone could invent such stupidity and put OK/OM and
> UA6 into one group. I agree with Rasta OM3BH.
>
>
>
> Karel OK1CF/OK5W
> ______________________________________________________________
> > Od: "Rastislav Hrnko" <om3bh@centrum.sk>
> > Komu: k5zd@charter.net, "'Mats Strandberg'" <sm6lrr@gmail.com>, "'
> cq-contest@contesting.com'" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > Datum: 02.01.2019 14:16
> > Předmět: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules for WRTC...oops
> >
> Hi guys,
>
> Does anyone have a worse idea to include UA6 region together with OK, OM
> etc.... ??? Why not with UA9 ...?
> It would never have occurred to me.
>
>
> 73 HNY Rasťo OM3BH
> ______________________________________________________________
> > Od: k5zd@charter.net
> > Komu: "'Mats Strandberg'" <sm6lrr@gmail.com>, "'
> cq-contest@contesting.com'" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > Dátum: 02.01.2019 07:24
> > Predmet: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules for WRTC...oops
> >
> It is up to the organizers, but in the past, this only meant that all
> single band scores were compared to the all band scores. Not that a
> single band entry could win and get the full qualifying points unless
> their score was higher than the top all band entry.
> It is possible in a contest like WPX for a single band entry to have a
> higher score than the all band entries. In this case, it makes sense
> that the single band entry would get the full qualifying points. But,
> in most cases, it will be the all band score that sets the standard.
>
> Regardless of the past, you are correct that the rules as written do
> not specify this clearly.
> Randy K5ZD
>
> -----------------------------------------From: "Mats Strandberg"
> To: cqtestk4xs@aol.com
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Sent: Tuesday January 1 2019 9:30:11AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules for WRTC...oops
>
> Bill,
>
> Exactly the same struck me...
>
> A station with a decent antenna for any single band, can quite easily
> reach
> Full Score in 12 contests, while the very skilled SO2R All Band
> operator,
> quite easily can end up not on full score in some of the contests,
> due to
> much higher competition, with the result that the Single Band guy can
> grab
> that TL ticket quite easily.
>
> Or Bill, do we both miss something in the “small text” of the
> rules?
>
> 73 de RM2D, Mats
>
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 at 16:03, Bill kollenbaum via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> > A couple of things popped out at me.
> > If I read the rules correctly:
> > Single band entries count the same as all band entries...big
> problem.
> > Station VP5XYZ operates with a smallt station on a band from which
> there
> > are usually not any single band efforts...160 or 10. He operates
> for a
> > couple of hours and winds up with 30 or 40 Qs. VP5ABC does AB and
> makes
> > 7000 Qs but finishes nr 2 for his area. VP5XYZ gets more WRTC
> credit than
> > the guy who busted butt for 40+ hours at VP5ABC. This could happen
> in many
> > of the qualifying areas.
> > In qualifying zones which are sparsely populated, what happens if
> no one
> > gets 25% of the top operator's score...no one goes from that
> district?
> >
> > Bill KH7XS/K4XS
> >
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