Actually we'd have a better chance with randomly thrown darts.
Anyone who thinks Ohio and Minnesota has similar propagation is certifiably
insane.
73 Steve K0SR
> On January 2, 2019 at 11:34 AM Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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”™
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> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 09:28 Karel Matousek <ok1cf@atlas.cz> wrote:
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> > 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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