On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 22:01, Cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote:
> w9wi@earthlink.net writes:
> Maybe an interesting way to select WRTC competitors... would be to
> somehow survey contesters... maybe with a kind of "backwards SPDC"
> scheme, where the votes of contesters who live closer to you (and thus
> are more likely to know your abilities) count for more
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Interesting thought, but woudln't that tend to be more of a support your
> local "homeboy". When we had to pick em in 2002, the way I looked at it was,
> who
> would I least want to go up against in a one on one contest with a $500 bet
> riding on the results.
Well, what I'd envision would involve contesters worldwide having a vote
on *every* eligible applicant -- so while your locals might be voting
for you, you'd also have to pass muster in W1, and W6, and 9A, etc...
Distance weighting - just tossed that out quickly, might not really be a
good idea at all - if it were done the pretty heavy weighting used in
SPDC would definitely be too much. Maybe more like inverse-CQWW
weighting instead? (hating to risk opening up that debate again<grin>!)
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com
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