GM Ria and Bob
After reading the post from you and Bob KQ2M I see your point.
I did contest over 35 years from Conn. and sure as hell got
beat
a lot from others in NH or Me. I usually thought they had
much better
stations ( true ) but I guess geography did play a part in it.
Good luck to ya in IARU/WRTC will keep an ear
open for you.
73 BoB WA1FCN in Alabama
On 7/8/2018 10:52 AM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Robert,
In the USA I have operated from Florida, Arkansas and Texas and
remotely from California.
The difference between NJ and Maine, NH or Vermont can be quite
significant.
Yes up here it is better than the west coast but in contesting to work
Europe the more North Easterly you are, the better because the band
stays open longer.
73
Ria, N2RJ
On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 9:09 AM robert f beaudoin <wa1fcn@charter.net
<mailto:wa1fcn@charter.net>> wrote:
GM Ria
Maybe you have never operated from outside the NorthEast
USA, but I find it
hard to sympathize with your comment about you as a W2 station
having a geographic
disadvantage against W1 land. Your QTH in N. J. what is
that
100 miles from W1 land ?
I guess all things are relative but I sure wish I had
your
disadvantage.
73 and GM from from Alabama WA1FCN
On 7/7/2018 8:49 PM, rjairam@gmail.com <mailto:rjairam@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I’m looking at my case. Under the current criteria I have not a
shot in
> hell. Mostly because I’m competing with W1 who has an obvious
geographic
> advantage. When it was aligned with US Call districts it was a
bit easier,
> but I didn’t really try to qualify then.
>
> I guess the dream will have to wait, or I could spend money and
build a
> station in the Caribbean and operate, remotely even.
>
> I don’t think it will be possible to be completely fair but
qualification
> rules should prioritize skill first if this is going to be a
competition of
> who is the best operator. There are of course some damned good
operators in
> there but I think some who may not have access to a super duper
station get
> left out.
>
> 73
> Ria
> N2RJ
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 9:21 PM Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com
<mailto:ku8e@ku8e.com>> wrote:
>
>> 6. Qualification Score Calculation
>>
>> The qualification score is the sum of up to 12 Event Scores.
The maximum
>> possible qualification score is 12.000 for DL, 11.900 for the
rest of
>> the world.
>>
>> 1. A maximum of 4 Event Scores may be from multi-ops (MS/M2/MM).
>> 2. A maximum of 4 Event Scores can be from outside an
applicant’s home
>> Selection Area (i.e., DXpeditions).
>> 3. A maximum of 2 operators may submit scores for a single
contest from
>> a MS, 3 from a M2, and 4 from a MM.
>> 4. If an operator’s callsign appears with more than one entry
in a
>> single qualifying event (e.g., from operating at more than one
>> station), they may not use any scores from that contest.
>> 5. In the unlikely case of a tie score for the final
qualifying spot in
>> a Selection Area, the applicants will be asked for
additional scores
>> beyond those submitted on the application until the tie is
broken.
>>
>> As long as you operate a station in your own qualification area
as a SO
>> it counts. That would ether be from home OR as a guest
operator. That's
>> how you could qualify without having a station at home.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> On 7/7/2018 05:38 PM, Timothy Coker via CQ-Contest wrote:
>>> What if you had no home station, let alone a tribander with
wires, could
>> you qualify then?
>>> Tim / N6WIN
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, July 7, 2018, 14:16, Igor Sokolov
<ua9cdc@gmail.com <mailto:ua9cdc@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, this was the first time one could qualify using low power.
>>> Notwithstanding you have to have big antenna farm because even
in Low
>>> power category there were a lot of competitors. And yes, some
of those
>>> who have big stations did bother with doing low power.
Tribander and
>>> wires from the city lot is not enough to qualify for WRTC
regardless of
>>> power.
>>>
>>> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>>>
>>>
>>> 07.07.2018 22:03, Jeff Clarke пишет:
>>>> It's possible to qualify by doing low power. Your score would be
>>>> compared to others that are doing low power and not the high
power
>>>> scores. If you do that you won't have to compete again the
"big gun"
>>>> stations in your region. Plus you aren't getting any reduction in
>>>> score ( getting the same number of points same as HP SO guys)
like
>>>> someone who did Multi-Ops. I really doubt someone who has a big
>>>> station would want to bother with doing low power.
>>>>
>>>> If I'm not mistaken Julio, AD4Z, who is one of the team
leaders in our
>>>> region (NA-002) did this and qualified.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff KU8E
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/6/2018 11:11 PM, Timothy Coker via CQ-Contest wrote:
>>>>> I think what’s most interesting is the guys I know who
typically win
>>>>> don’t spend a lot of time complaining... they spend a lot of
time
>>>>> working at what makes them winners.
>>>>> I can also think of some people who won/win that don’t have deep
>>>>> pockets at all.
>>>>> Some of the best operators don’t actually have big stations. Not
>>>>> taking away from the big station owners at all, as some of
them are
>>>>> great operators themselves. However, many are willing to let the
>>>>> latest up and coming great operators take their station
seats to show
>>>>> what can be done.
>>>>> It makes sense to me because it takes a lot of time and
effort to
>>>>> either build or work to pay for others to build something
expensive.
>>>>> That same time is thus not spent on honing operating skills.
>>>>> Very similar to how many athletes aren’t rich until after
(and not
>>>>> for all) they have worked so very hard to win and are given
noteriety.
>>>>> If a guy wants to remote or travel into my area and he beats
me, so
>>>>> be it... time for me to get better. Or maybe I don’t want to
put in
>>>>> the same operating skills effort that he did and thus I’ll
just hope
>>>>> he doesn’t return.
>>>>> Competition is great... it shows how hard we are willing to
work, or
>>>>> not.
>>>>> Tim / N6WIN.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, July 6, 2018, 14:45, Jim via CQ-Contest
>>>>> <cq-contest@contesting.com
<mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a somewhat different perspective, being an Ohio
snowbird who
>>>>> spends half the year in Florida. As a practical matter I
could not
>>>>> qualify without a lot of travel or remote operating from W8.
And I’m
>>>>> not that stupid to head north from Florida in February :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I had my shot at WRTC in 2014 (as N1U with partner K9NW), but I
>>>>> didn’t compete to qualify for 2018, and don’t see me trying to
>>>>> qualify for future WRTCs, so don’t take these comments as
being self
>>>>> serving.
>>>>>
>>>>> If a W6 resident wants to operate from W1, let him do so,
comparing
>>>>> his scores with other W1 entrants. And conversely, if a guy
living in
>>>>> W1 is crazy enough to want to operate CQWW from W6, thinking the
>>>>> qualifying competition there might be less, why stop him? Again,
>>>>> compare his W6 score with other W6 scores, and let the WRTC
>>>>> qualifying points go into his home W1 account.
>>>>>
>>>>> So long as a person is a legitimate resident of his
qualifying area,
>>>>> why stop him from operating from anywhere in the world,
whether in
>>>>> person or remotely? I don’t have a problem to allow someone like
>>>>> LZ4AX to qualify from W3, but I would not let people become
>>>>> “Africans” solely by virtue of a bunch of operating from
zone 33.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 - Jim K8MR
>>>>>
>>>>> p.s. Keep in mind the motto of the Florida Contest Group:
Sooner or
>>>>> later, you’ll be one of us!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 6, 2018, at 4:16 PM, WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net
<mailto:ww3s@zoominternet.net>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A west coast ham, operating a remote station with antennas
in Maine,
>>>>>> should be competing as if he/she were physically in Maine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2018, at 11:56 PM, David Siddall
<hhamwv@gmail.com <mailto:hhamwv@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A W6 ham resident in California that operates a station on
the east
>>>>>>> coast,
>>>>>>> whether by physical or remote means, could not qualify to
be a team
>>>>>>> leader
>>>>>>> for the WRTC2018. Rule 7.5 - 7.7, subject to Rule 6.2.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73, Dave K3ZJ
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Carol Richards
<n2mm@comcast.net <mailto:n2mm@comcast.net>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I agree....where you operate _from_ should determine what
region you
>>>>>>>> compete in. A W6 in California operating a remote station
on the
>>>>>>>> East coast
>>>>>>>> should not be grouped with other East coast stations to
qualify
>>>>>>>> for WRTC.
>>>>>>>> This remote category is getting out of hand.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Carol
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