[CQ-Contest] WRTC

[Steef]

Hello all,



I have had many many many reactions on this post. But none of them on this
reflector. I guess many people have their opinion, but feel reluctant to
say it in public.


First of all, I meant PI4CC instead of PI4CG in my first post. I have been
an guest operator at PI4CC with the CQ WW CW.


I have received many justifications about the way the points work for the
WRTC.

Fact of the matter is, that I am to receive more than twice points for my
efforts at PI4CC than I am to receive for my efforts (as PI4CG) at the CQ
WW SSB. And that is a bit strange when you know that my efforts at PI4CC
were not even a one hundredth of my efforts as PI4CG in the CQ WW SSB.


Think about it, you got to get the points of all the QSO’s made by maybe as
many as 20 operators. Even if you only have made the coffee.

And if you are to be second of the world in a single band entry, you might
get as little as 16 !!!!! points!!!


I do understand it is a hobby, and that is really is what it is to me. Is
about having fun in your own way. And I have really no intentions what so
ever towards the WRTC. That is far beyond my reach and there are far better
operators then me in PA. Let alone in the world.


But I think it is an missed opportunity knowing the winner of the WRTC will
never know how good he/she really is.

73

Steef

2012/12/9 Steef <steefpa3s at gmail.com>

> Hello  you all,
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> Please please please don’t get me wrong!!!!!!!
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> I am not trying to be part of the WRTC team!!
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> I don’t even have the money to do such a thing, so it is no option to me.
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> But what is wondering me, is the way the score for the WRTC is working.
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> If I take 4 days free of work to build a station, beak down a station,
> participate almost the complete 48 hours, break my own al band assisted PA
> record with 1 mil of points work myself into sweat first time SO2R, I get
> rewarded with 254.19 points.
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>
> And if I participate with the MM station PI4CG, where I was just a guest,
> operated a couple of hours, got to get a good night sleep at home, where
> some stations were not even manned for a great part of the time, I get
> rewarded with 565.10 points!
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> So to me that looks like, it is not what you know or what you can, but it
> is who you know and what they can.
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> Seems an odd way to determine who is the best.
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> Especially when I know some real good contest operators who don’t even
> show up in the list.
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> http://wrtc-rank.com/opdetails.php?rank_type=claimed&op=pa3s
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> http://www.contestgroup.nl
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> 73
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> Steef
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