[CQ-Contest] WRTC renamed?

[Charles Harpole]

I just knew WRTC was a good idea.
Charly


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd at charter.net>wrote:

> Go back and read the qualifying rules again.
> http://www.wrtc2014.org/qualifying/team-selection/
>
> The world was divided into regions.  Qualifiers were only competing with
> others in their same region in order to qualify.
>
> Yes, there are more teams from Eu and NA, but that is because there are
> more
> contesters in those places.
>
> The WRTC2014 committee added more teams than ever before in an attempt to
> get as many competitors from around the world as possible.  It is very hard
> to squeeze the approximately 20,000 active contesters in the world down to
> only 118 competitors!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Charles Harpole
> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 3:45 PM
> > To: CQ-Contest Reflector
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] WRTC renamed?
> >
> > World Radio Team Competition could easily be re-named ....
> > NA/EU Team Competition with some token others thrown in.
> >
> > I like the WRTC, its organizers, and the excitement it adds to ham radio.
> > But, let us not pretend the selection process has found the whole list of
> > highly accomplished contesters.
> >
> > Some will just not want to do it even if in the top ten often.  Some live
> > in parts of the world where their scores in contests as the contests now
> > exist can never turn huge numbers.  That would be residents of most of
> > Africa and many parts of Asia.
> >
> > Example, if Asia gives you one point and you live in the HUGE continent
> > of Asia, you are in the hole compared to other locations.
> >
> > Please do not think I am rooting for myself;  I am not, but I do know
> > some really talented Asians left out by the structure.  Further, I do not
> > think this disparity can be easily fixed.  But, WRTC is a "world" event
> > the same as the baseball "world" series is what its name implies.
> >
> > Actually, virtually anything that will get ops off the computer and on
> > the air has to be a good thing, but it is not healthy for NA/EU to think
> > of
> > themselves as the WHOLE world.    73
> >
> > --
> > Charly, HS0ZCW
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Charly, HS0ZCW