[CQ-Contest] WRTC2018 Qualifying

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I don't think your interpretation is correct.

I read it that if you operated 160m single band, your points are calculated
as your percentage of the all band winning score.  It is a way to allow
single band entries to gain qualifying points, but with some risk.  WPX is
the one contest where the single band entries can have as many points as the
all band.

WAE may offer the best chance for gaining qualifying points.  It is worth
1000 and there usually isn't that much competition when you get farther away
from Europe.

The surprise for me is that Assisted scores are compared against Unassisted.
This really says that if you want maximum points, you have to plan on
working Assisted.

The Low Power guys have asked for parity for years.  Will be interesting to
see how that works.

In the end, the WRTC2018 organizers have removed complexity from the
process.  Some of this is due to lessons learned from WRTC2014.  As with any
system, there will be advantages for some and disadvantages for others.
Making these decisions is part of the work involved in organizing a WRTC
event.

It should be an intense 2 years for those trying to qualify!

Randy K5ZD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Stan Stockton
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 2:41 AM
> To: sawyered at earthlink.net
> Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC2018 Qualifying
> 
> > The way I read the rules you could operate 160M Low Power Assisted
> single band for all of the majors and assuming that you won your region
> in that class - get the same points as Randy just did winning SOAB HP
> Assisted.
> 
> Read it again to see if you agree that single band scores will be
> compared to all band scores for the same power level.  The way I read it
> your low power 160 score would have to be as high as the winning all band
> score in assisted category.  If your interpretation were correct there
> would be a large number of ties at the end for many regions.
> 
> 73...Stan, K5GO
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On Dec 1, 2014, at 8:09 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > Not sure if many people have seen the qualifying rules yet.  Pretty
> > much a game changer for the next 2 years.  It virtually kills the
> > multi-op participation of anyone interested in competing in WRTC 2018.
> > It's pretty clear that any multi score for the next 2 years cannot be
> > used and expect to participate.  It will be interesting to see what
> > choices are made by the great contesters out there that frequent the
> > multi-op scene as part of their enjoyment of our sport.
> >
> >
> >
> > Another change that is very interesting is the equivalency of All
> > Band, All Band Assisted, and Single Band.  The way I read the rules
> > you could operate 160M Low Power Assisted single band for all of the
> > majors and assuming that you won your region in that class - get the
> > same points as Randy just did winning SOAB HP Assisted.  Plus
> > competing assisted and non assisted.  I think this weekend pretty
> > clearly proved that you likely won't go to WRTC in
> > 2018 if you stay non-assisted.
> >
> >
> >
> > I will also note that Low Power has been equivalented to High Power
> > for qualifying purposes which is great to see.
> >
> >
> >
> > For those of you that have never played in the Russian DX and WAE
> > contests seriously, that is also about to change if you plan to get to
> > Germany in 2018.
> >
> >
> >
> > I commend the teams in Germany for stepping out with these rules and
> > making them their own - which is their privilege for sponsoring the
> > event.  It may force some major consequences over the next 2 years.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed  N1UR
> >
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