[CQ-Contest] WRTC 2018

[AC0W]

Personally I will not change my operating category just because of the 
WRTC 2018 qualification rules. I enjoy SO1R non-assisted with single 
tribander and vertical with low power. When I have time to put in a near 
full effort I do very well when compared to the 2 radios and assisted 
individuals. If this decision results in my not qualifying, oh well I 
did my best and life moves on.

While I'm of the opinion assisted and non-assisted should remain 
separate categories, the committee has defined the qualification 
requirements and I am willing to work within those requirements. Now 
hopefully other things in my life will allow me the time to put in 
competitive efforts in the defined contests.

73
Bill
AC0W


>
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 22:11:07 +0000 (UTC)
> From: brian coyne <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> Cc: "cq-contest at contesting.com" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC2018 Qualifying

> What about those of us (the vast majority of contesters) who do not 
> wish to work harder? as they have? no desire (or lack the means or 
> ability to compete at the top level) to qualify for WRTC. This group 
> includes single ops who do not wish to use the internet and are 
> unwilling to have their hands forced by being ambushed into accepting 
> this Fait Accompli proposed by the DARC organisers.
> Make no mistake this move will change the face of contesting forever 
> as many guys (the present top single unassisted ops) who do wish to 
> compete for places are forced into this change of format for 
> qualifying. In consequence there will be a massive shift over into the 
> 'Assisted' class in the major CQWW & CQWPX contests in the next two 
> years which will never be reversed. Those of us remaining? who do not 
> wish to use internet help? will be competing in a very de-valued 
> section.
> Randy (K5ZD) operating in the recent cqww cw event has confirmed what 
> many of us already knew, which is that whatever class or category they 
> choose those present? top dogs will still win, gaining the tools of 
> assistance will increase their scores but will not add anything to 
> their skills. In Randy's case we did see his comments after the cqww 
> ssb event that his station was getting old and tired.Whether he 
> re-vamped his station, or didn't,? or operated from another place? I 
> do not know, although if the latter case he will need to be mindful of 
> the other new rule restricting traveling ops, (another controversial 
> introduction as there are many talented ops who do not have their own 
> facilities for a variety of reasons and need to guest at competitive 
> stations). ?
> Why then do DARC consider it necessary to merge unassisted and 
> assisted classes? The reasons they have given are very lame ones, they 
> do not seem to have any regard for unintended consequences of 
> diminishing the traditional single op class for other contests where 
> searching skills are very much part of the enjoyment and fun of 
> contesting and be replaced by what can only be regarded as a 
> mechanical exercise.which will now have to be adopted if one wants to 
> win, like it or not.?If the object of the qualifying is to produce 
> operators to work a traditional skills contest why impose this rule?. 
> As Paul O'Kane stated at the commencements of these various WRTC 
> threads 'It is incongruous that to qualify for a competition which 
> does not embrace the internet one is obliged to use the internet.'? I 
> do so agree.
> 73? Brian 5B4AIZ / C4Z.
>
>      From: Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
>  To: cq-contest at contesting.com  Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 15:12
>  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC2018 Qualifying
>
>  I see all the complaints about EU zones, NA contests, weighting of 
> contests
> , assisted vs. unassisted etc. etc. but every one
>
> of those can be overcome to some degree.? Work harder, learn to use 
> the
> cluster , play in contests with low rate and scores.etc.
>
>
> There is one sticky wicket though:
>
>
> How can a guy with a tribander, vertical? and inverted vees ever even 
> HOPE
> to compete against stations with huge
>
> multiple stacks or high gain antennas on all bands?? We're talking 
> world
> class #1 super stations here, not an added tribander or a single 
> monoband
> yagi.
>
> 10's if not 100's of thousands of dollars worth of antennas, towers & 
> primo
> real estate..I am sure there is probably one in most (but of course 
> not all)
> zones.
>
>
> He can't.
>
>
> WRTC is not truly a fair competition.? Sure, maybe the day of it is, 
> yes,
> but to get there you need skill and very deep pockets.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB


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