[CQ-Contest] WRTC 2018 qualifications

[Chris Hurlbut]

LU5DX Said:

"I don't think anything's flawed.
WRTC is about top contesters.
You cannot prove you are a top contester if you are part of a crew.
You can only prove you are a top contester by being succesful in SOAB
categories."

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Contesting is about peer recognition.  There are many "WRTC Quality"
operators who prefer multi-op settings.
There is more to being a good operator than just SOAB entries.  Multi-op
(especially M/S) strategy is an art that separates the men from the boys.

SOAB HP Unassisted gets all the glory, but it doesn't paint the whole
picture.
If you're talking WRTC teams, putting the top 2 SOAB guys in the world
together is not a guaranteed recipe for success.
You can only become a cohesive and successful team by operating together in
a multi-op.  Reducing the weight of M/S entries effectively excludes those
operators who prefer multi-ops.  Of course it will then include operators
who make 1 QSO and go home.

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"That's totally separated from the competition mode adopted by each WRTC: MS
or M2 or whatever.

Those who have proved they are good in SOAB will also have to prove they
are good when it comes to team work.

It doesn't work the other way around."

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Proving you are good at team work in a winner takes all 24 hour contest is
awfully high pressure if you are stuck doing SOAB's for the entire 2 years
leading up to it.  It would be equally hard to win a SO2R contest if all
you do is multi ops.

It does work the other way around.
-Chris KL9A


On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Martin , LU5DX <lu5dx at lucg.com.ar> wrote:

> I don't think anything's flawed.
> WRTC is about top contesters.
> You cannot prove you are a top contester if you are part of a crew.
> You can only prove you are a top contester by being succesful in SOAB
> categories.
>
> That's totally separated from the competition mode adopted by each WRTC: MS
> or M2 or whatever.
>
> Those who have proved they are good in SOAB will also have to prove they
> are good when it comes to team work.
>
> It doesn't work the other way around.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Martin LU5DX
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 6:21 PM, VK4TS Trent Sampson <vk4ts at outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Agreed Ranko,
> >
> > A scoring system that favours Single ops to compete in a Multi Op contest
> > (WRTC) and disadvantages those who operate Multi Ops obviously has major
> > flaws -
> >
> > Considering the format was  M2 from the last WRTC it is even further
> > flawed.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Trent VK4TS
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > 4O3A
> > Sent: Friday, 29 May 2015 2:13 AM
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] WRTC 2018 qualifications
> >
> > Once more I would like to ask our German friends to reconsider two
> > important
> > parts of rules:
> >
> > 1.    Qualification period. It is really too short. Needless to repeat
> > reasons why it should be longer.
> > 2.    Weight for categories - to correct MS weight from 0.9 to 1.0, as
> > it was earlier. As majority of active contest stations will try to
> qualify
> > for WRTC, this will "disqualify" MS  for next two years. If it won't be
> > changed, or WRTC qualification  or MS participation in next two years
> must
> > be sacrificed.
> >
> > I know it is hard/impossible to make everything to be ideal, and will not
> > impress my personal opinion about other details I disagree, but those two
> > are "infrastructural" :-)
> >
> > 73
> > Ranko
> >
> >
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