[CQ-Contest] Why some Caribbean Islands compete as South America atCQWW and other contests

[Martin Monsalvo]

That is true in part Igor. Despite the fact that WRTC was created to
evaluate operators' skills, the qualifying run is held by taking into
account the results of those events where mostly location, amount of
aluminum, power and several other factors that are beyond what organizers
can control, determine the final standings.

I think that finding a better scoring system and probably other Contest
"mechanics" like QSO/QSY which will reduce the effects of those factors
that go beyond operating skills will be something really possitive for
contesting overall. Otherwise, in the end, results are more proportional to
the money that people can invest rather than skills.

73,

Martin LU5DX
El nov 9, 2015 17:49, "Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc at gmail.com> escribió:

> Fernando,
> What I am trying to convey is that the only more or less level ground in
> ham radio contests is possible when all the competitors are on the same
> field with the same power and similar antennas. WRTC was invented in order
> to compare operators skill and not their antennas power or their permanent
> locations. Other contests are just for training and selection of the best
> ops to go to WRTC.
>
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fernando PY2LED" <
> py2led at fuertesind.com.br>
> To: "Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc at gmail.com>
> Cc: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 11:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why some Caribbean Islands compete as South
> America atCQWW and other contests
>
>
> Hello Igor, good evening!
>
> Thanks for sharing your opinion.
>
> Due to this reason I inserted other parts of the world on my text and
> taking into consideration the places you mentioned, we see how critical the
> rules could be for this countries, worst than here.
>
> So, for you, there is no possibilities or changes to turn more equal the
> competition, right?
>
> Supposing we are a very excelent operator, the rest is only money, right?
>
> Thanks again for sharing.
>
> 73's
>
> Fernando Cordoba | PY2LED | PX2B
>> Sao Caetano do Sul | SP | Brasil
>> GG66rj
>> py2led at fuertesind.com.br
>> www.altodaserradx.com.br
>>
>
>
> Em 9 de nov de 2015, às 16:09, Igor Sokolov <ua9cdc at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>
>> From: "PY2LED - Fernando"
>>
>> But how to become number one worldwide having the
>>> best antennas, radios, amps, towers, cables, automation, operators etc?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Fernando,
>> That is easy.
>> Keep training using your "best antennas, radios etc". Get selected for
>> WRTC. Come and win WRTC and you will become "number one worldwide"
>>
>> Then take all the best ops from the top ten of WRTC, go to those nearby 3
>> points SA islands, assemble a station similar or better then CN2AA and win
>> MS, M2 and MM.
>>
>> If you think that you geographical position is bad for winning contests,
>> then try to go and operate from VK or ZL  or KL7 or  UA0 and you will see
>> how well your country is located.
>>
>> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>>
>
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