[CQ-Contest] WRTC 2018 - Area Activity

[VE2TZT]

Since the beginning, I was believing that the WRTC was comparable to a 
sort of Olympics.

In that spirit, every nation can send only a limited number of 
players.Then even if there are many very good one in one nation only the 
few best will go. That is indeed very frustrating for those very good 
not sectioned who can see some athletes with a lower level than them 
participating to the Olympics because they are representing an other 
country with fewer good athletes.

Accepting the idea of Olympics for the WRTC and assuming the Area as an 
extended country it was easy for me to understand that only a few guys 
are representing each area. Why not then accept that sometimes some not 
very good athletes are using they double nationality to participate via 
an other country because they were not selected in the country were they 
were used to live.

What started to bring me to confusion was that in the case of the WRTC 
we may even have guys who got their selection in an area were they are 
not even used to live or were they do not have the citizenship. So the 
Olympics spirit is fading away in that case and we can understand the 
frustration of some.

Then looking closer, the fact is that the ''C'' for Championship is not 
at all compatible with the Olympics principle. A Championship is 
supposed to be open to everybody and based on a succession of selection 
sessions. If you look at the rules, it is clear:
Forget the word ''Olympics'', chose the area were you want to be 
selected (up to you to organize your moving, to get the visa, to find 
the money, to choose the unbeatable location, to build the super 
station...) and participate to the contests.

Gilles VA2EW





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