[CQ-Contest] How to make WRTC more like the Olympics?

[VE2TZT]

Why wasting two years with qualification contests when everything is 
already played since the beginning with some huge geographical 
advantages plus station setups ?

A simple form describing the station geographical position and 
eventually the station setup should be enough to determine who is 
qualified in a given area.

That way, the cheaters could not be tempted to cheat to compensate those 
disadvantages...

Provocative ? yes but the whole process is not well thought out and 
tempting to improve it by upgrading LP to 100% had just increased the 
cheating.

The only way should be like LU5DX suggests some local mini-WRTC like 
qualifications.

Gilles VA2EW.


On 16/08/2016 07:54, 4O3A Ranko wrote:
>
> As we all know, the goal of WRTC is to be our Olympics.
>
> I think that in order to achieve this, the qualifications need to be 
> in the same spirit. They need to be transparent, and no score should 
> be at even slightly shady or suspicious.
>
> Unfortunately, recent qualifications didn't look like that at all. I 
> will not comment on the qualification scores except that some are 
> extremely questionable.
>
>
> I will propose to the WRTC committee to define set of general rules 
> regarding qualifications. In order to participate in the 
> qualifications, operators must sign up as a qualifier for WRTC
> and accept these new general WRTC rules.
>
> If they don't comply, they can’t qualify.
>
>
> General rules:
>
>  * Only station that sign up can qualify for WRTC competition
>  * During a qualifying contests period, a contester must accept anyone
>    who wishes to inspect his equipment and monitor operating.
>  * After any qualifying contest ends, audio and video of the whole
>    contest must be uploaded immediately to a dedicated WRTC server for
>    possible inspection.
>
> These are simple rules that would significantly reduce cheating. They 
> would allow for self-control within our community. They would show 
> that WRTC and fair play stand together.
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Ranko
>
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