[CQ-Contest] Summary of Software and Transceivers used by WRTC teams

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Correction, I meant to write:

The Elecraft K3 was the most popular radio model by a wide margin, followed
by Icom, *Yaesu*, and Flex.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 11:45 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> From published sources, I've combined into an online spreadsheet the final
> score for each WRTC Team, including the logging software and equipment
> used, plus a column for each on-site referee.
>
> You may view this online as a Google Spreadsheet, here:
>
> https://bit.ly/WRTC2018Results  (link is case-sensitive)
>
> Click the Tabs at the bottom of the page to display the summary by
> software and radio model.  Win-Test just edged out N1MM Software among the
> WRTC teams.  The Elecraft K3 was the most popular radio model by a wide
> margin, followed by Icom, Kenwood, and Flex.
>
> You may use the *File | Download As ...* menu to save you own copy of the
> spreadsheet in various formats (Excel, PDF, comma-delimited, etc.).
>
> Links to far more detailed Excel spreadsheets that include band breakdowns
> and accuracy reports may be found here:
>
> https://wrtc.info/archive/2018-germany/
>
> I find it interesting that the top four teams all used the same logging
> software (Win-Test), but none used Elecraft.  The top four all selected
> 200W radios (save for one TS-850).  Given that each team was strictly
> limited to 100W max, I'm left wondering if the 200W radios provided more
> "average talk power" on phone, perhaps giving them a slight advantage on
> that mode?  It's not a clear conclusion one can draw from the numbers, but
> a curious result.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>