[CQ-Contest] Rules for WRTC...oops

[Stan Stockton]

I think what you are missing, which I initially missed, is that a category is Single Operator, High Power, unassisted. Another Category is Single Operator, High Power Assisted.  Within each category it doesn't matter whether you enter single band, all band, single mode or two modes (if applicable).  

Your score, regardless of which bands or modes you choose to operate, will be compared to the highest Single Operator, High Power unassisted or Single Operator, High Power, assisted regardless of which bands or modes were operated. 

So, in case anyone wonders, if you operate single band in CQ WW you can forget about getting many points.

73... Stan, ZF9CW

> On Jan 1, 2019, at 7:35 AM, Mats Strandberg <sm6lrr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> 
> Exactly the same struck me...
> 
> A station with a decent antenna for any single band, can quite easily reach
> Full Score in 12 contests, while the very skilled SO2R All Band operator,
> quite easily can end up not on full score in some of the contests, due to
> much higher competition, with the result that the Single Band guy can grab
> that TL ticket quite easily.
> 
> Or Bill, do we both miss something in the “small text” of the rules?
> 
> 73 de RM2D, Mats
> 
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 at 16:03, Bill kollenbaum via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
>> A couple of things popped out at me.
>> If I read the rules correctly:
>> Single band entries count the same as all band entries...big problem.
>> Station VP5XYZ operates with a smallt station on a band from which there
>> are usually not any single band efforts...160 or 10.  He operates for a
>> couple of hours and winds up with 30 or 40 Qs.  VP5ABC does AB and makes
>> 7000 Qs but finishes nr 2 for his area.  VP5XYZ gets more WRTC credit than
>> the guy who busted butt for 40+ hours at VP5ABC.  This could happen in many
>> of the qualifying areas.
>> In qualifying zones which are sparsely populated, what happens if no one
>> gets 25% of the top operator's score...no one goes from that district?
>> 
>> Bill KH7XS/K4XS
>> 
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