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

[Radio K0HB]

And Minnesota is in the same group with West Virginia.

Did they just throw darts at a map?

73, de Hans, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™








On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 09:28 Karel Matousek <ok1cf at atlas.cz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> UA6 it is a completely different world than here in central Europe. I
> cannot believe that someone could invent such stupidity and put OK/OM and
> UA6 into one group. I agree with Rasta OM3BH.
>
>
>
> Karel OK1CF/OK5W
> ______________________________________________________________
> > Od: "Rastislav Hrnko" <om3bh at centrum.sk>
> > Komu: k5zd at charter.net, "'Mats Strandberg'" <sm6lrr at gmail.com>, "'
> cq-contest at contesting.com'" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> > Datum: 02.01.2019 14:16
> > Předmět: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules for WRTC...oops
> >
> Hi guys,
>
>  Does anyone have a worse idea to include UA6 region together with OK, OM
> etc.... ??? Why not with UA9 ...?
>  It would never have occurred to me.
>
>
>  73 HNY Rasťo OM3BH
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>  > Komu: "'Mats Strandberg'" <sm6lrr at gmail.com>, "'
> cq-contest at contesting.com'" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>  > Dátum: 02.01.2019 07:24
>  > Predmet: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules for WRTC...oops
>  >
>  It is up to the organizers, but in the past, this only meant that all
>  single band scores were compared to the all band scores. Not that a
>  single band entry could win and get the full qualifying points unless
>  their score was higher than the top all band entry.
>  It is possible in a contest like WPX for a single band entry to have a
>  higher score than the all band entries. In this case, it makes sense
>  that the single band entry would get the full qualifying points. But,
>  in most cases, it will be the all band score that sets the standard.
>
>  Regardless of the past, you are correct that the rules as written do
>  not specify this clearly.
>  Randy K5ZD
>
>  -----------------------------------------From: "Mats Strandberg"
>  To: cqtestk4xs at aol.com
>  Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
>  Sent: Tuesday January 1 2019 9:30:11AM
>  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rules for WRTC...oops
>
>  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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