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

[steve.root]

Actually we'd have a better chance with randomly thrown darts.  

Anyone who thinks Ohio and Minnesota has similar propagation is certifiably insane.

73 Steve K0SR  


> On January 2, 2019 at 11:34 AM Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> And Minnesota is in the same group with West Virginia.
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> Did they just throw darts at a map?
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> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 09:28 Karel Matousek <ok1cf at atlas.cz> wrote:
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> > 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
> >  ______________________________________________________________
> >  > Od: k5zd at charter.net
> >  > 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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