[CQ-Contest] WRTC Scoring Question

[Edward Sawyer]

From the rules:

In order to reduce geographical and propagation differences in sparsely populated
areas, the following Selection Areas are further divided for score comparison:

W1 – ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI
W2 – NY, NJ (+ 4U1UN)
W3 – PA, DE, MD, DC

There are 3 total TLs from the region but there are 3 sub qualifying areas.  Seems to me a 1000 point winner is awarded to each sub area.  So 3 people get 1000 points.  Not 1.

Ed  N1UR

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 5:57 PM
To: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS at advanced-conversion.com>
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC Scoring Question

I saw that and don't see how that changes anything.  It says that for EU#6, there can be only one team from YU.  You cant have three YU teams representing EU#6.

W is allowed multiple teams and three teams can come from the NA#1 (W) region which encompasses W1, W2, and W3.  The top score from NA#1 in a given contest is THE top score in a given category from anywhere within NA#1.

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 5:27 PM Edward Sawyer <EdwardS at advanced-conversion.com> wrote:
>
> You need to look further down the rules and look for the "exceptions".
>
> Ed  N1UR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 5:14 PM
> To: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS at advanced-conversion.com>
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC Scoring Question
>
> Where do you get that there are three qualifying districts within NA
> #1 (the qualification area).
>
> "Maximum Score is the largest published score in the applicant’s category from the =Qualification Area= in which the applicant’s score was made."
>
> I dont see any reference to a subdivision of the Qualification area into separate call area.
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 12:34 PM Edward Sawyer <EdwardS at advanced-conversion.com> wrote:
> >
> > I wanted to put out the question to the group here to see if I am interpreting this correctly.
> >
> > In the 1st qualification area of the US, there are 3 qualifying districts, W1, W2, W3.  If the highest score in W1 is 5 Million and the highest score in W2 is 4 Million and the highest score in W3 is 3 Million, there will be 3 people that made those highest scores earning 1,000 points - assuming they are all HP Unassisted.  So instead of 1 winner of the area there are actually 3 winners of the area for every contest. And there are only 3 TL selected from the W1, W2, W3 area.  Even though there could have been numerous scores much higher than the W3 score in this example, the W3 winner will get the same credit as if they had the 5 Million score.
> >
> > If the above is correct, this seems highly distorted.  You are guaranteeing 3 x 1000 point winners in the contest vs it should only have 1 x 1000  points.
> >
> > Please comment on whether this is in fact right.  Doesn't feel right....
> >
> > Ed  N1UR
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