Seriously, don't you are being punked?
Every IARU participant this year will have a much better chance to win in
almost any category because a lot of the very top competitors will be in
the WRTC from Italy instead of the IARU contest from USA (or wherever).
And almost certainly there will be a substantial jump in activity, so this
is the best year to try to set a new record BECAUSE it’s a WRTC year. The
last time WRTC ran, back in 2018, the number of submitted logs shot up by
23 percent.
So with many top competitors absent, and a big jump in competitors
expected, new faces are to be expected among the top scorers and new
records will be reachable if propagation is favorable.
Spotting? There is NO self-spotting by the WRTC stations. They will be
spotted or not by third parties with no control or influence from the
competitors themselves. In fact, the competitors have no say in any of the
spotting decisions. And during the event itself the competitors don’t even
have a cell phone, let alone an Internet connection capable of sending or
receiving spots or any other similar information.
But, those spots will materially aid every IARU competitor trying to win
their category or set a new record.
So yeah, this has to be an effort to punk you guys, don’t you think?
73, Dave K3ZJ
On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 1:34 PM Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>
wrote:
> Rich and Group,
>
> I think Ed's point is pretty straightforward. He acknowledges that the
> two groups aren't competing against each other, that is not his point. His
> point is that such spotting will have an effect on SSB traffic for those
> that cannot do it in the primary contest, and that it seems improper that
> an overlay should affect the primary contest IN ANY WAY. I had not
> considered this previously, but it is valid.
>
> I personally think the effect of spotting on others will be rather small.
> But I cannot deny that there will be such an effect, and in principle, I
> would have to agree that it's a bad precedent. It is easy to imagine
> others types of future changes in an overlay that would have larger impacts.
>
> That said, I think it is probably too late to change that spotting rule at
> this point, even if the parties did agree - and I suspect they do not. And
> that fact is a very good argument for WRTC having better communications
> with the contester committee as a whole in future, and not just the
> subscribed group. WRTC has various impacts on IARU HF that are worthy of
> consideration.
>
> There are lots of potential lessons learned here.
>
> PS - Please do not ask people "not to whine". One's view of "whining" is
> another's view of stating their opinion in an open forum. I frequently
> hear the same critisicm, but sorry, I have the same right to express as
> anyone else does. You do not have to agree. I do not have to passively
> accept.
>
> 73,
> Drew K3PA
>
>
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