Author: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:14:32 +0000
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 sc
Author: Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:36:59 -0400
Im not sure I understand the question. There are three qualifying districts. The top score in each qualifies. Simple. Right? So whats the issue? 73, Ron W3WN _________________________________________
Author: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:37:11 +0000
Ron, Then why not say there is one TL for W1 and W2 and W3. Instead of calling 3 TL from the area and then distorting the qualifying. Have 3 people win every contest that are all actually competing f
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:14:03 -0400
Where do you get that there are three qualifying districts within NA "Maximum Score is the largest published score in the applicants category from the =Qualification Area= in which the applicants sco
Author: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:27:32 +0000
You need to look further down the rules and look for the "exceptions". Ed N1UR Where do you get that there are three qualifying districts within NA "Maximum Score is the largest published score in th
Ed, It's quite simple, just read it as it's written... There will be 3 TL for NA #1 but it's not one from each area. It will be the 3 operators with the highest qualification scores. So it can be 3
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:57:07 -0400
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 te
Author: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 22:11:16 +0000
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,
Author: Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:48:17 -0400
Ed, I didnt write, or was involved in writing, the rules, so I couldnt possibly answer why they were written the way you describe. I still dont see your point. Are you saying that the rules are set u
Author: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:17:44 +0000
Hi Ron. Lets use this example. The W1 winner has 1,000,000 as a score and I am number 2 with 950,000. W1 winner gets 1,000 points and I get 950 points. Lets say number 3 and 4 get 900,000 points and
Author: Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:32:31 -0400
Ed, so in short, you believe that as written and as interpreted by you, the current rules give an unfair advantage to the top W1, W2, and W3 region scores, compared to everyone else competing from th
Ron, you still didn't get it. In Ed's interpretation of the rules, the second-place station in NA1 would actually be #4 if he were located in the same call area as #1 according to his interpretation
Hi, Introduction of those score comparison areas within a single qualification area is a horrible idea. They did the same in EU1 (splitting Baltics and Scandinavia) and pretty much destroyed motivati
Author: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:36:56 +0000
Correct. I am asking if this is the correct interpretation. And as Tonno has stated it is. And its insane actually. Either make W1 W2 W3 each separate areas and let the best man win or have the whole
That may seem so but in W2 competing with W1 seems lopsided. For example someone competing in central NJ with coastal Maine will have two vastly different propagation conditions. We are talking stron
I think Ed just want to know exactly what he is asking about NA·1 qualification sector (W1, W2, W3) I think is the same in every wrtc, you can check how it works here https://wrtc2018.de/competition/
WRTC is not "exactly" about being 100% fair to compete for a TL spot. I mean, they try but. If it were completely fair there would be handicap points(?) against folks with humongous stations or super
Yes, that is how it is. Every now and then people want to give a chance to stations not on seaside or hilltop or otherwise not being competitive. That is a dead end. If the geography justifies creati
I agree with you that creating sub qualifying areas within qualifying regions creates complexity without solving any problem. It made sense as a way to compare northern and southern Africa or Oceania
Hi everyone, Thanks for the question and the answers given. Please let me share some background to hopefully help with this discussion. When writing the selection criteria for WRTC 2026 the organisin