Certainly Ken, K6LA, is a first rate contester. No doubt about
that. Further, building and maintaining an elite contest station on
eastern PEI is extremely difficult (kudos to both Ken and Jeff), however
Dan makes a very good point here. Is there a limit on the number points
which can be earned from operations in other Regions? Should an applicant
be permitted to apply for WRTC with all, or a majority of his credited
results, outside his Region?
This is a policy matter for the organizers. Taken to an extreme, one could
apply for and win a WRTC competitor slot from a "home Region"and never
operate in his/her "home" region. Certainly that's not fair to the
"native" competitors in that region. And what about the "native" residents
in the other Regions? There would seem to be a limit on the credits one
can earn from outside one's own Region, however it is defined.
It's easy for me. All I have to do is to outscore other "natives" like
N9RV, N2IC, K5GN, K5TR, and N5RZ here in US-Central (huge grin)!
Jim N3BB
At 12:02 AM 12/18/2005 -0800, Dan Craig N6MJ wrote:
>K6LA wrote:
>
> >As far as the US West entries go, N6MJ is ahead of me by 17.15 points.
> >Four of his best 8 contests for WRTC consideration are from the 4 hour
> >NA Sprint. Only one of mine is. So for operating 12 hours, Dan gets
> >about 50 points on me for my 100+ hours of operating in more popular
> >(by entries) contests. This is not to denigrate Dan's contesting
> >skills in any way. It is just an example of what I perceive as the
> >inherent lack of fairness in the selection criteria. I'll have to
>wait >and see if there is another higher scoring US West entry that
>bounces >me from #2.
>
>Ken fails to mention that 5 of his 8 scores are from his VY2TT/SS
>operations. All 8 of mine come from W6. How many serious operations
>are there from Canada for each contest? 2 or 3 at most. How many
>serious operations are on during the Sprints from the west coast? 7 or
>8. Just as an example, during WPX CW 2004, there were a grand total of
>5 VE scores in the SOABHP category. He still got 500 pts for that
>contest, even though he only had to compete against 4 other guys.
>
>The great thing about the sprint is that all the "big guns" get on for
>it. There is never a lack of competition. You really have to earn
>those points.
>
>
>73,
>Dan N6MJ
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