Mike,
Your analysis of the KU1CW qualifying scores is flawed. For an
understanding of what KU1CW scores were used for his NA10 qualifying,
see http://wrtc-rank.com/opdetails.php?rank_type=claimed&op=KU1CW . Pay
particular attention to the 2nd column, "Score Counted".
9 of his 12 countable scores were made by operating from the NA10 area.
Congratulations to Alex !
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 10/19/2013 02:36 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
I felt the same way Steve when I looked at the NA10 listing. In fact, I
wrote the WRTC with my comments.
At least 7 of NA10 captain scores were from outside the area. 9 of his
scores are from multi ops, 5 from the area and 4 outside the area. 7 of
his scores appear to be from his home station. He picked someone from EU
to operate with him. W0UA and K0EU were very very close behind with K0EU
being credited with all scores in NA10. W0UA's points except for two
Multi's in the USA, were from NA10.
All of which is legal within the rules as they appear today. The NA10
team or any team should come from that area. On a cursory inspection 2
other Captains chose people outside the respective areas.
I suggest that the top 50 scores are used or only count scores from
within the area.
Do I feel like the NA10 team represents the NA10 area? No.
Mike W0MU
On 10/18/2013 7:19 PM, steve.root@culligan4water.com wrote:
"The world was divided into regions. Qualifiers were only competing
with others in their same region in order to qualify."
Except that some of the regions are enormous, thus ignoring the
realities of propagation.
Except that rules allowed for half of the qualifying scores to happen
anywhere else on Earth, like the Caribbean.
Except that the rules allow a team leader to pick a partner from
anywhere on Earth.
The rules sound good in theory but in practice one whole operator and
half of the other operator have NOTHING to do with any given
geographical area.
73 Steve K0SR
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Thompson K5ZD [mailto:k5zd@charter.net]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 08:01 PM
To: ''Charles Harpole'', ''CQ-Contest Reflector''
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC renamed?
Go back and read the qualifying rules
again.http://www.wrtc2014.org/qualifying/team-selection/The world was
divided into regions. Qualifiers were only competing withothers in
their same region in order to qualify.Yes, there are more teams from
Eu and NA, but that is because there are morecontesters in those
places.The WRTC2014 committee added more teams than ever before in an
attempt toget as many competitors from around the world as possible.
It is very hardto squeeze the approximately 20,000 active contesters
in the world down toonly 118 competitors!Randy, K5ZD> -----Original
Message-----> From: CQ-Contest
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of> Charles
Harpole> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 3:45 PM> To: CQ-Contest
Reflector> Subject: [CQ-Contest] WRTC renamed?> > World Radio Team
Competition could easily be re-named ....> NA/EU Team Competition with
some token others thrown in.> > I like the WRTC, its organizers, and
the excitement it adds to ham radio.
But, let us not pretend the selection process has found the whole list
of> highly accomplished contesters.> > Some will just not want to do
it even if in the top ten often. Some live> in parts of the world
where their scores in contests as the contests now> exist can never
turn huge numbers. That would be residents of most of> Africa and many
parts of Asia.> > Example, if Asia gives you one point and you live in
the HUGE continent> of Asia, you are in the hole compared to other
locations.> > Please do not think I am rooting for myself; I am not,
but I do know> some really talented Asians left out by the structure.
Further, I do not> think this disparity can be easily fixed. But, WRTC
is a "world" event> the same as the baseball "world" series is what
its name implies.> > Actually, virtually anything that will get ops
off the computer and on> the air has to be a good thing, but it is not
healthy for NA/EU to think> of> themselves as the WHOLE world. 73> >
--> Charly, HS0ZC
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