Rich,
Actually it is 2486 QSO confirmed, not claimed.
May be 3000 is only true for EU but over 2000 CONFIRMED in 24 hours which
was shown by several stations in different cathegories from NA still means
an average of almost 100 QSO per hour. Is it not enough? And if activity
from NA would have been a bit higher (which can be expected with RDXC being
WRTC selection contest) 3000 would not be that far away.
73, Igor UA9CDC
P.S. I am thankful to you Rich for this discussion. It really promotes RDXC
in a good way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
To: "Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc@gmail.com>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: WRTC 18 Qualifying
There you go. The 2014 year where the claimed score was above 2000 QSOs.
But, I thought you said that "3000 QSO in 24 hours in RDXC is not uncommon
from almost anywhere."
I see no evidence of that being anywhere close to being true from the
United States for a single operator. Can you show me?
73 Rich NN3W
On 12/8/2014 11:50 PM, Igor Sokolov wrote:
Rich,
I do not know where you get your data from and I only checked 2014 SOAB
category results at www.rdxc.org
It shows
7 KC1XX 2481 QSO confirmed 73, Igor UA9CDC----- Original
Message ----- From: "Richard DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: WRTC 18 Qualifying
Yah, the USA record for QSOs in RDXC is under 2000 - and that is from a
station in New England.
I think folks need a little perspective on the level of activity in this
event (i.e., the last time I did it I was dying by 0800 out of sheer
boredom)...
73 Rich NN3W
On 12/08/14, steve.root@culligan4water.com wrote:
"3000 QSO in 24 hours in RDXC is not uncommon from almost anywhere."
Let me tell you about Minnesota sometime :)
73 Steve K0SR
-----Original Message-----
From: Igor Sokolov [mailto:ua9cdc@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 12:12 AM
To: 'David Siddall', wrtc2018@lists.wrtc2018.de,
cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Fwd: WRTC 18 Qualifying
Dave,Can you support your statement regarding the number of participants
in RDXC, IARU and WPX with solid figures?ARRL, that was part of 2014
WRTYC selection, for me is truly regional contest where unlike RDXC we
can only work US and VE and therefore pretty dull from areas where
propagation to NA last only few hours. In RDXC you can work any one
anywhere wich does not fit the discription of a regional contest but
rather WW contest.I have done ARRL couple of times from the very well
equipped setup with multiple stacks to only make 500-600 QSOs in 48
hours while 3000 QSO in 24 hours in RDXC is not uncommon from almost
anywhere.73, Igor UA9CDC> Thanks for your thoughts. As I noted WAE &
RDXC were elevated ABOVE CQWPX> and IARU. RDXC & WAE certainly are
enjoyed by many, they are fun> contests, but they do not draw numbers of
competitors with worldwide> distribution equivalent to CQWPX & IARU. Do
we really need social> engineering to push competitors into this or that
contest and
tell us what> we "should" like? The numbers demonstrate the rankings for
what we *do*> like as a group, rather than individual preferences.>> 73,
Dave K3ZJ>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Mats Strandberg wrote:>>>
Dave,>>>> While I do argue with the 2018 organizers on the Assistsd/Non
Assisted>> issue, I fully support the decision to elevate WAE and RDXC
to the same>> level and CQWW and CQ WPX.>>>> Why?>>>> Simply becuase
those two contests are globally considered much bigger >> than>> they
are in some continents..I do consider the CQ contests superb and >>
they>> will forever remain as two of my favourite Top Five contests.
However,>> without question, WAE and RDXC have in late years become even
more fun to>> participate in - and this not only to Europeans and
Russians. They are >> now>> by me and many others considered at same
popularity level as the CQ>> contests.>>>> RDXC is not a regional
contest. It is a Worldwide contest where Russians>> compete separately
and th
e rest in a worldwide group. Working DX stations>> is heavily stimulated
by different points compared to working stations >> from>> the same
continent. The log checking and penalties system requires better>>
operator skills compared to some other contests where the contest
echange>> is more or less given. In RDXC, you nned to make sure you
receive both >> the>> other stations's callsign and exchange correctly.
Moreover, you must>> moderate your speed in a way that ensures that the
other station also >> gets>> your call and exchange correctly. If not,
penalties for both of you. I >> know>> this has caused some US
frustration, but in my honest opinion, this >> develop>> and stimulate
true operator skills rather than skills of relying on the>> database of
the log program.>>>> WAE used to be a contest I did not pay attention to
because of QTCs. They>> bothered me because I did not feel I was control
of them. It was a new >> way>> of contesting and I was against and did
not work
WAE for many years. Then >> I>> gradualy started working it with
pleasure but always avoiding exhange of>> the "troublesome" QTCs. One
day I decided to open my eyes and challenge>> myself to try echanging
QTCs. From that day I got stuck! The skill-set>> needed to work WAE in
full extent by exchanging QTCs is different from>> normal contesting and
the operator that masters that additional >> complexity>> of WAE should
definitely receive the same credits as the one that runs >> 300+>> rates
exchanging predictable zones in a CQWW.>>>> It is time for Americans to
finally explore RDXC and WAE in a serious way>> and with 1000 points
value, be sure the bands will be boiling also in >> North>> America
those weekends. Run rates in RDXC are excellent for any station>>
participating - for sure not only for Russians. Particpate and enjoy>>
instead of maintaining a prejudiced opinion about these two great
events!>>>> 73 de Mats RM2D (SM6LRR)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2014-12-02 23:15
GMT+03:00 Dav
id Siddall :>>>>> The difference in rules between WRTC2014 and WRTC2018
that struck me was>>> that the prior emphasis on worldwide contests
while accommodating the>>> major>>> regionals was abandoned.>>>>>> For
WRTC2014, only CQWW received full 1000 value, with CQWPX at 950 and>>>
IARU at 900. Major regional contests such as ARRL, Russian, WAE, AA >>>
were>>> 900 or less. But for WRTC2018, instead of elevating the truly
worldwide>>> contests -- CQWPX & IARU -- the organizers instead
emphasize European>>> regional contests --
WAE and Russian -- both of which now get the top >>> 1000>>>
value.>>>>>> This is a step backward from promoting worldwide
competition. It >>> elevates>>> two Euro-centric competitions with less
participation above the more>>> popular worldwide contests as well as
above the other major regionals >>> such>>> as ARRL and AA. Having lived
in areas of the world where propagation>>> doesn't support full time
efforts in the regionals (whether or not one >>> ca
n>>> "work anyone" but for fewer points/mults), I appreciate the
truly>>> worldwide>>> competitions that we have. It says something that
these rose to the top>>> in>>> popularity in the free marketplace of
contests.>>>>>> Just my observation.>>>>>> 73, Dave K3ZJ>>>
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