Why wasting two years with qualification contests when everything is 
already played since the beginning with some huge geographical 
advantages plus station setups ?
 A simple form describing the station geographical position and 
eventually the station setup should be enough to determine who is 
qualified in a given area.
 That way, the cheaters could not be tempted to cheat to compensate those 
disadvantages...
 Provocative ? yes but the whole process is not well thought out and 
tempting to improve it by upgrading LP to 100% had just increased the 
cheating.
 The only way should be like LU5DX suggests some local mini-WRTC like 
qualifications.
Gilles VA2EW.
On 16/08/2016 07:54, 4O3A Ranko wrote:
 
As we all know, the goal of WRTC is to be our Olympics.
 I think that in order to achieve this, the qualifications need to be 
in the same spirit. They need to be transparent, and no score should 
be at even slightly shady or suspicious.
 Unfortunately, recent qualifications didn't look like that at all. I 
will not comment on the qualification scores except that some are 
extremely questionable.
 I will propose to the WRTC committee to define set of general rules 
regarding qualifications. In order to participate in the 
qualifications, operators must sign up as a qualifier for WRTC
and accept these new general WRTC rules.
If they don't comply, they can’t qualify.
General rules:
 * Only station that sign up can qualify for WRTC competition
 * During a qualifying contests period, a contester must accept anyone
   who wishes to inspect his equipment and monitor operating.
 * After any qualifying contest ends, audio and video of the whole
   contest must be uploaded immediately to a dedicated WRTC server for
   possible inspection.
 These are simple rules that would significantly reduce cheating. They 
would allow for self-control within our community. They would show 
that WRTC and fair play stand together.
73
Ranko
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