[WRTC2006] WRTC2010 TL Selection Critiera - Addl. Questions

[Dave Mueller N2NL]

Robert Shohet wrote:
> Of course you KNOW that you can't possibly be competitive in Sprint from
> Connecticut (or New England) with so minimal a station.  And, in your
> previous email you WERE talking about "competeing in a Sprint at the top-10
> level" weren't you?!
>
>   
I've made top 10 in the CW Sprint a few times with a tribander @ 60ft, 
2el 40, and 80m inverted vee.  Granted, from Florida, but still the East 
Coast and at a very modest station.

Before this degrades into a pissing match (as it already has), I'd like 
to use your comment to support a point I've been trying to make.  
Although scores are compared against others in your region, it's a tall 
order to expect a W6 to operate 48 hours in a DX contest at the bottom 
of the cycle just to make a few hundred QSO's to "win his region".  
Allow this W6 to compete in Sweepstakes or the Sprint, contests in which 
he can compete on a national level.  Lots of guys out west are more 
focused on domestic contests for this very reason.  Does this make them 
a poorer operator?  I present N6MJ as evidence if you believe that one.

A varied list of contests to choose from allows those in regions not 
favoring propagation to Europe to still have fun while competing for TL 
positions.  Bob, you've made it clear that you don't like the Sprint.  
Just don't operate it!  There are plenty of DX contests in which you can 
rack up points!

You argue that the ability to slog it out for 48 hours as being an 
important qualification.  Weren't you the one who was emailing people a 
couple years ago about the dangers of operating 48-hour contests from a 
health standpoint?

 >Passing mults IS  a basic operating skill, and one that is ESSENTIAL in
 >A DX contest or WRTC Event, which is EXACTLY why the 36 and 48 hour
 >MULT-PASSING DX contest events should be much higher weighted!

Since when do you pass mults in the WPX?  I think you're confusing 
yourself with the 48 hour DX contests and the NAQP, both important for 
moving multipliers.  Hey - lets include the NAQP if it's such an 
important skill?

My final comment before crawling back into my hole:  I have been 
fortunate enough to win a few DX contests (36 and 48 hour formats) and 
I've been fortunate enough to win the CW Sprint once.  I honestly can 
say that my Sprint win was more difficult and rewarding than my DX 
contest wins - but to each their own.  Most of the time in my 48 hour 
winning efforts were not spent moving mults, or thinking about strategy 
- they were about pushing the F1 key, shoveling Europeans (as a W2), and 
keeping my forehead from hitting the keyboard.

-Dave N2NL