[WRTC2006] WRTC2010 TL Selection Critiera - Addl. Questions

[ku8e]

Not totally true Bob...

I only have access to the ARRL DX results but I think CQWW and WPX would 
show the same pattern.

   Out of the 9 USA teams I could only find K1ZM, K5ZD and W2SC(@K5ZD) that 
has won the ARRL DX contest Single Opr on SSB or CW going back to 1997. 
That's only 3 out of the 18 operators that were on the USA teams. I didn't 
count W2GD because he was on the French team and N6AA on the Pacific/Oceania 
team. W2SC has also won ARRL DX from 8P6 and K1ZM from VY2ZM. N2NT, K1KI, 
and N9RV have made the top ten box. K3LR has won multi-multi.

It's interesting in the final results two of the top three teams from the 
USA were from the west coast. Also, just about everyone on the USA teams are 
regulars in the CW Sprint.

BTW.. Would you compare operating a DX contest from New England to operating 
one anywhere else in the USA ?

Jeff KU8E

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Shohet" <kq2m at earthlink.net>
To: "WRTC2006 List" <wrtc2006 at wrtc2006.com>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [WRTC2006] WRTC2010 TL Selection Critiera - Addl. Questions


> Now wait a second here.....
>
>> Granted, it's only a four-hour long contest, but I'd argue that it gives
>> much better proof of someone's *basic operating skills* than any of the
>> DX 59905 contests.  The past winners and top finishing US teams are
>> primarily made up of successful CW Sprinters - that should prove
> something.
>>
>> 73, Dave N2NL/4
>
> The past winners and top finishing US teams are ALSO primarily made up of
> ARRLDX, WPX and CQWW winners too!   You can't separate them out by contest
> because the best ops can and do excel in almost every contest format!
>
> And while speed, accuracy and moving mults are seriously tested in the
> compressed 4 hour Sprint format, it is also damned hard to be able to pull
> off this feat for ALL 48 HOURS!  In fact, to be able to make it for all 48
> hours, you have to have other valuable operating skills and stamina that 
> are
> NOT tested nearly as much as in a 4 hour format.  Not to mention that 
> there
> is a whole lot more 2 radio work, mult passing and THINKING AND OPERATING
> going on in 36 or 48 hours than in 4 hours!  So let's not get carried away
> with this silly comparison, and it IS a silly comparison!
>
> Would you compare the 100 meter sprint to the mile?  They have little in
> common.
>
> However, it is definitely true that the best cw ops are almost always the
> best contest ops!
>
> In my pinion, since the WRTC is primarily a DX event within a 24 hour
> window, well, really 36 hours including travel, set up, operating and
> station break-down and travel back, longer duration events (36 and 48 
> hours)
> should be weighted more heavily than shorter duration events and DX events
> should be weighted much more heavily than continental events.
>
> 73
> Bob KQ2M
>
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