[WRTC2006] WRTC2010 TL Selection Critiera - Addl. Questions

[Igor Booklan SRR]

Hi Scott

I exactly know what you are talking about.

I have my personal example with putting up a lot of efforts for the
Cyprus M/S contest station. The reason of doing this is not just WRTC.
We are having fun there winning (or not winning) DX contests, relaxing
from Moscow megapolis rush etc, but it doesn't mean we should create
rules for those like me. 

We, the DX QTH guys, have big scores due to a good DX locations but
why should the others get out of this process ? So, the rules we have
are supporting and respecting those from HOME AREA !!

As I was saying earlier we would love to see all of you guys among
competitors. And at the same time I am 100 per cent sure that we would
not be able to make everyone happy with the rules.

There are few mistekes we did like the one with Sprint, which we
clarify shortly but please accept the rules as they are !!!

73s, Harry RA3AUU


SR> --- Igor Booklan SRR <ra3auu at srr.ru> wrote:

>> Hi Tom!
>> 
>> I understand your point but have a look from a different point of view
>> .. from your countrymen point of view.
>> 
>> I also feel very comfortable operation from Cyprus "beating" my
>> Russian friends and I don't have 2nd station. But when I looked from
>> their point I was giving them no chance at all, so I changed my mind
>> and I respect them very much.
>> 
>> Now I will have to find a solution to compete from Russia as well!
>> 
>> 73s, Harry RA3AUU

SR> you also wrote:
>> 
>> GT> I don't see any problems with someone winning 4 contests from REMOTE
>> GT> AREA. You would still have to be good enough to win another 4 from
>> GT> your HOME AREA.

SR> You're missing the point.  There is a tremendous amount of work that goes into
SR> maintaining ONE contest station whether it's where you live or even more so in
SR> a foreign country.  You have to be HIGHLY motivated to set up, maintain, travel
SR> to, use a DX QTH station time and time again and dare I say there are few that
SR> would put themselves through that who are sub-par contest ops.  And now they
SR> have to have a competitive station at home, too, or manage to beg or borrow
SR> someone else's QTH for DX contests?  And have to purposefully stay away from
SR> their DX QTH if they want to attempt to qualify for WRTC-2010?  

SR> You're going to cut off guys like CT1BOH, W2GD, W2SC who are some of the best
SR> and most motivated ops in the world merely because they don't have two
SR> competitive contest stations to operate from in two different countries.  That
SR> doesn't sound right to me. 

SR> 73
SR> Scott Robbins, W4PA