[WRTC2006] WRTC2010 TL Selection Critiera - Addl. Questions

[HRS I4UFH]

Hi Larry,

this area definition means that an Italian can operate from CU and still can
claim both scores for same area ?

Fabio I4UFH



----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Booklan SRR" <ra3auu em srr.ru>
To: "Steve London" <n2icarrl em gmail.com>
Cc: <n2ic em arrl.net>; "WRTC 2006" <wrtc2006 em wrtc2006.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [WRTC2006] WRTC2010 TL Selection Critiera - Addl. Questions


> Hi Steve!
>
> Thanks for putting this up.
>
> Please find clarifications for HOME AREA and DX QTH.
>
>
> HOME AREA          - a selection area of applicant permanent residence
>
> HOME AREA (for US) - a selection area (within mentioned borthers) of
> applicant permanent residence
>
> DX QTH             - a QTH ouside of your selection HOME AREA
>
> When the applicant has permanent residence in two or more areas, he
> (she) may only represent one of them.
>
>
> 73s, Harry RA3AUU
>
>
> SL> Scott Robbins wrote:
>
> >>
> >> You're missing the point.  There is a tremendous amount of work that
goes
> >> into maintaining ONE contest station whether it's where you live or
even more
> >> so in a foreign country.  You have to be HIGHLY motivated to set up,
> >> maintain, travel to, use a DX QTH station time and time again and dare
I say
> >> there are few that would put themselves through that who are sub-par
contest
> >> ops.  And now they have to have a competitive station at home, too, or
manage
> >> to beg or borrow someone else's QTH for DX contests?  And have to
> >> purposefully stay away from their DX QTH if they want to attempt to
qualify
> >> for WRTC-2010?
> >>
> >> You're going to cut off guys like CT1BOH, W2GD, W2SC who are some of
the best
> >>  and most motivated ops in the world merely because they don't have two
> >> competitive contest stations to operate from in two different
countries.
> >> That doesn't sound right to me.
> >>
>
> SL> Sorry, Scott, I just don't get it. It seems to me that in every major
contest,
> SL> there are great stations that go unused in every part of the USA. For
years
> SL> before he had his own station, KQ2M was a guest op at several of these
stations,
> SL> and always placed at or near the top in the SOAB HP category.
>
> SL> The rules certainly don't say that you can't operate from any DX QTH
from now
> SL> until July, 2010 - just that you need to find a non-DX QTH for a mere
4 contests
> SL> over the next 2-3 years.
>
> SL> It would be good for Harry and the committee to clarify what a DX QTH
is - A QTH
> SL> that is outside of your selection area, or outside of your country ?
>
> SL> 73,
> SL> Steve, N2IC
>
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