[WRTC2006] WRTC2010 TL Selection Critiera - Addl. Questions

[Igor Booklan SRR]

Hi Fabio!

You are absolutely right.

You can operate from any of your HOME AREA locations and this will not
be a DX QTH !!!

73s, Harry RA3AUU


HI> Hi Larry,

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

HI> Fabio I4UFH



HI> ----- Original Message -----
HI> From: "Igor Booklan SRR" <ra3auu at srr.ru>
HI> To: "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
HI> Cc: <n2ic at arrl.net>; "WRTC 2006" <wrtc2006 at wrtc2006.com>
HI> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:20 PM
HI> 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
HI> goes
>> >> into maintaining ONE contest station whether it's where you live or
HI> 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
HI> I say
>> >> there are few that would put themselves through that who are sub-par
HI> contest
>> >> ops.  And now they have to have a competitive station at home, too, or
HI> 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
HI> qualify
>> >> for WRTC-2010?
>> >>
>> >> You're going to cut off guys like CT1BOH, W2GD, W2SC who are some of
HI> 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
HI> 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
HI> contest,
>> SL> there are great stations that go unused in every part of the USA. For
HI> years
>> SL> before he had his own station, KQ2M was a guest op at several of these
HI> 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
HI> from now
>> SL> until July, 2010 - just that you need to find a non-DX QTH for a mere
HI> 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
HI> is - A QTH
>> SL> that is outside of your selection area, or outside of your country ?
>>
>> SL> 73,
>> SL> Steve, N2IC
>>