[Elecraft] Some Interesting WRTC Statistics

[Bill W4ZV]

Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote:
> 
> 
>  > Russian Field Day-Style 2010 WRTC Gets Favorable Postgame Review For 
>  > Level Playing Field
> 
> It may get favorable reviews for "level playing field" in terms of
> location/antenna advantages.  However, if one sorts the results by
> QSOs or "net QSOs" (QSOs minus busted Qs), the results are very
> different.  The "winners" were all local (UA3, ES, LY) teams who
> made fewer QSOs but took advantage of their knowledge of local
> propagation to find a significantly greater number of multipliers.
> 

That's called home field advantage (i.e. propagation knowledge).  

BTW that doesn't just affect multipliers.  Some do not fully comprehended
that Score = QSO *points* X total multipliers.  Not all QSO points are equal
(more weight is given to contacts outside your zone and continent) so it's
entirely possible that the winner won't have the highest number of raw QSOs
or multipliers (ditto for CQ WW, CQ WPX, CQ 160 and several other contests).  

73,  Bill
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