[Elecraft] Some Interesting WRTC Statistics

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

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The Silver Medal went to N6MJ/KL9A. Fifth place was K5ZD/W2SC. The highest
placing LY was 7th. Sure, there was an element of "home field advantage" to
Eastern Europeans who were more familiar with local propagation conditions.
But experience, preparation and skill were far more important to final score
than local knowledge. The organizers made logs available from local stations
operating in recent IARU contests and diligent contestants could easily get
more logs and personal advice. I was there. It was by far the most level
playing field ever offered in radio contesting history. Perfect? Of course
not. But I doubt that it was any worse than playing a major professional
sport in another team's home stadium.

/Rick N6XI

On 7/19/10, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
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> 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.
>
> --

Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA