[Elecraft] Some Interesting WRTC Statistics

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > The Silver Medal went to N6MJ/KL9A.

The official results show third place with UA and ES teams in
1st/2nd.

 > ure, 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 statistics say differently ... the top two teams in particular
had approximately 7%  more multipliers than the other top teams.
That difference is not insignificant.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 7/19/2010 6:12 PM, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:
> ??
>
> 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:
>>
>>
>> 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
>