Whilst I am glad to see that some (if not most) of the contestants were using Elecraft transceivers, aren't we getting more than a little off topic here now folks?
After all, this is (if I am not mistaken) the Elecraft list, not the 'WRTC Statistics' list. Jeff Cochrane VK4BOF Innisfail QLD Australia Elecraft K3 #4257 ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Subich, W4TV To: Rick Tavan N6XI Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Some Interesting WRTC Statistics > 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<[email protected]> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
