Updated 11 December 2007
Discussion is going on in the WRTC-2006 mailing list. You can also download the document from wrtc.info. WRTC-2010 Selection Criteria 14 August 2007 Overview - This is a summary of the operator selection criteria and evaluation formulas for WRTC-2010. Each competitor may submit up to eight results from the contests in section 1. Each result is calculated according to sections 2 through 4. Application criteria and team distribution are described in sections 5 through 8. The process by which results will be accepted and competitors chosen will be announced at a later date. A preliminary summary of the WRTC-2010 competition rules follows section 8.
1. Contest listing - scores from the following contest may be used to calculate results for the selection process
CQWWCW 2006 2007 2008 3 CQWWSSB 2006 2007 2008 3 RDXC 2007 2008 2009 3 WAE CW 2006 2007 2008 3 WAE SSB 2006 2007 2008 3 CQWPXSSB 2007 2008 2 CQWPXCW 2007 2008 2 IARU 2006 2007 2008 3 ARRL CW 2007 2008 2 ARRL SSB 2007 2008 2 EUHF 2007 2008 2 EU only SS CW 2007 2008 2 US only SS SSB 2007 2008 2 US only NA Sprint CW(1 per year) 2007 2008 2 US only NA Sprint SSB(1 per year) 2007 2008 2 US only
2. Contest weight - This represents the maximum result that can be obtained from a contest score.
Contest Maximum result CQWW (CW & SSB) 950 RDXC 910 EUHFC 850 for EU WPX (CW & SSB) 740 IARU 740 WAE (CW & SSB) 730 SS (CW & SSB) 700 for NA ARRL (CW & SSB) 660 for NA NA Sprint (CW&SSB) 600 for NA ARRL (CW&SSB) 620 for DX RHFC (M/S) 1000 for Russia only
3. Category factor - These factors based on entry category are applied to the contest’s maximum result to account for differences in competitiveness and activity level.
SO 1,0 SO-Assisted 0,7 SO-Single mode in Mixed-mode contests 0,8 LP 0,7 MS 0,9 M2 0,8 MM 0,7 SO-QRP and SO-Single Band scores will not be counted towards selection for WRTC-2010.
4. Formula for calculation of results from each contest
Nominee score in the contest
Nominee result = Contest weight x Category factor x ——————————————-
Maximum score in nominee category from selection area
Example calculation:
RX3ZZ receives a score of 1.2 Mpts in WPX CW (weight = 740 points) as a SO-LP entry (category factor = 0.7). The maximum score in SO-LP in RX3ZZ’s selection area (see section 8 of this document) was 1.35 Mpts. RX3ZZ may submit the following result from this contest:
740 x 0.7 x (1.2 Mpts / 1.35 Mpts) = 460.4 points
If Maximum score in nominee category from selection area is lower than the highest score in any lower category from the same selection area, substitute the higher score as the reference score:
Nominee score in the contest
Nominee result = Contest weight x Category factor x ——————————————-
Maximum score in lower category from selection area
Category order: MM, M2, MS, SOAB-Assisted,SOAB, SOAB-Single Mode, SOAB-LP
Example calculation:
RZ3XYZ club receives a score of 3.8 Mpts in WPX CW (weight = 740 points) as M2 entry (category factor = 0.8). The maximum score in M2 in RZ3XYZ club’s selection area was 4.9 Mpts, but this score is lower than score of RA3AAA who made 8.5 Mpts in SOAB category in the same RZ3XYZ contest area. RZ3XYZ may submit the following result from this contest:
740 x 0.8 x (3.8 Mpts / 8.5 Mpts) = 264.6 points
* SELECTION AREA - an area of applicant’s permanent residence
** for US an area (within mentioned borders) of applicant permanent residence (driver license, FCC license)
DX QTH scores (scores made outside an operator’s home selection area) are evaluated against the top score in the selection area from which the score was made. For example, if W1ABC (home selection area US Area 1) operates from KP1, receives points from evaluating the score against other scores from Central America and not against scores from US Area 1.
5. Conditions for team leader (TL)
- A TL must have permanent residence (a valid passport) in the country he (she) applies to represent and at the time of all contests for which results are submitted. When the TL has residence in two or more countries, he (she) may only represent one of them.
- Total result = sum of 8 best results calculated as in section 4 of this document
- MS/M2/MM - no more than 4 results may be submitted
- MS/M2/MM - no more than 2 team members may submit results for a single contest for MS, 3 for M2, 5 for MM
- DX QTH - no more than 4 results may be submitted
6. Conditions for team mate (TM)
TM must have permanent residence of the same country as their TL and from the date of the first submitted contest result. Exception: TL from African, Asian (others), Central American or Pacific (others) entity can choose TM from another country, but from the same selection area.
7. Referees.
Each TL will nominate a referee candidate for WRTC-2010. That candidate (along with volunteers from the contesting public) will be placed on a referee nomination list. From that list, referees will be selected and assigned to teams.
During the competition, the team referee must be from a different country than that of the team and can not be the one which is nominated by that team.
8. Selection areas.
| CONTINENT | TOTAL TEAMS | AREA NAME | COUNTRIES IN AREA | TEAMS FROM THE AREA |
| EUROPE | 21 teams | EU Area #1 | 3A-9H-C3-EA (incl. EA6)-CT (incl.CU)-F(incl.TK)-G (incl.G-GD-GI-GJ-GM-GU-GW)-EI-I (incl.IS0-HV-1A)-T7-ZB2 | 4 teams |
| EU Area #2 | ON-PA-LX-DL-OE-HB-HB0-SP-OK-OM-HA | 5 teams | ||
| EU Area #3 | SM-LA-OH (incl.OH0-OJ0)-OZ-OY-TF-JW-JX-LY-YL-ES | 5 teams | ||
| EU Area #4 | UR-EW-ER-LZ-SV(incl.SV5-SV9-SV/a)- YO-YU-S5-9A-ZA-Z3-T9-4O |
5 teams | ||
| EU Area #5 | R1-R2-R3-R4-R6 | 2 teams | ||
| NORTH AMERICA | 11 teams | NA Area #1 | W1-W2-W3-W4 (VA, NC, SC, FL, GA) | 3 teams |
| NA Area #2 | W4(KY,TN,AL)-W8-W9 | 2 teams | ||
| NA Area #3 | W5-W0 | 2 teams | ||
| NA Area #4 | W6-W7-KL7 | 2 teams | ||
| NA Area #5 | VE1-VE2-VE3-VE4-VE9-VY2-VO2 | 1 team | ||
| NA Area #6 | VE5-VE6-VE7-VE8 | 1 team | ||
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1 team | CA Area | 1 team | |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 2 teams | SA Area #1 | PY | 1 team |
| SA Area #2 | others | 1 team | ||
| ASIA | 6 teams | AS Area #1 | JA | 1 team |
| AS Area #2 | R9-R0 | 2 teams | ||
| AS Area #3 | others | 3 teams | ||
| OCEANIA | 2 teams | OC Area #1 | VK – ZL(incl. VK9, ZL7-8-9) | 1 team |
| OC Area #2 | others | 1 team | ||
| AFRICA | 1 team | AF Area #1 | 1 team | |
| Invited team | 1 team | WRTC-2006 champion | ||
| Host team | 1 team | SRR | ||
| Sponsored teams | 4 teams | Sponsored Team #1-#4 | ||
| 50 teams |
* A maximum of 2 (two) teams from a single country will be accepted (Exception: Invited, host and sponsored teams)
** TL/TM disqualified from any listed contests in period from July 2006 will lose the right to apply.
Preliminary contest rules
- Contest period: IARU Contest
- 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 meter bands
- CW & SSB
- 2 TX/RX radios
- 100 Watts output
- 2 antennas: 20/15/10 m tri-bander + 40/80 m Inverted V dipole with PL259 connectors
- The only one signal on the air at any given time. TX of the second radio has to be blocked when first radio is transmitting and vice versa
- Continuous recording of Radio A and Radio B.
- No second RX in 2 VFO radios (sub-receiver must be OFF)
- No Super Check Partial database
- No Internet or telephone network connectivity of any kind
QSO points
- Zone 29 2 pts
- EU 3 pts
- DX 5 pts
Multipliers
- DXCC entities and every HQ station on each band.
Total score
- Sum of QSO points x sum of multipliers.
Word document: wrtc-2010_selection_criteria-final-2
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