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WRTC 2010 Selection Criteria

28. July 2007 - 14:22 — LB1GB
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)

  1. 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.

  2. Total result = sum of 8 best results calculated as in section 4 of this document

  3. MS/M2/MM - no more than 4 results may be submitted

  4. MS/M2/MM - no more than 2 team members may submit results for a single contest for MS, 3 for M2, 5 for MM

  5. 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.