arrived via email the final results WAE CW Contest 2010 (Work All Europe) .
In retrospect this was the first international competition I participated in a substantial number of hours and got some results in due course participation ( strictly Search & Pounce then) although modest in number of contacts had been a very rich, especially QTC mode this contest proposed. At the time I sent forms with a score of claimed 114M94 with QTC's 101.
The overall ranking shows that I ended up having 105M89 with QTC 99 which places me in position 99 in the overall standings SO AB LP in which I participated. In terms of South America I'm in the 9th position , which taking account those who were above and below is not bad.
Interestingly more finite analysis of the results to outline future strategies, in particular I have better scores than other stations that had more QSO just because I have more boxes and QTC, the role of multipliers and how easy it one in the midst of shooting you miss them is an aspect that requires a delicate balance on which requires experience to handle it as "intuitive."
As analyzed in time is a very unequal contest in which to participate (perhaps that makes it challenging).
First structure category has no SB or QRP, so the category items that give me greater standing to have a good performance do not exist.
Secondly, the geographical structure makes stations closest to Europe (Africa, Middle East and even North America) have a chance to run much more significant than we have in SA.
Third organizers make no attempt to recognize these differences (opening or installing a classification categories continental separately).
But while it is good to recognize that they have an impeccable organization, good documentation, a tremendous willingness to address any questions, the results presented in the various stages of processing and finally even a very detailed analysis showing that processing points regarding unclaimed lost and why. Even the mistakes that other stations have committed to us and cost them points.
This material can (and should) be used to scan that operational errors were made and see if they can be overcome, such tendencies to confuse certain letters or trend of our correspondents to take our transmission with a wrong bias in particular.
overall error rate was in the order of 10% , which is high and with room for improvement but is far better than horrific rate difference between claimed and actual experienced in the IARU contest (immediate participation above). This is a negative aspect of long periods of time from when you participate in a contest until you have the results, the "feedback loop " about operational issues is more protracted than is desirable. But this contest in all partially offset this problem more wealth in return for the organizers. Also driven away the prospect due to subsequent units, the QSO rate and total number was a success and personal achievement at the time, at this point has been largely overcome by successive participations in other skills.
In short, the result is great for not having any competitive aspiration and for being my first competition with a strong participation. There is no doubt that in the absence of any professional or personal conflict that prevents me will be this year's edition WAE 2011.
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