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 2007 2008 2 US only

NA Sprint SSB 2007 2008 2 US only

*(EU = 28 contests; US = 34 contests; Others = 26 contests)

2. Contest weight - This represents the maximum result that can be obtained from a contest score.

CQWW (CW&SSB) 950

RDXC 910

EU HF 850

NA Sprint (CW&SSB) 750

WPX (CW&SSB) 740

IARU 740

WAE (CW&SSB) 730

ARRL (CW&SSB) 620

SS (CW&SSB) 600

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-QRP and SO-Single Band scores will not be counted towards selection for WRTC-2010.

Nominee result = Contest weight x Category factor x -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum score in nominee category from nominee 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 contest 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

5. Conditions for team leader (TL)

1) A TL must have permanent residence 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

5) DX QTH - no more than 4 results may be submitted

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, Central American or Pacific entity can choose TM from another country, but from the same selection area.

Each TL will be responsible for nominating 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.

8. Selection areas.

** A maximum of 2 (two) teams from a single country will be accepted

- 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 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;

- No other limits;

- Continuous recording of Radio A and Radio B.

Zone 29 2 pts

EU 3 pts

DX 5 pts

DXCC entities and every HQ station on each band.

Sum of QSO points x sum of multipliers.