PVRC Contesting Seminar

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PVRC Contesting Seminar

• WRTC A Celebration of Contesting
• Presented by Bob Cox, K3EST

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WRTC The Idea

• The first ever World Radiosport Team Championship
  can only be described as one of the most exciting
  and most significant events to take place in
  Amateur Radio contesting. The gathering of 44 of
  the worlds top contesters yielded not only
  world-class competition, but also immeasurable
  international goodwill and enduring friendships.
  After we worked for nearly two years to get them
  here, the arrival of the Soviet delegation on the
  Tuesday before the contest was very emotional. To
  make it even more special, we obtained official
  permission from the FCC for the UA, LZ, HA and OK
  teams to operate (despite the lack of reciprocal
  operating agreements) just five days before their
  arrival.

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WRTC 1990 Seattle
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WRTC 1990 Seattle

• The WRTC was conceived originally as an event
  that would "finally level the playing field" for
  contest ops from around the world. The need to
  really find out "How do I stack up with my peers
  in the hobby?". Well, to be able to answer that
  question, a group of "propagationally-disadvantage
  d" hard-core contesters from Seattle and
  Portland, decided to do something about it, and
  planned the event that was supposed to give
  everyone a fair shot at winning. Unfortunately
  most of these "suffering sevens" ended up on the
  committee, not in the action.K7SS.

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WRTC 1990 Seattle

• The WRTC, first held in Seattle, WA in 1990, pits
  two-person teams comprised of some of the world's
  top operators in a head to head competition. To
  emphasize operator ability, each team runs the
  same amount of power and operates from stations
  having similar terrain and antenna systems and
  located in the same geographical area.

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WRTC 1990 Seattle

• Twenty-two teams operated in the first WRTC
  competition which was held in Seattle, WA in
  1990.

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WRTC 1990 Seattle

• As many of the radio sportsmen and guests talked
  together about the future of radiosport
  contesting, two things became clear. One, that
  this event should take place again. Whether there
  is some kind of special event (like the Olympics,
  Goodwill Games, expos, etc) shouldnt be the
  deciding factor, but it may offer a stage or
  backdrop for the competition. This event was too
  important not to happen again and the Committee
  hoped that another group will pick up the baton
  for the second WRTC.

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WRTC 1990 Seattle

• Referees L-R K3EST, OH2MM, UW3AX

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WRTC 1990 Seattle

• UA1DZ

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WRTC 1990 Seattle

• I2UIY, F2CW, JJ3UHS, K3EST, JM3JOW.

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WRTC 1996 San Francisco
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WRTC 1996 San Francisco

• The Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) and the
  Northern California Contest Club (NCCC) announced
  today that the site of the 1996 World Radiosport
  Team Championship (WRTC-96) will be relocated
  from Washington, D.C. to the San Francisco Bay
  Area of Northern California. The competition,
  which will run in conjunction with the IARU HF
  World Championship, will remain the weekend of
  July 13 and 14, 1996.

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WRTC 1996 San Francisco

• WILD CARD TEAMS
• Wild-card teams provide an opportunity for
  contesters who are not residents of Invited
  Countries, and for residents of Invited Countries
  who are not otherwise selected, to participate in
  WRTC-96. Applications for the Wild-card Team
  Leader positions, along with a statement of the
  applicant's qualifications, must be sent directly
  to the WRTC-96 Team Selection Committee.
  Wild-card Team Leaders will select Partners from
  the same continent. The Wild-card selection
  process will begin after the national selection
  process is completed.

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WRTC 1996 San Francisco

• 1. Defending Champs K1AR K1DG 2. Team
  Argentina LU6ETB LW9EUJ 3. Team Australia VK5GN
  VK2AYD 4. Team Belgium ON6TT ON4WW 5. Team
  Brazil PY5CC PY0FF 6. Team Bulgaria LZ1SA
  LZ2PO 7. Team Canada 1 VE3EJ VE3IY 8. Team
  Canada 2 VE7NTT VE7CC 9. Team Czech Rep.
  OK1CF OK2PAY 10. Team Finland OH2IW OH1JT 11.
  Team France F6FGZ F5MUX 12. Team Germany 1
  DK3GI DL1IAO 13. Team Germany 2 DL5XX DL1VJ
  14. Team Hungary HA0DU HA0MM 15. Team Italy 1
  IN3QBR IT9TQH 16. Team Italy 2 IT9BLB IT9VDQ
  17. Team Japan 1 JE1JKL JH7WKQ 18. Team Japan
  2 JH4NMT JE3MAS 19. Team Japan 3 JH4RHF
  JA8RWU 20. Team Japan 4 JH7PKU JO1BMV 21. Team
  Lithuania LY2IJ LY1DS 22. Team Poland 1 SP6AZT
  SP9FKQ 23. Team Poland 2 SP9IJU SP9HWN 24.
  Team Russia 1 RV1AW RW1AC 25. Team Russia 2
  UA3DPX RZ9UA 26. Team Slovenia S59A S56A 27.
  Team Spain 1 EA4KR EA1AK 28. Team Spain 2
  EA7TL EA9KB 29. Team Sweden SM3DMP SM3CER 30.
  Team UK G3OZF GI0NWG 31. Team Ukraine UT4UZ
  UT1IA 32. Team USA 1 K1KI K3UA 33. Team USA
  2 K3LR WA8YVR 34. Team USA 3 K4BAI KM9P 35.
  Team USA 4 K6LL N2IC 36. Team USA 5 K8CC
  K5GO 37. Team USA 6 KF3P KR2J 38. Team USA 7
  KR0Y K1TO 39. Team USA 8 N6TV K7SS 40. Team
  USA 9 W2GD W0UA 41. Team USA 10 WX3N K5ZD
  42. Team Yugoslavia YU1RL YT1AD 43.
• Wildcard 1 5B4ADA S53R 44. Wildcard 2 9A9A
  9A3GW 45. Wildcard 3 DJ6QT DJ2YA 46. Wildcard
  4 I2VXJ I4UFH 47. Wildcard 5 K4UEE N6IG 48.
  Wildcard 6 NP4Z WC4E 49. Wildcard 7 RU3AA
  RV3AJ 50. Wildcard 8 UN2L UN4L 51. Wildcard 9
  WN4KKN N6TR 52. Wildcard 10 ZS6EZ ZS6NW

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WRTC 1996 San Francisco

• S5 Team at SF

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WRTC 1996 San Francisco

• L-R DK3GI, K6NA,K6KM, VE7CC

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WRTC 1996 San Francisco

• L K1TO, JH4RHF (4U1VIC)

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WRTC 1996 San Francisco

• L K6LL, K8CC

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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia

• Argentina LU7DW LW9EUJ Asiatic Russia UA9BA
  RN9AO
• Belgium ON4WW ON6TT Brazil PY5CC
  PY1KN Canada 1 VE3EJ VE7ZO Canada 2 VE7SV
  VA7RR Croatia 9A9A 9A3GW Czech Republic OL5Y
  OK1QM European Russia RA3AUU RV1AW Finland
  OH1EH OH1NOA France F6BEE F6FGZ Germany 1
  DL2CC DL5XL Germany 2 DL1IAO DL2MEH Hungary
  HA3OV HA3NU Italy 1 IK2QEI I2VXJ Italy 2
  I5JHW I5NSR Japan 1 JM1CAX JO1RUR Japan 2
  JH4NMT JK3GAD Japan 3 JA8RWU JH4RHF
  Lithuania LY1DS LY4AA Poland SP8NR SP9HWN
  Slovakia OM3BH OM3GI Slovenia S50U S51TA
  Spain 1 EA3NY EA3KU Spain 2 EA7GTF EA7KW
  Ukraine UT5UGR UU2JZ United Kingdom G3SXW
  G4BUO Yugoslavia YT1AD YU7NU Florida Contest
  Group WC4E W0UA Frankford Radio Club N3AD
  N3BB Mad River Radio Club K9TM N2IC North
  Coast Contesters K8NZ W2GD Northern California
  Contest Club N6IG K4UEE Potomac Valley Radio
  Club K3NA N6TV Society Midwest Contesters K9ZO
  K7BV Southern California Contest Club K6LA
  K5ZD Yankee Clipper Contest Club
• K1ZM N2NT WRCT-96 Winners K1TO N5TJ
  Slovenia Contest Club S59A S58A
• Wild-card teams
• Europe 1 LY3BA LY2BM Europe 2 UT4UZ RW1AC
  Europe 3 9A3A 9A2AJ   Europe 4 OE2VEL
  DL6RAI  Europe 5 DL6FBL DL1MFL USA 1 KQ2M
  W7WA USA 2 K4BAI K6LL USA 3 K1AR K1DG Asia
  1 RZ9UA UA3DPX Asia 2 5B4WN 5B4LP North
  America VE3BMV VE3KZ South America PP5JR
  PY2NY Africa ZS6EZ ZS4TX Oceania VK4EMM
  VK4XY

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WRTC 2000 Slovenia

• Left to right P43P, KT3Y, 9A2AA, G4BUO, S56MM,
  N5KO, VK2IA, YL2KL, AI6V, JE1JKL, OK1FUA, S50A,
  OK2RZ, OH6DO

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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2000 Slovenia
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WRTC 2002 Finland
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WRTC 2002 Finland

• The WRTC2002 Management TeamJouko Häyrynen,
  OH1RX--Organizing Committee ChairmanJari
  Jussila, OH2BU--Events Chairman and Domestic
  PublicityMartti Laine, OH2BH--Competition
  Co-ChairmanPasi Luoma-aho, OH2IW--Competition
  Co-ChairmanJukka Kulha, OH2MA--Site Design and
  ManagementVeijo Kontas, OH6KN--Wireless and Web
  technologyMerja Veisterä--Financial Controller
  and TreasurerAri Korhonen, OH1EH--Competitor
  Correspondence and International PublicityTimo
  Klimoff, OH1NOA--Competitor Correspondence and
  WebmasterRisto Lund, OH3UU--Logging and Scoring
  Management

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WRTC 2002 Finland

• Italians were wondering how the low band
  conditions are when it is this light outside at
  the midnight. Alberto IV3TAN, Ben DL6FBL, Fabio
  I4IFH Stefano IK2QEI

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WRTC 2002 Finland

• L N2NC, 9V1YC

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WRTC 2002 Finland

• Another team Finland together with Trey. Left to
  Right Tomi OH6EI, Trey N5KO and Kari OH2XX.

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WRTC 2002 Finland
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WRTC 2002 Finland

• Team Argentina operated from my station site!
  Left to right Claudio LU7DW, Roman RZ3AA
  (referee) and Lucas LU1FAM. They used the call
  sign OJ1C.

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WRTC 2002 Finland

• Lunch under the big tent. L-RN6TV, K3NA, K1DG,
  K1EA

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WRTC 2006 Brazil

• WRTC 2006 
• 8 - 9 July, 2006
• Florianopolis Brazil
• Teams compete within the IARU 2006 HF
  Championship.
• Start Saturday 08-July-2006 1200 UTC
• End Sunday 09-July-2006 1200 UTC

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WRTC 2006

• 36 National Teams
• 13 Allocated Teams
• 1 Previous WRTC 2002 Winners
• 15 MS Teams
• A total of 65 Teams. 50 Teams will take place in
  the WRTC while the MS will consist of 4 members
  running HP.