2000 Bled, Slovenia

It was in 2000 that WRTC expanded internationally, as the newly born country of Slovenia – on the sunny side of the Alps – set the stage. The entire country of Slovenia was actively involved, once again upholding the spirit of WRTC and its Olympic flame. While the event headquarters were in the resort city of Bled, the WRTC competition stations were spread throughout the country.

A new innovation to the competition was the inclusion of a “pile-up” competition, in which individual competitors listened to a recording of overlapping call signs sent in Morse code and attempted to accurately identify and record as many as possible. WRTC 2000 was also the first event where all stations were equipped with antennas of identical manufacture installed at near identical heights above ground. Almost all of the stations were located on hill tops.

Fifty-three teams of two operators each represented twenty-five nations.

First place: Jeff Steinman N5TJ (formerly KRØY) and Dan Street K1TO of the United States

Second place: Igor Booklan RA3AUU and Andrei Karpov RV1AW of Russia

Third place: Doug Grant K1DG and John Dorr K1AR of the United States

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