2002 Helsinki, Finland

WRTC 2002 in Finland unofficial song book. You find it here on WRTC.info. Have fun!

WRTC2002 Unofficial Songbook 

WRTC 2002 Unofficial song book cover 1

Official video of the WRTC2002 championship in Finland. Produced by James Brooks, 9V1YC.

The inspiration for the songs in this book came when it was noted that Jim Neiger, N6TJ, is now 64 years old. This motivated Doug Grant, K1DG, to write the parody of the Beatles’ “When I’m Sixty-Four” and dedicate it to Jim. Doug shared his work with a few of his friends including fellow WRTC2002 competitor Andy Blank, N2NT, and Referee Ward Silver, N0AX. They added a few songs of their own, and in a few short days, the works you read here emerged. Cover art was contributed by Phil Koch, K3UA. (read more…)

Event duration: July 9-16, 2002

1. Contest Period:

WRTC 2002 will be run within the IARU 2002 HF Championship.

Start: Saturday 13-July-2002 1200 UTC
End: Sunday 14-July-2002 1200 UTC

2. WRTC2002 Operating Time: 24 hours (read more…)

JUDGES
K1ZZ David Sumner
OH2NCS Pekka Länsman
OH0XX Olli Rissanen
G3SXW Roger Western
K3EST Robert Cox
OH2MM Ville Hiilesmaa
PY5EG Atilano Oms (read more…)

Basic WRTC2002 related information:

Amateur radio is a unique passion of all ages, with the radio spectrum providing a playing field for technical innovation and global human communication in pursuit of giving 4 million amateur radio operators a chance to experience telecommunications as a way of life and a source of technological innovation, taking our wonderful world a step closer to better and more human communication – or just simply connecting people.

The World Radiosport Team Championship – WRTC in short – represents a large gathering of the world’s best in radio traffic – as selected nationally – coming from some 35 different countries in the spirit of competition, using the same playing field and allowing pure skills to determine world champions in two-man team, 24-hour nonstop competition in Helsinki, Finland. (read more…)