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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• WRTC 2000 Video by W6AQ

  March 30, 2009
  This is a video documentary and travelogue of the World Radiosport Team Championship 2000 in Bled, Slovenia by Dave Bell, W6AQ. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_dkyImcfk Thanks to Bob, N6TV, for posting this video to YouTube. Thanks to the family of Dave Bell for allowing us to share this video on our site.Continue reading →

• WRTC 2000 Final Results

  July 12, 2000

  After the winners of WRTC 2000 were announced in Bled on July 11, Team Finland (OH1EH and OH1NOA) questioned their reported score, which was much lower than they had submitted. Here is how that came about. The referees’ team had intended to extract log data from text files. However, one software vendor made unannounced changes to the structure of his output files, which rendered the referees’ log-data-extraction software inoperable. As a quick fix, to reduce the amount of manual manipulation required, the referees used the binary files that had also been provided by some entrants. While Team Finland submitted a complete text file of their log, their binary file was incomplete owing to another logging program issue. The log that Team Finland submitted earned them a fifth-place finish. The referees’ team apologizes for initially reporting a lower score.

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• WRTC 2000 Rules

  July 11, 2000

  1. Date and Contest Period: WRTC2000 will be run within the IARU 2000 HF Championship. Begins 1200 UTC Saturday, ends 1200 UTC Sunday, July 8-9, 2000.

  2. WRTC2000 Operating Time: 24 hours with obligatory 4 hours of breaks (maximum 3 breaks, each at least 60 minutes).

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• WRTC 2000 Station Description

  July 10, 2000

  1. The Organizer will make best effort to provide largest possible selection of quality transceivers. However, we strongly encourage all teams to  bring their own equipment, this means everything except the coax and antennas.

  2. Radios: Two transceivers are allowed, but only one will be allowed to transmit. It should be named “MAIN” before the contest begins. Second transceiver can only be used for receiving. Change of functions between the transceivers is only permitted in case of malfunction, as   determined by the Referee. Transceivers must not be physically connected in any way.

  3. Output power: Maximum output power is 100W and is verified by external power-meter provided by the Organizer.

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