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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 […]
» Read more# Call Team mults/qsos = Score 1 OJ3A N5TJ/K1TO 438/2782 = 1.629.798 2 OJ8E RA3AUU/RV1AW 426/2627 = 1.619.226 3 OJ2V DL2CC/DL6FBL 473/2468 = 1.608.673 4 OJ3R N6MJ/N2NL 436/2705 = 1.560.008 5 OJ8K KQ2M/W7WA 394/2816 = 1.479.470 6 OJ5A VE3EJ/VE7ZO 437/2635 = 1.473.127 7 OJ1M K5ZD/K1KI 457/2519 = 1.469.255 8 OJ6E UT4UZ/UT3UA 416/2637 = 1.468.064 9 OJ5W LY1DS/LY2TA 416/2638 = 1.459.744 […]
» Read more1. 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 moreJUDGES K1ZZ David Sumner OH2NCS Pekka Länsman OH0XX Olli Rissanen G3SXW Roger Western K3EST Robert Cox OH2MM Ville Hiilesmaa PY5EG Atilano Oms
» Read moreBasic 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 […]
» Read moreAfter 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 […]
» Read more1. 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).
» Read more1. 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 […]
» Read moreUpdated 23 December 1996 These are the rules the 52 teams followed during WRTC-96. The “exhibition teams” were exempt from all rules and were not eligible for awards. WRTC-96 will be held in conjunction with the IARU HF World Championship contest. The WRTC competitors will have a slightly different set of additional rules they must follow, however.
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