WRTC 1990 – Radio Racers
This article about WRTC 1990 appeared in the Seattle Times newspaper. It was captured and contributed by Stu N7ZZ.
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WRTC 1990 – A World Class Event
This article about WRTC 1990 was written by Rich Assarabowski K1CC. It gives a great overview of the original WRTC experience. Rich said, “I recently pulled out a file with all kinds of memorabilia from the event and found an article that I had written about my experiences, shortly after returning from WRTC. It has never been published and I […]
» Read moreWRTC 1990 – Radio Revista Articles by I2UIY
Paolo Cortese, I2UIY was a competitor at WRTC 1990 in Seattle. He wrote a two part article in the December 1990 and January 1991 issues of “Radio Revista” magazine about the WRTC experience. The articles are written in Italian. Thanks to Stu N7ZZ for providing the scanned copies.
» Read moreWRTC 1990 N7MJZ/WG audio files
K1AR and K1DG operated N7MJZ/WG to victory in the first ever WRTC in 1990 in Seattle. The audio files are made available by Shane K1ZR for your listening pleasure. They are converted from tapes to wav-files. https://wrtc.info/1990-audio/
» Read moreWRTC 1990 Video – Passport to Friendship
This 25 minute video of WRTC 1990 was produced by the WRTC 1990 Organizing Committee of K7SS, K7LXC, KE7V, KS7L, W7NG, KM7E, N7MJZ and KM7E. It was professionally narrated by David French N4KET of CNN.
» Read moreAdditions to WRTC 1990 from Stu Hoar, N7ZZ
Received these pictures from Stu Hoar, N7ZZ. Here is the pileup file created by N0SS(SK) that Stu, N7ZZ ran on the boat trip from Seattle to Tillicum Village on Blake Island for the participants in the first WRTC Goodwill Games. It was a tape created for the Dayton which N0SS donated to add to the fun. Who copied the most calls is […]
» Read moreWRTC1990 Publicity
There was press coverage of WRTC1990 in local newspapers. Radio Racers, Seattle Times Smooth Operators, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Local Resident “hams” it up for Goodwill Competition, The Edmonds Paper Articles about WRTC 1990 appeared in these ham radio publications. The World Radiosport Team Championship, May/Jun 1990 NCJ The World Radiosport Team Championship Wrap-Up, Sep/Oct 1990 The World Radiosport Team Championship, Oct […]
» Read moreWRTC1990 World Radiosport Team Championship Results
In this first ever WRTC, the competition was held on a Friday. This meant a special contest had to be created so there would be stations for the teams to contact. This pdf file contains the official results of the 1990 World Radiosport Team Championship. This includes the Team results, but also all of the scores of stations around the […]
» Read moreWRTC 1990 Final Standings
Rank Team Score 1 K1AR/K1DG 263.35 2 W9RE/K7JA 255.39 3 KR0Y/KQ2M 254.30 4 VE7SV/VE7CC 247.44 5 DL5XX/DJ6QT 247.11 6 LZ2PO/LZ1MS 244.86 7 G3YDV/G4BUO 239.21 8 EA5BF/EA9EO 237.56 9 UW9AR/UA9AM 236.45 10 W7EJ/AA4NC 235.12 11 UA1DZ/RB5IM 232.78 12 I2UIY/IK2DVG 229.06 13 OH1XX/OH8PF 228.06 14 OK1RI/OK2FD 225.38 15 YT3AA/YU1RL 220.55 16 HA0MM/HA6NY 219.85 17 UW3AA/UA9SA 209.91 18 UW0CN/UW0CA 209.59 19 JE1JKL/JE1CKA […]
» Read moreFCC Permission for Non-USA Operators
There was some doubt if the WRTC organizers would be able to get permission for the Soviet hams to be able to operate in the USA. The permission was received from the FCC just days before the event.
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