[HCRA] WRTC 2014 Results and HCRA/WRTC Trivia

[Jim Mullen]

The scores are out! They can be found on the WRTC2104 web page. But here's
the really cool stuff.

We hosted four teams at Medfield State Hospital. Medfield was site 8 and
the stations were 8A through 8D. Here's the results from 'our' teams:

8A: K1M - IK1JHS & I4UFH - Won the SSB mode, placed 58th!

8B: N1A - DL1QQ & DL8DYL - The first YL WRTC team - placed 26th

8C: W1R - OH2BH & OH2MM - Sponsored by Azores Travel, placed 50th

8D: W1M - 4O3A & HA1AG - Placed 15th, our highest scoring team

Some of our team members held 1x1 calls for the event:

K1S: held by Don/KB5VP for the 12th placed W2SC team
N1P: held by Jim/KK1W for the 51st placed CX6VM team
N1Q: held by Dave/AA1YW was unassigned
N1R: held by Steve/N1SR for the 22nd placed UA3DPX team
W1H: held by Brian/K1LI was unassigned

About a 1/2 hour before the contest started I4UFH's power supply cable
broke for his iMac. One couldn't be found quickly and they were scrambling
for a computer. John/Kx1x came up with a Window's laptop and within ten
minutes the software was loaded and configured and Fabio was QRV when the
opening bell rang! How cool is that?

Al/KB1XG was an official WRTC2014 videographer, we can't wait to see some
of his shots in the videos.

Rich/N1KXR was night security and roaming driver/helper from Wednesday
through Saturday.

Nick/K1MAZ made many trips to town for team and competitor supplies.

Mary/KB1ME was the unofficial photographer for the DL1QQ team.

HCRA fielded 28 volunteers over the five day period. The weather was
beautiful but the hot summer sun made the afternoons grueling, even with
the low humidity. We drank plenty of water and used almost as much sun
screen.

We serviced two cars with dead batteries (N1SR and W3SM) and changed one
flat tire (KB1XG)

As far as I know, even though we spent four nights there, no ghosts were
noticed haunting the Medfield complex.

Thanks to everyone who volunteered for this seventh running of WRTC.
Everyone worked hard and created an outstanding experience for the teams we
hosted. All competitors said they felt welcomed and appreciated by all we
did for them.

What a great showing for the HCRA/WRTC volunteers!

Jim/KK1W