[KCDXC] WRTC selection

[tombaugh]

I recently (At Dayton) Pitched in to help the WRTC
I think it's a pretty cool thing so I gave them a few bucks.
I just read about how the Operators are selected.
I know there was a huge amount of talk about this a while back as people
staged themselves for the selection.
I thought it was interesting so I'm posting it here.
I think it would be nice (some time in the future) if we could position the
KCDXC to be one of the top clubs and get to at least vote for who goes. This
is fron the web page http://www.wrtc2002.org/faq.htm .

How about the U.S team selection?
While the core U.S representation will be worked out in cooperation with the
leading U.S contest clubs, two "U.S wild card" slots are reserved for two
more U.S teams that may not get proposed through this mainstream U.S club
pre-nomination. Here, in case of the U.S wild card teams, you will be
proposing a team of two-men while the basic U.S allocation would go in two
steps. Selection of a U.S captains, following the captain's selection of
their teammates.

Which are the US clubs who will nominate teams for WRTC2002?
The clubs are:
Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Frankford Radio Club
Potomac Valley Radio Club
Society of Midwest Contesters
Northern California Contest Club
Southern California Contest Club
Mad River Radio Club
North Coast Contesters
North Texas Contest Club
South East Contest Club
Florida Contest Group
Minnesota Wireless Association
Western Washington DX Club (Organizer of WRTC 1990)


How were the 13 US contest clubs selected to be nominators of the US team
captains?
The clubs were selected by taking into account their club scores in the ARRL
DX, CQ WW and Sweepstakes contests


Tom Baugh
AE9B