[SFDXA] Callsigns for WRTC2014 Competition Announced

[Bill]

  World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 <http://www.wrtc2014.org>


  Callsigns for WRTC2014 Competition Announced


    June 13, 2014

WINDHAM, NH Issued June 13, 2014... WRTC 2014, Inc., host of the 2014 
World Radiosport Team Championship competition, is pleased to announce 
the callsigns that will be used by the 59 teams competing in the event.

The WRTC competitors will use 1×1 callsigns from the USA first call 
area. Sixteen of the available 75 callsigns will not be used, including 
the longest and shortest CW suffixes ("J", "Q", "Y", "E") and suffixes 
that are frequently miscopied on CW ("H"). Note that the "X" suffixes 
are not available in this callsign series.

"We wanted to have calls for the teams that were distinctive and fun," 
said Doug Grant, Chairman of WRTC2014. "This will make it easy for those 
chasing the WRTC2014 teams to identify them. It also provides a 
connection back to WRTC-1996 in San Francisco, which was the first time 
that 1×1 calls were used in the United States."

Following the tradition of previous WRTC events, teams will not know the 
callsign they will use until the referee hands them a sealed envelope 
just 15 minutes before the contest begins. This puts all teams at an 
equal starting point and helps maintain the anonymity of the teams.

Participation awards are available for anyone who works a WRTC2014 team 
during the competition. These include QSL cards, awards for working all 
59 teams, and awards for working teams on the most band-modes. Contacts 
with the WRTC2014 teams will count 5 points 
<http://www.wrtc2014.org/callsigns-for-wrtc2014-competition-announced/#> 
in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party. Full information on the available 
awards can be found at 
http://www.wrtc2014.org/competition/participation-awards/

A checklist that can be used to keep track of the WRTC2014 stations will 
appear in the July/August issue of the National Contest Journal and on 
the WRTC2014 web site.

Fifty-nine (59) teams of top amateur radio 
<http://www.wrtc2014.org/callsigns-for-wrtc2014-competition-announced/#> 
contest operators from 38 countries will travel to the New England area 
July 8-14, 2014 to compete in WRTC2014. Participation is based on 
qualifying scores posted in major contests between 2010 and 2014. A 
group of referees and judges, themselves well-known contest operators, 
will oversee the competition and confirm the results 
<http://www.wrtc2014.org/callsigns-for-wrtc2014-competition-announced/#>.

*About WRTC2014*

The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is held every four years 
and consists of 50+ two-person teams of amateur radio operators from 
around the world competing in a test of operating skill.  Unlike most 
on-the-air competitions, all stations are required to use identical 
antennas 
<http://www.wrtc2014.org/callsigns-for-wrtc2014-competition-announced/#> 
from the same geographic region, eliminating all variables except 
operating ability.  Previous WRTCs have been held in Seattle (1990), San 
Francisco (1996), Slovenia (2000), Finland (2002), Brazil (2006), and 
Russia (2010).  More information is available at www.wrtc2014.org 
<http://www.wrtc2014.org/> or contact WRTC Chairman Doug Grant, K1DG, 
via e-mail at k1dg at wrtc2014.org <mailto:k1dg at wrtc2014.org>.