[TVARC] World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC)

[Paul Nittel]

WRTC is the ham radio equivalent of the Olympics. It's an invitational 
tournament featuring the best contesters in the world. 50 teams of 2, 
all located in England running 100 watts to antennas provided by the 
hosts. The playing field is as equal for all as possible.

The event starts Saturday at 1200 UTC (8:00AM local) and runs 24 hours.

For the competitors, making QSOs is the object. So, they need hams to 
play along--after all you need someone to be on the other end of the 
QSO! If you're on the air and hear one of the stations, they'd love for 
you to answer their CQ! (I have a devil of a time contacting English 
hams, but I'll try.)

Go to wrtc2026.org to learn more. The list of callsigns is there.

Interestingly, to make responding to CQs fair, the competitors aren't 
identified by the WRTC callsigns. We'll find out who's who after the 
contest is completed.

If you make contacts, they request you submit your log ASAP, so they can 
determine the winners, etc.

73,
Paul, KM4PIH