[CQ-Contest] WRTC2002 Press Release #13 - Wild- Card Teams

[Ari Korhonen]

             WRTC2002 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE LAUNCHES
             THE LINEUP OF WRTC2002 "WILD-CARD" TEAMS

             At its meeting of January 5, 2002, the full Organizing
             Committee reviewed the wild-card applications received
             to date and other selection related support elements to
             complete selection of the remaining WRTC country teams.

             It was realized  that the WRTC had now reached such
             public exposure and popular appeal that an impressive
             array of the world's most prominent operators were involved
             in the preliminary process, mindful of the constraints imposed
             by the current WRTC framework for facilitating all potential
             competitors.

             Every effort will be made to bring the contesting
             world to Finland to join the event, not just as competitors
             but also to perform other duties or just share in the
             camaraderie of this friendly event.

             The WRTC2002 Organizing Committee is pleased and honored
             to welcome the following teams to Finland to compete and
             meet the very best in amateur radio contesting:

             OE2VEL Wolfgang Klier
             OE9MON Carl Maurer

             DL2CC Frank Grossmann
             DJ7AA Wilfried Gottschald

             RA3AUU Igor Booklan
             RV1AW Andrei Karpov

             SP7GIQ Krzystof Sobon
             SP2FAX Kazimierz Drzewiecki

             S50A Tine Brajnik
             S59AA Franc Bogataj

             OH6EI Tomi Ylinen
             OH2XX Kari Lehtimäki

             ZS6EZ Chris Burger
             ZS4TX Bernie van der Walt

             5B4ADA Ivo Pezer
             5B4WN Marios Nicolaou

             UN9LW Vladimir Vinichenko
             UN7LAN Alex Sytov

             UA9BA Vladimir Umanets
             RN9AO Nickolai Perminov

             VE7SV Dale Green
             VE7AHA Andrew Ponzini

             K3LR Timothy J. Duffy
             N9RV Patrick M. Barkey

             N6KT Rich Smith
             K6NA Glenn Rattmann

             N6TJ James Neiger
             N6AA Richard Norton

             LU7DW Claudio Gabriel Fernandez
             LW9EUJ Martin Monsalvo

             PP5JR Sergio Lima de Almeida
             PY1KN Marcelo Gomes da Silva
             .............
             At the January 5 meeting, the WRTC Organizing Committee
             also reserved the right to add additional teams, should the
             circumstances so suggest, and/or should any force majeure
             issues arise for the teams announced hereby.
             We congratulate the teams listed above and look forward
             to seeing them in Finland some six months from now.

             Respectfully,
             WRTC2002 Organizing Committee

PS. All WRTC2002 competitors will be soon connected to a dedicated 
competitor reflector where further detailed information will be distributed.


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