[CQ-Contest] WRTC News #21 - Onsite Referees for WRTC2014 Announced

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

WRTC2014 NEWS RELEASE #21
http://www.wrtc2014.org/onsite-referees-for-wrtc2014-announced/

Windham, NH
December 16, 2013

Onsite Referees for WRTC2014 Announced

WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC),
is pleased to announce the fifty-nine referees that will be monitoring the
competing teams during the competition July 12-13, 2014.

A referee will be on site at each of the 59 competing stations to verify
compliance with the rules and make decisions on any rule questions by the
teams. The referees must be top-level contesters because they must
simultaneously listen to the audio from both operators for the entire 24
hours of the WRTC2014 competition.

The referee application and verification process was managed by Dan Street,
K1TO. There were 143 applications received. The selection process considered
many factors, including geographical areas, language skills and SO2R
ability.

Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, Chief Judge for WRTC2014, had this comment regarding the
selections, "With so many well qualified volunteers willing to serve as
referees it was simply impossible to choose everyone we would have liked. It
is a great tribute to the past and present WRTC organizers that the event is
so strongly supported by active contesters from around the globe. We know
that everyone who volunteered will help in any way they can to make WRTC
2014 another success."

There are less than 7 months remaining until WRTC2014. Questions regarding
WRTC2014 Referee selection should be submitted by e-mail to
Referee at wrtc2014.org.

 

List of Referees

9A4M		Mate Botica
CX7TT		Tom Morton
DL2OBF	Heinrich Langkopf
EA5RS		Juan M. Chazarra
ES5RY		Toomas Soomets
F6BEE		Jacques Saget
G3SXW		Roger Western
G4BUO		Dave Lawley
GM4AFF	Stewart Cooper
HA1AG		Zoli Pitman
HA3NU		László Weisz
HA6ND		Válóczi György
HB9CAT	Marco Zollinger
IT9GSF	Fabio Grisafi
JH4RHF	Jun Tanaka
K4BAI		John T. Laney III
K4RO		Kirk Pickering
K5GN		David McCarty
K5GO		Stan Stockton
K5WA		Bob Evans
K6NA		Glenn Rattmann
K7GK		Denis Pochuev
KC7V		Mike Fulcher
LY7Z		Andrius Ignotas
LZ1CNN/T6LG	Ilian Lazarov Gadzhev
LZ2HM		Andrey Stefanov Sachkov
N3RD		David Hawes
N5AW		Marvin Bloomquist
NF4A		Charles Wooten
OE6MBG	Michael S. Schwab
OH1RX		Jouko Häyrynen
PA3AAV	Gert Meinen
PY8AZT	Luc Moreira
RA3AUU	Igor "Harry" Booklan
RA9USU	Dmitry Zhikharev
RW4WR		Alex Orlov
S50XX		Kristjan Kodermac
S53R		Robert Kasca
SM6LRR	Mats Strandberg
SP4Z		Wieslaw Kosinski
UA9MA		Gennady I Kolmakov
UT5UGR	Dmitry Stashuk
UT7QF		Igor Syerikov
VA2WA		Victor Androsov
VE3EY		Nick Lekic
VE3RA		Ed Kulchenko
VE3XB		Yuri Romanov
VK2IA		Bernd Länger
VK4EMM	John Loftus
W0YK		Ed Muns
W4PA		Scott E. Robbins
W6OAT		Charles K. "Rusty" Epps
YL2KL		Girts Budis
YO9GZU	Tiberiu "Tibi" Tebeica
YU1EA/YT8A	Dušan Ceha
YU1LA		Ivan Mastilovic
ZL3CW/F2CW	Jacques Calvo
ZS4TX		Bernie van der Walt
ZS6EZ		Chris R. Burger

See http://www.wrtc2014.org/qualifying/referee-selection/ for an explanation
of the referee qualifications and application process.

 

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 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 or contact WRTC Chairman Doug
Grant, K1DG, via e-mail at k1dg at wrtc2014.org.