[CQ-Contest] WRTC News #20 - Teams are set for WRTC2014 Competition

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

WRTC2014 NEWS RELEASE #20
http://www.wrtc2014.org/teams-are-set-for-wrtc2014-competition/

Windham, NH
October 18, 2013

Teams are set for WRTC2014 Competition

WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC),
is proud to announce the fifty five teams that will be invited to compete in
New England next July.

WRTC is a competition among two-operator teams. Team Leaders were selected
for each qualifying region based on 3 years of qualifying scores. The Team
Leaders were given the choice to select any operator as a Team Mate to
complete their team.

The Team application and verification process was managed by Dan Street,
K1TO, himself a 3-time competitor and winner of the event. “We are very
pleased with the quality of operators selected as Team Mates. Although Team
Leaders could select a partner from anywhere in the world, very few opted to
choose outside their own Selection Area.” Street observed, “This will be a
very competitive field. The top four teams from WRTC-2010 in Moscow are
returning to operate together in 2014!”

In making the announcement, WRTC2014 Chairman Doug Grant, K1DG, stated, “We
are pleased to see a mix of veterans of previous WRTC events and first-time
participants among the Team members. The Teams represent over 30 countries
and a wide range of personal backgrounds. While the focus will be on the
competition, we are looking forward to hosting the teams as they share and
spread the international goodwill of the ham radio community in the Team
Village during WRTC Week.”

There are some interesting stories hidden within the team pairings. There
are two teams with family members; K1ZM chose his son KK6ZM and KU1CW chose
his cousin EA5GTQ. There will be a YL (female) team with DL1QQ selecting
DL8DYL as her partner. E77DX declined his Team Leader spot to become the
Team Mate of OE3DIA. This enabled 9A5K to gain entry as a Team Leader.
ES5TV-ES2RR and 5B4WN-5B4AFM will be operating together in their third
consecutive WRTC.

There are four sponsored teams yet to be announced. A Team Sponsor donation
earns the right to select a team. Contact Doug, K1DG, for details about the
Team Sponsor program.

Questions regarding WRTC2014 team selection should be submitted by e-mail to
teamleader at wrtc2014.org.

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.

List of Teams

Selection
Area	Team Leader	                        Team Mate
AF	Achraf “Ash” Chaabane, 3V/KF5EYY	Dr. Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD
AS1	Vadim Ovsyannikov, R9DX	            Oleg Usov, UA9CDV
AS2	Anatoly Polevik, RC9O	            Mikhail “Mike” Klokov, UA9PM
AS3	Marios Nicolaou, 5B4WN	            Stavros Tsiakkouris, 5B4AFM
AS4	Jie Zheng, BA4ALC	                  Wenjun “Vange” Yang, BA7IO
AS5	Katsuhiro “Don” Kondou, JH5GHM	Hajime Hazuki, JA1OJE
EU1	Filipe Lopes, CT1ILT	            José Nunes, CT1BOH
EU1	Sebastien Le Gall , F8DBF	      Olivier “Oli” Seizelet, F1AKK
EU1	Kazunori “Kazu” Watanabe, M0CFW	Gerry Lynch, GI0RTN
EU1	Olof Lundberg, G0CKV	            Mark Haynes, M0DXR
EU1	Stephane Van Langhenhoven, F4DXW	Sebastien Bajulaz, F8CMF
EU2	Philippe Lutty, LX2A	            Andy Ruse, YO3JR
EU2	Luca Aliprandi, IK2NCJ	            Stefano Brioschi , IK2QEI
EU2	Manfred Wolf, DJ5MW	            Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO
EU2	Carlo De Mari, IK1HJS	            Fabio Schettino, I4UFH
EU2	Sandy Raeker, DL1QQ	            Irina Stieber, DL8DYL
EU3	Tonno Vahk, ES5TV	                  Toivo Hallikivi, ES2RR
EU3	Gediminas “Gedas” Lucinskas,LY9A    Mindaugas “Mindis” Jukna,LY4L
EU3	Toni Lindén, OH2UA	            Kim Östman, OH6KZP
EU3	Kaspars Uztics, YL1ZF	            Oleg Ostrzigallo, YL3DW
EU4	Ivan Dobrocky, OE3DIA	            Emir “Braco” Memic, E77DX
EU4	László “Laci” Végh , OM2VL	      Tibor “Tibi” Ferenec, OM3RM
EU4	Rastislav Hrnko, OM3BH	            Jozef Lang, OM3GI
EU4	Wolfgang “Wolf” Klier, OE2VEL	      Oliver Huber, OE5OHO
EU4	Tine Brajnik, S50A	            Robert Bajuk, S57AW
EU5	Hrle Horvat, 9A6XX	            Davor “Dave” Kucelin, 9A1UN
EU5	Kresimir “Chris” Kovarik, 9A5K	Richard Riley, 9A1TT
EU5	Ranko Boca, 4O3A	                  Ivo Pezer, 9A3A
EU5	Roman Tkachenko, UR0MC	            Yuri Onipko, VE3DZ
EU5	Andy Kotovsky, UU4JMG	            Andriy “Andy” Kazantsev , UU0JM
EU6	Sergey Dyachenko, RX3APM	      Andrey Karpov, RV1AW
EU6	Andrey  Melanin, UA3DPX	            Igor Korolkov, UA4FER
EU6	Iurii Khmelenko, RL3FT	            Dmitri Kryukov, RA3CO
NA1	Krassimir “Krassy” Petkov, K1LZ	Mladen Bogdanov , YT6W
NA10	Alex Tkatch, KU1CW	            Yuri Sakalouski, EA5GTQ
NA11	Jeff Briggs, VY2ZM	            Patrick Briggs, KK6ZM
NA12	Lee Sawkins, VE7CC	            Dale Green, VE7SV
NA13	Fred Kleber, K9VV	                  John Sluymer, VE3EJ
NA2	Ray Higgins, W2RE	                  Lee Imber, WW2DX
NA3	Ken Low, KE3X	                  Scott Redd, K0DQ
NA4E	Richard DiDonna, NN3W	            Kamal “Kam” Sirageldin, N3KS
NA4W	Julio Henriquez, AD4Z	            Dan Thompson, W4UH
NA5	Kevin Stockton, N5DX	            Steve London, N2IC
NA6	Daniel Craig, N6MJ	            Chris Hurlbut, KL9A
NA6	John Barcroft, K6AM	            David Hodge, N6AN
NA7	Mitch Mason, K7RL	                  Jon Kimball, KL2A
NA8	Jim Stahl, K8MR	                  Mike Tessmer, K9NW
NA9	Michael Wetzel, W9RE	            Mark Beckwith, N5OT
OC	Michael Gibson, KH6ND	            John Hillyer, KH6SH
SA1	Hamilton Oliveira Martins, PY2YU	Rafael Martins, PY2NDX
SA2	Jorge Diez, CX6VM                  Lucas “Luc” Maiorov,LU1FAM
YOUTH	Filippo Vairo, IZ1LBG	            Paul Whitman, WQ2N
Wild Card	Alex Avramov, LZ4AX	      Christo Ignatov, LZ3FN
Wild Card	Suad Zukic, DK6XZ	            Winfried Kriegl, DK9IP
Def Champions	Vlad Aksenov, RW1A	Alex Mikhaylov, RA1A

See http://www.wrtc2014.org/qualifying/team-selection/ for an explanation of
the selection areas and the qualification process.