[CQ-Contest] WRTC qualifying

[David Siddall]

Jim,

As I suspect you well know, there WERE four financed teams at WRTC2014 and
there are spots for five at WRTC2018.  And they certainly were as
competitive as the other teams, capturing place numbers 12, 18, 45 & 47
(out of 59).

73, Dave K3ZJ



On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 8:47 PM, JIM NEIGER <n6tj at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I thought my idea of some years ago had "merit", but as I appeared to be
> the only one - it didn't fly too far.  In essence:
>
> Your two man team plunks down 5000 Euros (too much??  too little??) and
> you've qualified. A team can be ANY two operators, regardless of
> nationality, continent, etc.   Rationale:
>
> a) Demonstrating a willingness to spend your hard earned would 'suggest'
> to you that you're good enough to compete - ergo qualified
>
> b) WRTCs can be pretty much 'self' financed
>
> c) Each entry fee guarantees you a 1) site, 2) antenna(s), 3) tent or ??,
> 4) tables/chairs
>
> Two man teams without the hard earned get their national club to sponsor.
>
> Eliminates all the drama.
>
> Vy 73
>
> Jim Neiger   N6TJ     Team OJ2F - WRTC 2002
>
>