[CQ-Contest] WRTC Sanctioning Committee Accepting Proposals for WRTC2026 Hosting

[Doug Grant]

WRTC Sanctioning Committee Now Accepting Proposals for 2026 Hosting

(Ljubljana, Slovenia - 15 January 2023) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The World Radiosport Team Championship Sanctioning Committee (WRTC-SC)
today
announced that it is accepting proposals for hosting the 2026 WRTC event.

The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is an on-site amateur radio
competition,
usually held every four years. Previous WRTCs have been held in Seattle,
USA (1990); San
Francisco, USA (1996); Bled, Slovenia (2000); Helsinki, Finland (2002);
Florianopolis, Brazil
(2006); Moscow, Russia (2010); Boston, USA (2014); and Wittenberg, Germany
(2018).
WRTC2022, delayed due to the worldwide public health challenges and
government responses
to the COVID-19 pandemic, is scheduled to be held in Bologna, Italy in July
2023.

Teams of two operators representing a geographical region of the world come
to the host site to
compete using similar antennas and locations, overseen by on-site
referees.  The WRTC
competition has typically been held as a contest-within-a-contest
coincident with the IARU
World HF Championship to capitalize on the high activity of a popular
world-wide operating
event.

Groups interested in hosting WRTC2026 should submit a Letter of Intent,
with a summary
proposal. This should include the following items:

* Committee Organization, identifying each of the principals involved and
any relevant
organizational and amateur radio experience especially in
contesting/radiosport

* Competition Description, including planned number of teams, geographic
location of
operating sites, and competitor selection process

* Social Aspects, including approximate schedule, travel, and housing
arrangements for
participants

* Financing, including an outline of the budget and fundraising approach. A
detailed
budget is not required at this time.

* Expected assistance and involvement from local and regional amateur radio
organizations
and regulatory authorities

* Public Exposure, including plans to publicize and promote the event
locally and
worldwide

Letters of Intent must be submitted no later than March 31, 2023 at 2359
UTC. The WRTC-SC
will review all proposals received and will respond by April 30, 2023.
Additional information
may be requested.

It is the goal of the WRTC-SC to announce the venue for WRTC2026 at the
close of
WRTC2022 in Bologna in July 2023. Letters of Intent should be submitted
directly to the
Chairman of the WRTC Sanctioning Committee, Tine Brajnik, S50A, via email
to
tine.brajnik at gmail.com