[NCC] RE: WRTC update

[Scott Jones]

Everyone is still at the Himos resort and enjoying the experience.  Today
was the official opening ceremony and a variety of presentations.  

Keep checking http://wrtc.oh6yf.com/ for updated pictures and the MP3's of
the pileup competitions.  The pile up competitions were simulcast of 105FM
in Finland.  Now this is a country that has amateur radio figured out!

Pre-WRTC contest activities continue.  Tomorrow should be good as the
station and callsign drawings will be held and everyone will finally start
heading toward the contest stations themselves.

Looks like a few folks will be very serious this weekend.  Hopefully
everyone can work the OJ stations... especially Tim (LR), John (EJ) and Rus
(K2UA).

Hopefully, I will see some of you at AZ's this weekend.  K8TME is putting a
tower and tri-bander (my Skyhawk) up tomorrow just to be able to work Tim
and crew.  TME is only 3 or 4 minutes from my house, so that is helpful too.

More info as it becomes available.


>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Scott Jones  
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:43 AM
> To:	'ncc@contesting.com'; 'Roy Drake'; 'Tim Jellison'; 'Joe Vaccaro';
> 'k9vv@indy.net'
> Subject:	RE: WRTC update
> 
> Update for July 10th. 
> 
> Ron (K8NZ) and Angela are safely at WRTC.  W3GH is also safely at WRTC.
> Rumor was that AD8J was to be in OH, but nothing heard yet.
> 
> Tim, Pat and the rest of WRTC were on a bus heading to the Himos resort.
> Check it out at www.himoslomat.fi/english/    Its a tough life!   Pat and
> Tim are sharing the 4 man cabins with N5TJ and K1TO.
> 
> There will be realtime score updates on the web during WRTC.  WE will be
> able to follow the progress of all the teams and see how they are doing
> relative to everyone else.  Remember though, that these are not
> adjudicated scores and will likely change dramatically after the judges
> get done.  
> The link is:  http://www.wrtc2002.org/realtime.htm
> 
> I've printed out the OJ check off sheet that is located on the wrtc site.
> I would suggest everyone could use it, but you may need to mess with the
> formatting a bit to get it to print well.   
> 
> Please share with the NCC reflector your WRTC/IARU plans?  I assume
> some/most will be on..  Let me know as there is a chance I'd be interested
> in operating if you have an opening... 
> 
> Let's all try to get on and work a few of the WRTC stations.  They can all
> use our support, especially the K3LR/N9RV team and the VE3EJ/VE7ZO team.
> 
> Jukka, OH6LI put together the following propagation predictions from NE
> USA and Mi-West US to OH for this weekend.  Don't think my vertical and
> dipole will cut it on too many bands.
> 
> http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2002-July/048395.html
> http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2002-July/048398.html
> 
> Hope everyone finds these updates useful or at least somewhat interesting.
> 
> 
> 
> 	 -----Original Message-----
> 	From: 	Scott Jones  
> 	Sent:	Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:13 AM
> 	To:	'ncc@contesting.com'; Roy Drake; Tim Jellison; Joe Vaccaro;
> Fred Kleber K9VV
> 	Subject:	WRTC update
> 
> 	Just talked to Tim.  As his email previously mentioned, he and Pat
> arrived safely early this morning.  All are in good spirits, albeit a bit
> tired as they got little sleep on the plane.  
> 
> 	VE3EJ is already in OH as well.  Once we hear that Ron (K8NZ) and
> the Green Hornet (W3GH) have arrived safely, NCC should be all accounted
> for.  If any other NCC'ers are traveling to OH for WRTC, please let me
> know.
> 
> 	http://www.wrtc2002.org/
> 
> 	Make sure you check back with this page daily as there will be daily
> updates on activities.  
> 
> 	Another interesting site is: http://wrtc.oh6yf.com/
> 	This site will have daily pictures of WRTC.
> 
> 	I'll send further updates later.
> 
>