[NCC] Fwd: WRTC 2018 On the Air

[Jim]

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> Editor:
> Rainer Englert DF2NU
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> 07.07.2018
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> Dorfstr. 14
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> WRTC-2018
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> 85567 Bruck-Alxing
> Author:
> Rainer Englert
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> GERMANY
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> RADIO DARC© international Shortwave Broadcasts
> With 300kW from Wittenberg via Vienna to North America
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> The WRTC is to be covered in two special broadcasts by RADIO DARC. The radio show of the German Amateur Radio Club e.V. will broadcast a program in English on Saturday, July 14 from 11:00 to 12:00 UTC (13:00 – 14:00 hrs local) using the 49m short-wave band on 6070 kHz / 300 kW.
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> Especially for the many people interested in WRTC from North America, the program will also be broadcasted on 13860 kHz / 300 kW at the same time. This frequency has been chosen because it is only 140 kHz below the 20m amateur band. The 6-hour time difference makes it possible for the show to serve as a "breakfast radio" with WRTC News on the East Coast of North America. There is expected to be a high level of interest from North America as not only did a total of 14 teams from North America qualify but also the defending champions Daniel Craig (N6MJ) and Chris Hurlbut (KL9A) are from the USA.
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> A day later, on Sunday the 15th, the second broadcast will be sent at 09:00 am UTC. In both magazines, which can be received all over Europe including the region in the Wittenberg and Jessen areas, will also include content from HAM journalists reporting on current WRTC event. What the World Radio Team Championship is all about and how it works will be presented. Behind the scenes reports will cover the qualifying process, the competitors and their four-year preparation as well as the efforts of all the volunteers in this mammoth project. The contest rules and award programs will be explained. Tips will be given on technology in use to make those DX contacts and the all important radio propagation report completes the "WRTC-special" program.
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> The rented transmitters with an output of 300 kW can reach listeners in many parts of the world. They are located in Vienna, Austria. The RADIO DARC program regularly airs on Sundays at 09:00 a.m. UTC on 6070 kHz in the 49m band and covers current news from the amateur radio and short wave sectors, equipment reports, technology tips and interviews along with a bit of varied music.  After the discontinuation of Deutsche Welle, VOA and other former SW stations, the weekly broadcast of RADIO DARC is unique in its magazine format worldwide and now is the last remaining long, medium or short wave radio magazine that is voluntarily produced in Germany by radio amateurs.
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> Forwarding this message to your home countries´ society would also be very much appreciated, as well as publishing it on your website or on an email distribution list.
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