[OZ-CONTEST] WRTC2014 Announces Invitation of Team Leaders

Wed Sep 25 16:25:05 EDT 2013

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> > From: bernie at dailydx.com
> > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:45:27 -0400
> > To: dailydx at kkn.net; weeklydx at kkn.net
> > Subject: [The Daily DX] WRTC News #19 - WRTC2014 Announces Invitation of	Team Leaders
> > 
> > 
> > Windham, NH
> > September 24, 2013
> > 
> > WRTC2014 Announces Invitation of Team Leaders
> > 
> > WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC),
> > is proud to announce the operators that have been invited to form teams for
> > the competition to be held in July 2014. In addition to the 51 Team Leaders
> > who emerged from the qualifying process, the announcement includes two Wild
> > Card selections, a Youth team, and the defending champion from WRTC2010.
> > 
> > The selection process was managed by Dan Street, K1TO, himself a 3 time
> > competitor and winner of the event. “The competition for a place at WRTC2014
> > was very close. With qualifying points available from an unprecedented 55
> > events, it was terrific that a number of the Selection Area races came down
> > to the very final qualifying event -- ARRL DX SSB 2013.”
> > 
> > The maximum possible qualifying score was 11,600 points. WRTC2014 Chairman
> > Doug Grant, K1DG, noted, “It is impressive that more than 25 applicants
> > scored over 11,000! WRTC2014 will have the highest-qualified Team Leaders
> > ever.”
> > 
> > The Team Leaders come from all continents; 27 from Europe, 15 from North
> > America, five from Asia, two from South America, and one each from Africa
> > and Oceania. Ten of the Team Leaders in North America are first time WRTC
> > competitors. By comparison, Europe produced a more veteran group with only
> > eight rookies among the 27 slots.
> > 
> > Two wild card teams were selected from among the remaining applicants.
> > Street explained the selections, “Suad, DK6XZ, finished less than 6 points
> > out of the last Team Leader spot in EU2, thus being the closest
> > non-qualifier. Alex, LZ4AX, is well known for his consistently solid
> > efforts from K3CR, including his first-ever USA Single-Operator All Bands
> > victory last year in the CQ World Wide DX Contest.”
> > 
> > The Youth Team is a special category created by the WRTC2014 organizers to
> > recognize contesters less than 25 years of age. Filippo, IZ1LBG, posted a
> > terrific set of qualifying scores to claim the spot.
> > 
> > According to tradition, the previous WRTC champion receives an automatic
> > invitation to defend the title. Vladimir, RW1A, winner of WRTC2010 in
> > Moscow, has already indicated his desire to compete in New England.
> > 
> > WRTC is a competition among two-operator teams. Each Team Leader will select
> > one Team Mate for the competition. Team Leaders must accept their invitation
> > to WRTC2014 and nominate their Team Mate by October 15, 2013. If a Team
> > Leader is unable to accept, the invitation will go to the next highest
> > qualifying applicant from the selection area.
> > 
> > Once all of the Team Leader invitations are accepted, there will only be one
> > other way to gain entrance to the WRTC2014 competition – through a Team
> > Sponsorship. A Team Sponsor donation earns the right to select a team. Only
> > two Team Sponsorships are currently available. Contact Doug, K1DG, or Randy,
> > K5ZD, for details. Sponsored Teams will be announced at a later date.
> > 
> > There are less than 10 months remaining until WRTC2014! All questions
> > regarding WRTC2014 team selection should be submitted by e-mail to
> > teamleader at wrtc2014.org.
> > 
> > List of Team Leaders
> > 
> > Selection Area	Team Leader	Name
> > AF	3V/KF5EYY	Achraf Chaabane
> > AS1	R9DX	 Vadim Ovsyannikov
> > AS2	RC9O	 Anatoly Polevik
> > AS3	5B4WN	 Marios Nicolaou
> > AS4	BA4ALC	Jie Zheng
> > AS5	JH5GHM	Katsuhiro "Don" Kondou
> > EU1	CT1ILT	Filipe Monteiro Lopes
> > EU1	F8DBF	 Sebastien Le Gall
> > EU1	M0CFW	 Kazunori Watanabe
> > EU1	G0CKV	 Olof Lundberg
> > EU1	F4DXW	 Stephane Van Langhenhoven
> > EU2	LX2A	 Philippe Lutty
> > EU2	IK2NCJ	Luca Aliprandi
> > EU2	DJ5MW	 Manfred Wolf
> > EU2	IK1HJS	Carlo De Mari
> > EU2	DL1QQ	 Sandy Raeker
> > EU3	ES5TV	 Tonno Vahk
> > EU3	OH2UA	 Toni Lindén
> > EU3	LY9A	 Gediminas Lucinskas
> > EU3	YL1ZF	 Kaspars Uztics
> > EU4	OE3DIA	Ivan Dobrocky
> > EU4	OM2VL	 Végh László
> > EU4	OM3BH	 Rastislav Hrnko
> > EU4	OE2VEL	Wolfgang "Wolf" Klier
> > EU4	S50A	 Tine Brajnik
> > EU5	E77DX	 Emir "Braco" Memic
> > EU5	UU4JMG	Andriy Kotovsky
> > EU5	4O3A	 Ranko Boca
> > EU5	UR0MC	 Roman Tkachenko
> > EU5	9A6XX	 Hrvoje Horvat
> > EU6	RL3FT	 Iurii Khmelenko
> > EU6	RX3APM	Sergey Dyachenko
> > EU6	UA3DPX	Andrey Melanin
> > NA1	K1LZ	 Krassimir Petkov
> > NA2	W2RE	 Ray Higgins
> > NA3	KE3X	 Ken Low
> > NA4E	NN3W	 Richard DiDonna
> > NA4W	AD4Z	 Julio Henriquez
> > NA5	N5DX	 Kevin Stockton
> > NA6	N6MJ	 Daniel Craig
> > NA6	K6AM	 John Barcroft
> > NA7	K7RL	 Mitch Mason
> > NA8	K8MR	 Jim Stahl
> > NA9	W9RE	 Michael Wetzel
> > NA10	KU1CW	 Alex Tkatch
> > NA11	VY2ZM	 Jeffrey Briggs
> > NA12	VE7CC	 Lee Sawkins
> > NA13	K9VV	 Fred Kleber
> > OC	KH6ND	 Michael Gibson
> > SA1	PY2YU	 Hamilton Oliveira Martins
> > SA2	CX6VM	 Jorge Diez
> > WILD	LZ4AX	 Alexander Avramov
> > WILD	DK6XZ	 Suad Zukic
> > YOUTH	IZ1LBG	Filippo Vairo
> > CHAMP	RW1A	 Vladimir Aksenov
> > 
> > See http://www.wrtc2014.org/qualifying/team-selection/ for an explanation of
> > the selection areas and the qualification process.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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