[OZ-CONTEST] WRTC 2018 Official Competition Rules Released

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Em seg, 7 de nov de 2016 às 13:46, Michael Hoeding, DL6MHW <dl6mhw at wrtc2018.de> escreveu:

(Jessen/Wittenberg -  07 November 2016)

WRTC 2018 e.V., host of the 2018 World Radiosport Team Championship,
announced that the official competition rules have been published at
http://wrtc2018.de/index.php/en/competition.

These are the rules that will be relevant for all WRTC 2018 competitors.
"Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback during the rules review
process," said Uwe Koenneker , DL8OBF, Director of the WRTC 2018 Rules
Committee. "We have discussed the rules with potential competitors by
e-mail as well as with the WRTC Sanctioning Committee. Publishing the
rules about 20 months before the event gives potential competitors the
chance to practice according to these rules."

"Based on the fabulous job done by the WRTC 2014 Committee in Boston, we
have adopted the concept of Two-Operator Two-Transmitter competition,"
continued Koenneker. "Both stations will be permitted to transmit at any
time to maximize their scoring and the fun of the world wide WRTC
community."

Significant changes address the use of modern contest technology such as
Software Defined Radio. For instance - whereas waterfall displays were
not allowed in WRTC 2014 - nowadays this technology is standard and
provided by most top transceivers. Therefore displaying waterfall,
spectrum and peakhold will be part of the game in WRTC 2018. However,
focusing on operator skill any decoding assistance, e.g. by CW skimmer,
is strictly forbidden.

Furthermore, some minor amendments are implemented in the rules. E.g.
the WRTC 2014 has shown that the interface between station audio and
referee headphone can cause time consuming issues. Therefore the teams
may provide a headphone for the referee to avoid this problem.

Any questions concerning the rules should be addressed to
competition at wrtc2018.de or to the WRTC 2018 Mailing List
(http://www.wrtc2018.de/index.php/en/ueber-uns-2/mailinglisten-2).

About WRTC 2018
The World Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC) are held every four years
and assemble more than 60 two-operator-teams of the world’s best radio
contesters on a level playing field. Quite different from their usual
contesting they must use identical equipment in the same geographical
region eliminating all variables except their personal skills. Previous
WRTCs were held in Seattle/USA (1990), San Francisco/USA (1996),
Slovenia (2000), Finland (2002) Brazil (2006) Russia (2010) and New
England/USA (2014).
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Michael Höding, DL6MHW
Vice-President, Fundraising, PR
Phone: +49 39201 20779 <tel:+49%2039201%2020779> 
E-Mail: dl6mhw at wrtc2018.de
http://www.wrtc2018.de

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