[SCCC] FW: [WRTC2002 0488] WRTC2002 Press Release #13 - Wild- Card Teams

[Will Angenent]

Congrats, Glenn, Jim and Dick!
Way to go for the SCCC
73 Will,  K6NDV

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>            WRTC2002 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE LAUNCHES
>            THE LINEUP OF WRTC2002 "WILD-CARD" TEAMS
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>            At its meeting of January 5, 2002, the full Organizing
>            Committee reviewed the wild-card applications received
>            to date and other selection related support elements
to
>            complete selection of the remaining WRTC country
teams.
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>            It was realized  that the WRTC had now reached such
>            public exposure and popular appeal that an impressive
>            array of the world's most prominent operators were
involved
>            in the preliminary process, mindful of the constraints
imposed
>            by the current WRTC framework for facilitating all
potential
>            competitors.
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>            Every effort will be made to bring the contesting
>            world to Finland to join the event, not just as
competitors
>            but also to perform other duties or just share in
the
>            camaraderie of this friendly event.
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>            The WRTC2002 Organizing Committee is pleased and
honored
>            to welcome the following teams to Finland to compete
and
>            meet the very best in amateur radio contesting:
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>            OE2VEL Wolfgang Klier
>            OE9MON Carl Maurer
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>            DL2CC Frank Grossmann
>            DJ7AA Wilfried Gottschald
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>            RA3AUU Igor Booklan
>            RV1AW Andrei Karpov
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>            SP7GIQ Krzystof Sobon
>            SP2FAX Kazimierz Drzewiecki
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>            S50A Tine Brajnik
>            S59AA Franc Bogataj
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>            OH6EI Tomi Ylinen
>            OH2XX Kari Lehtimäki
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>            ZS6EZ Chris Burger
>            ZS4TX Bernie van der Walt
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>            5B4ADA Ivo Pezer
>            5B4WN Marios Nicolaou
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>            UN9LW Vladimir Vinichenko
>            UN7LAN Alex Sytov
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>            UA9BA Vladimir Umanets
>            RN9AO Nickolai Perminov
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>            VE7SV Dale Green
>            VE7AHA Andrew Ponzini
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>            K3LR Timothy J. Duffy
>            N9RV Patrick M. Barkey
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>            N6KT Rich Smith
>            K6NA Glenn Rattmann
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>            N6TJ James Neiger
>            N6AA Richard Norton
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>            LU7DW Claudio Gabriel Fernandez
>            LW9EUJ Martin Monsalvo
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>            PP5JR Sergio Lima de Almeida
>            PY1KN Marcelo Gomes da Silva
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>            At the January 5 meeting, the WRTC Organizing Committee
>            also reserved the right to add additional teams,
should the
>            circumstances so suggest, and/or should any force
majeure
>            issues arise for the teams announced hereby.
>            We congratulate the teams listed above and look
forward
>            to seeing them in Finland some six months from now.
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>            Respectfully,
>            WRTC2002 Organizing Committee
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>PS. All WRTC2002 competitors will be soon connected to a dedicated
              competitor reflector where further detailed information
will be distributed.
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