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WRTC 2006

WRTC 2006. World RadioSport Team Championship. Florianópolis, Brazil July 2006. Speakers. Intro Roger, G3SXW Competitor Marios, 5B4WN Referee Don, G3XTT Judge ‘Smee again. WRTC Goals. The Ham Radio Contesting Olympics To Find the World’s Best Contester

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WRTC 2006

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  1. WRTC 2006 World RadioSport Team Championship Florianópolis, Brazil July 2006

  2. Speakers • Intro Roger, G3SXW • Competitor Marios, 5B4WN • Referee Don, G3XTT • Judge ‘Smee again

  3. WRTC Goals • The Ham Radio Contesting Olympics • To Find the World’s Best Contester • To Foster International Friendship • To Develop Contesting Technology

  4. WRTC History • 1990 Seattle • 1996 San Francisco • 2000 Slovenia • 2002 Finland • 2006 Brazil

  5. Team Selection • Individuals, not Countries • 47 Teams, all Continents • Points from all Major Contests in Previous 3 Years • Team-Captains Invite Team-Mate • 3 Young Contester + 1 YL Teams

  6. The Format • Two-Man Teams • IARU HF Championship, CW/SSB • ‘Identical’ Sites • Identical Antennas + Power Output • On-Site Referee for Each Team • 200+ official participants

  7. PY Recife PY7 CP ZP Rio PY1 Sao Paulo PY2 CE CX LU Santa Catarina PP5 VP8/f

  8. Santa Catarina State (PP5) Island HQ HQ 28° S

  9. WRTC HQ

  10. Also PT5I PP5WRTC 50’ tower 20/15/10 Log Per. 2ele 40mtr beam 80/40m dipole Yaesu Rotator Acom 1010 amp.

  11. Programme • Weds Arrive • Thurs Meetings • Fri The Draw • Sat/Sun Contest • Mon Awards • Tues Depart

  12. QRX Over to Marios

  13. Competitor’s side 5B4WN-5B4AFM

  14. Prior Attempts 5B4ADA, OH6YF(sk) & 5B4WN 2000-Slovenia-S529A 2002-Finland-OJ3X 35th 36th

  15. Lessons learnt • This is a TEAM event • Team efficiency/interleaving key to success • Wise use of technology • Familiarisation with technology

  16. WRTC loop

  17. Qualifying • Qualifying contests: • CQWW, WPX, ARRL DX, IARU, WAEDC, Sprints, Sweepstakes • 8 best scores, Max 4 as MS • Weighting according to category • Continent slots (UK is EU region1)

  18. TM5C@F6CTT C4W@5B4ES MU2A@GU3HFN CQWW SOAB CW 2002- 2nd Asia CQWW SOAB SSB 2003-1st Asia CQWW SOAB CW 2003-3rd Asia CQWW SOAB SSB 2004-4th Asia CQ WW 2002: 1st Europe ARRL DX SSB 2003: 2nd Europe M4A@G6UW M2A@G3ORY CQWW MS CW 2004: 10th Europe IARU MS LP 2004: 1st Europe

  19. Preparing:station design

  20. Preparing:station design

  21. Preparing: strategy previous log analysis: 25K

  22. Preparing: practice G5W@G3BJ IARU 2005 M4A@G6UW IARU 2004 G6PZ RDXC @ G6PZ

  23. WRTC-2006 PP5MCB N4GN

  24. Problem 1

  25. Problem 2

  26. MO1R

  27. Post-mortem

  28. Obrigado • WRTC organisers • 5B4ES • 5B4AHZ • G3BJ • G3ZAY • G4ZFE • G6PZ • G6UW • G7VJR • GU hams • F6CTT (TM5C) • M2A

  29. QRX Over to Don

  30. TheReferee G3XTT • One per team • Experienced contesters in their own right • Selected by K1ZZ G3SXW PY5EG, based on “contesting CV” • UK referees: G3LZQ G3XTT GM4AFF G4BWP G5LP

  31. Role of Referee • Ensure fair play • Transmit scores every hour to WRTC HQ • Help to resolve any issues • Audio recording • Liaise with local host

  32. Trials & Tribulations • Set-up • Contact with HQ • Relations with host • The frustration of being a referee! • The contest • Return to Florianapolis

  33. Adjudication • Log and audio file to WRTC HQ • The early hours .. • Log issues • Final results

  34. QRX Over to Roger

  35. Judging • Chief: K1ZZ • Assist: G3SXW, SM0CXU • Data-Base: N6TR, N6ZZ, N5KO • Policy: PP5JR, PY5EG

  36. Logging • 14 WriteLog • 11 WinTest • 9 N1MM • 8 CT4Win (top 3 logs) • 4 Other

  37. Data-Base • All WRTC + 1,300 IARU logs • Team of 6, data-base in Oregon • UBN Reports within 12 hours • 4 problem logs • Uniques: 42 Teams 1>3%, 4 Teams 12>15% • Delete all Uniques

  38. Highest Scores • Points VE3EJ+VE7ZO 2.4m • QSOs VE3EJ+VE7ZO 2,369 • Mults W2SC+K5ZD 248 • %Loss ES5TV+ES2RR -1.5% • 10 of 46 Teams made 2,000+ QSOs

  39. Most QSOs / Band • Mtrs CW SSB • 80 153 21 • 40 669 129 • 20 496 268 • 15 654 449 • 10 209 56 (70% CW)

  40. The Winners Bronze Gold Silver PP5JR PY5EG K1DG VE3EJ N6MJ N2NT VE7ZO N2NL

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