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ARLX025 PVRC Championships
 
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Special Bulletin 25  ARLX025
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 12, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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Team championship planned
 
Amateurs in the Washington, DC area have announced an ambitious plan
to sponsor a second World Radiosport Team Championship in July,
1995.  It would be patterned after the WRTC held in Seattle in 1990
in conjunction with the 1990 Goodwill Games.  This time, instead of
being a ''stand-alone'' radio event, ''WRTC 95'' would be held within
the IARU HF  World Championship contest held annually in July.
 
The Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) will lead the organization of
WRTC-95, and expects many other clubs and individuals in the
Washington-Baltimore area to help.  The PVRC is dedicating the event
to Len Chertok W3GRF, who died in 1994 after a distinguished career
as a contester as well as an Elmer.
 
As in 1990,  the competitors will be two-person teams. This time,
both members of a team must live in the same ITU zone.  The
administrators will accept applications from interested competitors,
both individuals and teams, until December 31, 1994.  The
administrators will then evaluate the applications and name a team
for each ITU zone from which an application has been received.
 
In the same manner as WRTC 90, local amateurs will open their
stations to the teams; some 50 in the Washington area are
anticipated to be needed.  Selected teams and alternate operators
will be notified by the Administration in the spring of 1995.  The
organizers also hope to be able to accommodate alternate teams and
additional zone teams in some manner.
 
Each team will enter the multi-single mixed mode class of the IARU
contest and will follow all contest rules. The stations will be
chosen to have similar equipment and antennas, as in Seattle.  This
time, a PacketCluster connection will be available at each WRTC QTH
for full use, and computer logging will be required.  Also as in
Seattle, teams will be assigned stations at random, after their
arrival in the DC area, and call signs will be assigned shortly
before the 24-hour contest begins.
 
Co-chairmen for WRTC 95 are Eric L. Scace  K3NA, and Howard Leake
W6AXX (/3).  The administrative office is in care of Hayman Systems,
14700 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD  20707-5905 (fax: 301-470-1580).
     
 
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