DAILY BULLETIN By Staff report WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — A two-man team of Rancho Cucamonga’s Dan Craig and teammate Chris Hurlbut of Bozeman, Montana, earned the gold medal at last weekend’s 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship for ham radio enthusiasts. The pair won the gold medal in the competition that involved ham radio operators from 38…
A U.S. team won the World Radiosport Team Championship which was held at multiple South Shore sites July 12-13. WESTBOROUGH – A team from the United States recently won the World Radiosport Team Championship, which was held at many South Shore sites. The 24-hour non-stop competition began at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 12. The amateur…
The Boston Globe By Emily Sweeney | GLOBE STAFF HINGHAM — “Kilo, one, oscar!” Katsuhiro “Don” Kondou, a 47-year-old IT specialist from Japan, barked his team’s call sign, K1O, into the microphone on his headset, trying to reach someone far, far away. “Kilo, one, Oscar!” “Kilo, one, Oscar!” Sitting beside him was Hajime Hazuki, a…
Pawling resident and amateur radio operator Lee Imber (amateur radio call sign WW2DX) was selected to compete in the World Radiosport Team Championship 2014, which was held July 9 to Monday. This quadrennial radiosport competition, the first held in the United States since 1996, was held across 16 New England communities. Imber received his first…
USA Teams finish 1st and 4th, Slovakia and Germany get medals WESTBOROUGH, MA Issued July 15, 2014…The award winners for the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC2014) were announced at a ceremony July 14 at the conclusion of the event. A team from the USA earned the gold medal, with teams from Slovakia and Germany…
By Amelia Pak-Harvey, apak-harvey@nashobapub.com DEVENS — John Crovelli sits in a tent crowded with the finest radio equipment, turning a knob and pausing as Morse code pours over the airwaves. “This station you’re hearing right now is in Brazil,” said the New Jersey resident while decoding the language in his head. He scours the airwaves…
The Wall Street Journal By JULIAN E. BARNES Satellites killed the military radio star operator long ago, but military veterans keep the art alive in competitions testing their ability to bounce signals off the ionosphere and contact amateur radio stations a half world away. In their minds, the contestants know technology has gone too far…
The Sun Chronicle , Attleboro, MA BY EMILY O’DONNELL SUN CHRONICLE STAFF WRENTHAM – “CQ, CQ, CQ, calling CQ. This is W1UJ.” “W1UJ this is W1EQ, Whiskey One Echo Quebec 5908.” To the untrained ear this sounds like nonsense, but to amateur radio operators it’s a way to communicate with people around the world. Operators…
The Kansas City Star Lenexa resident and top amateur radio operator Alex Tkatch (amateur radio callsign KU1CW) has been selected to compete in the World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 (WRTC2014). This quadrennial radiosport competition, the first held in the United States since 1996, will be held across 16 New England communities from July 9 through…
CBC Radio. As it Happens with Carol Off & Jeff Douglas Thursday: Faisal Gill, HAM radio championship, Duke U. vs John Wayne whisky, and more… Part Two HAM radio championship A father gets set to compete, along with is son, in one of the most gruelling events in the world that requires antennas: the world HAM…