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K6TU provides propagation forecast service for WRTC2014

Stu Phillips, K6TU, has made his propagation prediction service publicly available for anyone interested in WRTC2014. Enter your callsign, grid square, and type of antenna system. The web page will provide a table of expected band openings from your location to the WRTC2014 area.

WRTC2014 Featured on Ham Nation

WRTC2014 Chairman Doug Grant, K1DG, was interviewed on the Ham Nation show March 6, 2014. You can view a recording of the interview at http://twit.tv/show/ham-nation/137. You can see Doug’s interview between 13:30 and 26:30. Doug answers questions about the history of WRTC, how the stations are equal, the qualification process, building 65 stations, fund raising, judging the…

Beam & Site Team Volunteer Training – May 31

Save the date of May 31 for a WRTC2014 volunteer training session. Everyone who will be involved in site setup or monitoring is urged to attend. The training will be held at Milara, Inc., 49 Maple Street, Milford, MA. This is about 2 miles from I-495 Exit 19 (RT-109 W).

Sponsored Teams Announced for WRTC2014

WINDHAM, NH Issued February 10, 2014… WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is pleased to announce three of the four Sponsored Teams that will compete at WRTC2014.The Sponsors are from the USA, Azores, Brazil/Bulgaria. The WRTC2014 Steering Committee permits each WRTC organizer to offer the opportunity for sponsors to name teams…

Tower Prep Work Day

Dennis, W1UE, led a team of volunteers to do some preparation work on the towers and other equipment to be used for WRTC2014.

IRON HAM Contest Offers Trip to WRTC2014 for Winners

There are special prizes for the upcoming World Wide Iron Ham Contest – winners in the Single-Op All-Band and Multi-Op categories will win a round trip to and accommodations at WRTC 2014! Sponsored by the Araucaria DX Group, the Iron Ham uses CW, Phone, and RTTY in a 24-hour format. The contest is last full…

Onsite Referees for WRTC2014 Announced

Windham, NH December 16, 2013 Onsite Referees for WRTC2014 Announced WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC), is pleased to announce the fifty-nine referees that will be monitoring the competing teams during the competition July 12-13, 2014. A referee will be on site at each of the 59 competing stations to…