Lowell Sun, Sentinel and Enterprise By Jack Minch LEOMINSTER — Sholan Farms is scheduled to host one of the sites being used for this year’s World Radiosport Team Championship the weekend of July 12. Other nearby sites hosting the competition include Devens and Pepperell, said Don Montrym, of the Montachusett Amateur Radio Association. The goal is…
Bozeman resident to compete in world radio competition
Bozeman Daily Chronicle BRITTANY HORTON, Chronicle staff writer Bozeman resident Chris Hurlbut has many hobbies, including hiking, fishing and playing with his ham radio. Did that last one seem unusual? Ham radio is a hobby in which licensed amateur radio operators transmit over the airwaves, both for fun and, sometimes, to provide emergency communications. “Ham…
La Jollan to compete in world ham radio contest
www.lajollalight.com La Jolla Light, staff reports Top amateur radio operator Patrick Briggs, of La Jolla was selected to compete in the World Radiosport Team Championship, held every four years. This year’s competition, the first in the United States since 1996, will take place across 16 New England communities, July 9-14. Known as the “Olympiad of…
Pasadena Resident David Hodge to Compete in International Radiosport Competition
Pasadena Now From STAFF REPORTS Pasadena resident and top amateur radio operator David Hodge (amateur radio callsign N6AN) 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…
Local ham radio operator in international competition
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Rancho Cucamonga resident and amateur radio operator Daniel Craig (amateur radio call sign N6MJ) has been selected to compete in the World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 in Westborough, Massachusetts, beginning Wednesday. This quadrennial radiosport competition, the first held in the United States since 1996, will be held across 16 New England…
Ham-radio enthusiasts should head over to Leominster on July 12
Sentinel Enterprise News By Jack Minch, jminch@sentinelandenterprise.com LEOMINSTER — Sholan Farms is scheduled to host one of the sites being used for this year’s World Radiosport Team Championship the weekend of July 12. Other nearby sites hosting the competition include Devens and Pepperell, said Don Montrym with the Montachusett Amateur Radio Association. The goal is…
WRTC2014 Announces Live Scoreboard to Track Team Standings
WINDHAM, NH Issued July 1, 2014…WRTC 2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship competition, announced today that there will be a live scoreboard for tracking the team standings during the event July 12-13, 2014. The Live Scoreboard will be directly accessible on the web at http://sb.wrtc2014.org or from a link on the WRTC2014…
WRTC2014 “Pregame” Webinar – July 6
Title: WRTC2014 Preview Date: Sunday, July 6 Time: 18:00 UTC Registration: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/718400050 Randy Thompson, K5ZD, one of the organizers of WRTC2014, will provide a preview of the upcoming WRTC2014 competition. It’s an opportunity to look behind the scenes at the work that has been going on to prepare for this Olympiad of Amateur Radio. Randy…
What is it like to be a WRTC2014 Referee?
John VK4CT has compiled a stereo recording to simulate the experience of being a referee in WRTC2014. In 2013, W1UE recorded the audio from two radios under similar band conditions expected in 2014. Those recordings are available as mono tracks – one for each radio – at http://www.wrtc2014.org/competition/2013-station-test/ (at the bottom of the page). Participants can now listen to…
‘Olympiad of amateur radio’ coming to I-495 corridor
Telegram.com WESTBORO — The World Radiosport Team Championship organizers selected 16 New England communities as operating sites to host its seventh quadrennial radiosport competition July 9-14. The world’s top amateur radio operators will converge on towns spanning the Interstate 495 corridor for the “Olympiad of amateur radio,” WRTC2014, the first held in the United States…