Montville Patch Pine Brook resident and top amateur radio operator Paul Whitman (amateur radio callsign WQ2N) has been selected to compete in the World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 (WRTC2014). Read more: http://montville.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/pine-brook-resident–paul-whitman-to-compete-in-international-radiosport-competition
CaymanCompass.com By: James Whittaker A lifelong obsession with amateur radio started for Kevin Stockton as a teenager, snatching brief bursts of conversation with his father from far-flung destinations like Namibia and the Maldives. The Arkansas native, now a speech therapist in the Cayman Islands, vividly recalls tuning in late at night to hear his father’s…
WRTC2014 was featured in two articles from July QST. (Links below only available to ARRL members.) K1ZZ’s editorial talks about the role of WRTC2014 in the ARRL Centennial celebration. http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This%20Month%20in%20QST/July2014/JULY%20editorial.pdf One page article about WRTC2014 by K5ZD provides general information on the WRTC concept and ways that everyone can participate. http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This%20Month%20in%20QST/July2014/Thompson.pdf
WINDHAM, NH Issued June 13, 2014… WRTC 2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship competition, is pleased to announce the callsigns that will be used by the 59 teams competing in the event. The WRTC competitors will use 1×1 callsigns from the USA first call area. Sixteen of the available 75 callsigns…
WRTC2014, in collaboration with the Framingham Amateur Radio Association (FARA), will be holding license examination sessions for WRTC2014 competitors, referees, and visitors who are interested in obtaining a U.S. license or upgrading their existing U.S. license.
We have had a number of visitors to WRTC2014 ask for help finding a place to operate over the weekend. I am pleased to announce that Les, NI1L, has stepped forward to serve as matchmaker between visitors and local station owners. We want everyone who comes to WRTC2014 to have fun and get a chance…
Fox Television My9NJ.com By Hank Flynn, @ChasingHank Hunterdon County, New Jersey (My9NJ) — Paul Franson and John Crovelli up in Hunterdon County, New Jersey have been “Elmers” or amateur “HAM” radio operators since they were kids. “I started when I was twelve or so in 1962,” Franson recalled. “That was the thrill and remember this…
Here is a list of the important upcoming deadlines and critical dates for participants in WRTC2014: NOW: If there are any problems for TLs,TMs, or referees such as travel, family/business matters or visa/travel problems that will prevent you from attending, please contact: K1TO@wrtc2014.org IMMEDIATELY so he can take appropriate actions. NOW: If not already done,…
Under overcast skies that were threatening a chance of rain, over 200 volunteers attended the WRTC2014 training session on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Milara, Inc. in Milford, MA. Volunteers began to arrive around 7:30am and most everyone was checked in by 8:30am. Special thanks to Krassy, K1LZ, for opening the doors of his company…
WINDHAM, NH Issued May 26, 2014… WRTC 2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship competition, is pleased to announce that it has received a significant financial contribution from the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF). The donation was in the form of a match challenge for donations made during the Dayton Contest…