Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 12 2018 11:15 am
TWO FOR THE ROAD AT WRTC 2018
NEIL/ANCHOR: The World Radiosport Team Championship is coming up July
12th through 16th, near Wittenberg, Germany. The teams have been
selected, and the competitors are well on their way of training for
this event, held only every four years, just like the Olympics. You'll
be hearing more about WRTC, as the months go by, and our own Ed Durrant,
DD5LP, will be on site, bringing you the latest news from the biggest
radiosport event in the world. The event features the best of the best.
And, this year, there are three youth teams added to the field. One of
the teams is a pair from the Americas - 22 year old Mathias Acevedo,
CE2MVF, who had the highest qualifying point total of the under 25
selections from La Calera, Chile, and his chosen partner, 13 year old
Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO from Montgomery, Alabama. These two are preparing
the best they can, with some help of some very experienced contesters.
MATHIAS: Well, in my case for this new challenge, the WRTC 2018; Roberto,
CE3CT and Dale, VE7SV, are helping me along the way. They are both
serious contesters, and VE7 has participated in WRTC 2014.
NEIL: Going up against 60 other teams consisting of the top contesters
from all over the planet, is a daunting task. But Bryant thinks it will
be an experience of a lifetime.
BRYANT: If you look up the word "underdog" in the dictionary, you'd see
our picture. I've only been a ham two and a half years. We live 5,000
miles apart, and we can't do a mock run. And all of our interaction is
via WhatsApp, and on the phone. So we are definitely disadvantaged. But,
I know we have a full tank of enthusiasm. And, I will say that we are
very excited to be competing, and I know with hard work, despite all
these disadvantages, we will be in a huge learning experience.
NEIL/ANCHOR: Good luck to these two, and all the other competitors.
**
"DIPLOMAS" FOR VOLUNTEERS AT WRTC 2018
NEIL/ANCHOR: Organizers of the championship, are meanwhile, finding ways
to thank the volunteer supporters whose efforts form the backbone of the
event. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has more on that.
ED'S REPORT: What would the World Radio Team Championship be, without the
volunteers? It simply wouldn't happen.
In order to acknowledge the support provided by the volunteers, the WRTC
organizers are issuing the "VOTA diploma" for those helping with WRTC
2018.
VOTA stands for Volunteers On The Air, and is intended to underline the
fact, that the work of the volunteers is central to the success of WRTC
2018 in July ,in Wittenberg, Germany.
Each volunteer is assigned a WRTC VOTA number, which they can give out on
air for the whole of 2018.
Stations working the volunteer stations can apply for the VOTA-Award at
25, 45, and 65 contact levels (classes 3, 2, and 1, respectively), as
well as Gold and Platinum awards, for those working 100 or 200 volunteers.
To launch the activity and award, a special one hour "activity period"
will take place between 0800 to 0900 UTC on the 80 metre band, on Sunday,
the 14th of January, when the volunteers will be calling "CQ VOTA", and
looking for contacts.
Full details are on the DARC website at the link shown in the show notes.
http://dcl.darc.de/~dcl/public/diplom_details.php?diplomid=115
For ARNewsline from Germany, this is Ed Durrant, DD5LP, and WRTC 2018
VOTA number DL-012.
**
HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY CLASSES IN SESSION
NEIL/ANCHOR: There were no diplomas, but a whole lot of education was
going on nonetheless, at a recent program in New York, called Ham Radio
University. Jim Damron, N8TMW, has those details.
JIM'S REPORT: A $5 donation became the ticket to a full day of amateur
radio workshops - everything from the basics of propagation to the
nuances of successful contesting - as Ham Radio University opened its
doors on Saturday, January 6. The annual New York event featured 30
forums, and a variety of hands-on workshops, as well as special event
station WHRU. Just like Dayton Hamvention, Ham Radio University was
trying out a new venue - the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University,
in Brookville, New York. Despite the so-called "ice cyclone" that
blasted the northeast only days earlier, the turnout drew attendance
from around the region, with an estimated attendance of about 300.
Everything from scanning, SDR, and satellites, to digital modes, and
Dxing, got full coverage. New forums were introduced for YLs, DMR,
and D-Star. Planning is already underway for another full day of
Elmering and fellowship, on Saturday, January 5, 2019.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.
**
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