WRTC 2002
I was honored to be selected as a Team captain for WRTC 2002 in Helsinki,
Finland. I chose Tom Frenaye, K1KI, as my partner. We had a great
time and finished the contest in 7th place.
(Photo July 2002 by N6TV)
Prior to the contest we attended the Finland summer hamfest at Himos.
(Photo July 2002 by N6TV)
The Himos resort included a small 9 hole golf course. A group of us
enjoyed a round on Thursday afternoon. We each rented a ball and one
club. Had fun and added another continent to our golfing WAC!
(Photo July 2002 by N6TV)
It was a 3 hour bus ride from Himos back to Helsinki. We were anxious
to get back as we now had our station assignments and wanted to see what was in
store.
(Photo July 2002 by N6TV)
Our station was simple but effective. We had two FT1000MP, two
computers running CTwin, one set of bandpass filters on the run radio, and a
coax reversing switch.
(Photo July 2002 by K5ZD)
The run station was on the left.
(Photo July 2002 by K5ZD)
The spotting station was on the right.
(Photo July 2002 by K5ZD)
After we had our station assembled Friday evening, we stopped by our nearest
competitors who were at the station of OH2BAH. From left to right K5ZD,
RW4WR, SM3CER, K1KI, OH2HE, UA2FZ, OH2BAH (N0AX was taking the picture).
(Photo July 2002 by N0AX)
It was an exciting moment when SM3CER opened the envelope containing our
callsign for the contest. What a relief to get OJ1M!
(Photo July 2002 by K5ZD)
We were always under the watchful eyes and ears of referee SM3CER!
While the results were being compiled, I took the opportunity to do some
sightseeing in Helsinki.
The results were announced at an awards banquet on Monday evening.
Here are the "also rans" from the Top Ten as we were announced at
the Awards Ceremony.
(Photo July 2002 by VE3DZ)
I was a very happy guy to be a part of it all.
(Photo July 2002 by N0AX)
Full details of WRTC 2002 can be found at www.wrtc2002.org.
