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73 - Jim AD1C
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TEAM (A61AJ) INVITED TO WRTC 2002
As part of its original plan for the WRTC 2002 event, the WRTC2002
organizing committee reserved the right to select one team with special
characteristics, while maintaining the high quality operator criteria
established as a hallmark for the WRTC 2002 games.
With this objective in mind, at its meeting on April 8, 2002, the committee
decided to invite a team from the United Arab Emirates (A61AJ) to be the
representative of the contesting community in the Middle East.
The teams operating from A61AJ have achieved superb results over the past
few years and this action seeks to recognize this fact. The inclusion of
this special team is thus viewed as a positive addition to the games.
Team UAE will be led by Ali Al-Futtaim, A61AJ, who has been the driving
force behind the development of what is one of the premier contest
superstations in the Middle East and Asia. In the spirit of the games, a
team has been selected that is representative of the current A61AJ
operating roster. While his team members are U.S. nationals, they also
represent the A61AJ team as it now stands in the contesting landscape.
Accordingly, we are delighted to welcome Ali Al-Futtaim, A61AJ, and his
operating team of Jeff Briggs, K1ZM, and Phil Goetz, N6ZZ, to the games as
the WRTC 2002 special team selection.
WRTC2002 Organizing Committee
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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
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