So says regulator BNetzA via ARRL. Should be a boon for modern-era prefix
hunters.
WRTC 2018 will Use Y2A – Y9Z Call Signs
07/12/2018[UPDATED 2018-07-12 @ 1415 UTC] German telecommunications regulator
Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has announced that the 63 World Radiosport Team
Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018) teams on the air this weekend for the
international competition will use "club station" call signs from the Y2A – Y9A
block on a one-time basis. It is not yet known if these call signs will be in
the 1 x 1 format or some other. Available call signs for participating teams
are to be announced during the WRTC 2018 opening ceremonies at around 1700 UTC
on July 12. Just before the competition starts on Saturday at 1200 UTC, teams
will chose one call sign out of the available block in a lottery.Y2 – Y9 call
sign prefixes were inherited from the former East Germany regulatory regime and
have not been used for nearly 30 years — since the reunification of East and
West Germany. The regulator said radio amateurs in the participating teams may
use the assigned club station call sign “if they hold a valid foreign Amateur
Radio license according to CEPT recommendation T/R 61-01, an Amateur Radio
license valid on a short-term basis in Germany, or a valid German Amateur Radio
license.”This morning, WRTC 2018 participants and referees met for a briefing
by organizers, during which competition organizers explained and clarified all
rules and answered questions. “Competitors and referees asked for a lot of
detail,” a WRTC 2018 announcement said. “especially as regards correct log
keeping and rating of QSOs, such as what to do when the [other station] sends
the wrong zone. The guidelines given at the meeting are a building block for
fair competition, which must indeed be reflected during contest operation and
not only through subsequent regulatory discussions.”A detailed briefing also
was held for site referees, during which the function of the power-checking
meter was described and the configuration of the score-collection computer
explained.
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