Paul, answers below.
>> "It's 2023, but the contest is still called WRTC 2022, but it's held
concurrent with the IARU 2023 contest?"<<
The WRTCs usually are held every four years. This one was delayed a year
by Covid. Evidently the organizers chose to keep it rather than do a lot
of non-productive work, that's my guess. (Think legal incorporation,
business and bank accounts, various payment methods for donations, ogos and
merchandise, etc.)
>> "we are encouraged NOT to identify? <<
This applies only to your identifying the operators competing in the WRTC
event in Italy. You are encouraged not to identify them, should you
recognize an operator's voice or something like that. They will be
identifying themselves only by their Italian callsign. While the special
callsign block(s) will be announced before the contest, the competitors are
told their specific callsign just 15 minutes before the contest begins and
after they have surrendered all means of non-amateur radio communication,
including their personal cell phones. (The on-site referee and site manager
handle all communication, including any emergencies.) Their aqmateur
station is blocked from Internet access. The calls will be associated with
specific competitive teams only after the contest is over. So while there
are cluster spots, an on-line scoreboard, and even their logs -- this is
all handled electronically by the organizing committee and is referenced to
the Italian callsign being used. The intent is to equalize the competitive
playing field for the competitors by dampening, if not preventing, friends
and supporters from working and spotting only their friends. Theoretically
no one should know the Italian callsign of their friends until the event
ends -- they should work every station they can.
I hope this helps a little. You have to be there to fully appreciate the
effort made to ensure that the competition is as fair as possible for all
the WRTC teams from around the world. That is no easy task.
Everyone else should just get on and work the special stations and all
others pursuant to the normal IARU contest rules. Work for one of the
unique WRTC awards if that is appealing,
https://www.wrtc2022.it/en/news-11.asp?idnews=94 Watch all the live
information at the special website during the competition if that is
interesting to you. And help out by submitting your cabrillo log within the
first 6 hours after the contest so that it can be used to cross-check the
competitors' logs. Log submission link and live information during the
event is expected to be at https://tinyurl.com/yhvjx6zv but if not, go to
http://wrtc2022.it to be redirected.
73, Dave K3ZJ
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 7:36 AM Christopher Paulin <chris@paulinslate.com>
wrote:
> Dave,
>
> This is rather confusing. It's 2023, but the contest is still called WRTC
> 2022, but it's held concurrent with the IARU 2023 contest? And, we are
> encouraged NOT to identify?:
>
> "Etiquette: no competitor is allowed to say anything that may
> identify themselves. I strongly suggest that you DO NOT greet by
> name or
> show recognition even if you recognize a voice on SSB."
>
> This makes no sense. Before I promote this contest to our club membership,
> I'd like some clarification.
>
> Cheers and 73,
> Chris N8ACP
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> This reflector has been pretty quiet with regard to this year's WRTC,
> notwithstanding all the competitors, referees, volunteers, and visitors on
> here. Maybe everyone is too busy packing for the trip. Here's some info
> for everyone else and may turn on their radio during the IARU Championship.
>
> *WRTC Countdown Is On*
>
>
>
> WRTC2022 -- delayed a year by Covid, dealing with a live war to the East,
> and wracked by floods last month -- nevertheless is coming to your radio at
> 1200 Z July 8 to 1200Z July 9. (It overlays the IARU Championship.) A
> sub-contest for WRTC "hunters" with awards for non-WRTC competitors was
> just announced. See the rules at the link below.
>
> ? In a first, all competing stations will be spotted automatically by the
> organizers, SSB as well as CW, so it should be relatively easy to find the
> special stations.
>
> ? Logs and all sorts of real-time information will be available on the
> website in almost real time.
>
> ? Etiquette: no competitor is allowed to say anything that may
> identify themselves. I strongly suggest that you DO NOT greet by name or
> show recognition even if you recognize a voice on SSB. Doing so robs
> the competitor of seconds when seconds count, and the competitors are
> prohibited from acknowledging you in any fashion. Just a quick ?5908? is
> the best response. Note that a referee is present and listening at all
> times, as well as recordings being made for later checking. The operators
> will have unique callsigns and are supposed to remain anonymous until
> identified on the website shortly after the contest.
>
> ? Finally, WRTC requests that you PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR LOG IMMEDIATELY
> to ARRL for the IARU Championship. A link for this purpose is on the WRTC
> webpage. WRTC log checking commences immediately after the contest and the
> results are announced the next evening (afternoon on East Coast USA), so
> your log is needed ASAP for cross-checking. The judging committee will
> have access to logs submitted through the normal ARRL process. Your
> log will be used for checking the competitors? logs. Your own log checks
> will be done by ARRL for the IARU Championship using their normal process.
>
> ? View the WRTC2022 website for award rules and categories,
> announcements about live streams, everything I got wrong in this email, and
> all other information as it becomes available:
> https://tinyurl.com/yhvjx6zv.
>
>
> 73, Dave K3ZJ
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