> WRTC2002 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE LAUNCHES
> THE LINEUP OF WRTC2002 "WILD-CARD" TEAMS
>
> At its meeting of January 5, 2002, the full Organizing
> Committee reviewed the wild-card applications received
> to date and other selection related support elements to
> complete selection of the remaining WRTC country teams.
>
> It was realized that the WRTC had now reached such
> public exposure and popular appeal that an impressive
> array of the world's most prominent operators were involved
> in the preliminary process, mindful of the constraints imposed
> by the current WRTC framework for facilitating all potential
> competitors.
>
> Every effort will be made to bring the contesting
> world to Finland to join the event, not just as competitors
> but also to perform other duties or just share in the
> camaraderie of this friendly event.
>
> The WRTC2002 Organizing Committee is pleased and honored
> to welcome the following teams to Finland to compete and
> meet the very best in amateur radio contesting:
>
> OE2VEL Wolfgang Klier
> OE9MON Carl Maurer
>
> DL2CC Frank Grossmann
> DJ7AA Wilfried Gottschald
>
> RA3AUU Igor Booklan
> RV1AW Andrei Karpov
>
> SP7GIQ Krzystof Sobon
> SP2FAX Kazimierz Drzewiecki
>
> S50A Tine Brajnik
> S59AA Franc Bogataj
>
> OH6EI Tomi Ylinen
> OH2XX Kari Lehtimäki
>
> ZS6EZ Chris Burger
> ZS4TX Bernie van der Walt
>
> 5B4ADA Ivo Pezer
> 5B4WN Marios Nicolaou
>
> UN9LW Vladimir Vinichenko
> UN7LAN Alex Sytov
>
> UA9BA Vladimir Umanets
> RN9AO Nickolai Perminov
>
> VE7SV Dale Green
> VE7AHA Andrew Ponzini
>
> K3LR Timothy J. Duffy
> N9RV Patrick M. Barkey
>
> N6KT Rich Smith
> K6NA Glenn Rattmann
>
> N6TJ James Neiger
> N6AA Richard Norton
>
> LU7DW Claudio Gabriel Fernandez
> LW9EUJ Martin Monsalvo
>
> PP5JR Sergio Lima de Almeida
> PY1KN Marcelo Gomes da Silva
> .............
> At the January 5 meeting, the WRTC Organizing Committee
> also reserved the right to add additional teams, should the
> circumstances so suggest, and/or should any force majeure
> issues arise for the teams announced hereby.
> We congratulate the teams listed above and look forward
> to seeing them in Finland some six months from now.
>
> Respectfully,
> WRTC2002 Organizing Committee
>
> PS. All WRTC2002 competitors will be soon connected to a dedicated competitor
reflector where further detailed information will be distributed.
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