Announcing Remote Operations from WRTC-2022 HQ
Will you be a volunteer or guest who will be in Bologna, Italy for
WRTC? If you are not actively involved over the contest period, why not
come work the teams from around the world, in a comfortable,
air-conditioned room in the HQ Hotel?
We had much fun doing this at WRTC2014 in Boston and WRTC2018 in Wittenberg!
In cooperation with the OC and with the help of Fabio, I4UFH, we have
secured a room with fast Internet, and will have the equipment to support
four remote operators.
Here are the stations we will have for remote operations:
In co-operation with George Wallner, AA7JV, the inventor of the
Radio-in-a-Box (RIB) concept, NCDXA, and Don Greenbaum, N1DG, who recently
completed the very successful VP6A DXPedition, they have arranged to give
us exclusive access to a RIB located on George’s yacht, Magnet. It will
be anchored near Fakarawa Atoll (FO) in the south Pacific (Grid Square
BH91). Since
it will not be in the country, it will be a /MM operation, and be from ITU
Zone 63. Thanks to Dave Pascoe, KM3T, we will be using the call WR1TC/MM
(The club call from WRTC in Boston 2014). Note that the RBN will report
the correct location during the event.
Another rare ITU Zone is 75, in the high-arctic. Pierre Fogal, VE3KTB,
runs the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) Ridge
Laboratory, located at 80 degrees 3 minutes N and 86 degrees 25 minutes
W. Pierre is on site, and has arranged to let us operate remote for the
contest. It will be another exciting Zone to pass out.
From South America, Dany Bernal, ZP5DBC, has a fantastic station in
Asuncion, Paraguay, and is the host of the ZP5AA Club Call. For IARU,
Dany’s station will be the HQ Station for Paraguay, multiplier RCP as the
HQ station. Our remote will be the operators for this event.
Finally, we have two American powerhouse stations available. One is K2LE
in Vermont, and NJ4P in Tennessee. As we set up next week, we will decide
on which station to use.
We will demonstrate a number of remote technologies, including the Elecraft
K3/0 remote, and simple remotes using a computer for station control, with
Mumble for Audio.
Obviously, the competing teams don't compete for Zone Mults, but the rest
of world will, and these remotes will add excitement to the mix, and they
will all be chasing the teams.
Should you be interested to operate, if you prefer a particular headset,
please bring it along. 3.5mm for speaker and Mic are preferred. You will
be connecting to a computer.
We will have sign-up sheets available at WRTC HQ starting Wednesday, July 5
th. In the meantime, if you are interested in operating, please send an
email to wrtcremotes@radiosport.network. Please tell us your name,
callsign and home country. If you are licensed in more than one country,
please indicate the countries in which you hold a license. if you have a
WhatsApp number, please include it. Your license may determine which
remote you can operate.
- *Gerry Hull, W1VE*
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