[NCDXA] WRTC 2026

[Phillip Barsky]

THANK YOU TO W3UR, BERNIE, FOR PASSING THIS INFORMATION ALONG.

73 Phil K3EW
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WRTC is almost here!
The Olympics of Amateur Radio Contesting is almost upon us. On 8th July
2026, competitors that have qualified to represent their Qualification Area
(unlike the Olympics, which has participants competing for their country)
will arrive in the United Kingdom Headquarters for this once every 4 year
event. 50 teams of two, each with an assigned referee, will be allocated an
HF operating site in South East England, where they will take part in a 24
hour SSB/CW contest over the weekend of 11th/12th July (during the IARU HF
Championship Contest). This is your opportunity to work these special
stations and apply for your award! The WRTC contest will be live on a
dedicated online platform provided by World Radio League. This is a live
scoreboard where you can track your favourite team in real time. Also, when
you contact one of the special WRTC stations, you can see it on the WRL
platform. Whats more, you can check which of the 50 WRTC stations you still
need to contact. Can you work all 50 of them? If you’re an SSB operator,
there are 250 possible QSOs across 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. Similarly, there
are 250 possible QSOs if you are a CW operator. If you are both an SSB and
CW operator, 500 QSOs are possible with WRTC stations alone! Certificates
will be downloadable after the contest, which will display your total
number of QSOs made with these special callsigns. There are different award
tiers depending on how many you contact. Check out the following webpage
for full details of the award programme:
www.wrtc2026.org/wrtc-2026-competition-awardsSo, what are the special
callsigns? Well, we can’t say just yet! These will be announced on Thursday
9th July. You will find this on the WRTC website – www.wrtc2026.org – and
also on our social media platforms by searching WRTC2026. You can be sure
that these 50 callsigns will be all over the bands during this contest! See
how many you can find!A look at the World Radio League platform is a must.
b'Visit www.WorldRadioLeague.com <'b'http://www.worldradioleague.com/'> and sign
up early for free to stay tuned when the live scoreboard page for WRTC goes
live!

Please share for maximum exposure!
73,The WRTC 2026 Team
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