What Is It? Two-operator teams will participate in the IARU HF Championship contest following WRTC-style rules. Teams will pre-register the operators and callsign to be used. Results will be collected and reported on an honor-system basis via the CQ-Contest and 3830 reflectors.

Why? WRTC-style competition has created quite a bit of interest since 1990. Since WRTC can't be held every year, it's important to keep the WRTC flame alive. By operating under WRTC-style rules, within the IARU HF Championship, contesters have the opportunity to sharpen the skills needed for WRTC-style events. Plus, it's fun to operate as a team.

How Are IARU Logs Submitted? Since operation will be completely within the existing rules for the Multi-Operator, Single-Transmitter category, submit your logs to the IARU log checkers normally. There is no effect on IARU scoring or reporting. Regular IARU participants will get no extra points from working a WRTC-style team callsign.

How Are WRTC-Style Scores Submitted? Scores will be submitted via the 3830 score submittal Web site: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/. WA7BNM will enable a WRTC team menu for one hour following the end of the contest (until 1300Z, 10 July). Scores will then be sorted automatically by Bruce's software and relayed to the 3830 and CQ-Contest reflectors shortly thereafter. Remember - you still have to submit your logs to the regular IARU-HF contest log checkers to be included in the published results for the contest.

How Are Teams Registered? Your team's operator calls and the call sign that will be used during the contest should be emailed to me at n0ax@arrl.net no later than 1200Z, July 8th - that's 24 hours before the start of the contest. I will then send a list of the team calls to WA7BNM and he will use that to create the team menu for entering your score. All rule changes and notes will be published here on the CQ-Contest reflector. (The list of teams for which I've received actual registration messages will be continually updated on the competition Web site.)

What Are the Rules? Use the WRTC-2002 Rules

(http://www.wrtc2002.org/rules.htm) with the following exceptions:

Rule 3 - 160-meter QSOs are allowed. Region II and III stations may use all available frequencies.

Rule 8 - This set of rules is waived with the exception of using DX spotting assistance and non-amateur means to solicit QSOs - these are still prohibited.

Rule 9 - Any logging program may be used. All logging features may be used, including SCP

Rule 10 - Use standard IARU scoring, not WRTC-2002 scoring

Rule 12 - No log checking is performed - only scores are submitted.

Rule 14 - Winners will be announced from each ITU Zone.

Rule 16 - The only Setup Restrictions are:

(1) Low Power - 150 watts maximum output power. High Power - 1500 watts maximum output power. (changed for 2005) Scores will be noted as to output power used.

(2) A single multi-band directional antenna for operating on any of the 20-15-10 meter bands, no higher than 25 meters from the ground and using a single feed line. If the antenna uses separate feed lines for each band, only one may be connected to a radio at any time. I.e. - it is not permitted for both operators to use the antenna simultaneously.

(3) A single wire antenna for the 160-80-40 bands no longer in any dimension than a 160-meter half-wave dipole and no higher at any point than 25 meters from the ground. The antenna may have only one radiating element, including traps, stubs, and loading devices. Multi-conductor dipoles, for example, are not allowed. No other antenna may be used for receiving. i.e. - The two stations must share the pair of allowed antennas and may use any means of switching between the two antennas.

(4) There are no restrictions on interconnection of the station computers or radios.

(5) Operators may use either radio at any time within the limitations of the IARU rules for multi-operator, single-transmitter. This includes the 10-minute rule.

Categories

(NEW) Family - operators are any two members of the same family; parent, child, uncle/aunt, cousin, grandparents.

Regular - any two licensed operators

Will There Be Referees? If you can convince some poor soul to sit there and listen to you operate for 24 hours, be my guest, but it's not required.

Will There Be A Big Party Afterwards With Food and Beer? Go for it.

I highly encourage all teams to take photos of their setups and submit them to the IARU-HF Soapbox Web page on the ARRL Web site after the contest.

That's it! Let's keep it simple and have fun. Think up some interesting antennas or challenge other two-person teams in your region. Remember - this is an HONOR SYSTEM contest. Operate within the IARU rules and we'll just trust everyone to follow the setup rules. I encourage you to post a complete description of your operation in the IARU Soapbox Web page that will be hosted by the ARRL. We can have a little bit of WRTC fun every year until the next event comes along!

73, Ward NØAX

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