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 O World Radiosport Team Championship, ou apenas WRTC, é um
evento único no mundo, comparado apenas aos Jogos
Olímpicos, que sintetiza essa integração do
que há de melhor em tráfego de
informações, reunindo mais de 40 países e
todos com o mesmo espírito de competição.
Apesar dos avanços tecnológicos no campo das
telecomunicações o que mantém 4 milhões
de pessoas conectadas é usar o espectro de radiofrequencia
como parte integrante da sua vida. O radioamadorismo não faz
distinção entre cor, raça, credo nem
nações. Somos, talvez, a maior comunidade do mundo
cimentada por um único meio: ondas de rádio.
Background
Amateur radio is a unique passion of all ages, with the radio
spectrum providing a playing field for technical innovation and
global human communication in pursuit of giving 4 million amateur
radio operators a chance to experience telecommunications as a way
of life and a source of technological innovation, taking our
wonderful world a step closer to better and more human
communication - or just simply, connecting people.
The World Radiosport Team Championship - WRTC in short - represents
a large gathering of the world's best in radio traffic - as
selected Regionally - coming from some 35 different countries and
all continents in the spirit of competition, using the same playing
field and allowing pure skills to determine world champions in
two-man team, 24-hour nonstop competition in Florianopolis, the
state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Seattle, USA – 1990
WRTC was born in 1990 under the auspices of the Goodwill Games,
which were the brainchild of Ted Turner of CNN fame. The first
Games were organized in Seattle, Washington, focusing on areas of
cultural exchange, arts and other unique subjects - one of these
being amateur radio and WRTC. Radio Amateurs from the whole world
were gathered in an Olympic-style event, in a more varied form of
competition and camaraderie.
San Francisco, USA – 1996
In 1996, the WRTC traveled to San Francisco, and in the shadow of
the Golden Gate the event provided an historical setting and a
ticket of continuity. At the same time, the WRTC Steering Team was
born in the U.S. to promote the concept, to select future sites and
to be of valuable help to future events. This time the WRTC was a
pure Radio Amateur event and assumed more clearly defined
proportions of the Olympics. The WRTC began to emerge as a
worldwide radio contest and, in particular, a warm-hearted
get-together of radio-contesters.
Bled, Slovenia – 2000
It was in 2000 that WRTC expanded internationally, as the newly
born country of Slovenia - on the sunny side of the Alps - set the
stage. WRTC 2000 was another historical event for the benefit of
those present as well as those following the event on the
radiowaves from all corners of the globe. The entire country of
Slovenia was actively involved, once again upholding the spirit of
WRTC and its Olympic flame. A big and successful event by a small
country, those that were there have an experience they never will
forget.
Helsinki, Finland - 2002
Honoring the declining sunspot cycle - the source of shortwave
radio propagation - the 2002 event came only two years after the
previous competition, a true 50 years celebration of the Helsinki
Olympic games 1952. Here, Contest Club Finland (CCF) and the
Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL) jointly hosted the event. While
the actual on-site race was organized in the Helsinki area, the
week prior to the competition saw these world competitors spending
several days together with the entire amateur radio population of
Finland as well with many international guests. Some 2000 people
gathered in the SRAL Summer camp (field day). This time 53 teams
from 30 countries were competing, with almost real-time score
presentation on monitors at the WRTC HQ and on the Internet,
Finnish hi-tech at its best.
Florianopolis, Brazil - 2006
At the bottom of the sunspot cycle the competition will be held in
Florianopolis at the Atlantic coastal area in southern Brazil. 47
WRTC and up to 15 Multi-National Multi-Single Teams (MN MS) with
participants from 47 countries, will participate. In line with the
qualification principles for the Olympic games, the competitors
have this time been selected on basis of real performance within
their Region (total 14 Regions). To encourage participation of
ladies and young radio amateurs, special selection criteria have
been created for them. The MN MS Teams will serve as a booster for
the Radio hobby in Brazil, at the same time develop international
friendship and contesting experience between the participants.
Due to the poor propagations (sunspot cycle) and the remoteness
from the radio amateur population centers, the WRTC is for the
first time providing a linear amplifier and a beam for the 40 m.
band, this in addition to the standard set-up. Further, the rules
have been modified to give the second operator a more active role.
Another significant step towards globalization and international
friendship is that all teams are not longer National but there are
also Bi-National Teams.
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