16th January 2002
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 Lehtim?ki
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
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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.