WRTC 2026 Update

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WRTC 2026 Update

With WRTC just weeks away, Q5 Ham Radio has given the amateur radio community its first public look at the new live scoreboard platform being developed by World Radio League in collaboration with WRTC 2026.

James Cribbs N0WRL, World Radio League CEO and founder, joined the Q5 Contest Crew to walk through the system alongside Randy Thompson K5ZD, Chris Hurlbut KL9A, Bill Fehring W9KKN, Dan Craig N6MJ, and DX Engineering CEO Tim Duffy K3LR. It's a candid, unscripted discussion covering live rankings, spotting integration, spectator engagement, and the practical challenges of running a fair real-time system for thousands of operators worldwide.

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Icom UK and Icom America Partner to Sponsor WRTC 2026

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Icom UK and Icom America Partner to Sponsor WRTC 2026

Icom UK and Icom America Partner to Sponsor WRTC 2026. We are pleased to announce that Icom will be a major sponsor of the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) 2026, taking place this July right here in the United Kingdom. Often described as the "Olympic Games" of Amateur Radio, this prestigious event is being held on British soil for the first time in its history.

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WRTC 2026 Not Permitting National Flags, Symbols

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Symbols of national pride - and national identity - are not being permitted at this year's World Radiosport Team Championship. 

Spectators and participants can expect to see plenty of things at the World Radiosport Team Championship event in the UK this coming July. There will be antennas, rigs, cables, microphones and keys -- and plenty of spectators to cheer on the hams using them.

What will not be evident anywhere are any emblems, flags or other symbols of national identity.  The Organising Committee of WRTC 2026 has reaffirmed the approach that was used during the WRTC event held in 2023 in Bologna, Italy. That means that, as before, this year's teams will avoid national symbols of any kind. This is especially significant because it is consistent with the competition's qualification process, which identifies all participants by qualification area and not by their DXCC.

Like the Olympics, the WRTC is held every four years with different host countries each time. They have included Brazil, Finland, Germany, Russia, Slovenia and, in the US, San Francisco, Boston and Seattle.