North American Collegiate Championship Expanded to NAQP RTTY

The Society of Midwest Contesters (SMC) has announced an expansion of the North American Collegiate Championship (NACC), which takes place in conjunction with the North American QSO Party (NAQP). The inaugural event last January only covered the NAQP SSB event. This year, the NACC will also cover the NAQP RTTY event. NCJ (National Contest Journal) sponsors the NAQPs. The NAQP SSB runs from 1800 UTC on January 19 to 0600 UTC on 20th January 2019. The NAQP RTTY runs 1800 UTC on February 23 to 0600 UTC on 24th February 2019. The NACC format is generally the same as those for the NAQP, but here are some differences.

“This is an opportunity for your college club station to compete with any college and university in North America,” the SMC said in announcing the 2019 running of the NACC. “You can take on your state or conference rivals. With planning and practice, it is possible to win a national championship.” NACC stations can follow the action on a real-time online scoreboard. Participants must registercollege/university and call sign. Once registered stations will receive instructions on how to set up, which includes inserting and activating a link in the participating stations contest logging software.

Collegiate stations will use their college club call signs, and the station must be located on the school’s physical campus. The NAQPs impose a 100 W power limit. All operators must be enrolled students and club members. The exchange for the NAQPs is name and state/province/North American country, and participants may use any name associated with the school, which must remain the same for the entire event.

The College Contest Class will be multioperator, single radio (M1). Stations may use assistance similar to the M2 class and will submit logs in the M2 class via the NAQP log submission page. NCJ will publish college stations in their own class. Awards will be based on the adjudicated logs and not the online finish. Participants may operate the entire 12 hours of the contest.

Awards will be given out for National Champion, Runner-up, and State Champions. Awards will be sponsored by SMC, NCJ, and Icom.

New WRTC 2022 Website and Initial Qualification Rules

The World Radiosport Team Championship 2022 (WRTC 2022) Organizing Committee has debuted its official website as well as the Initial Qualification Rules — already under debate — to be selected as a WRTC 2022 team leader. While 2022 may seem a long way off, the qualifying events — 24 in all — take place between February 2019 and November 2020. Each qualifying event has a point value that’s used in calculating qualifying scores, and each entry category has been assigned a weighting factor.

““Please don’t think that WRTC is only for Top Guns. You might have a chance.WRTC 2022 is now for everybody. The only things that you will need are commitment, motivation, and skill!.”

“Please don’t think that WRTC is only for Top Guns,” the announcement said. “You might have a chance.” According to the announcement, WRTC 2022 Selection Areas are much smaller, so that operators on all continents will have more chances to qualify. Team leaders, once established, will select a team member from among the top applicants who did not qualify as team leaders. “WRTC 2022 is now for everybody. The only things that you will need are commitment, motivation, and skill!” the announcement said.

An email reflector has been set up to field “suggestions, corrections, and new ideas” on the Initial Qualification Rules, and the Final Qualification Rules will be published on January 31.

The first qualifying event is the ARRL International DX Contest CW. WRTC 2022 will be held in Bologna, Italy.

Third World Youth ARDF Championships

WYAC-2019 Organizing Committee and Vinnytsia City Council have announced preparation for the 3rd World Youth ARDF Championship is being carried out with the active support of local governments in accordance with the outlined plan. There are no restrictions regarding the entry into Ukraine for citizens of other countries (with an exception for those where a visa regime is provided). We can guarantee the safety for all teams during the stay on the territory of Ukraine, and directly in Vinnytsia. Additionally, we assure that you will get unforgettable and positive impressions after attending the 3rd World Youth ARDF Championship.

The preliminary application for the participation in the 3rd World Youth ARDF Championship must be sent out no later than 20th January 2019 (for more information please see in Bulletin No. 1) - http://wyac2019.org.ua/