On Sunday, October 5, 2014 the World Radio Team Championship (WRTC) Sanctioning Committee selected Germany as the host nation for the WRTC 2018.
This nomination followed an initative of DARC, BCC and RRDXA, initiatied during the Ham Radio fair Friedrichshafen at the end of June 2014. A small team, headed by Christian Janssen, DL1MGB, was set up in order to explore the option to hold this event in Germany.
Since 1990, WRTC has been held regularly in different locations. For one week, it brings together some 60 teams from all over the world, who then compete in the IARU HF Team Championship under field day conditions. The last WRTC was held in New England/USA. Only a few weeks ago, it ended with a bronze medal for Germany.
During the next weeks, the team will launch an official organisation to finance and conduct WRTC2018 in Germany. The team is recruiting volunteers, in particular in the fields public relations, location management,
accomodation and social events.
Three geographical regions within Germany are currently under evaluation and one of them will be selected as the venue for WRTC 2018: the area near Muenster/Westfalen, the area Maerkisches Oderland east of Berlin and the area around Jessen/Wittenberg.
A web site has been set up to provide further details: http://www.wrtc2018.de.
