UTARC WRTC 2000 Quiz

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The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) 2000 is this summer. How much do you know about it?

1. The first WRTC was held in 1990. It was held in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, or Montreal?

2. WRTC 2000 is being held in Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, the Czech Republic, or the Slovak Republic?

3. How many UTARC alumni were competitors in WRTC 1996: 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5?

4. Each team in WRTC 2000 is composed of two operators. How many of the 14 wild card teams in WRTC 2000 will have teammates from different countries: 0, 2, 3, 7, or 14?
   
   

5. Of the 52 teams at WRTC 2000, how many teams will represent the United States of America: 10, 13, 15, 16, or 26?

6. Which of the following countries has more than one national team at WRTC 2000: Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa, or the United Kingdom?

7. The winners of WRTC 2000 will be determined on a points system. This points system includes the on-air performance during the IARU HF World Championship contest, and a pile-up simulator competition. What percentage of the total score will come from performance in the pile-up simulator competition: 5, 10, 15, 30, 40, or 75?

8. Which of the following are WRTC 2000 contestants NOT allowed to use: headphones, CW memory keyers, radio-computer interfaces, contest logging software, or band pass filters?

9. Which of the following callsigns will be used by some WRTC 2000 contestant: S50A, S5A, S519I, S5HHH, or S5WRTC?

10. Operators around the world who make enough contacts with the WRTC 2000 contestants will be rewarded with a certificate, a deck of playing cards, a commemorative letter opener, a coffee mug, or a T-shirt?

To find out the answers to this quiz, come to the next UTARC General Meeting!