Finnish President Tarja Halonen to preside over WRTC 2002

Finnish President Tarja Halonen to preside over WRTC 2002

Finnish President Halonen meeting recently with U.S. President Bush

Martti Laine, OH2BH, announced at the Dayton 2002 Contest Dinner that Finland's President Tarja Halonen would preside over the WRTC 2002 activities being held in Finland this July.

WRTC 2002 will gather top competitors from around the globe in a multi-event amateur radio competition. 52 identical stations will be provided to the competitors for the on-air portion of the competition which will occur coincidentally with the IARU HF World Championships. All amateurs world-wide are encouraged to work the competitors.

Martti reported that 33 of the 52 stations have already been installed including new towers and antennas with the balance to be completed over the next few weeks. All 52 stations will have the same tower and antennas to level the playing field for the competitors.

The teams will be using OJ1 - OJ8 prefixes for the first time so prefix hunters will want to work them.

For more information about this exciting event, see the WRTC2002 website.

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