[WRTC2006] referees

[Steve London]

Randy, your memory and conclusions are a little off...

Randy Thompson wrote:
> This is one of my biggest concerns about the direction of WRTC.  In the
> beginning, it was one radio with two operators working very closely
> together.  Team was more important than $$$ invested in station.
> 
> In Brazil, we added the second station and we see things like YT6A super
> engineering of filters and duplexers.  Wow.

As far back as WRTC-96, there was a second, receive-only station. In Brazil, the 
second station was also receive-only. The only difference in Brazil was that the 
2nd operator was allowed to control the "first" station. YT1NT came up with an 
ingenious way to do that. N1MM Logger software had a less flexible way to do that.

> 
> For Russia, we will need a full multi-two station (or more!) with a
> transmitter lockout.

As I see it, the WRTC-2010 organizers have simplified the station set-up. 
Building a 2-radio transmit lockout is easy. You won't need the complications of 
a Brazilian YT1NT box, since either operator can transmit from either radio. You 
only need standard, 100 watt bandpass filters, since there is no amplifier like 
there was in Brazil.

73,
Steve, N2IC