EditorialDennis Motschenbacher, K7BVk7bv@aol.comBy the time most of you read this,WRTC<strong>2000</strong> will be history. As I writethis, I wish I could look out into the futureand see how the actual competition turnsout amongst the competitors. That Icannot do—but what I can do withabsolute certainty is know that all theparticipants—competitors, judges,organizers, support staff, station ownersand those just there for the fun—had agreat time and made memories that willlast a lifetime. Any time that so manypassion-filled individuals are gatheredin one spot on the Earth, magic is goingto be made for the enjoyment of all. Andwho but some of the best of the bestAmateur Radio contesters carry morefire in their gut? Not many, I suspect.DaytonDayton Hamvention <strong>2000</strong>, likeWRTC<strong>2000</strong>, served as a fantasticopportunity for contesters to convergein one spot and pool their energy for themutual enjoyment of all. Doug, K1DG,assembled a full day of contest-orientedpresentations for Dayton that proved tobe quite educational and most certainlyentertaining. Most of the contesterspresent at the Hamvention also shareda lot of laughs at the Contest DinnerSaturday night. John, K1AR, kept theanarchy element reasonably undercontrol… except when he himself wasthe instigator of the trouble! After all,contesters know that the man with themicrophone is in charge of the mob.The CQ Magazine Contester Hall ofFame Welcomes Tree, N6TRThose attending the Contest dinner gotto see one of our most accomplished andwidely liked contesters, Tree, N6TR,inducted into the CQ Magazine ContesterHall of Fame. Dick, N6AA, and Trey,N5KO, provided the pre-induction roastingover the coals and Bob, K3EST, as usual,had the honor of actually proclaiming theinduction. Congratulations Tree, from allof us, and thank you for the many thingsthat you have done for contesting.The Good, The Bad and The Ugly…at DaytonI always enjoy meeting for the first timeface to face a contester that I haveswapped exchanges with over the years.Sometimes I am incredibly surprised andsometimes I find my “image” of the personwas dead on. Since not every contestercan make it to Dayton to experience thein-person meetings, we can thank Tom,K8CX, for making it possible to “see” thegang through his magnificently handledcamera. Do yourself a favor and checkout his Web site http://hamgallery.com.He also sent along a few “exclusives” forus to publish in the <strong>NCJ</strong>—we will get themin here soon.<strong>NCJ</strong> Contests ResultsOur Contest Managers were reallychallenged compiling the results for theNAQP and Sprint winter contests. Entrieswere up and format changes apparentlytossed in an additional disruption factor.You will find this issue missing the NAQPPhone results for those reasons. We willbe posting the Winter <strong>2000</strong> NAQP Phoneresults on our Web site http://www.ncjweb.com as soon as possible.The full write-up will appear in theSeptember/October issue of the <strong>NCJ</strong>.Back to Real TimeNow I need to slip back into real timeand get busy packing for WRTC<strong>2000</strong>.See ya in the piles!Our CoverH20A’s contest station location for the1999 IARU HF World Championship was“Jack’s Hotel”—a mountainside lodge onthe outskirts of Pedhoulas on the Mediterraneanisland of Cyprus. Vilnis Vosekalns,YL2KF, shares his story of the adventuresof the Latvian and Russian hamsthat pulled together to make their dreamsof a Cyprus contest DXpedition—from 3-point Asia—a reality.■3