A live scoreboard created by World Radio League in collaboration with WRTC 2026 will make its debut at the competition next month, allowing thousands of viewers to follow the action as it happens. The platform will feature integrated spotting and will offer updated live rankings, a leaderboard, pages for each team and a list of top countries and top contacts. Chasers will be able to track how many QSOs they've had with the teams on individual bands and in what modes.

The platform is still a work in progress, subject to refinement. Viewers can get a look at what's planned by visiting the YouTube channel for Q5 Worldwide Ham Radio, which is hosting a demonstration by James Cribbs NØWRL, CEO and founder of World Radio League. See the link the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

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Meanwhile, the WRTC 2026 Committee has approved the operation of six remote operating positions at the competition's headquarters in Wyboston, UK. All the remote stations are considered world-class contest stations. Their callsigns are ZW5B in Brazil; 7Q6M in Malawi; VK6SJ in Australia; ZF5T in the Cayman Islands and two US stations - K6RO in Maine and KH7M in Hawaii. Individual operators who would like to sign up can visit the link that appears in the text version of this week's newscast.