 The WRTC is the closest thing to a world championship in the sport of radio contesting.In 2018 over 1000 people are involved with a cost of over half a million Euros.WRTC2018 web page

The first World Radiosport Team Championship event was held in July, 1990 in Seattle, Washington, United States and was timed to coincide with the Goodwill Games being held that summer in the same city.