The 2026 World Radio Sport Team (WRTC) championship took place in England earlier this month. The team call MB2M took first place. The team consisted of VE3DZ and UW7LL. The competition results from all fifty teams can be found here.

Those results include the radio equipment used by each competitor and these have been compiled by manufacturer separately by David, G3WGN. I’m not certain what can be drawn from this information but I found it interesting enough to share.

Total Elecraft: 43 radios at 25 stations

  • 2x K3 or K3S - 9 stations
  • 2x K4 - 8 stations
  • K3 + K4 - 1 station
  • K3 + non-Elecraft radio - 4 stations
  • K4 + non-Elecraft radio - 3 stations

Total Yaesu: 28 radios at 15 stations

  • 2x FTDX101 - 5 stations
  • 2x FTDX10 - 2 stations
  • 2x FTDX5000 - 2 stations
  • FTDX101 + FTDX10 - 2 stations
  • FTDX101 + FT710 - 1 station
  • FTDX10 + FT710 - 1 station
  • FTDX10 + non-Yaesu radio - 1 station
  • FT1000MP + non-Yaesu radio - 1 station

Total ICOM: 13 radios at 7 stations

  • 2x IC-7610 - 3 stations
  • 2x IC-7851 - 1 station
  • IC-7851 + IC-7800 - 1 station
  • IC-7610 + non ICOM radio - 3 stations

Total Flex: 8 radios

  • 2x Flex Radio - 4 stations

Total Sun: 6 radios

  • 2x Sun SDR - 3 stations

Total Kenwood: 4 radios

  • TS590 + non-Kenwood radio - 3 stations
  • TS890 + non-Kenwood radio - 1 station