WRTC USA: No Surprises As Qualifying Ends With K5ZD, W9RE, N2IC, N6MJ In Top Slots

By Jamie Dupree NS3T  radio-sport.net 
Posted September 25, 2009

While other qualifying regions around the world had some shakeups in the final three contests for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships, the four American regions played out pretty much as expected.

The closest and hardest fought battle was in the East Coast NA #1, where Randy Thompson K5ZD earned a hard fought victory with top scores in both ends of the 2008 CQ WW contests and the 2009 Russian DX, where he had the top regional score.

Behind him, the late rush of Jeff Briggs K1ZM paid off, as he hit the finish line comfortably in second place.

The third qualifying spot goes to another WRTC veteran, as Andy Blank N2NT used a trip to his contest spot on St. Kitts to earn himself a full 910 WRTC points, to go with a max 950 from V47NT in CQ WW CW.

Left out were some pretty big contest names and calls, as Krassy Petkov K1LZ finished fourth, just ten points ahead of John Crovelli W2GD, who was followed by WRTC vet Dan Street K1TO.

Here are the top five as of March 2009:

NA #1 includes W1, W2, W3 and part of W4.

• K5ZD 7,317 - (8 scores)

• K1ZM 6,710 - (8 scores)

• N2NT 6,529 - (8 scores)

• W2GD 6,424 - (8 scores)

• K1LZ 6,266 - (8 scores)

Check out the top scores radio-sport.net results spreadsheet for NA #1

In NA #2, there was no mystery as Mike Wetzel won top honors by chalking up regional wins in both ends of the 2008 CQ WW contest, getting him two more max 950 WRTC scores, giving him five of those in all.

In second place was Scott Robbins W4PA, who did not compete in any of the final three WRTC qualifying events, as he remained just 22 points ahead of Mike Tessmer K9NW.

Tessmer came close with a 910 point effort in the 2009 Russian DX Contest, but it wasn't enough.

Jerry Rosalius WB9Z remained in fourth place.

As for who will represent this region in Russia next year, Robbins quickly sent in his entry, but there were questions about whether Wetzel would do so, possibly leaving one spot from this region open to others further down the standings.

Here are the top five ops from NA #2: NA #2 has some of W4 along with W8 and W9.

• W9RE 6,940 - (8 scores)

• W4PA 5,830 - (8 scores)

• K9NW 5,808 - (8 scores)

• WB9Z 5,403 - (8 scores)

• W9IU 4,832 - (8 scores)

Check out the top scores results spreadsheet for NA #2

The final three contests in WRTC qualifying for the NA #3 region confirmed the two operators who will lead teams to Russia in 2010, as Steve London N2IC and Kevin Stockton N5DX came out on top.

London had long been in front, but he left nothing to chance, getting top WRTC scores of 933 and 950 in both ends of CQ WW DX in 2008.

As for Stockton, he completed a lengthy rush to one of the two qualifying slots, overcoming Richard King K5NA along the way.

Stockton won the region in CQ WW SSB and the 2009 Russian DX to finish with 6510 points.

Both London and Stockton quickly sent in their entries, as they will lead teams to Moscow in 2010.

Here are the top five in NA #3:

NA #3 is W5 and W0.

• N2IC 7,242 - (8 scores)

• N5DX 6,510 - (8 scores)

• K5NA 6,135 - (8 scores)

• KU1CW 5,646 - (8 scores)

• N3BB 5,641 - (8 scores)

Check the radio-sport.net top results spreadsheet for NA #3

Out West in NA #4, the outcome was much like that in NA #3, as the top two stations made sure no one caught them in the last three WRTC qualifying contests.

Finishing first is WRTC vet Dan Craig N6MJ, who tapped out a top regional finish in both CQ WW CW 2008 and the 2009 Russian DX test.

In second is Mitch Mason K7RL, who won the region in CQ WW SSB to help clinch his team leader position, one of three 950 WRTC point efforts in this competition for him.

Both Craig and Mason wasted no time sending in their entries to the WRTC organizers.

Here are the top five in NA #4, which comprises W6, W7 and KL7.

• N6MJ 6,670 - (8 scores)

• K7RL 6,501 - (8 scores)

• K6XX 6,075 - (8 scores)

• K6LA 5,453 - (8 scores)

• K6AW 5,272 - (8 scores)

Review the radio-sport.net top scores results spreadsheet for NA #4

Qualifying is now over for the 2010 WRTC.

The unofficial results produced here by radio-sport.net include the final published results of the 2006, 2007 and 2008 IARU, the 2006, 2007 and 2008 WAE CW and WAE SSB, the 2006, 2007 and 2008 CQ WW CW and SSB contests, 2007 and 2008 ARRL DX SSB & CW, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Russian DX, along with the 2007 and 2008 CQ WPX SSB and CW tests.

(Radio-sport.net has tried to be as accurate as possible. If you find a mistake, or that your score line is missing a contest result, please send us an email and we will be happy to check and correct the numbers.)

The qualifying rules allow you to submit your top eight scores from certain contests. No more than four may be from multi-operator efforts.

You will note that some scores in the spreadsheets have been colored in. All multi-ops are noted with a yellow background. Scores from a contest operation outside of your home WRTC region are colored in blue.

A score that was both outside your home region and from a multi-op has a purple color.