WRTC Canada: VE3DZ Keeps Narrow Lead Over VE3AT; VE7CC Cruising In West Region NA #6

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

After months of close battles in both of Canada's qualifying regions, VE3DZ and VE7CC have emerged on top in the chase for two team leader slots to the 2010 World Radiosport Championships in Russia.

In the East, Yuri Onipko VE3DZ prevailed in his fight with Ron Vander Kraats VE3AT. Onipko led by only 34 points going into the final three contests, but emerged with an edge of over 500 points.

The key for VE3DZ was a trip to South America for the 2008 CQ WW CW contest, giving him 950 WRTC points. He also scored well in Russian DX, taking home 876, to the max 910 for VE3AT.

Vander Kraats though could not match Onipko in the CQ WW contests from 2008.

Out West in NA #6, Lee Sawkins VE7CC grabbed the lead early this year and never let go, as he threw in three more top finishes to ensure his win over VE6EX.

Sawkins won 760 WRTC points from multi-op efforts in both legs of the 2008 CQ WW contests and then won the maximum 910 WRTC points from the 2009 Russian DX test to clinch his WRTC spot.

Both VE3DZ and VE7CC sent in their respective team leader entries to represent Canada.

The Russian qualifying criteria give Canada a pair of teams for the 2010 competition, one from each region.

Here are the top five operators from Canada's two WRTC regions as determined by radio-sport.net. Check the link for a top scores spreadsheet on each region.

NA #5 includes VO1, VY2, VE1, VE2, VE3, VE4, VO2 and VE9.

• VE3DZ 6,711 - (8 scores)

• VE3AT 6,198 - (8 scores)

• VE3EJ 6,038 - (8 scores)

• VE2XAA 4,500 - (8 scores)

• VE3EY 4,586 - (8 scores)

Check out the full results spreadsheet for NA #5

NA #6 is VE5, VE6, VE7, VE8, VY0 and VY1.

• VE7CC 6,510 - (8 scores)

• VE6EX 6,164 - (8 scores)

• VA7ST 5,649 - (8 scores)

• VE7XF 4,449 - (8 scores)

• VE6CNU 4,441 - (8 scores)

The full results are available on a spreadsheet for NA #6

There are no more qualifying events left for stations in Canada, but results must still come in from five contests, the 2008 CQ WW DX SSB and CW tests, 2008 CW and SSB November Sweepstakes and the 2009 Russian DX contest.

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

(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.