Results of 2005 Canadian Contest Championship

After many fits and starts, I have finally put together the 2005 results for CCC.   

As usual there were lots of entries from Canada this year.  In the 17 contests that make up a part of CCC, the highest participation was in the RAC Canada Day Contest with 142 Canadian entries.  The smallest Canadian contingent, only 21, entered the RSGB IOTA contest.  The average number of entries over all contests was 62.  This will be the maximum number of points available for the 2007 CCC. 

The winners: 

In the High Power category, VE3AT, Ron Vanderkraats continues to be the one to beat.  Ron entered a total of 8 of the major contests and placed first in Canada in 5 of them.  In the other 3 he placed second in Canada for a grand total of 477 points, only 3 points short of a perfect score. Ron’s best five score is a perfect 300.  Congratulations Ron.  Other certificate winners at High Power were: VO1AU, VE3XN, VE6WQ, VE7JKZ and VE5CPU.  See the table below for a listing of the scores of the top 10 scorers in each power category. 

In the Low Power category, VE3DZ, Yuri Onipko, was the winner.  Yuri entered a total of 11 contests for a grand total of 497 points and a best five total of 281. Other certificate winners are: VE5SF, VE2AWR, VE3KP, VE7XF, VE6EX, VA1CHP, VO1HE, VE9DX and VE4YU. 

This year participation in QRP was up considerably over previous years.  There were a total of 34 operators who entered at least one contest and 6 entered at least 4 to qualify for a certificate.   Most of the really active QRP operators seem to be concentrated in VE3-land.  The winner overall was VA3DF, Doug Ferris, who entered 10 contests, got a grand total score of 321 and a best five of 229.  VE3KZ and VE9QRP get the other certificates. 

The following table shows the top ten scorers in each category.  Not all of the certificate winners appear here, because not all of them were in the top ten. 

This being my last report on CCC, I must say that I have enjoyed doing this little job for the last 14 or 15 years.  I believe that CCC is having a positive effect on contesting in Canada.  Don Cassel, VE3XD has agreed to take over compiling the results for 2006.  Thank you, Don.  I am not retiring from contesting, far from it.  I will see you in the pileups for many years to come. 

Thanks again to all who helped me in the past to get the scores compiled and correct over the years.