WRTC Resume For

W2GD

Resume for John Crovelli, W2GD
[email protected]

Summary of Operating Activities and Achievements

CQ Worldwide Contest

1978 --9Y4W Multi-Multi 1978 CQWW CW (20M op.) Second Place World
1984 � PJ7A (with K3VW) - Fifth Place World Multi-Single
1986 � P40GD � Third Place World S/O All Band � CQWW CW
1987 � P40GD � Second Place World S/O All Band � CQWW CW
1988 - PJ1B � First Place World M/M CW � New World Record CW
1989 � P40GD - First Place World Single Op AB - CQWW CW
1990 � P40GD � Second Place World Single Op AB � CQWW CW
1991 � P40W � Second Place World Single Op AB � CQWW CW
1992 � P40W � Third Place World Single Op AB � CQWW CW
1993 � P40W � First Place World Single Op AB � CQWW PH
1993 � P40W � Second Place World Single Op AB � CQWW CW
1994 � P40W � First Place World SOA � World Record � CQWW PH
1994 � P40W � First Place World SOA � World Record � CQWW CW
1995 � P40W � Second Place World Single Op - CQWW CW
1996 � P40W - Third Place World Single Op - CQWW PHONE
1996 � P40W � First Place World Single Op � CQWW CW
1997 � P40W � Third Place World Single Op � CQWW PHONE
1997 � FS5PL � Second Place North America Single Op � CQWW CW_
1998 � P40W � Fourth Place World S/O � CQWW PHONE
1998 � P40W � Fifth Place World S/O � CQWW CW
1999 � P40W � Third Place World S/O � CQWW Phone
1999 � P40W � First Place World SOAB QRP World Record CQWW CW
2000 � P40W � First Place World SOAB QRP World Record CQWW PH
2000 � A61AJ � First Place Asia, M/M CQWW CW

ARRL DX Contest

1984 � 4U1ITU - First Place Europe S/O All Band - ARRL DX CW
1985 � VP2MGD � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW
1987 � P40GD � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW
1988 � P40GD � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW
1989 � P40GD � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW
1990 � W2GD � Fifth Place W/VE SOA � ARRL CW
1997 � P40W � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW
1998 � W2GD (at N2NT) Third Place W/VE SOA � ARRL DX CW
1998 � P40W � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX PHONE
1999 � P40W � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW
1999 � N2NT � Second Place USA M/2 � ARRL DX PH
2000 � W2GD (at N2NT) � Top Ten SOA both modes

WPX

1989 � P43GR � Second Place World M/S CW (with K2SS and P43GR)
1991 � W2GD -- Second Place World SOAB QRP CW
1992 � W2GD � First Place World S/O QRP CW
1993 � W2GD � First Place World S/O QRP CW
1994 � P40W � First Place World SOAB HP CW and current World Record
1997 � P40W � First Place World SOAB QRP CW and current World Record
1999 � P40W � Second Place World SOAB HP Phone

IARU Radiosport Championship

1989 � W2GD - # 5 World, # 3 W/VE, CW
1991 � W2GD - # 2 W/VE, CW
1994 � W2GD - # 3 World, # 2 W/VE, CW
1996 - WRTC 1996 with W0UA
1997 � P40W � First Place World SOAB HP CW
1999 � P40HQ � Second Place World HQ M/M Entry
2000 � WRTC 2000 with K8NZ

ARRL Sweepstakes

1966 � 1988 Numerous (15) First Place NNJ and SNJ efforts - SOHP
1978 � National First Place Winner Single Op High Power � SS CW
(Won from home station, a feat only achieved twice since 1960)
Hold Hudson Division SS CW QRP (�94) and Low Power CW ('92) Records
Consecutive Second Place National CW QRP finishes, 1993 and 1994.
1998 � First Place Hudson Div. � K2TW Multiop � SS CW
1999 � National First Place Winner Multi-Op. � K2TW Multiop � SS CW
2000 � First Place Hudson Div. � K2TW Multiop � SS CW

CQWW 160 Contest

1984 � 1994 - W2GD - Numerous Multi-op entries, First Place W/VE CW, 1990
1988 -- DXpedition to Market Reef OH0MB/OJ0 and Ahland Is. OH0/W2GD January, 1988 - including CQWW 160 CW Test
1995 � W2GD � Multi-Op from Sandy Hook, NJ - First Place World SSB and First Place US/VE, CW
1996 � W2GD � Multi-Op from Sandy Hook, NJ - First Place World SSB and First Place US/VE, CW
1997 � W2GD � Multi-Op from Sandy Hook, NJ - First Place World SSB Second Place US/VE, CW
1998 -- W2GD � Multi-Op from Sandy Hook, NJ - First Place North America and Second Place World CW
1999 � W2GD � Mulit-Op from Sandy Hook, NJ � First Place North America
2000 � W2GD � Multi-Op from Sandy Hook, NJ � Second Place N.A.
2001 � W2GD � Multi-Op from Sandy Hook, NJ � Third Place N.A. (claimed)

ARRL Field Day Event

Participant in every Field Day since 1960
Previous holder of 1B and 2B records (with K2SQ and K2NJ)
Co-coordinator of Cherryville Repeater Association (NJ) FD activities for past 20+ years
Hold current 5A and 6A class records

Summary of Contesting Related Activities, Accomplishments, and Awards:

Over 40 years of contesting experience and achievements. The only operator in the world to have achieved world high winning scores on both modes (CW and Phone) in the CQWW and ARRL DX contests.

Holder of current world records in CQWW (SOA and QRP) and WPX (SOAB HP and QRP) contests.

Elected to the CQ Magazine Contest Hall of Fame � May,1999

Winner of the Frankford Radio Club (FRC) Perpetual Trophy nine of last eleven years

Recruited numerous NJ, PA, and NY operators into the FRC over last 25 years

Speaker at many Dayton Hamvention Forums over past 25 years

Guest Speaker, SRAL Ham Convention, Helsinki, Finland, 1988.

Guest Speaker, Visalia DX Convention, 1988

Dozens of guest speaking engagements about contesting and DXpeditions to local radio clubs in the NJ/PA/NY metro area.

Team member (and FRC Representative) at WRTC � 96 in San Francisco

Team member at WRTC 2000, Slovenia

Editor and Publisher of the National Contest Journal (NCJ) - 1981-82

NCJ contributing editor and columnist for over 10 Years � NCJ Operator Profiles

Attended WRTC-90 in Seattle, WA � Authored five page feature article for QST which was published in October, 1990

Other feature articles have been published in NCJ, QST, CQ, and CQ Contest magazines as well as various club newsletters

Founding Member of the Wireless Institute of Northeast (WIN) contest club, 1973

Proposed the formation of the World RadioSport Federation (WRSF) � 1990/91

Member - ARRL Codeless License Committee � 1989

Speaker � Contest Club of Finland Winter Convention � January, 2000

List of DXpeditions

1975 � WA2UOO/KP4 � April CD Party CW � guest of KP4EAJ � Set CD Party CW Record.

1978 -- 9Y4W Multi-Multi CQWW CW (Second Place World, 20M opr.)

1983 � 4U1ITU (with K1ZZ, ARRL DX SSB M/S)

1984 � 4U1ITU - First Place Europe S/O All Band - ARRL DX CW

1984 � PJ7A - Fifth Place World Multi-Single (with K3VW) - CQWW CW

1985 � VP2MGD � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW

1986 � P40GD � Third Place World S/O All Band � CQWW CW � Most QSOs

1987 � P40GD � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW (First ever CW DX Contest entry with over 6,000 QSOs)

1988 � OH0/W2GD (with OH2BH and OH2MM)

1988 � OJ0/OH0MJ � CQ 160 CW

1988 � P40GD � First Place World S/O All Band � ARRL DX CW

1988 � PJ1B � First Place World M/M & New World Record, CQWW CW

1989 through 2001 � 30+ visits to P40W, First Place World finishes (and World Records) in CQWW CW and SSB, ARRL CW and SSB, WPX CW World Records HP and QRP, IARU Radiosport CW.

1997 � FS5PL � Second Place North America, CQWW CW SOABHP

2001 � A61AJ � First Place Asia M/M - CQWW CW