By Jamie Dupree NS3T, radio-sport.net 

Using a victory in the Assisted category of the 2007 WPX SSB, John Crovelli W2GD remains atop the radio-sport.net Single Operator World Standings, just one point ahead of Teddy Jiminez HI3TEJ.

While Crovelli notched his third World victory of the past year, Jiminez added eight points with a third place World finish in WPX SSB Low Power. HI3TEJ has 7 top-ten finishes in the contests used by the radio-sport.net World Standings.

Seven of the top ten operators in the standings had a top ten finish in either the 2007 WPX SSB or WPX CW contest.

Here is the current Top Ten in the radio-sport.net Single Op Standings:

#1 - John Crovelli W2GD

After being tied earlier this year with HI3TEJ, Crovelli is again back on top of the radio-sport.net rankings, thanks to a first place Assisted finish in the 2007 WPX SSB contest. Crovelli has 55 points overall, for a slender one point lead.

W2GD, aka P40W, has seven top ten finishes, which include three single operator category wins in WPX SSB, ARRL CW and CQWW SSB.

#2 Ted Jiminez HI3TEJ

With seven top ten finishes, Jiminez is one of only two operators to hold the #1 radio-sport.net ranking. His record includes one win in the ARRL 10 and three second place finishes in ARRL SSB, CQWW SSB and ARRL RTTY, giving him 54 points, just one point behind Crovelli.

#3 Hrane Milosevic YT1AD

Not far back in the rankings is Milosevic, maybe best known for his Tunisian contest exploits and work on major DXpeditions. Milosevic was one of two ops to have top ten finishes in both the WPX SSB and WPX CW in 2007. He has five top ten finishes overall, giving him 46 points.

#4 Wanderley Gomes PY2MNL

Some of you might not recognize his home call, but you certainly know Wanderley's Brazilian contest alias ZX2B. Gomes returned to the top three with a fourth place finish in WPX SSB, giving him 35 points from four top ten finishes.

#5 Doug Zwiebel KR2Q

Back in the radio-sport.net Top Ten is KR2Q, who added seven points with a fourth place World QRP finish. Zwiebel has four top ten finishes overall, including a win in ARRL CW, giving him 33 points.

#6 - Bill Parker W8QZA

A second place QRP finish in the 2007 WPX CW from TI5N keeps Parker in the radio-sport.net top flight, as he has four top ten finishes overall. Those include a win in the 2006 CQWW SSB QRP test. Look for him to be back in TI for WPX CW in 2008.

#7 Antonin Bechnya OK7CM

Sticking around in the radio-sport.net Standings, Bechnya used a fifth place World QRP finish in WPX SSB and a third place QRP in WPX CW to land at number seven. He has five top ten finishes overall giving him 31 points.

#8 John Bayne KK9A

Now tied with OK7CM is John Bayne KK9A, who is best known by his Aruba callsign of P40A. Bayne has three victories to his credit in ARRL SSB, CQWW SSB and CQWW CW. He will lose at least one of those when the 2007 CQWW results come out, as he did not defend his 2006 CQWW CW QRP title.

#9 Chris Merchant KA1LMR

With four top ten finishes, Merchant, who usually is also found challenging for top finishes in QRP, stays in fourth place with a total of 29 points. He has two second place World finishes in ARRL 10 and CQWW SSB.

#10 Ymanol Yoseva Caires YV5YMA

Edging back into the top ten again, YV5YMA used first place finishes in both ARRL SSB and WPX SSB to total 26 points, rounding out the radio-sport.net Top Ten.