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Webmaster: Dennis Younker, NE6I ne6i[at]cox[dot]net
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Monthly News (SCCCORE)
April 2019
Welcome aboard to new member Paul, W6PNG (pictured left). Paul is located in Laguna Beach. Paul has been active of late in SOTA and NPOTA activations, which has led to suitcase DXpeditons, as he calls them. While he is antenna impaired at his home QTH, he is able to get on for contesting from other locations. He did ARRL DX Phone for the second consective year from TI7 for example. He was also interviewed by Eric 4Z1UG on QSO Today. Welcome Paul!
Also, welcome to NI6V. Matthew is in Long Beach and enjoys CW, RTTY and QRP. He too is antenna challenged at his home QTH but he will be purchasing an Elecraft KX3 and Buddipole so that he can go portable.
We are hams. Amateur radio operators. Radio guys. As such, we use batteries. Probably more than the average person. Certainly we have more of an interest than most in how batteries work, how to properly charge them, and how to prolong their life. Battery University has all sorts of information on batteries. You'll find chapters under "Crash Course on Batteries," "Battery Types," "Battery Testing and Monitoring," and "How to Prolong Battery Life," among others on the site. There is a plethora of interesting material there. There is even a fascinating section called "Charging Without Wires -- A Solution or Laziness." Most of us are familiar with the basic concept but this chapter provides some interesting information on the topic. Battery University is a good place to learn a lot about batteries.
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The following story has been added April 2, after the original publishing date of the April News (SCCCORE).
Congratulations to Team Exuberance, a group of youngsters including our own Levi, K6JO! The group, with the support of many amateur radio operators nationwide via a GoFundMe page, traveled to the K3LR superstation in Pennsylvania to try their hand at the CQ WPX SSB contest the final weekend of March. While these youngsters are not new to contesting, they don't have the many years of experience that many of us in the club have. Tim, station owner of K3LR, provided some great coaching, according to the team, and their claimed score benefited from that as well as their own recent contest experiences. According to their 3830scores.org submission, the team scored nearly 23.8 million points and is currently listed in first place in the M/2 HP category! Congratulations to all of them for a superb outing! Photos and more from this effort can be found on the K3LR web site.
Reminder, we are always on the look out for photos of your station, antennas, and portable or expeditions. Also member web sites and award photos. We also have a For sale/wanted section here on the web site.
The results of the September, 2018 NA Sprint SSB have been published. Marko, N5ZO placed 3rd. NX6T operated by KK6NON (now K6JO) placed 10th. The SCCC #1 team placed 6th. Full results can be found here.
Preliminary NAQP RTTY results of the February, 2019 edition have been published by NCJ. SCCC #1 scratched and clawed its way to an 11th place finish. Not our best showing. Conditions were mighty punk on that weekend. Read the article here.
Preliminary results of the 2019 ARRL DX Contest CW have been published by the ARRL. You can read them by clicking here.
Last November 6, the on-set station of the television show "Last Man Standing" (licensed as KA6LMS, get it? LMS...Last Man Standing) was put on the air during a break in taping at Studio City. Special guest operators KN4AQ, KD4ACW and W0DHG took turns operating the station. Also, youngster Jet Jurgensmeyer who plays Boyd on the show spent some time operating along side KN4AQ. Jet had a good time, and expressed an interest in getting his ham license. In this video, Jet looks and sounds like a natural at the mic. Perhaps we can interest him in contesting once he gets his license! The show Last Man Standing airs Fridays at 8:00 pm on Fox. Do any of you find yourself checking the QSLs on the wall of the station while watching the show? I always look to see whose cards and calls I recognize!
The WPX SSB contest was concluded this past weekend (Mar 30-31). Conditions were pretty punk at this point in the sunspot cycle. 10 meters opened for a brief time Sunday morning. And 15 was only slightly less evasive. However, the fun thing about WPX contests is that they are a mixture of DX and USA contacts, keeping things interesting and the strategy a bit different than other contests. With the plethora of USA call sign prefixes out there, multipliers are plentiful. The CW version of WPX occurs in late May. < br>
Strange but true...
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.
73 for now,
--Dennis NE6I
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Congratulations to Team Exuberance, a group of youngsters including our own Levi, K6JO! The group, with the support of many amateur radio operators nationwide via a GoFundMe page, traveled to the K3LR superstation in Pennsylvania to try their hand at the CQ WPX SSB contest the final weekend of March. While these youngsters are not new to contesting, they don't have the many years of experience that many of us in the club have. Tim, station owner of K3LR, provided some great coaching, according to the team, and their claimed score benefited from that as well as their own recent contest experiences. According to their 3830scores.org submission, the team scored nearly 23.8 million points and is currently listed in first place in the M/2 HP category! Congratulations to all of them for a superb outing! Photos and more from this effort can be found on the K3LR web site.
Reminder, we are always on the look out for photos of your station, antennas, and portable or expeditions. Also member web sites and award photos. We also have a For sale/wanted section here on the web site.
The results of the September, 2018 NA Sprint SSB have been published. Marko, N5ZO placed 3rd. NX6T operated by KK6NON (now K6JO) placed 10th. The SCCC #1 team placed 6th. Full results can be found here.
Preliminary NAQP RTTY results of the February, 2019 edition have been published by NCJ. SCCC #1 scratched and clawed its way to an 11th place finish. Not our best showing. Conditions were mighty punk on that weekend. Read the article here.
Preliminary results of the 2019 ARRL DX Contest CW have been published by the ARRL. You can read them by clicking here.
Last November 6, the on-set station of the television show "Last Man Standing" (licensed as KA6LMS, get it? LMS...Last Man Standing) was put on the air during a break in taping at Studio City. Special guest operators KN4AQ, KD4ACW and W0DHG took turns operating the station. Also, youngster Jet Jurgensmeyer who plays Boyd on the show spent some time operating along side KN4AQ. Jet had a good time, and expressed an interest in getting his ham license. In this video, Jet looks and sounds like a natural at the mic. Perhaps we can interest him in contesting once he gets his license! The show Last Man Standing airs Fridays at 8:00 pm on Fox. Do any of you find yourself checking the QSLs on the wall of the station while watching the show? I always look to see whose cards and calls I recognize!
The WPX SSB contest was concluded this past weekend (Mar 30-31). Conditions were pretty punk at this point in the sunspot cycle. 10 meters opened for a brief time Sunday morning. And 15 was only slightly less evasive. However, the fun thing about WPX contests is that they are a mixture of DX and USA contacts, keeping things interesting and the strategy a bit different than other contests. With the plethora of USA call sign prefixes out there, multipliers are plentiful. The CW version of WPX occurs in late May. < br>
Strange but true...
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.
73 for now,
--Dennis NE6I
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SCCC Monthly Poll
April, 2019
Click here for the this month's SCCC monthly poll. Our March, 2019 poll was "What logging software do you use in contests?" 75% of our respondents said N1MM+. 10% said Writelog and another 10% said N3FJP. 5% each said TRLog/TR4W, Win-test or other. Our February, 2019 poll was "Do you use high, low or QRP power in contests?" 56% of our respondents said high power. 21% said low power and 13% said QRP. Our January, 2019 poll was "What brand of radio to you use primarily in contests?" 25% of our respondents said Yaesu. 18.75% said Kenwood. 12.5% said Icom. 6.25% said Flex, & 43.75% said Other. We should have included Elecraft! Our December, 2018 poll was "Have you ever hosted a guest operator at your station?" 11% of our respondents said yes. 89% said no. Our November, 2018 poll was "Have you ever operated multi-op in a contest (home or away)?" 80% of our respondents said yes. 20% said no. Our October, 2018 poll was "What is your favorite contest mode?" 76% of our respondents favored CW. 12% favored SSB and 6% favored RTTY. 6% had no favorite mode. Our September, 2018 poll was "What is your favorite contest?" CQP took the top spot. CQWW DX, WPX, NA Sprint and Sweepstakes all tied for second.
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Purchased a couple of years ago but never used. West Mountain list price is $209.95. $100 + $10 shipping Seller: Jim, K6ZH jnprice [at] pacbell [dot] net Posted 3 March 2019 
Complete Kenwood TS-50 radio station. Radio and tuner have some scratches on the covers and the radio tuning knob has a small crack. The TS-50 front display panel lights are not working. Other than the panel lights I do not know of anything else wrong with the setup. It is being sold AS-IS. You can plug it into the wall or hook up to a battery. All interconnecting cables are included. Just open the case -- hook it up to your antenna--power it up and you are good to go! Included in the ZERO Centurion Elite water repellent case is-- Kenwood TS-50 with Kenwood Microphone and CAT interface (TTL converter NOT included) with mounting bracket. Kenwood AT-50 antenna tuner with connecting cable to TS-50 with mounting bracket. Tokyo Hy-Power 200A 200 watt antenna tuner. I used this for tuning antennas that the AT-50 is not designed for. Yaesu Switching Power Supply FP-757GX. I just used the entire setup for a contest and it worked great on everything from USB to FT8. I used the setup with a 30' end fed wire antenna that is not included. The weight of the loaded ZERO case is 43#. Case outer dimensions are 26" x 9" x 18". $595.00 Seller: Alan, AA6DW alan.corlin [at] gmail[dot]com Posted 9 Oct 2018 
I have a two year-old SteppIR DB36 with 80 M dipole option for sale. The stepper motors, controller, etc all work perfectly, and the boom and trombones/straight fiberglass poles are in good shape. You will likely need to replace some of the small parts (some bolts and Nylock nuts), but can have a working DB-36 for less than half of what it cost new. I'm selling the antenna because the trees near the antenna became so large that tilting it over was becoming impossible, and I purchased a DB-18E to replace it. I have some extra fiberglass poles that I will include, and I guarantee that the antenna will work (motors, etc.). Due to the weight and size, I'm thinking it's going to have to be a pickup in the San Diego area. I might be willing to remove the heat shrink couplings and try to box it if the buyer covers the shipping charges (FedEx ground). Asking $3500 for everything. Seller: Eric, NC6K egruff [at] cox[dot]net Posted 9 Oct 2018, renewed 3 Mar 2019 
Alpha91B (1st photo shows full output on 40m, 2nd photo the amp in its shack locatoin, 3rd photo shows full output on 10m). Uses two tetrodes to develop full legal output at 240 VAC. Very clean and reliable. Power tap is selectable for 120 VAC if desired. Electrical 9.5 out of 10. Physical 8.5 out of 10. Meter know blips on shaft but meter can be selected with a little lateral pressure . No scratches dents or dings. Has 10m enabled. Non-smoking second owner since ~2005. Quiet blower and fan. Extremely quiet T/R relays for QSK. Original manual, box and packing. Transformer has been removed and would be shipped separately from amplifier (or pickup in San Diego!). Front panel layout similar to OM-2500HF. Demo video showing full output on 20m into a dummy load. Asking $2,200. Will entertain offers. Seller: Rick, N6CY n6cy [at] arrl[dot]net Posted 8 Oct 2018 (updated 23 Oct 2018) |
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CQ WPX SSB Claimed Scores
March 2019
NO6T (KI6RRN) SOABHP 5,320,854 W6JBR SOABHP 60,030
W6TK SOABHP 1,436,160 K6FG SOABHP 45,108
WN6K SOABLP 293,620 WA7BNM SOSB20LP 20,290
WA6KHK SOABAHP 99,864 WA6URY SOABHP 9,728
W6QU (W8QZA) SOABQRP 94,772 AI6O SOABLP 4,263
K6RO SOABAHP 80,580
AK6W @W6RFU (K6AW, KA6KEN, W6AAF) MSHP 960,157
North American Sprint SSB Claimed Scores
March 2019
NT6Q (N5ZO) 12,428 W6UE (N6AN) 1,100
K6JO (@NX6T) 12,402 WA6URY 408
SCCC (NT6Q, K6JO) 24,830
BARTG HF RTTY Claimed Scores
March 2019
KI6VC SOABHP 169,740 W6JBR SOABHP 19,688
WN6K SOABLP 135,992 KF6RY (W6ZL) SOABHP 10,152
AI6O SOABLP 20,188
North American Sprint RTTY Claimed Scores
March 2019
N6WT 4,433 NK6A 756
K6JO 3,690 N6DM 273
SCCC #1 (N6WT, WQ6X, N6DM) 4,706
ARRL DX Phone Claimed Scores
March 2019
VY2TT (op K6LA) SOABHP 1,970,472 N6WT SOUHP 94,860
NO6T (op KI6RRN)SOABHP 1,025,892 W6QU (op W8QZA) SOABQRP 30,672
K6NA SOABHP 722,748 W6ZL SOABLP 29,280
AA6AA (@W7RN) SOUHP 526,659 W6JBR SOUHP 25,740
N6AA SOABHP 317,526 K6RO SOULP 13,050
N6RV SOULP 174,555 W6UE (op N6AN) SOABHP 8,772
W6YI SOUHP 133,536 W6KC SOUHP 5,508
WA6KHK SOUHP 130,560 WA7BNM SOSB20LP 5,304
W6TK SOABHP 101,310 K6MUG SOABLP 2,520
ZF1A (K6AM, N6JO, N6WIN) MSHP 6,520,437
NAQP RTTY Claimed Scores
February 2019
N6WT SOLP 72,704 AI6O SOHP 6,099
KM6Z SOLP 48,960 K6MUG SOLP 4,851
WN6K SOLP 43,616 NE6I SOLP 3,480
KI6VC SOLP 38,316 W6JBR SOLP 3,150
WA6I SOLP 29,189 KB9FKO SOLP 1,118
KF6RY (op W6ZL) SOLP 17,640
K6PV (N6HE, AI6DF, N6NT) M/2 LP 28,483
SCCC #1 (N6WT, KI6VC, K6MUG, KK6YB, KF6RY (W6ZL op)) 133,511
SCCC #2 (KB9FKO, WA6I, NE6I) 33,787
ARRL DX CW Claimed Scores
February 2019
VY2TT (K6LA) SOHP 5,006,346 N6WT SOUHP 130,269
NO6T (KI6RRN) SOHP 2,364,633 W6QU (W8QZA) SOQRP 118,950
K6NA SOHP 1,150,422 N6HE SOUHP 93,600
K6NR SOHP 702,381 NK6A SOHP 79,704
W6YI SOUHP 629,370 KK6M SOULP 62,496
N6RV SOULP 499,620 W6ZL SOSB20LP 54,390
W6TK SOHP 401,427 W6JBR SOHP 51,840
N5ZO SOSB20HP 319,152 WA6URY SOHP 50,196
WA6KHK SOUHP 286,671 AI6O SOHP 42,558
N6QQ SOUHP 289,300 K6RO SOULP 29,304
W6YA SOSB20HP 270,192 WA7BNM SOSB20LP 27,258
W6TMD SOHP 237,390 N6IC SOALP 22,848
K6ZH SOAHP 215,055 W4EF SOAHP 14,790
AA6AA (@W7RN) SOUHP 205,410 KX6A SOULP 14,151
N6WS SOAHP 204,228 K6PO SOULP 10,050
KM6Z SOLP 190,560 W6KC SOUHP 8,460
W6UM SOUHP 148,050 KB9FKO ?? 2,880
N6MU SOLP 139,416 HP8/NC6Q SOQRP 810
ZF1A (K6AM, N6MJ, N6WIN) MSHP 5,808,960
W6AX (@W6RFU)(AC6T, K6AW) MSHP 936,600
CQ WPX RTTY Claimed Scores
February 2019
WN6K SOABLP 441,910 AI6O SOABHP 125,300
K6MUG SOABLP 316,433 N6LL SOABLP 108,501
KI6VC SOABHP 295,260 N6WT SOABHP 99,484
KM6Z SOABLP 250,860 W6TK SOABHP 62,918
N6HE SOABHP 175,330 NE6I SOABHP 49,790
AK6W (op K6AW) SOABHP 172,753 NK6A SOABHP 34,606
KF6RY (op W6ZL) SO20LP 136,416 W6JBR SOABHP 32,742
W6QU (op W8QZA) SOABQRP 132,965 WA6URY SOABHP 14,965
North American Sprint CW Claimed Scores
February 2019
N6MJ 15,888 W4EF 12,048
N5ZO 15,072 K6ZH 11,776
N6AA 14,544 W6UE (N6AN) 5,031
K6NA 13,959 WA6URY 2,852
N6RT (@N6WIN) 13,920 KM6Z 2,449
NX6T (KI6RRN) 13,570 AI6O 2,310
K6LA 12,972
SCCC #1 (N6AA, N5ZO, N6MJ, N6RT, K6NA) 73,383
SCCC #2 (NX6T, K6ZH, K6LA, K6AW, W4EF) 50,716
SCCC #1 currently trending in 2nd place!
