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Officers
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President: Dick Norton, N6AA n6aa[at]arrl[dot]net
Manager for SCCC Sprint and NAQP Teams: Doug Brandon, N6RT n6rt[at]arrl[dot]net
Secretary, Treasurer, Membership: Bruce Horn, WA7BNM bhorn[at]hornucopia[dot]com
Webmaster: Jim Forsyth, AF6O webmaster@socalcontestclub.org
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Ionospheric Disturbance November 2013
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Alarmed by the massive ionospheric disturbance detected within the Arctic Circle on the weekend of November 23-24, a team was dispatched to locate the source
and determine what was causing it.
As they arrived in the Mojave area of Southern California the field strength was so severe that Rudolph's nose had turned a sickening crimson color.
Meanwhile the old bearded guy in the red suit was in a very jolly mood having spent the last several hours sipping from a bottle of Jack Daniels that had been
conveniently stowed in the back of the slay.
After a few minutes triangulation the source was located and a picture (left) was taken as evidence of the 15m RF that was emanating from the N6MI contest van.
When confronted with the photographic evidence N6MI came up with a not to be believed story to explain what he was doing out in the desert on a Saturday evening.
An appropriate entry was made into the naughty/nice book.
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JT5DX Contesting From Mongolia - Chak Choigonjav JT1CO December 2013
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Our contest station JT5DX is located 370km northwest of Ulaanbaatar capatal city of Mongolia. It is 15km away from the Russian border. It takes about 5-6 hour using
public transportation and 3-4 hours with car to get to JT5DX contest station from Ulaanbaatar.
It is located in my company “Arvin Khur”. Arvin Khur is an Agricultural
company located at JT5. The company mainly plants wheat and Canola and also sell products such as Cold pressed Canola Oil, Natural Honey etc.
It is about 20-35 degree celsius in the Summer and -15- -35 degree celsius in the winter. During fall there are many mosquitoes. It is also very close to the Selenge river.
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At the JT5DX contest station there are 2 Rotating Rohn45 towers 40m height and 2 fixed 43m tall towers with 40m 3 ele yagi x2, 20m 5 ele yagi x2, 10m 7 ele yagi, 15m 7 ele yagi
and monster 160 m 4sq 80m 4sq as antennas. My rig Elecraft K3, IC7800, FT2000, FT1000MP, FT100, ACOM 2000, TOKYO HY POWER 3.5k, ALPHA 87A, PV.
With this equipment it is possible to work with multi-multi Multi2 and Multi single during contests. Contesting from here it is very comfortable with warm housings,
full plumbing, warm water and everything you would expect from comfortable and enjoyable contest station.
It is comfortable in all seasons because of the buildings and there are no problems regarding weather. Also we have accommodations available for contesters to
rest and take a shower.
It took almost 4 years for the contest station to be fully operational and we may choose to add more things to the contesting station in the future.
I have had many great contesting experiences at my contest station and also many great achievements. Many of my contesting informations are available on the internet,
you may search for JT5DX to see clear examples of how amazing the contest station functions.
We also have had many operators to our station as guests such as YT1AD Hrane, K1LZ Krassy, K4ZW.......
We are now planning to put together a contest group with member from all around the world that are willing to come and work from Mongolia.
We may rent the contest station, as we are currently not sure about that we are still interested in contesting ourselves for the next few years. We may rent the contest
station during regular periods if people are interested in working from Mongolia.
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CQ World Wide DX Contest CW Claimed Scores November 2013
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HR2J(N6AA) SOABHP 6,626,073 WA6URY SOABHP 327,642
K6NA SOABHP 3,571,020 W6KY SOABALP 202,261
K6NR SOABHP 1,396,440 NE6I SOABAHP 154,936
N6RV SOABLP 1,191,330 W6SJ 111,800
W6TK SOABAHP 1,121,956 WN6K SOABALP 96,596
N6WS SOABAHP 1,107,288 KQ6ES SOSBHP 86,526
AA6PW SOABAHP 1,000,494 AF6O SOSBLP 83,884
N6MU SOABLP 522,368 NK6A SOSBHP 66,785
N6PE SOABHP 501,847 N6IC 57,477
N6MI SOABHP 473,344 W6GMU SOABLP 53,988
W6QU(W8QZA) SOABQRP 374,680 WA7BNM SOSBLP 2,280
ZF1A (K6AM M4PN K5YAA) M/S HP 16,166,214
OC4CW (K6ZH N7CW OA4TT) (1/3 points to SCCC) M/S HP 11,838,694
NX6T (N6KI WQ6X N0DY K4RB NN6X N6EEG) M/2 HP 5,473,380
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N6XT MULTI 2:
Very good condx from start til Sunday morning when A index shot up to 8 and 10 and 15 mtrs didn't play as well as Saturday afternoon. Had a fun time running
Multi-Two so our multi-op group were kept busy for all but 1.5 hours.
This was the most QSOs we have done from our portable site and hope to keep improving on station setup and antennas in the future. 70 ft Tower Trailer w/ 2el 40, 3el SteppIR
80m & 160m Inv V Dipoles. 40 ft Tower Trailer w/ 2el 40, 3el SteppIR. 2 K3s, 2 ACOM 2000A Amps. - N6KI
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N6MI CONTEST VAN:
J. Scott Bovitz, N6MI, is an enthusiastic little pistol and a proud member of the Southern California Contest Club.
Business prevented Bovitz from enjoying the recent surge in sunspots (the second peak), so he was hell-bent on participating in the 2013 CQ WW DX CW contest in late November.
After studying the weather.gov pages, Bovitz drove 200 miles looking for a break in the rain and snow.
Finally, the rain stopped for a few hours south of Mojave. Bovitz camped on a small rise with a good view in most directions.
Bovitz was three hours late into the contest and exhausted, so he worked a few folks and went to bed. The rain started again and did not stop for 24 hours.
Bovitz woke at dawn on Saturday and found his milk was frozen...but the higher bands were hot and never dried up.
watch ham van video
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CQ World Wide WPX Contest CW 2013 Results November 2013
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WQ6X M2 2,199,040 WA6URY SOHPALL 202,958
K6NR SOHPALL 1,471,613 K6HRT SOHPALL 172,059
W6SX SAHPALL 1,134,765 N6HD SAHPALL 165,220
AF6O SOHPALL 1,022,994 KM6Z SOQRPALL 151,510
WN6K SOLPALL 635,250 K0NW/6 SOHPALL 77,056
N6ZFO SOHPALL 444,978 KI6X SAHPALL 44,354
N6QQ SAHPALL 333,928 NK6A SAHPALL 36,716
N6MI SOHPALL 290,880 N6VH SAHPALL 27,126
N6MU SOLPALL 285,430 K6IFF SOLPALL 21,805
N6HE SAHPALL 281,410 K6KAL SAHPALL 7,584
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SCCC Wins Yet Another Gavel - N6NB November 2013
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The results of the 2013 August UHF contest are now online at ARRL.org, and SCCC won the club competition. Unlike the June VHF contest, in which SCCC just barely
outscored the Potomac Valley Radio Club (by 30K out of 1.3 million points), this one was a blowout.
SCCC had 1.1 megapoints. The next highest club aggregate score was about 250K.
Our score came mostly from rovers. N6NB had the top rover score, followed by KI6FGV and the family duo of N6EY and N6KYS. Sharing a station under the family
rule for the first time (they were married three weeks before the contest), they tied for third nationally. Another married couple, W6TTF and WA6WTF, tied for sixth.
The UHF contest has only included a club competition for five years, but SCCC has now won four gavels in this contest. Surely the rules will be changed soon!
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ARRL Sweepstakes SSB Claimed Scores November 2013
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VY2TT(K6LA) SOUHP 274,896 N6QQ SOUHP 92,462
AA6PW SOHP 230,906 WA6URY SOHP 51,538
W6TK SOUHP 172,142 K6ZED SOLP 21,000
N6ER SOLP 107,244
NX6T(K6AM NØDY N6AN N6CY N6KI W2PWS) MOHP 324,198
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