Southern California Contest Club
CQ WW DX SSB: October 26-27 ARRL Sweepstakes CW: November 2-4 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB: November 16-18
CQ WW DX SSB: October 26-27 ARRL Sweepstakes CW: November 2-4 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB: November 16-18
Officers
President: Dick Norton, N6AA n6aa[at]arrl[dot]net
Secretary, Treasurer, Membership: Bruce Horn, WA7BNM bhorn[at]hornucopia[dot]com
Webmaster: Dennis Younker, NE6I ne6i[at]cox[dot]net
Secretary, Treasurer, Membership: Bruce Horn, WA7BNM bhorn[at]hornucopia[dot]com
Webmaster: Dennis Younker, NE6I ne6i[at]cox[dot]net
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An archive of reflector messages is available at: Reflector Archive
Reflector Administrator: Doug Brandon, N6RT n6rt[at]arrl[dot]net
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Monthly News (SCCCORE)
October 2019
The California QSO Party is October 5-6. This is OUR contest in that WE in California get to be the hunted. We get to run. We are the wanted. No matter your station, large or small, high power, low power or QRP. The rest of the country and world will be looking for YOU! I hope that each of you will get on and enjoy this once a year opportunity to be the hunted! Be sure to submit your score for SCCC. Full rules can be found at CQP.org
A shout out to Axel, KI6RRN. According to the September issue of the San Diego DX Club bulletin, Axel currently has the highest qualifying score IN THE WORLD for WRTC!
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) has posted a presentation done by W0YK on September 24. Ed reviewed the 32 year history of the CQWW RTTY DX Contest and much more. You can find the presentation here.
LOTW and other electronic QSL systems have revolutioned QSLing. I'm sure that we all get a flood of electronic QSLs shortly after the contest (sometimes within minutes!). And yet, we may still receive printed QSLs from some, requesting ours in return. These may be from USA or foreign countries. Often these are from hams who have not yet mastered registering for LOTW and/or prefer not to do electronic QSLing for one reason or another. I personally love both. I like the expediency of a quick electronic QSL but I still enjoy receiving a printed card. The printed card often tells me more about the ham or DXpedition on the other end of my QSL. I especially enjoy printed QSLs with pictures on them, although I admittedly have a pretty plain card myself with no pictures. I should probably fix that, huh? That said, I wonder about the rest of you SCCCers. What are your thoughts about QSLing? Do you prefer electronic or printed? Do you respond 100%? Is it easier now than before? (Many of us dreaded the hundreds or thousands of cards we received from the Asian island to the west of us, while we in fact loving working those runs during the DX contests!. How quickly do you respond to QSLs? Have you kept in mind that some or many may be from budding contesters and perhaps we should respond as quickly as possible? Now that many of our club members are retired, is it easier than before to respond to QSL requests? Or not? And what about those that aren't yet retired? Is it fairly easy or a burden? Your thoughts appreciated! (send to the reflector too).
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A shout out to Axel, KI6RRN. According to the September issue of the San Diego DX Club bulletin, Axel currently has the highest qualifying score IN THE WORLD for WRTC!
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) has posted a presentation done by W0YK on September 24. Ed reviewed the 32 year history of the CQWW RTTY DX Contest and much more. You can find the presentation here.
LOTW and other electronic QSL systems have revolutioned QSLing. I'm sure that we all get a flood of electronic QSLs shortly after the contest (sometimes within minutes!). And yet, we may still receive printed QSLs from some, requesting ours in return. These may be from USA or foreign countries. Often these are from hams who have not yet mastered registering for LOTW and/or prefer not to do electronic QSLing for one reason or another. I personally love both. I like the expediency of a quick electronic QSL but I still enjoy receiving a printed card. The printed card often tells me more about the ham or DXpedition on the other end of my QSL. I especially enjoy printed QSLs with pictures on them, although I admittedly have a pretty plain card myself with no pictures. I should probably fix that, huh? That said, I wonder about the rest of you SCCCers. What are your thoughts about QSLing? Do you prefer electronic or printed? Do you respond 100%? Is it easier now than before? (Many of us dreaded the hundreds or thousands of cards we received from the Asian island to the west of us, while we in fact loving working those runs during the DX contests!. How quickly do you respond to QSLs? Have you kept in mind that some or many may be from budding contesters and perhaps we should respond as quickly as possible? Now that many of our club members are retired, is it easier than before to respond to QSL requests? Or not? And what about those that aren't yet retired? Is it fairly easy or a burden? Your thoughts appreciated! (send to the reflector too).
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CQ has published the final results of the 2019 CQWWW WPX SSB contest. Bill W8QZA piloted W6QU to 3rd lace Single OP All Band QRP.
ARRL RTTY Roundup results are out. Levi, K6JO placed 9th overall in the SOLP category and tops in the west coast region in SOLP. SCCC finished 11th in the Medium Club category with out 20 entries. As you may recall, this was the first appearance of FT8 in the RU. 944 logs received were all FT8! In comparison, 1,384 were all RTTY. 313 logs had both modes in them. Next year's RTTY Roundup should be interesting now that contest mode FT4 is available. Full results of the 2019 event can be found here.
Preliminary NAQP SSB results have been released by NCJ. Levi, K6JO operating NT6Q is 9th overall and helped his teammates on SCCC #1 to 3rd place just above NCCC #1, if it all holds up. Three of the top four scores in California are on SCCC #1! Great job! A side mention...Joe, K5KT who has been absent from team operation in recent years, had some log submission issues but worked through them and his log was accepted. Thanks for sticking with it, Joe!
Strange but true...
Historians report that when Napoleon Bonaparte wasn't busy conquering, he enjoyed ice skating.
73 for now,
--Dennis NE6I
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ARRL RTTY Roundup results are out. Levi, K6JO placed 9th overall in the SOLP category and tops in the west coast region in SOLP. SCCC finished 11th in the Medium Club category with out 20 entries. As you may recall, this was the first appearance of FT8 in the RU. 944 logs received were all FT8! In comparison, 1,384 were all RTTY. 313 logs had both modes in them. Next year's RTTY Roundup should be interesting now that contest mode FT4 is available. Full results of the 2019 event can be found here.
Preliminary NAQP SSB results have been released by NCJ. Levi, K6JO operating NT6Q is 9th overall and helped his teammates on SCCC #1 to 3rd place just above NCCC #1, if it all holds up. Three of the top four scores in California are on SCCC #1! Great job! A side mention...Joe, K5KT who has been absent from team operation in recent years, had some log submission issues but worked through them and his log was accepted. Thanks for sticking with it, Joe!
Strange but true...
Historians report that when Napoleon Bonaparte wasn't busy conquering, he enjoyed ice skating.
73 for now,
--Dennis NE6I
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SCCC Monthly Poll
October 2019
Click here for results of past polls
Our September poll, 2019 poll was "If you could go or are going on a Contest Dxpedition next year, where would you go?" 75% said to the Caribbean! 25% said somewhere in the Pacific. Our August, 2019 poll was a two parter. "Do you miss (or wish we had) SCCC pizza meetings?" 20% said Yes, I really miss them. Another 20% said Yes, I hear they were a good time. 10% said I could take them or leave them. Another 10% said No, I'm not that interested in attending meetings at this time. 60% said I probably wouldn't be able to attend many of them due to distance or other reason. The second question was "If we had SCCC meetings, I would..." 10% said Attend as many as possible. 20% said Attend them if they were less than an hour's drive. 40% said Attend now and then. 20% said Might attend some of them, and 10% said Probably wouldn't attend any of them. Our July, 2019 poll was "When was your first contest?" 16% said 2010 or later. 5% said 2000-2009 and another 5% said 1990-1999. 32% said 1970-1979. 26% said 160-1969 and 16% said 1950-1959. Our June, 2019 poll was "Have you ever operated a Dxpedition in a contest?" 25% said yes, as part of a multi-op DXpedition. 25% said no. 20% said yes, as a single op. Another 20% said no, but I would like to! And 10% said yes, both as a multi-op and as a single-op. Our May, 2019 poll was "Have you ever operated mobile or portable in a contest (not a DXpedition)? 35% said both, 35% said no, 20% said portable and 10% said mobile. Our April, 2019 poll was "For manual CW sending, what do you use?" 65% of our respondents said a keyer. 35% said contest software. 12% said a straight key
and 5% said a bug. 8% said other. 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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For Sale or Wanted
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WANTED
Looking for a good 6 meter amplifier. Prefer 1000 watts output or more continuous but will consider as low as 600 watts. Solid state or tube okay. Send details, pictures and asking price to NE6I via QRZ email address. Posted 9 June 2019 
West Mountain Radio RIGblaster Advantage
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 |
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State QSO Parties
2019
Video: FT4/FT8 Digital Contesting by K1JT
October 2019
Video: Yaesu FTDX-101D vs. Icom IC-7610 by AB5N
October 2019
Video: Yaesu FTDX-101D Review and Demo by Ham Radio Concepts
September 2019
Video: A Visit to K5TR
August 2019
California QSO Party Claimed Scores
October 2019
NO6T (KI6RRN) SOFixedHP 396,662 W6ZL SO(A)FixedLP 95,535
K6LA SOFixedHP 312,504 N6RV SO(A)FixedLP 74,034
W6TK SO(A)FixedHP 217,326 N6GP SOFixedHP 66,796
W6AYC SOFixedLP 204,792 AI6V SO(A)FixedHP 63,288
NC6K SO(A)FixedHP 196,560 WA6KHK SO(A)FixedQRP 59,280
WN6K SOFixedLP 145,350 AI6O SOFixedHP 48,384
K6JO SOFixedLP 124,700 WA6URY SOFixedHP 35,024
W6ML(W6KC) SO(A)CtyExpHP117,477 N6WT SOCntyExpLP 27,166
KM6Z SO(A)FixedLP 117,420 WA7BNM/6 SOFixedLP 440
N6MI (N7DA, AF6O, N6MI) MOCtyExpHP 173,223
W6UE (N6AN, N9JAM) M/SSchool 96,216
W6COW (AA6DW, NK6A @AA6DW) M/MFixedLP 87,752
CQWW RTTY Claimed Scores
September 2019
WN6K SOABLP 243,276 N6RV SO(A)ABHP 45,225
KI6VC SOABHP 193,734 NK6A SO(A)ABHP 41,072
K6AW (@W6RFU) SO(A)SB20HP 156,384 KF6RY(W6ZL) SOSB20LP 28,060
NC6K SOABHP 125,870 WA6URY SOABHP 25,080
W6QU (@W8QZA) SOABQRP 123,984 AI6O SOABHP 16,128
W6JBR SOABHP 72,075
ARRL VHF Claimed Scores
September 2019
N6NB/R ROVER 162,000 NC6K SO3BHP 782
N6GP/R LTD ROVER LP 7,832 W6ZL SOLP 84
N6QQ SO6M 4,560 NE6I SO3BLP 50
W6IT SOLP 3,267
North American Sprint CW
September 2019
N6AA SOHP 10,374 AI6O SOHP 2,460
NT6Q (N5ZO) SOHP 10,184 WA6URY SOHP 1,650
K6AW SOHP 8,151 W4EF SOHP 1,323
AC6T SOHP 7,326 N6AN SOQRP 216
SCCC #1 (N6AA, K6AW, AC6T, NT6Q, K6NA) 36,035
WW Digi
August 2019
KR1DX (K6JO) SOABLP 148,224 NE6I SOABLP 3,640
WA7BNM SOSB20LP 5,832 NC6K SOSB20LP 140
NAQP SSB Claimed Scores
August 2019
NT6Q (K6JO@N5ZO)SOLP 112,003 K6NR SOLP 3.906
K5KT SOLP 43,360 WA6URY SOLP 1,372
WN6K SOLP 42,226 W6JBR SOLP 1,125
KI6VC SOLP 33,283 NC6K SOLP 513
K6RO SOLP 24,024 N6AN SOQRP 1
AI6V SOLP 4,212
SCCC #1 (WN6K, K6RO, KI6VC, W6AFA, NT6Q) 201,536
SCCC #2 (K5KT, K6NR, K6MUG, NC6K, AI6O) 49,577
NAQP CW Claimed Scores
August 2019
W6AYC SOLP 117,198 K6NA SOLP 25,546
NC6K SOLP 110,304 WA6URY SOLP 8,712
KI6RRN SOLP 100,650 W6JBR SOLP 6,160
N6AA SOLP 98,936 KA6WKE SOLP 4,171
WN6K SOLP 62,602 KB9FKO SOLP 1,056
KM6Z SOLP 59,901 KX6A SOLP 336
W6ZL SOLP 15,504
N5ZO (K6RB, W6NV, N5ZO) M2 288,351
AC6T (K6AW, AC6T) M2 112,883
SCCC #1 (WN6K, NC6K, KI6RRN, W6AYC, K7RAT) 592,930
SCCC #2 (KA6WKE, N6AA, N6MJ, WQ6X, W6ZL) 153,051
SCCC #3 (N6GP, KI6VC, AI6O, WA6I, WB6NBU) 19,330
SCCC #4 (KB9FKO, NE6I) 1,056
