Southern California Contest Club
CQ WW DX SSB: October 27-28 ARRL Sweepstakes CW: November 3-5 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB: November 17-19
CQ WW DX SSB: October 27-28 ARRL Sweepstakes CW: November 3-5 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB: November 17-19
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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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State QSO Parties
2018
SCCC Monthly Poll
October, 2018
Click here for the this month's SCCC monthly poll. Our September poll was "What is your favorite contest?" CQP took the top spot. CQWW DX, WPX, NA Sprint and Sweepstakes all tied for second.
Monthly News (SCCCORE)
October 2018
Welcome aboard to five new members this month!
Endaf, N6UTC was first licensed in 1997 with the callsign of MW1BQO. Four years later, he came to the USA and obtained the call KG6FIY. His current callsign is much more interesting. He enjoys the various data modes and is active on VHF.
Jaxon, N0XNN is in San Diego and currently lives in military housing. He's relatively new to contesting and looks forward to expanding his contest knowledge.
Tony, N6OO is an occasional contester and enjoys DXing and QRP. He joined us just in time for last month's NA Sprint SSB.
Angus, KA6AIL joins us from the high desert in Palmdale (near my old stomping grounds of Lancaster). Angus enjoys CQP and some of the QRP contests.
Bill, KB6WKT has been involved in every Field Day since 1988! He has also participated in VHF/UHF, RTTY and HF contests over the years.
NAQP SSB preliminary results have been published on the NCJ web site. This is not one SCCC participates in heavily. SCCC #2 is 13th and SCCC #1 is 15th. SMC #1 ran away with the thing, posting nearly 568K points. The runner up, SMC #2 had 383K. SCCC teams did not crack 100K. That said, SCCCers took the top three spots in California, with W6AFA narrowly topping WN6K. K5KT took the third spot.
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Endaf, N6UTC was first licensed in 1997 with the callsign of MW1BQO. Four years later, he came to the USA and obtained the call KG6FIY. His current callsign is much more interesting. He enjoys the various data modes and is active on VHF.
Jaxon, N0XNN is in San Diego and currently lives in military housing. He's relatively new to contesting and looks forward to expanding his contest knowledge.
Tony, N6OO is an occasional contester and enjoys DXing and QRP. He joined us just in time for last month's NA Sprint SSB.
Angus, KA6AIL joins us from the high desert in Palmdale (near my old stomping grounds of Lancaster). Angus enjoys CQP and some of the QRP contests.
Bill, KB6WKT has been involved in every Field Day since 1988! He has also participated in VHF/UHF, RTTY and HF contests over the years.
NAQP SSB preliminary results have been published on the NCJ web site. This is not one SCCC participates in heavily. SCCC #2 is 13th and SCCC #1 is 15th. SMC #1 ran away with the thing, posting nearly 568K points. The runner up, SMC #2 had 383K. SCCC teams did not crack 100K. That said, SCCCers took the top three spots in California, with W6AFA narrowly topping WN6K. K5KT took the third spot.
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The 2018 CQWW 160 meter contest results have also come out. By all accounts, it was pretty tough slogging this year. Glenn, K6NA took third place on CW in Zone 3. Alex, W6AFA finished sixth in Zone 3 on SSB. SCCC posted just under 1.6 million points with 17 entries.
Another blast from the past. This is the HQ3Z QSL from the 2008 CQWW DX Phone contest. The operation included Marty N6VI, Dick N6AA, Wild Bill Wiederhold WB6BFG, and Art W6XD. Arlen K6VNX is the QSL manager for this operation.
Just before the September NA Sprint CW, K6NA contacted me to join a team but told me he was going to be operating with a "hobo-setup." He explained that a pipe had burst under the sink. Naturally, that happened while they were away for a five hour outing. They had to remove everything in the house as well as the ham shack to let things dry out. So Glenn had set up a "hobo" station in his 95 degree garage. He is used to a much more advanced set up, so I could feel his pain as he explained, "I have manual antenna switching only, 100ft away from the op position. Most of my convenience details can't be used, except at least I have PC logging. Also I have an amp that works, BUT no station ground and no time to check for 'new' RFI, so things could fall apart in a hurry if some kind of RFI problem rears up."
His 3830/SCCC reflector summary explains the "hobo" contest experience. "Shack is fully dismantled for remodeling the house. Wanted to participate in Sprint, so extended some feedlines into the garage. No amp, so set up Low Power FT5000 and a folding chair, in the 101-degree heat. PC logging ok, but no other automatic-anything-else, or conveniences like selecting different antennas within a band. Of course, typical K6NA scramble and late start; first QSO logged at 0051z - duh. Sorry for the clunky exchanges at first, hadn't checked my function-key file - another duh. New respect for the LP and QRP guys who slug it out in Sprint: My CQs were mostly lost in the QRM. Settled mostly on S&P in order to work couplets on a channel, but lost out during many of the jump-balls. Band conditions? Very well described by many others; no need to repeat here. 73, Glen K6NA"
Hats off to Glenn for recording 188 Q's, 39 mults, and 7,322 points under seriously adverse conditions! The rest of us no longer have any excuse!
There was an article in the September/October 2018 issue of the National Contest Journal that I found very eye opening. It's titled "Radiosport 2.0: Predictions About the Future of Radio Contesting." No, it's not another article bemoaning the dearth of young contesters. It's a summary of a talk held at the VIsalia International DX Convention. K3LR, AI6TK, K6WX, W5ZN, K6TD and N9ADG talked about their predictions for the future of contesting. The article's author, K0MD described them as both exciting and disruptive! Things such as mandatory real time online logs, a contest category where a single operator is managing up to five computer/radio combinations at the same time, awards and merit badges that measure personal progress (to encourage the casual contesters to get more active), WRTC having operators switch stations virtually every ten minutes to level the playing field even more and several other interesting thoughts. Get your hands on a copy of this issue if you haven't already. As a bonus, there is an article about some US contesters evaluating their transceivers. I found that one particularly interesting as well.
I'm a little late with this but it has just come to my attention that Kip Edwards, W6SZN passed away this past June. Kip was an active contester and DXer. He is a past President of NCCC, past Director of NCDXF and past Secretary of the Yasme Foundation. He was also a regular financial supporter of DXpeditions. You'd often find his call on that list for many a rare one. His call appears in the list for the upcoming VP6D DXpeditons for example. Many of us will find his call regularly in our contest logs too. Bottom line, Kip is one that enjoyed our hobby to the fullest and gave back regularly. Our condolences to Kip's family for their loss. We in the amateur radio will miss him too.
The annual Six Meter BBQ was held September 21 and 22 in Austin, TX. There are always some interesting presentations for 6 meter enthusiasts. This year, there was also an informative one on grounding and bonding that applies to HF as well as VHF/UHF stations. It's well worth the read. Find all of the 2018 and 2017 presentations in PDF format here.
The California QSO Party is coming October 6-7. Last year, we as a club took first place in the Medium Club category (34 entries) and earned a plaque! Really, we should be able to win this every year! Right? Let's get on and rock it again this year! We are the DX in this contest! Rules can be found at CQP.org.
73 for now,
--Dennis NE6I
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Another blast from the past. This is the HQ3Z QSL from the 2008 CQWW DX Phone contest. The operation included Marty N6VI, Dick N6AA, Wild Bill Wiederhold WB6BFG, and Art W6XD. Arlen K6VNX is the QSL manager for this operation.
Just before the September NA Sprint CW, K6NA contacted me to join a team but told me he was going to be operating with a "hobo-setup." He explained that a pipe had burst under the sink. Naturally, that happened while they were away for a five hour outing. They had to remove everything in the house as well as the ham shack to let things dry out. So Glenn had set up a "hobo" station in his 95 degree garage. He is used to a much more advanced set up, so I could feel his pain as he explained, "I have manual antenna switching only, 100ft away from the op position. Most of my convenience details can't be used, except at least I have PC logging. Also I have an amp that works, BUT no station ground and no time to check for 'new' RFI, so things could fall apart in a hurry if some kind of RFI problem rears up."
His 3830/SCCC reflector summary explains the "hobo" contest experience. "Shack is fully dismantled for remodeling the house. Wanted to participate in Sprint, so extended some feedlines into the garage. No amp, so set up Low Power FT5000 and a folding chair, in the 101-degree heat. PC logging ok, but no other automatic-anything-else, or conveniences like selecting different antennas within a band. Of course, typical K6NA scramble and late start; first QSO logged at 0051z - duh. Sorry for the clunky exchanges at first, hadn't checked my function-key file - another duh. New respect for the LP and QRP guys who slug it out in Sprint: My CQs were mostly lost in the QRM. Settled mostly on S&P in order to work couplets on a channel, but lost out during many of the jump-balls. Band conditions? Very well described by many others; no need to repeat here. 73, Glen K6NA"
Hats off to Glenn for recording 188 Q's, 39 mults, and 7,322 points under seriously adverse conditions! The rest of us no longer have any excuse!
There was an article in the September/October 2018 issue of the National Contest Journal that I found very eye opening. It's titled "Radiosport 2.0: Predictions About the Future of Radio Contesting." No, it's not another article bemoaning the dearth of young contesters. It's a summary of a talk held at the VIsalia International DX Convention. K3LR, AI6TK, K6WX, W5ZN, K6TD and N9ADG talked about their predictions for the future of contesting. The article's author, K0MD described them as both exciting and disruptive! Things such as mandatory real time online logs, a contest category where a single operator is managing up to five computer/radio combinations at the same time, awards and merit badges that measure personal progress (to encourage the casual contesters to get more active), WRTC having operators switch stations virtually every ten minutes to level the playing field even more and several other interesting thoughts. Get your hands on a copy of this issue if you haven't already. As a bonus, there is an article about some US contesters evaluating their transceivers. I found that one particularly interesting as well.
I'm a little late with this but it has just come to my attention that Kip Edwards, W6SZN passed away this past June. Kip was an active contester and DXer. He is a past President of NCCC, past Director of NCDXF and past Secretary of the Yasme Foundation. He was also a regular financial supporter of DXpeditions. You'd often find his call on that list for many a rare one. His call appears in the list for the upcoming VP6D DXpeditons for example. Many of us will find his call regularly in our contest logs too. Bottom line, Kip is one that enjoyed our hobby to the fullest and gave back regularly. Our condolences to Kip's family for their loss. We in the amateur radio will miss him too.
The annual Six Meter BBQ was held September 21 and 22 in Austin, TX. There are always some interesting presentations for 6 meter enthusiasts. This year, there was also an informative one on grounding and bonding that applies to HF as well as VHF/UHF stations. It's well worth the read. Find all of the 2018 and 2017 presentations in PDF format here.
The California QSO Party is coming October 6-7. Last year, we as a club took first place in the Medium Club category (34 entries) and earned a plaque! Really, we should be able to win this every year! Right? Let's get on and rock it again this year! We are the DX in this contest! Rules can be found at CQP.org.
73 for now,
--Dennis NE6I
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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 
Alpha91B (stock photo above, not the actual unit). 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. Asking $2,200. Will entertain offers. Seller: Rick, N6CY n6cy [at] arrl[dot]net Posted 8 Oct 2018 |
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August 2018
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California QSO Party Claimed Scores
October 2018
N6MJ SOHP 376,478 N6WT SOALP 110,768
N6WIN SOHP 356,062 KK6NON SOALP 100,920
W6TK SOAHP 268,482 NE6I SOAHP 81,256
KI6RRN SOLP 266,800 W6ZL SOALP 60,996
AA6PW SOHP 231,014 WA6KHK SOQPR 54,132
K6ZZ SOLP 211,755 N6HE SOHP 49,350
W6ML (W6KC) SOAHP 191,458 AI6O SOHP 25,326
K6VO (K6NR) SOAHP 183,570 WA6URY SOHP 14,760
NC6K SOAHP 181,018 N6OO SOLP 9,360
WN6K SOLP 145,174 AI6DO SOAQRP 8,349
K6NA SOHP 120,228
NO6T (@N5ZO) MSHP 356,700
NC6Q (NC6Q, K6MUG, K6CAW, KB6WKT) MSHP 131,080
W6COW (NK6A, AA6DW) MSLP 73,170
CQWW DX RTTY Claimed Scores
September 2018
WN6K SOABLP 218,250 NC6K SOABHP 104,232
W6TK SOABHP 181,597 W6QU (W8QZA) SOABQRP 101,205
N6RV SOABHP 132,745 AI6O SOABHP 36,442
KK6NON SOABLP 110,995 KF6RY (W6ZL) SOSB20 30.358
KM6Z SOABLP 68,526 W6JBR SOABHP 29,464
North American Sprint SSB Claimed Scores
September 2018
N5ZO 10,127 NE6I 555
NX6T (KK6NON) 9,020 N6OO 540
WA7BNM 560 WQ6X 12
SCCC #1 (N5ZO, NX6T, NE6I, N6OO, WQ6X) 20,254
North American Sprint CW Claimed Scores
September 2018
N5ZO 13,502 N6WIN 5,655
N6MJ 13,020 K0XP 2,660
W4EF 10,879 N6CW 2,494
N6AA 10,480 AI6O 1,450
AC6T 8,853 KG7NV (K6ZH) 486
K6NA 7,332
SCCC #1 (N6AA, N5ZO, N6MJ, AC6T, K6NA) 53,187
SCCC #2 (KG7NV, AI6O, K6AW, W4EF) 12,815
SCCC #1 currently holding 5th place according to the 3830scores site.
NAQP SSB Claimed Scores
August 2018
WN6K SOLP 52,722 AI6O SOLP 1,664
K5KT SOLP 51,600 N6AN SOLP 1,344
AA6PW SOLP 24,090 W6JBR SOLP 1,200
N6WIN SOLP 3,268 K6RO SOLP 819
WA7BMN SOLP 3,034 WA6URY SOLP 651
K6MUG SOLP 2,600
N5ZO (KI6RRN, KK6NON, N5ZO) M/2 200,489
W6KC M/2 198
SCCC #1 (WQ6X, N6WIN, K6MUG, WN6K, AA6PW) 82,680
SCCC #2 (W6AFA, K5KT, N6AN, K6RO, NE6I) 53,763
NAQP CW Claimed Scores
August 2018
N5ZO SOLP 227,452 AI6O SOLP 20,250
KI6RRN SOLP 181,477 WA6URY SOLP 14,534
N6WIN SOLP 128,763 W6ZL SOLP 14,300
K6NR SOLP 100,303 N6HE SOLP 10,640
W6TK SOLP 98,532 N6AN SOQRP 5,454
N6AA SOLP 92,718 N6GP SOLP 5,035
WN6K SOLP 66,875 W6KC SOLP 4,080
KM6Z SOLP 49,502 KU6CW (N6CW) SOLP 3,960
AA6PW SOLP 23,779 KA6WKE SOLP 1,296
NC6K SOLP 21,004 K0XP SOLP 1,032
NX6T (N6KI, WQ6X, N6NC, N6CY, NN6X, N6EEG, WM6Y) M/2 186,354
SCCC #1 (N5ZO, KI6RRN, N5WIN, W6TK, K6NR) 736,527
SCCC #2 (AI6O, KA6WKE, WQ6X, W6ZL, N6HE) 46,486
SCCC #3 (N6AA, AA6PW, NC6K, N6AN, N6GP) 147,990
NAQP RTTY Claimed Scores
July 2018
KI6RRN SOLP 110,396 KF6RY (W6ZL) SOLP 8,364
WN6K SOLP 41,412 N6WT SOLP 5,050
W6JBR SOLP 11,760 K6MUG SOLP 4,316
AI6O SOLP 9,310
ZF1A (K6GO, NA6MB) M2 48,150
SCCC #1 (KI6RRN, NC6K, WN6K, K6MUG, KA6WKE) 156,124
IARU HF World Championship Claimed Scores
July 2018
N5ZO SOABHPA CW 1,408,579 NI6W (W4EF) SOABHP CW 30,800
KI6RRN(@WA6TQT) SOABLP Mxd 1,014,714 AI6O SOABHPA CW 26,256
K6NA SOABHP CW 771,831 W6KC SOABHPA Mixed 19,580
W6TK SOABHP Mixed 668,457 W6YA SOABHP CW 15,776
N6AA SOABHP CW 491,290 W6JBR SOABHP Mixed 12,369
WN6K SOABLP Mixed 146,510 K6DDJ SOABHPA CW 7,347
KU6CW (N6CW) SOABHP(A) CW 132,192 N6IC SO20MHP CW 5,405
WA6URY SOABHP Mixed 88,288 K6MUG SOABLP 5,040
NK6A SOABHP Mixed 67,710 N6HE SOABLP 2,256
W6ZL SOABLP CW 44,370
NX6T (N6KI, NN6X, N6EEG, KB7V, N6ERD, W2PWS, N6NC, WQ6X) M/S HP 638,352
AF6O (AF6O, K6VCR, N6MI) M/S HP 477,904
RAC Canada Day Claimed Scores
July 2018
KI6RRN SOABLP 173,618 WN6K SOABLP-CW 34,992
W6TK SOABHP 35,464 KK6NON SOABLP-PH 24,256
N5ZO (N5ZO, N6NC) M/2 HP 149,500
