SCCC Past Front Page News Stories

A Collection of Past SCCC News Stories (Newest to Oldest)

CQ World Wide DX Contest CW Claimed Scores

November 2013

  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

NX6T 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

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

California QSO Party Claimed Scores

October 2013

   N6WIN(N6MJ)  SOHP  371,811         AF6O         SOHP  248,414
   K6NA(N6ED)   SOHP  306,152         AA6PW        SOHP  117,936
   W6UE(N6AN)   SOHP  299,106         NK6A         SOHP   76,615
   W6TK         SOHP  272,546         N6HC         SOHP   32,614
   K6LA         SOHP  268,946         N6QQ         SOHP    6,720
   W6SX         SOHP  256,329

   K6AM         SOLP  222,585         KQ6ES        SOLP   90,324
   N6ZFO        SOLP  215,122         NK6A         SOLP   76,615
   WN6K         SOLP  164,640         N6MU         SOLP   68,000
   N0DY/6       SOLP  116,740         WK6I         SOLP    4,050

   K6QK         MSHP  294,872         N6HD         MSHP  217,442
   NX6T         MSHP  275,082         W6RFU        MSHP   93,335
   K6VO(@K6NR)  MSHP  243,504

   K6Z          MMHP  597,110         K6MI         MMHP  391,419

N6MI Kern County Expedition

J. Scott Bovitz, N6MI (www.n6mi.com), made a trip to Kern County for the 2013 California QSO Party. N6MI made more than 1,100 contacts from the Mojave Desert floor in his fully equipped ham van -- complete with a 56' 2" pneumatic mast and a rack mounted Elecraft K3 line. N6MI only missed one multiplier in the United States and Canada. His pain at missing Utah was partially eased by the enthusiastic CQP participation from Europe.
Ham Van Video

ARRL September VHF Contest Claimed Scores

September 2013

     K6FGV/R         Rover        223,020
     K6AH/R          Rover        183,260
     N6VI/R          Rover        173,145
     N6HD/R          Rover        165,066
     W6TE            MOUNL        149,710
     N6NB            SO/P         114,665
     AF6O/R          Rover         99,204
     KJ6CNO/R        Rover         31,270
     W6TAI/R         Rover         22,960
     W6TAI           SOLP             280
     N6VH            SOLP              28

ARRL September VHF Contest

September 2013

N6NB - it was a chance to try out my still-unoccupied house in Panorama Heights. I parked the tower trailer in the driveway and used the same equipment and antennas that I used in June on Signal Peak. It seems to be a pretty good location.

Video W6TAI wkg N6NB - 24GHz
(Starts when fully downloaded)

W6TE - John, K6MI, and I operated the ARRL Sept. VHF contest from 8,000 ft Frazier Mt. Thanks to the So Cal rovers and others we were able to amass over 150,000 points operating 10 bands. Unfortunately, activity was way down from prior contests.

Claimed score: 149,930

Pack Rovers - A pack of six rovers travelled from DM12 (San Diego) to DM06/CM95/CM96 (Kettleman City) for a total of ten grids. Not all rovers visited all grids. Each rover was equipped with the ten bands between 50MHz and 10GHz. Many contacts were made with portable stations N6NB and W6TE. Special thanks to W6TAI who made a trip to Gaviota in order to work the pack from CM94 on all ten bands, over an almost all sea path.

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