Bill, N6RV had his SteppIR fail on him earlier in October. The driven element was stuck on 17 meters. He was able to use it on 10 and 15 meters using an antenna tuner despite the high SWR. 40 meters worked okay but not so much on 20. He noticed a lack of JA stations compared to usual. Bill, N7VM reported that a massive X-class flare partway into Day 1 threw out the propagation charts and his band plan. 10 meters was crazy after the flare, he said. Prop returned more toward normal on Day 2. Frank, WA6KHK took down his 80 foot tower the week before in preparation for moving to a new QTH down the road. He managed 329 contacts using a vertical. Larry, K6RO was part time between tennis, the MLB World Series (Dodgers and Yankees!), and other fun things. He said conditions seemed good Friday and Saturday but when he got home late Sunday morning, it was as if someone had turned off the band. He was single band 15 meters. Dick, N6AA had 118 answers to his CQs with 20 being USA stations. The balance of 744 QSOs were S&P with about half requiring more than one call. David, N6AN was in Japan and ran the call JJ0XUN/3 and was at Minouragatake, a SOTA summit. As usual, he was QRP with just 5 watts and a doublet. And he logged on his phone! Many had trouble copying his long call. He was amazed at how much RF "crud" there is on 10, 15 and 20 meters in Japan.

Jim, W6YI put in a part-time effort just chasing mults. Bruce, WA7BNM did the same. He lost the first 20 hours of the contest working on station software updates and debugging. Ken, K6LA ran low power from VY2TT and logged 3,245 Q's for a 5 million point score! Conditions were so good that he never felt like he was on low power other than on 40 and 80 meters. While operating on 14.116 MHz, he got some occasional calls from USA stations, who were obviously out of the US ham band! His goal was to operate 38 hours, make 2,000 QSOs and get 2 million points, LOW POWER. He did 41 hours and crushed his goals. Dennis, NE6I had limited time to operate and decided to try single band 10 meters. He found 10 to be really popping both days. Bill, W8QZA (as W6QU) was his usual 5 watts QRP. He reported conditions to be very, very good. His grandson's soccer game and some unannounced visitors shortened his operating time to about 24 hours. He enjoyed working some juicy DX with his QRP signal, like B0A in Zone 23 and TO7K Reunion Island, both on 15 meters, and V85RH on 20. Glenn, K6NA said, "Great activity on the bands with good solar numbers." On the other hand, he had loads of powerline noise on most bands.

Dana, K6NR experienced great conditions on the high bands and didn't spend much time below 15 meters. He had signals wall to wall from 28.3 to 29.0 MHz. Warren, KN6ZZI said that propagation was terrific at times, making it a really fun contest. His focus was needed DXCC and band slots. Marty, N6VI was in Kenya at 5Z4VJ where he and Andy did a multi-single effort. They made over 2,600 Q's with nearly half being on 10 meters. He said that local noise took out 40, 80 and 160 meters there. He also said that they worked very few west coast stations due to the European Curtain. Tim, N6GP was at N6MXU. He missed the EU opening Saturday morning due to obligations and couldn't get runs going to EU on Sunday due to propagation. He said it was fun though working both JA and PY at the same time using the bi-directional feature of the SteppIR at the station. Don, NK6A said he had great openings on 10m early Saturday. Levi, K6JO remarked "What a fun weekend!" He reported absolutely amazing prop the first day but less than amazing the second. He had fun chasing Dan, N6MJ. Dan was at ND7K. The two were reporting their scores to the contest scoreboard online, making it fun for others to watch as well.

The CQWW SSB raw scores have been posted online here. These are top ten scores in the various categories. Ken, K6LA at VY2TT shows as second in the SO(A)LP category, a smidgeon behind UZ7C. Less than a percentage point separate the two. Levi, K6JO is showing as second in the Youth High Power catgory.

The ARRL Sweepstakes CW contest was a week later. Comments from that one follow.
Bill, N7VM attained his second sweep in a row. He was aiming to improve accuracy this year so he asked for more fills than usual. Frank, WA6KHK worked his last contest from his current QTH as he is getting ready to move. Jim, W6KC said the excellent conditions helped make this years's contest especially enjoyable. He spent the first two hours running 10 meters and held a rate of 100/hour. He completed the sweep Sunday morning by working NB and LA. Jim, K6ZH got on Sunday as fresh meat for a couple of hours. It was his birthday but they almost lost his home to a fire on October 31. The fire lapped right up to the house, causing a bit of damage. Ken, VY2TT (K6LA) said conditions were great but activity was down. Clayton, AA6FD (NF1R) noted that there were very few checks from the 1950s and not many from the 2000s. Kurt, W6PH only had his 15 meter yagi operational so did a single band effort. He said he'd forgotten how fun SS is. John, KF6I was happy to have 10 meters in such good shape. Joe, AA2IL said conditions were fantastic and he found there to be plenty of activity. Don, NK6A had limited time so he went for the sweep, but didn't quite get it. He said 10 meter signals were very good. Dana, K6NR ran remotely to his station near Williams, AZ (K6VO). He put in a part time effort, seeking a sweep. LAX and SB were his last two. He worked them on 15 and 10 respectively. He found 10 meters to be in good shape.

And then came CQWW DX CW. This was one of those years where the contest did not fall on Thanksgiving weekend. Kind of a welcome change because some of us often have out of town family in, or we are out of town with the relatives. But not this year.

Dan, N6MJ was at ZF1A where the multi-single team recorded 9,399 Q's for 20.4 million points! Wow! They were shooting for the North American M/S HP record and hoping that log checking holds up. Marko, N5ZO was at the M/S effort at DU0A, where all antennas went up the week before! Well, they didn't get ALL of the antennas they planned for up in the air but still ran an amazing score of 12.3 million. Jim, K6ZH was another SCCC member out at a multi operation. He was up in Alaska with the KL7SB team doing M/2. Eric, NC6K remoted in as well. They put together a 12.6 million point score. Jim, N6TJ was again out in Hawaii at KH7M. He'd planned on doing single band 10 meters but changed his mind at the last minute and went SB15. He recorded 996.5K points. David, N6AN was on a team of seven running KH6J (at KH6YY). They logged a score of almost 19.6 million points with their multi-multi effort.

Here in SoCal, Jim, W6KC reported great conditions and great fun. Bill, N6RV said it was fun and frustrating (he had some trouble seeing the computer screen and was also dropping dits in some characters---I can imagine how much fun it was copying LS5H !). Jim, W6YI reported great conditions until mid-Sunday morning. He missed Saturday afternoon and evening due to a fishing BBQ. Bill, N7VM said, "It's a week before Thanksgiving weekend this year and we got 48 hours without any solar flares or geomagnetic storms... can it get any better than this?" Dennis, N6KI had great conditions on 10. Larry, K6RO made a last minute decision to do single band 10 meters when he noticed how hot the band was. Sunday morning's drizzles meant no tennis and more time on the air. He found 10 hopping with Europeans! Axel, KI6RRN ran remote to the WA6TQT super station and recorded an eye popping 8.1 million points using 2BSIQ! Barry, N6VOH was running all wire antennas (tower going up soon) but had a good time. Dennis, NE6I was also running all wires and found 10 and 15 meters in spectacular shape. 40m was very noisy both nights but very quiet both mornings. Some balun problems put an end to his contesting about mid-day Sunday.

Jim, WA6URY was again remote from Tokyo and reported good conditions. He was heard running a lot of DX on 15. Bruce, WA7BNM discovered station problems just before the contest so went to his backup radio. He remoted from his home office into his shack. He felt there were fewer Caribbeans and South Americans than usual. But then again, with EU workable for so many hours, he spent less time looking elsewhere. Terry, N6CW reported great high band conditions. Steve, AC6T said that Saturday night on 20m there were lots of Zone 17 stations. Then lots of EU on Sunday morning on 10m. Kurt, W6PH drove 480 miles to get to Tim's ND7K super station in Arizona. There, he racked up 5.5 million points as a single op. Tim had surgery on his wrist the week before and opted out of their planned M/S effort. Conditions were very noisy on the low bands Friday night, Kurt said. Saturday night was better but not great. The high bands, 20 through 10, were so good, he said, that he couldn't stay away from the radio. He went 44 hours at age 82! THAT is setting the bar high for the rest of us!

Jim, N6VH said conditions were very good and that he wished he had more time to operate. Ken, K6LA at VY2TT put in a personal best of 6,838 QSOs. He discovered problems with his 160m antenna at 0400 UTC and lost some time troubleshooting it. Ultimately, he found its resonance had slipped to 2.15 MHz and nothing would tune it. Rain on Saturday made it a serious challenge to troubleshoot the problem, and all efforts failed. Ultimately, he found that his KPA1500 would tune the 80m 4-square but only in omni mode, so he ran 160 that way and at least pulled in 20 mults. On the other bands, pileups were intense, and even high up in the band, IE 21.080 and 21.130 MHz, he ran 200 QSOs/hour. He was able to work EU and the west coast USA at the same time on 10 and 15m most of the day both days. Wow!

Bill, W8QZA (W6QU) said conditions were outstanding. He was QRP as usual and his best Q was BY3GA on 20 meters with one call. Over on 40, he worked D4DX. He logged 76 countries and 32 zones! Tim, N6GP thought conditions would be even better than they were with a 200 SFI. He missed Zone 20 and fell three countries short of DXCC. Best QSO was 3B8M on a skew path of 60 degrees. Mike, W4EF reported "truly stellar conditions." He had an 85 hour of JAs on 40m and a short run of them Sunday morning. 10 and 15 opened early Sunday too, he said. Glenn, K6NA said that we had superb conditions overall, with 80 and 160 depressed a little. This contest was definitely one to remember. Jasques, KN6VQ did his second CQWW CW and spent a lot of time S&P. He did get some decent runs calling CQ, at least for him, he said. He is still in learning mode and will take this experience to the next one. A very respectable score of 770+K points!

The CQWW CW raw scores were posted online on December 1 here. These are top ten scores in the various categories.



SCCC member Jim, K6ZH had a little negative excitement the last weekend of October when the "Fairmont Fire" in San Diego was knocking on his door. He suffered some damage to a fence and his garage door. There is some concern that insurance rates will go up and/or policies might be cancelled. Many insurance companies have been taking hits in SoCal in recent years and have increased rates or backed away from the state. On the positive side, and very good news, Jim and his XYL are safe and suffered no injuries during the fire. See the news clip here on the local ABC television affiliate. And some photos here. Scary close.



Convention registration and raffle ticket sales for the 76th Annual International DX Convention April 11-13 in Visalia are now open. Full info can be found here.



Here is what Cycle 25 looks like so far compared to Cycles 21-24. Photo courtesy of USA Today.





DX Engineering has a nifty Mast Load Estimator on their website these days. This weill help you determine if the mast you are planning or already using will work with your planned antennas. Or with your existing installation. Choose between a 2 or 3 inch diameter mast, the length of that mast and then enter your antenna specifics as well as where they are or are going to be on that mast. Check it out here. (SCCC has no pecuniary interest in DX Engineering products. We just wanted to share this nifty tool.)

REMINDER!
If you have a personal website and we don't have it listed here, let us know! We'll add it. And if you have a plaque, certificate or station photo you'd like to share, send that along too. It's been a while since we received updated ones so please do share!

AND (!), we are always looking for articles, contest writeups, antenna raising/modification articles, new radio or accessory reviews, photos, et al. Send them along so that we can publish them in SCCCORE and all can enjoy and benefit. Thanks!

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Strange but true...
Contrary to popular belief, Thomas Crapper is not the inventor of the crapper, ahem, toilet. According to history.com, the first modern flushible toilet was described in 1596 by Sir John Harington. It required 7.5 gallons of water, a "bit" more than today's 1.0 or 1.5 gallon toilets. In 1775, Alexander Cumming obtained the first patent for a flush toilet. His greatest innovation? The S-shaped pipe below the bowl to prevent sewer gas (smell!) from entering the room through the toilet. Thomas Crapper was indeed a plumber and developed the ballcock, the tank filling mechanism still in use today.

It wasn't until 1957 that a toilet was shown on television. Well, not the entire toilet... The show that broke the barrier? Leave It to Beaver. "In the inaugural episode, Wally and the Beaver opt to procure a pet alligator. Jerry Mathers recollected, “We planned to place it in the toilet as we knew alligators required water. At that juncture, not only could you not display a toilet, but you couldn’t exhibit a washroom on TV. It was prohibited.” The show’s makers clashed with censors to include the bathroom scene, eventually settling on showing solely the posterior of the toilet tank. “That was how Leave It to Beaver actually set some benchmarks for the television industry: We were the first series to reveal a bathroom,” Mathers elucidated in a discourse with Fox News." (thanks ypxle.com for this tidbit)

73 for now,
--Dennis NE6I

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Our November, 2024 poll was "A genie will grant you one wish from three choices. Everything you already own will vanish. Thus you are starting from scratch.  You choose:
  38% said a hilltop QTH. 29% said W6AM's rhombic farm back when it was at its peak. Another 29% said a QTH overlooking the ocean. The rest said
  a flat-for-miles QTH. (No one selected "a top of the line rig and amplifier.">

Our October, 2024 poll was I currently have ____ antenna supports (towers, masts, etc.).
  40% said one, 25% said two and another 25% said three or four. 10% said fiver or more!

Our September, 2024 poll was The tallest antenna tower/structure I have ever climbed is:
  29% said greater than 100 feet! 24% said they don't climb towers. 19% said 76-100 feet. About 9% each
  for heights at 51-75 feet, 31-50 feet and 20-30 feet. 

Our August, 2024 poll was The tallest antenna tower/structure I have ever had is:
  27% said 100 or more feet! 18% said 50-59 feet and another 18% said 20-29 feet. 14% said 60-75 feet and
  another 14% said 30-39 feet. 5% said 76-99 feet and another 4% said 40-49 feet. 

Our July, 2024 poll was How many computer monitors do you use in your ham shack?
  Forty percent said two and another forty percent said one. 10% said more than four and 5% said three. 
  Another 5% said none.

Our June, 2024 poll was "Periodically, I run an antenna analysis program such as EZNEC (or other) looking 
for ways to improve my antenna system."
  79% said no and 21% said yes.

Our May, 2024 poll was "Has the digital revolution affected your operating in contests or DXing?"
  46% said yes, quite a bit. 23% said not at all. 15% said that they hate digital (hi hi). And 16% said
  somewhere in between.

Our April, 2024 poll was "This one is off the beaten path but should be fun. How many TV channels did you 
  have on the living room TV when you were a child?
  40% said 7-12 channels. 33% said 4-6 channels. 20% said 3 or less and 7% said 13-30 channels. 

Our March, 2024 poll was "I have or have used for amateur radio use a Raspberry Pi computer."
  64% said they have never used a Pi computer. 29% say they use one today for amateur radio. The remaining
  7% said they own one but don't use it for amateur radio.

Our February, 2024 poll was "After every contest, I run my log through an analyzer or look at the data 
  analysis in my contest logger in hopes of improving my next go round in that contest.
  76% said no. 19% said sometimes and 5% said always. 

Our January, 2024 poll was "After every contest, I upload my contest log to:"
  The options were LOTW, eQSL, QRZ, ClubLog, Two of these, Three of thes, All four of these, or None of these.
  30% said two of these. Another 30% said eQSL. 20% said three of these and 15% said ClubLog. 5% said LOTW.

Our November, 2023 poll was "I took at least one of my amateur radio license exams at an FCC office back 
  when they conducted such things there."
  A stunning 82% said yes! Only 18% said no. Guess that shows that we have an aging club membership!

Our October, 2023 poll was "I started on CW using a:"
  79% said hand key (wow!). 11% said iambic type electronic keyer. 5% said they have never done CW and 5% said
  paddle type electronic keyer.

Our September, 2023 poll was "Have you ever listened to a ham radio podcast? (That is, one where the subject 
is ham radio related.)"
  74% said yes and 26% said no.

Our August, 2023 poll was "I first found out about contesting:"
  44% said they stumbled across one on the air. Another 44% said they found about contesting from a magazine. 
  6% said they learned about it from a friend and another 6% said Other.

Our July, 2023 poll was "My hamshack computer runs:"
  90% said Windows (no surprise there). 5% said MacOS and the other 5% said DOS.

Our June, 2023 poll was "My ham shack computer is:"
  39% said 8 or more years old. 35% said newer (3 years old or less). 26% said 4-7 years old. 

Our May, 2023 poll was "My ham shack computer is a:"
  67% said a desktop and 33% said a laptop.

Our April, 2023 poll was "My first amplifier was a:"
  27% said it was a Heathkit. Another 27% said Other (I wonder what those were?). 13% said VHF/UHF os some
  flavor. 

Our March, 2023 poll was "My first transmitter/transceiver when I received my license was a"
 A whopping 42% said Heathkit! 11% said homebrew, 8% (each) said Yaesu, Kenwood and Hallicrafters, 4% said 
 Johnson and 19% said Other. 

OurFebruary, 2023 poll was "My first antenna when I received my license was a:"
 64% said it was a dipole. 6% said it was a doublet and another 6% said it was a longwire. Another 6% said it 
 was a G5RV and another 6% said it was something else. 12% started with a vertical. The rest was split between
 Alpha, Henry, Yaesu, Ameritron and "I have never owned an amplifier."

Our January, 2023 poll was "My first amateur radio license was a(n):"
 80% said Novice. 13% said Technician and 7% said Conditional.

Our December, 2022 poll was "Of the amateur radio magazines to which I subscribe, I read one or more of
 them online rather than the printed version."

 20% said all to which they subscribe. 27% said one or more and 53% said none.

Our November,2022 poll was "I subscribe to one or more amateur radio magazines."

 28% subscribe to one, 33% subscribe to two, 17% subscribe to three, 17% subscribe to more than three and 5%
 don't subscribe to any.

Our October, 2022 poll was "My ham shack computer is:"

 72% said shared with other tasks (I.E., email, web browsing, spreadsheets, documents, etc.). 24% said it was
 dedicated to their ham radio activities. 6% said they don't have a computer in the ham shack. 

Our September, 2022 poll was another two parter. "When the FCC discontinued the Morse Code requirement for 
 amateur radio licensees, I:" and part two was "Now that it has been many years without the Morse Code 
 requirement,"

44% of respondents didn't care either way. 38% disagreed with the decision. 13% were worried that amateur 
radio would become like the CB channels. To the second question, 63% have no opinion either way. The other
37% think it was a good decision.

Our August, 2022 poll was a two parter. "Do you have/own an HF amplifier? If so, which brand. And, is it 
 a tube or solid state amp?"

50% of respondents said they have an Alpha amplifier. 30% said Elecraft. 11% said OM Power. 5% said Heathkit 
and another 5% said Acom.  56% said their amp uses tubes and 33% said their amp is solid state. 11% do not have 
an amplifier. 

Our July, 2022 poll was "A must do contest for me is"

A whopping 30% said CQWW DX CW! 14% said Sweepstakes CW. The balance was divided equally amont the rest 
of the contests lin the poll.

Our June, 2022 poll was "I will be operating Field Day this year"

39% said with a club at a park or other location away from home. Another 39% said from home said from home.
22% said they wouldn't be participating this year.

Our May, 2022 poll was "My first contest was:"

22% said the Novice Roundup. 17% each said ARRL Sweepstakes, a state QSO Party, CQWW DX, or another contest. 
 10% said the ARRL International DX Contest. 

Our April, 2022 poll was "Your top QSOs per hour rate over a full 60 minutes is:"

47% said 61-70. 18% said 41-50 and another 18% said 81-90. 17% said 41-50. 

Our March, 2022 poll was "In a single contest weekend, you have worked 100 DXCC entities."

36% said yes and 64% said no.

Our February, 2022 poll was "You are only allowed to contest on one band, the band of your choice. Which one 
would it be?"

42% said 40 meters, 27% said 20 meters, 15% said 15 meters, 8% said 10 and 4% said 160. 4% said 2 meters or 
above.

Our January, 2022 poll was"Continuing with last month's typing subject, for those of you that touch type, 
did you learn to do so in a class, on the internet (including a typing app or program), or are you self 
taught?"

50% said in a class. 19% said self taught and 31% said they use hunt and peck instead.

Our December, 2021 poll was"When using contest software, do you touch type or hunt and peck?"

61% said hunt and peck. 39% said touch type.

Our November, 2021 poll was "Have you ever owned a Heathkit Radio transmitter, receiver or transceiver?"

70% said yes, in the past. 18% said they own one or more now and 12% said no.

Our October, 2021 poll was "Have you ever owned a Collins Radio transmitter, receiver or transceiver?"

11% said yes, in the past. 17% said they own one or more now and 72% have never owned one. 

Our September, 2021 poll was "I plan on purchasing at least one new station accessory in the 
coming year."

80% said yes and 20% said no. Are you listening, vendors?

Our August, 2021 poll was "I plan on installing at least one new antenna in the coming year."

64% said yes and 36% said no.

Our July, 2021 poll was "The last time I visited a brick and mortar ham radio store was"

47% said in the past two to four years. 37% said in the past year. 16% said five or more years ago.

Our June, 2021 poll was "My career (or former career if retired) is/was in the electronics or 
telecommunications industry."

53% said yes and 47% said no. 

Our May, 2021 poll was "I have a family member who is also a licensed amateur radio operator."

44% said yes and 56% said no. 

Our April, 2021 poll was "My significant other_____in contests."

60% said tolerates me participating. 15% said encourages me to participate. 10% said doesn't care if I 
participate and another 10% said sometimes participates with me. 5% said they don't have a significant 
other.

Our March, 2021 poll was "Keeping with the theme of last month's poll, my favorite 
type of contest is:"

47% said DX. 33% said stateside. And 20% said both.

Our February, 2021 poll was "My favorite contests are (those in duration):"

28% said 48 hour contests, 11% said 30 hour contests, 5% said 24 hour contests, 17% said 
10 hour contests, 5% said 4 hour contests and 5% said 1 hour contests. 22% said all of
the above! One respondent said all of the above with the exception of Field Day and 
those with other complicated exchanges. 

Our January, 2021 poll was "Do you prefer hard copy QSLs or electronic ones?"

19% said they prefer hard copy (paper) QSLs, 50% said they prefer electronic QSLs (IE, LOTW, 
eQSL, QRZ, etc.), 25% said they had no preference, and 6% said they do not QSL at all. 

Our December, 2020 poll was "I sometimes have conflicts between contest events and
 family events on holiday weekends preventing me from as much participation in one or
 both of them as I'd like.

17% said often, 56% said occasionally, 22% said contesting always wins out, and 5% said
 family events always win out. 

Our November, 2020 poll asked "Is your antenna system mostly:"

42% answered less than 5 years old. 16% each answered 5-10 years old, 11-15 years old 
 or 16-20 years old. 10% answered more than 20 years old.

Our October, 2020 poll asked "Is your current primary transciever:"

43% answered 5-10 years old. 30% said less than 5 years old. 17% said 11-15 years old and
 10% said more than 20 years old.

Our September, 2020 poll was two parts. "Are you an ARRL member?"

87% said yes and 13% said no.

Are you a paid member of any other club other than ARRL?

73% said yes and 27% said no.

Our July, 2020 poll was "Where do you typically operate Field Day from?

23% said from home, 6% said portable by themselves, 59% said with a club and 12% said they
 don't typically operate Field Day.

Our June, 2020 poll was "Did you discover amateur radio on your own?

35% said yes, 35% said that they discovered it via a family member and 30% said that they
 discovered it via a friend.

Our May, 2020 poll was "Have you ever built and/or used Heathkit amateur radio equipment?"

65% said they have both built and used Heathkits. 20% said they have used but not built them
 and 15% have neither built nor used a Heathkit.

Our April, 2020 poll was "Did you participate in the National Traffic System (NTS)?"

25% said yes and 75% said no.

Our February, 2020 poll was "What is your thought on the new digital modes as it pertains
 to contesting?"

27% said great! And another 27% said "not for me." 21% said "they are poisoning amateur radio
 contesting." Wow, brutal. 14% said they haven't tried them. 8% said "not bad" and 3% said
 "unsure / too early to day."

Our January, 2020 poll was "Have you ever operated in a RTTY contest?"

86% said yes and 14% said no. 

Our December, 2019 poll was "Have you ever operated in a VHF contest?"

86% said yes and 14% said no. 

Our November, 2019 poll was "Do you operate in very many contests just to have some
 fun / hand out some contacts?"

86% said yes and 14% said a few.

Our October, 2019 poll was "LOTW has revolutionized QSLing. How do you respond to
 hard copy QSLs that you receive after a contest?

87% said they send a return QSL the same way the incoming card was received (direct or via
 the Bureau). 13% said they send electronic QSLs only (IE, LOTW, eQSL, QRZ and/or other).

Our September, 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, and
 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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DB-18 antenna for sale Contact Sherman, W6AFA w6afa at hotmail dot com Posted 02 July 2024 You are looking at 3 Monster HF antennas that I just purchased with a tower. $3825 obo - or trade for a K3S K4 7610 ? I have been asked if I would split up the antennas..and yes I will..If you want 1 or 2,that is fine. Please see my ebay ad for more pics. They are all M2 antennas ,which are pretty darn good. 10m = 10M7DX 7 elements on a 45 foot boom ! $3350 new 15m = 15M6DX 6 elements on a 44 foot boom $2295 new 20m = 20M5 5 elements on a 44 foot boom. $2295 new That's over $8000 new,plus shipping and tax. Pickup only in Fallbrook CA...North San Diego County These look be be in very nice condition. You can download the manuals on the M2 website. Please see pictures for more details. Local pickup only in Northern San Diego County CA. I can be reached through email if you have questions about these fine antennas. Larry K6RO Posted 16 June 2024 Renewed 02 October 2024 FOR SALE: SPE Expert 1.5K-FA Series 3 fully automatic LDMOS amplifier. Latest hardware and firmware. Works perfectly. $4000. https://expertlinears.com/1-5kfa FOR SALE: 2. KT34M2 4-element tribander. Latest design. Upgrade with DX Engineering balun, custom boom-to-mast mount by Hector Garcia. $400. https://www.m2inc.com/FGKT34M2 Contact Paul, K6PO paul dot kube at outlook.com Posted 27 February 2024 FOR SALE: Elecraft K3/100 Transceiver 100 watts, 2.7 kHz SSB filter KXV3 I/O transverter KIO3 RS232 Great entry level radio Power cord and manual $1195 Same as above with a built in tuner $1495. If you want custom options, please email. I have many options available that are not being made by Elecraft. Filters KSYN3A upgraded SYN board. DVR's Sub Receivers P3 Panadapter $625.00 Add VGA $850 Contact Larry, K6RO k6ro54 at gmail dot com 310-710-2869 Posted 20 Oct 2021, Revised 17 June 2024 - Renewed 02 October 2024 - Perpetual ad FOR SALE: 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 27 November 2023

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