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keywords: description:Articles and other information of interest to amateur radio contest operators. Southern California Contest ClubARRL Sweepstakes SSB: November 20-22 CQ WW DX CW: November 27-28 ARRL 160-Meter CW: December 3-5 HOME SCCC TERRITORY CLUB ROSTER MEMBERS SITES AWARD PHOTOS STATION PHOTOS LOG CHECK JOIN SCCC HISTORICAL CONTEST VIDEOS PAST NEWS STORIES PAST FEATURE STORIES PAST VIDEO FEATURES CONTESTING TIPS OfficersPresident: Dick Norton, N6AA n6aa[at]arrl[dot]net
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Monthly News (SCCCORE - SoCal Contest Club Operations, Results and Enlightenments)November 2021Welcome aboard to new SCCC member Robert, WY6R from Apple Valley. Robert became a ham in December of 2019 and is just getting into contesting. He says that after his initial introduction to amateur radio, he was bitten by the radio bug. "It wasn't painful but the treatment is very expensive." Robert is an ARRL member as well as a member of the Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club. He is also a Voluntary Exmainer with count 'em, four different organizations!
The 2021 CQWW DX SSB contest is now in the books! Despite a solar flare that the sun released the Thursday before, conditions started out good and the SFI was at 108, near it's high for the month, with low A and K indices. By Saturday night, the A index had risen to 25. By late Sunday morning, it had dropped to 10 and the SFI was still 108. We'll gather some comments from SCCCers for publication in next month's SCCCORE. The CQWW CW contest is the last weekend of this month, Nov 27 and 28 UTC. What will conditions be like for that one? We shall see!
As a reminder, Jim, N6TJ will be opeating as KH7M at KH6ZM for the CQWW DX CW contest. This according to the NG3K expedition site. Jim historically does awfully well from there so be sure to watch for him.
On October 5, Microsoft released Windows 11. The free rollout will be a slow one and offered to newer PCs first. Rollout to all eligible PCs should be complete by mid-2022. Win11 has higher technical requirements than Win10 and some older PCs may be unable to run the newer operating system. Tom Wagner, N1MM reports that no issues with the N1MM+ contesting logging software under Win11 have been reported thus far. An ARRL article on the subject can be found here.
more Solar predictions for last month's California QSO Party had the SFI at 95. We got 87 instead. Disappointing but hey, at this point in the sunspot cycle, I guess we can't complain too much. Here are come comments from fellow SCCCers:
Ray, N6HE said that the Wednesday CW OPs events have paid off for him. His CW speed is up and he had fun calling CQ in this contest. Ryan, AI6DO put in his most significant CQP effort ever. He played musical antennas during the contest though and his old Dell laptop struggled under the logging load. Dave, W6ZL scored 57 mults, missing only NT. Paul, WN6K missed only NT and PEI, and fell short of his goal of 200K points. Frank, WA6KHK had a nice flurry on SSB at the end of the contest. Steve, AC6T opened up the UCSB club station and found the new Skyhawk antenna to be working well. Dennis, NE6I had his main multi-band antenna out of action and threw up a 20 meter dipole. During the contest, he found his WARC antenna tuned up on 15 and 10. 15 was nice and quiet, and was productive. 10 was noisy and he never found any signals there.
Larry, K6RO planned a full time effort but plans changed. He wound up operating Sunday only and for just a couple of hours. Dave, K6FA did QRP and was surprised to work a few on 160 despite the SWR being extremely high. Roger, W6LAX operated around family activities. Saturday was good but he found Sunday conditions to be poor. Dick, W6TK picked up a clean sweep with Idaho being last in the log. He considered the bands to be poor over the weekend. Kurt, W6PH was amazed at the number of stations that answered his CQs. On 20 and 15 meters SSB, he found the majority of callers had QSO numbers under 10. He scored a clean sweep and found the multipliers piled up pretty quickly. Now, if he had just submitted his score to SCCC instead of the Bishop Club... Axel, KI6RRN went low power this time (after setting a new HP record last year). He had some local power line noise this time. Tim, N6GP thought he would miss the contest but his plane arrived back from Mexico in time to work the last 72 minutes. He had fun being fresh meat! Bill, N6RV started four hours late but had fun being the "DX." Dana, K6NR used the K6VO family club call. He was happy to see 15m open but disappointed that 10m was a flop. Using his new Elecraft K4 in a contest for the second time, he commented that it worked pretty well. He missed NT for the sweep. Ken, K6LA said he couldn't get much going on phone. So he recorded 1,400 Q's on CW against his 672 on Phone. Don, NK6A and Alan, AA6DW operated as W6COW M/M LP at Alan's house. Three hours in, they lost power to the house. Their solar backup didn't save the day as it kpet faulting. After disconnecting other heavy loads, they were finally back on the air. Everything else seemed to work fine though.
Marko, N5ZO turned in one of the top scores this year operating as NT6Q. He watched closely on the online scoreboard as Bill, W9KKN at NW6P chased him. He focused on CW (74% this year versus 70% last year). CW contacts are 3 points versus 2 points for SSB in this contest. He worked VY1 shortly after 00Z and three KL7s which were the rarest mults for him this year. Last year VE6 was rare, he said, but this year there were plenty of them. This year's score was his best ever in CQP. As I type this in late October, he stands 1st in SOHP this year, at least according to 3830Scores. David, N6AN operated as W6AQ from the W4EF station in Littlerock. As usual, David was QRP (5 watts). He had trouble getting much going on SSB but piled up 700+ Q's on CW. He missed NT and MR for the sweep. Bruce, WA7BNM ran a KX3 in a contest for the first time. He remembered last year that S">lessSCCC Monthly PollNovember 2021
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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 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 ofthe 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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I have a two year-old SteppIR DB36 with 80 M dipole option for sale. Thestepper motors, controller, etc all work perfectly, and the boom andtrombones/straight fiberglass poles are in good shape. You will likely needto replace some of the small parts (some bolts and Nylock nuts), but canhave 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 largethat tilting it over was becoming impossible, and I purchased a DB-18E toreplace it. I have some extra fiberglass poles that I will include, and Iguarantee that the antenna will work (motors, etc.).
Due to the weight and size, I'm thinking it's going to have to be a pickupin the San Diego area. I might be willing to remove the heat shrinkcouplings and try to box it if the buyer covers the shipping charges (FedExground).
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ND7K (N6MJ) SOHP 235,704 W6KC SOUHP 58,800 N5ZO SOUHP 225,792 N6RV SOLP 57,120 W6PH SOHP 192,062 W6LAX SOLP 45,000 KI6RRN SOLP 182,600 N6AA SOHP 44,160 W6AYC SOLP 177,940 WI6X SOHP 40,200 NC6K SOUHP 126,990 WA6URY SOHP 34,160 K6NR SOUHP 115,920 NK6A SOUHP 30,810 WN6K SOLP 109,716 KF6I SOUHP 29,670 W6TK SOULP 100,968 AI6DO SOUQRP 27,144 WA6KHK SOUHP 95,948 N6AN SOQRP 19,344 N6WT SOUHP 74,424 N7DA SOLP 18,792 W6ZL SOLP 72,228 K2RP SOUQRP 15,840 NI6W (W4EF) SOHP 60,496 K6FA SOHP 9,256 W6RFU (K6AW, AC6T) @ W6RFU MOHP 168,672CQWW SSB Claimed ScoresOctober 2021
VY6TT (K6LA) SOABHP 6,089,720 W6QU (W8QZA) SOABQRP 113,373 TM2Y (N5ZO) SOABHP 3,395,490 N6WS SO(A)ABHP 97,000 KH6H (N6TJ) SOABHP 4,393,389 W6JBR SOABCLHP 65,268 KK6P (W7IV) SOAB? 3,547,775 WA7BNM SOSB20LP 60,770 W6YI SO(A)ABHP 2,384,896 WA6URY SOABCLHP 54,672 N6RV SO(A)ABHP 2,146,220 NK6A SO(A)SB15HP 41,070 KI6RRN(@WA6TQT) SO(A)ABHP 1,456,320 W6ZL SO(A)SB10LP 35,712 N6AA SOABHP 655,520 N6LL SOABCLLP 28,832 W6TK SOABCLHP 492,912 N6IC SOSB15HP 23,040 AA6AA SOSB15HP 291,850 K6RO SOABCLHP 22,971 W6PH SO(A)SB15 229,475 W6KC SO(A)ABHP 18,626 WA6KHK SO(A)ABHP 191,444 W6JK SOABLP 14,145 WN6K SOABCLLP 189,906 NE6I SO(A)SB10LP 1,121Stew Perry Top Band Claimed ScoresOctober 2021
W6AYC SOHP 1,074 NC6K SOHP 480 AA6AA SOHP 1,024 WN6K SOLP 188JARTS Claimed ScoresOctober 2021
WN6K SOLP 80,845 KF6A SOLP 29,884 KF6RY (W6ZL) SOLP 80,724 WA6URY SOHP 7,656 NK6A SOHP 38,232Arizona QSO Party Claimed ScoresOctober 2021
K6NR SOCWHP 16,854 WA6URY SOMHP 803 KI6RRN (@WA6TQT)SOMHP 14,650 WN6K SOMLP 378 N6MU SOCWLP 3,000 N6GP SOMLP 374South Dakota QSO Party Claimed ScoresOctober 2021
KI6RRN (@WA6TQT)SOFMHP 3,340 N6GP SOFMLP 231 W6ML (W6KC) SOFMHP 316 WI6X SOFCWHP 2Pennsylvania QSO Party Claimed ScoresOctober 2021
KI6RRN (@WA6TQT)SOMHP 18,102 N6GP SOCWLP 1,408 W6ML (W6KC) SOMHP 5,168 WI6X SOCWHP 1,240California QSO Party Claimed ScoresOctober 2021
NT6Q (N5ZO@N5ZO)SOHP 360,006 W6LAX SOLP 87,552 W6PH SOHP 335,008 WA7BNM/6 SOQRP 69,472 K6LA SOHP 321,552 K6FA SOQRP 64,314 KI6RRN SOLP 289,218 N6HE SO(A)LP 62,208 N6ED SOHP 259,728 WA6URY SOHP 40,416 W6AYC SOLP 249,342 NC6Q SOLP 35,772 W6TK SOHP 247,892 N6LL SOLP 35,460 K6VO (K6NR@K6NR)SOHP 229,026 N6MU SOLP 35,350 N6WT SO(A)HP 195,510 NE6I SOLP 23,940 WN6K SOLP 158,848 AI6DO SO(A)QRP 23,127 WA6KHK SO(A)LP 151,848 K6RO SOLP 13,840 W6ZL SOLP 143,469 N6GP SOLP 13,338 W6AQ (N6AN@W4EF)SOQRP 129,360 WI6X SO(A)HP 12,792 N6RV SOLP 116,200 W6RFU (AC6T and one other) MSHP 230,793 W6E (W6PNG, N6MI) MSHP 183,255 W6COW @AA6DW (W6COW, NK6A and one other) MMLP 154,128
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