There were so many success stories and happy endings for Southern Calfornia Contest Club members that it's hard to know where to begin.  We had 10 rovers with 15 operators together for much of the weekend.  For several, the June 2010 contest was a maiden voyage for their new rover stations.  N6VI used his new 10-band station for the first time ever.  W6TE's 10-band station worked flawlessly in its second full contest, and W6YLZ's new four-band station also played very, very well.  W6TAI, operating and driving solo, had the top rover score of anyone in our group might have the top rover score nationally--surely a first for a YL without a second operator or driver..


However, a lot of the story this time was about SCCC fixed stations.  N6TEB's multioperator group operated at the N6NB cabin at 6,800' elevation in the Tehachapi Mountains and posted a very respectable score for a west coast multiop.  Their 11-band station (including 24 GHz) had a big signal everywhere we went.  WB2WIK guest-operated the new 10-band N6NB home station in the flatlands of DM13.  Steve did a great job in single op-low power, especially for a west coast station in a city surrounded by mountains.  It was a real treat for me to hear his signal on the microwave bands when we were roving 100 miles away--with a 10,000-foot mountain range between us.  Many of us worked him on 10 bands in grid after grid.  Meanwhile, several other SCCC members posted good scores by operating at home.  Now that some of the best HF contest radios and multiband Yagis cover six meters, this movement of experienced HF operators into VHF contests is likely to continue.  Among other things, it has caused a huge increase in CW activity on six meters, especially during band openings such as we had during this June contest.


June was a really good contest for many of us in SCCC.