[SCCC] From the "rover Godfather"

[Wayne Overbeck]

Um, I'm not sure if I like being called 
the "rover Godfather."  But I would like 
to emphasize how much of a team effort 
by fixed stations as well as rovers the 
SCCC victory in the June VHF contest 
really was. 

The N6TEB multioperator group had the highest 
score of any west coast station in the 
contest, operating under primitive condi-
tions at the end of a long dirt road in a 
place with no commercial electricity or 
even running water (my cabin).  

WB2WIK had the highest single operator score 
on the west coast.  His low power entry beat 
every high power single op west of the 
Rockies.  That's all the more impressive 
when you know that he did it in the flatlands 
of Orange County, at a decidedly mediocre VHF 
location (my house).

Also, I don't think the mere recitation of 
rover winners in the ARRL web report does 
justice to our rovers.  SCCC had the top 
eight rover scores in the country.  Carrie, 
W6TAI, roved solo and outscored all 91 other 
rover stations in the contest, many of them 
manned by two operators.  She drives, 
operates and logs by herself.  This win is 
surely a first for a YL rover.

For the club, this fourth VHF+ club gavel 
proves that with the right operating talent, 
strategy and hardware, it's often possible 
for a west coast club to win--under the 
present rules.  Of course, there's a lot of 
talk now about changing the rules to restore 
the traditional order of things (i.e., with 
eastern clubs winning every gavel that is 
awarded in a VHF contest).

73, Wayne, N6NB