[SCCC] SCCC wins sixth VHF+ club gavel

[Wayne Overbeck]

The official results of the September 2010 
VHF contest appeared on ARRL.org today, making 
it official that SCCC won its sixth club gavel 
in a VHF or UHF contest.

SCCC had an aggregate score of 2.173 million, 
well ahead of the runner-up Potomac Valley 
Radio Club, with 900K.  The Northeast Weak 
Signal Society was third with 641K and the 
Mt. Airy Packrats were fourth with 407K. 
All of these were in the medium category.

Until summer of 2009, no west coast club had 
ever won a gavel in a VHF+ contest.

SCCC members also did well individually.  The 
top eight rovers in the country were SCCC members.
#1 was KK6KK, followed by W6XD, N6HC, W6TE, WB6BFG, 
N6HD, N6VI and KJ6CNO.  Two Canadians finished in 
ninth and tenth places.

In the single operator portable (QRP) category, 
N6NB had the #1 score with 266K, breaking a 
13-year-old national record set by K9PW.
The limited rover winner was K9JK of Illinois, 
who has roved under the SCCC banner twice (with 
resident SCCC member N6MU operating with him to 
qualify for SCCC eligibility under the 50% rule).  
JK just barely edged out SCCC member AF6AV, who 
was #2 nationally in the limited rover category.

The leading single operator low power station on 
the west coast was W6AQ.

Of interest to those who follow VHF contesting, the 
perennial multi-multi powerhouse, W2SZ, lost a very 
close race to K1WHS.  In beating W2SZ for the first 
time ever, Dave achieved a long-time personal goal.
Many thought he had no chance to beat W2SZ from his 
home hilltop in Maine.  W2SZ operates atop Mt. Greylock, 
the highest point in Western Massachusetts and probably 
the best car-accessible VHF location in North America.
The operators at K1WHS included former ARRL President 
Joel Harrison, W5ZN.

73,
Wayne, N6NB