[SCCC] January VHF Roving Sites

[Tree]

The mention of Saddle Peak brings back found memories.  I once worked a guy
in San Diego (who had a large antenna) with a modified Motorola brick while
sitting on the ground up there.  Excellent site.

Tree N6TR

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Wayne Overbeck via SCCC <
sccc at contesting.com> wrote:

> Tim, I agree with your observations--and Dave Glenn's.  In
> response to your specific query, a good site on Saddle Peak is at
> the top of Stunt Road.  Take Topanga Canyon south from 101 to
> Mulholland and go west to Stunt, then up the mountain.  A GPS
> will get you there.  But that takes you a long way off the 101
> freeway.
>
> For Brandon, my thought would be that going to 10 or more
> grid squares during one contest is very ambitious and may be
> counter-productive if you're roving solo (alone or with a partner
> in a single vehicle).  You would have very little operating time in
> each grid square and you would likely not end up working your
> own grid square on many of the bands in many grid squares.
> Also, if you want to visit that many grid squares, you won't have
> time to go far afield from a major highway.
>
> Visiting 10 or more grid squares really pays off and yields
> a big score when you travel with another rover (in a separate
> vehicle so you can work each other).  Then you can quickly work
> each grid square on every band and move on to the next one.
>
> Over the years, our rover groups had some excellent scores and
> won about 13 gavels (for the highest club aggregate score in
> the country) by roving together and making sure that everyone
> worked everyone else on every band in each grid square we
> visited.  We sometimes visited as many as 20 grid squares in
> the early 2000s with as many as 15 rovers.
>
> 73 and good luck with your January rove.
>
> Wayne, N6NB
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 11/3/17, Tim Goeppinger <timgep at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [SCCC] January VHF Roving Sites
>  To: "Southern Cal Contest Club" <sccc at contesting.com>, "
> brandonclark84home at outlook.com" <brandonclark84home at outlook.com>
>  Date: Friday, November 3, 2017, 11:04 PM
>
>  Brandon,
>
>  I welcome other rovers to Southern
>  Calif.  More the merrier!  I am usually active in
>  the June contest, and make half-hearted efforts in Sept and
>  January because the activity is so low.
>
>
>  I echo what Dave TEB said.   Can't
>  beat Signal Hill for DM03.
>
>
>  There is an OK site for DM04 in
>  Glendale off the 2 Freeway.   The parking lot for the
>  Scholl Canyon Ball Field has a good
>
>  shot to the South (Orange County) and
>  to the West.  It is very blocked to the north.  OK
>  to the east.
>
>  https://www.google.com/maps/@34.158717,-118.2047273,17z
>
>
>  Another site for DM04 is in the Santa
>  Monica mountains.  I operated once off of Mullholland
>  Dr, but it is an unofficial motorcycle race track.   I
>  operated from the turnout labelled "The Snake Carspot"
>    It is loud there!  https://www.google.com/maps/@
> 34.0988862,-118.8047278,512m/data=!3m1!1e3
>   I<https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0988862,-118.8047278,512m/
> data=!3m1!1e3>
>
>
>  Others have operated out there near
>  Saddle Peak.   Wayne N6NB do you have specifics on
>  that?
>
>
>  73,
>
>
>  Tim N6GP
>
>
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