[SCCC] Expanded SCCC Club Area

[Bruce Horn]

Hi Mike,

Actually, you're within the club's new boundary because the ARRL allows a small deviation from the 250 mile limit to account for position within a grid square. So, 250.2 miles is OK. Otherwise, we excluded most of Arizona because our feeling was that most ex-SCCCers who were now in AZ had moved on to the AOCC and including more of AZ would have caused a problem along the central coast.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S. Mitchell W6RW" <w6rw at earthlink.net>
To: "Bruce Horn" <bhorn at hornucopia.com>, "SCCC Reflector" <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2023 7:50:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] Expanded SCCC Club Area

I am in Yuma, Arizona in Grid Square DM22qr. I resigned from  the AOCC a couple of years ago and was happily planning on giving my CQ Contest scores to the SCCC of which I am a long time life member. I used to be in the 250 mile radius for CQ contests. I am now 250.2 miles from the center of Grid Square DM15bd which means that I now do not have a club to dedicate any of my scores to.

I am now sad.

Is there any way that you can adjust the circle a little bit to include Yuma, Arizona?

Right now the circle covers a lot of uninhabited Pacific Ocean area. If you move the circle a little bit to the East, you will include Yuma , Arizona and only lose a little portion of California that is considered part of Northern California.

Thank you for your consideration.

73 de Mike W6RW

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Horn <bhorn at hornucopia.com>
Sent: Aug 16, 2023 7:38 PM
To: SCCC Reflector <sccc at contesting.com>
Subject: [SCCC] Expanded SCCC Club Area

The ARRL recently updated its rules for defining a club's area used to determine what members are eligible to contribute their scores to the Affiliated Club Competition. The previous 175-mile radius has been replaced with a 250-mile radius. As a result the SCCC has updated its club center to grid square DM15bd, which results in a club area covering a greater portion of southern California and Nevada. This new area will be used for both ARRL- and CQ- related club competitions and can be seen on socalcontestclub.org by clicking on the "Club Territory" link.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
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