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Club Competition Update

: Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:38

Last weekend we had two events come together to make the ARRL 160 Meter Contest special. We had a great turnout and conditions were incredible! The result was an all-time record club score for MWA! Congrats to everyone that got on the air to help drive our record score! There are a few scores still to be posted but here are the results:

Team South - 1,921,807 pts (Up 118.29% over last year!) - 59% of the team was active!
Team North - 1,642,737 pts (Up 69.40% over last year!) - 41% of the team was active.
Team Hennepin - 845,448 pts (Up 12.19% over last year!) - 36% of the team was active.

ALL MWA - 4,409,992 pts (Up 69.37% over last year!) - 45% of the club was active! Our first time over 4 million points & a new club record!

The chase for the pizza is tight going into the final event of 2019! All three teams have two points! The ARRL 10 Meter Contest is this weekend and it will be an important point for the winning team! Activity wins contests. Which team will turn out the most team members?!

Congrats to all for our incredible 160 Meter showing! Let's keep it going in the 10 Meter Contest and end the year on a high note!

73,

Rich NØHJZ

Annual Meeting Report

: Last Updated on Friday, 27 September 2019 19:42

The 2019 MWA meeting was a big success with over 50 attendees.

Meeting slides are now posted.

Members were treated to a complete breakdown of the contest scores by club statistics master Rich NØHJZ.

Carl K9LA talked about Propagation for the Upcoming Contest Season

Bert WBØN, Al KØAD, Rich NØHJZ, and Ron NØAT talked about their experience with the new digital modes in contests

Thanks to John W9LHG for the meeting pictures.

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MWA Merchandise

: Last Updated on Friday, 28 September 2018 15:52

MWA merchandise is available from the following vendors:

Name Badge from Tag-Me Engraving

Name Badge from The Sign Man of Baton Rouge

Mug from The Sign Man of Baton Rouge

Shirts, jackets, hats, etc. with MWA logo from HamThreads

MWA Friend Files

: Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 September 2019 17:27

The various friend files for the different contest software have been updated based on current MWA membership. There are two versions for each program, one has MWA flag in the file so when it comes up on the screen you see MWA along with name, etc. Some people like this and others don’t.

The zip file name with MWA.zip at the very end has the MWA flag in the file.

Each zip file also has instructions on how to install with the particular software.

How To Win The Pizza - A New Way!

: Last Updated on Thursday, 08 October 2015 17:16

We've come up with a new way to "win the pizza" for this season! In an attempt to have some fun, increase MWA scores, and level the playing field between contests, the MWA Team Competition has a new method for the 2015/2016 contest season. This was announced at the MWA meeting but I wanted to get the word out to everyone in the area.

Previously we used the percentage gain for the entire year as the determining factor for the winning team. Whoever increased the most over the entire season won the pizza. Simple!

As we analyzed the results, we found that the DX contests really drove the season. Why operate the little contests when you can create a large score in CQWW or ARRL DX? We looked at a way to make ARRL 160 or MNQP mean as much as the CQWW events.

Here is the result:

Each of our 11 contests will be separate events. Each contest will be worth one point (11 points total). The team that improves their score percentage the most (year over year) in each event will be awarded one point. Sweepstakes Phone is now worth the same as CQWW DX CW or ARRL RTTY Round-Up! Eleven separate points will be awarded for our eleven contests.
Each year we will also give out a bonus point for a specific event or set of contests. This year the extra point will be awarded to the team that improves their scoring increase (year over year) for the combined Sweepstakes events. With this one bonus point, there are 12 points available throughout the entire contest season.
If teams are tied at the end of the season, the tie breaker will be the team that improved their score percentage (year over year) in the Minnesota QSO Party.

This new scoring method will hopefully get more stations active in more events. We'll see increased activity, more QSO's for each of us, and larger scores for MWA! I'll have the first results out soon. Let me know if you have any questions.

73 Rich NØHJZ