Club Competition Update
The scoring updates have been posted to the website. The Sweepstakes CW scores have been posted and tabulated.
Not sure if it is the contest, the mode, the starting time, the scoring or the weekend, but MWA gave SS CW a bit of a yawn. We had our lowest turnout in quite a while. Team North managed the most stations and claimed the win! Here are the scores:
TOTAL MWA - 2,502,620 points (Up 3.63% over last year!) - 47 stations active (30% of club)Here are the totals for the pizza:
We've got a bit over a week until SS Phone. Get your antennas tuned up and pull out your microphone!
73,
Rich NØHJZ
Meeting Report
The MWA held its annual Fall meeting on September 24th. Approximately 40 members were present. The MWA Presentation is available in PDF format.
There are three important announcements from the president at this meeting. # 1 Spring Meeting Spring MWA meeting will be Saturday April 6. I looked at other weekends because of the training conflicts last year. With Visalia and Easter falling in April, left few options.
# 2 Fall Meeting Fall meeting will be Tuesday Sept 24. It won’t get changed from this as Monday is TCDXA meeting.
# 3 MWA President I announced at the meeting this year will be my last year as president. When I agreed to be president I originally planned to do it only for a few years. I’ve stayed on several years beyond that. While I have enjoyed it, time has come for me to move onto other things. It is also good for an organization to change leadership periodically. I’ve agreed to stay on preforming the secretary and treasurer duties.
The Directors will be searching for a new president over the next year. They are open to suggestions. You can contact the directors at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
It has been a pleasure serving you and I hope many of you can make my final meeting as president next fall.
Bill, ACØW
Thanks to John W9LHG for the meeting pictures.
More Joomla Extensions MWA Friend Files
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.
MWA Merchandise
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
How To Win The Pizza - A New Way!
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:
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
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