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: Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 January 2019 20:59

The race for the pepperoni just got a lot tighter!

Team South pulled out a win in the RTTY Round-Up to grab the point for the contest win, plus the bonus point for the RTTY RU being our featured contest for this season! They jump firmly into second place in the Pizza Standings!

Here are the RTTY Round-Up results:

Team South - 460,222 points (Up 47.40% over last year) 15 stations active (28% of team)
Team North - 407,349 points (Up 20.43% over last year) 20 stations active (32% of team)
Team Hennepin - 326,553 points (Down 10.78% from last year) 18 stations active (39% of team)

TOTAL MWA - 1,194,124 points (Up 17.48% over last year) 53 stations active (33% of club)

UPDATED PIZZA STANDINGS

Team North - 4 Pts - CQWW DX Phone, SS CW, ARRL 160M & ARRL 10M
Team South - 3 Pts - CQWW RTTY, RTTY RU & Bonus Point
Team Hennepin - 2 Pts - SS Phone & CQWW DX CW

We have a big contest coming up on February 2nd. Winning the point for MNQP will be critical to winning the pizza! Get your stations tuned up and ready as Minnesota becomes the center of the universe!

73,

Rich NØHJZ

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

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

MWA Friend Files

: Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 October 2017 19:02

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.

A Few Points on Getting More Points

: Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 18:19

Metal-in-air, butt-in-chair, submit your log.

That mantra goes a long way, but there is much more to learn and do to improve
your contest score. This guide has suggestions everyone can implement on any budget.
Contesting takes practice and patience. Start by making a few improvements here and
there, and over time it will add up to bigger scores for you and the club.

Bill Mitchell, AEØEE, provides some tips on improving your score in this article.