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Club Competition Update

: Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 March 2015 03:05

The scores will be posted to the website soon. The contest season finale is this weekend with the ARRL DX Phone Contest. Unless there is a major miracle, it looks like Team North has won the pizza! Winning the pizza challenge is all about team activity and Team North has consistently gotten on the air all year.

Here are the updated results as we head towards this weekends contest:

ARRL DX CW CONTEST

Team North - 12,507,757 points (Up 132.65% over last year!)
Team South - 15,723,171 points (Up 13.12% over last year!)
Team Hennepin - 12,051,528 points (Down 8.86% from last year)
OVERALL MWA - 40,282,456 points (Up 23.95% over last year!)

FULL YEAR PIZZA COMPETITION

Team North - 62,789,580 points (Up 12.93% over last year!)
Team South - 54,304,664 points (Down 23.39% from last year)
Team Hennepin - 66,244,073 points (Down 27.52% from last year)
OVERALL MWA - 183,338,317 points (Down 15.86% from last year)

The MWA contest season ends this weekend with the ARRL DX Phone Contest. Make sure you get on and run up a great score. It is still possible for any team to win the pizza but we'll need some great efforts!

Good luck to everyone this weekend!

73, Rich NØHJZ

MWA Friend Files

: Last Updated on Monday, 20 October 2014 19:56

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.

N1MM_MWAFriends.zip

N1MM_MWAFriends_MWA.zip

TR_MWAFriends.zip

TR_MWAFriends_MWA.zip

WriteLog_MWAFriends.zip

WriteLog_MWAFriends_MWA.zip

One Million Points

: Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 22:19

After our meeting on Tuesday, a few of you asked me to share how to get to a million points in the contest season. You need to make an effort to be active in all 11 contests in our contest season. I think that, with a minimal station, and some BIC time, everyone in MWA could do this. Here is the formula:

DuneStar Filters

: Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 22:18

Some of our members are using switchable bandpass filters in their stations. In particular the fellows who operate SO2R or multi-op. The objective is to be able to listen or transmit on two separate bands with reduced interference between the radios on the two or more bands.

I bought two Dunestar filters from one of the MWA members. At the time we made the deal I had been advised that one or two of the bands did not seem to operate correctly. I accepted that condition as a part of the purchase.