Our contest season is winding down and we’ve only got one more “official” event in our contest season. The quest for the team medals is quite tight, with none of the top three spots guaranteed. In fact, the battle for third place is going to come down to the final contest!
The ARRL DX CW Contest featured some great conditions and a few times where the sun kept things quite disturbed. Despite some disturbed conditions, MWA members turned in some great scores! The MWA team of Bill, AC0W, and Pat, K0PC, at VK5K, turned in a score of over 5 million points and Jim, N0AV, topped 2 million points! Several others topped a million points.
In the Team competition, Team 5 pulled off the win and took the ten points! Team 5 is the seventh team to win an event this year! The team results were:
- Team 5 – 5,097,750 Points – 10 Pts
- Team 4 – 4,923,822 Points – 9 Pts
- Team 2 – 3,838,357 Points – 8 Pts
- Team 8 – 3,810,846 Points – 7 Pts
- Team 1 – 2,625,048 Points – 6 Pts
- Team 9 – 2,382,091 points – 5 Pts
- Team 3 – 1,811,320 Points – 4 Pts
- Team 10 – 1,791,526 Pints – 3 Pts
- Team 7 – 1,341,747 Points – 2 Pts
- Team 6 – 1,129,915 Points – 1 Pt
In the overall Team Competition, things got a bit tighter. Team 9 looks like a shoe-in for the top spot and Team 1 looks comfortable in the #2 spot. Team 1 can take the top spot with a win this weekend AND Team 9 taking last. The battle for the Bronze medals is the hot race! Six teams are within seven points and all could win the bronze. Check out the team results below:
- Team 9 – 87 Points
- Team 1 – 79 Points
- Team 2 – 64 Points
- Team 8 – 63 Points
- Team 7 – 62 Points
- Team 5 – 61 Points
- Team 4 – 58 Points
- Team 6 – 57 Points
- Team 10 – 41 Points
- Team 3 – 33 Points
It all comes down to this weekend. The ARRL DX Phone Contest runs from 6pm Friday to 6pm Sunday. Can Team 1 knock off Team 9? Who will win the bronze medals? Let’s get on the air and battle it out this weekend!
Thanks to everyone that got on the air for the ARRL DX CW Contest! Great effort MWA!!
73,
Rich NØHJZ
