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Club Competition Update

We’re almost at the halfway point of our contest season. Time for a short winter holiday break. but first…….

The ARRL 10 Meter Contest is traditionally one of our most popular contests. As a club, the turnout is usually second only to the Minnesota QSO Party. This year we had 86 stations take to the airwaves (61% of our club!). Stations battled the up-and-down conditions and enjoyed the challenges of being near the peak of the solar cycle.

A couple special mentions:  

1) Denny, KØTT, made 1,883 QSO’s and 247 mults for a score of 1.3 million points!  He blew us all away!  Looks like Denny is currently #6 in the US!!  Congrats Denny!

2) Do you want your team to win the weekly competition?  You need to get people on the air AND you need them to keep their butt in the chair.  Team 5 had 85% of their team on the air and 11 team members scored a six-digit score!  Team 3 had 64% of the team active and ten of their team scored six-digits (or more!)!  Great efforts!

Team 3, lead by KØTT, blew us all away! A great score by their entire team lead them to the five points. Here are the team scores:

  • Team 3 – 4,598,830 Points – 5 Pts – 18 active (64% of the team)
  • Team 5 – 2,865,864 Points – 4 Pts – 23 active (85% of the team)
  • Team 4 – 1,930,610 Points – 3 Pts – 15 active (52% of the team)
  • Team 1 – 1,849,918 Points – 2 Pts – 13 active (46% of the team)
  • Team 2 – 1,336,162 Points – 1 Pt – 17 active (61% of the team)
  • TOTAL MWA – 12,581,384 Points – 86 active (61% of the club)

    We’re eight events into the season with nine more contests to come. No team is out of the running for the Club Championship. There is a LOT of competing still to come! Here are the results in the Team Competition:

    • Team 5 – 33 Points
    • Team 4 – 32 Points
    • Team 3 – 28 Points
    • Team 2 – 15 Points
    • Team 1 – 12 Points

    Now it’s time for a rest. Take a couple weeks to enjoy the holidays, family, friends…..and not worry about QSO rates and mults!

    I want to thank you all for being a part of MWA! We’ve got something special up here in the Upper Midwest and it wouldn’t be the same without each and every one of us!

    Happy Holidays & GO MWA!!,

    Rich NØHJZ

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    One Million Points

    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:

    • CQWW RTTY – 300 QSO’s x 75 mults (average QSO worth 2 pts) = 45,000 points
    • CQWW DX Phone – 400 QSO’s x 200 mults (average QSO worth 2.5 pts) = 200,000 points
    • Sweepstakes CW – 350 QSO’s x 75 mults (QSO’s worth 2 pts) = 52,500 points
    • Sweepstakes Phone – 350 QSO’s x 75 mults (QSO’s worth 2 pts) = 52,500 points
    • CQWW DX CW – 400 QSO’s x 200 mults (average QSO worth 2.5 pts) = 200,000 points
    • ARRL 160 Meter Contest – 250 QSO’s x 50 mults (QSO’s worth 2 pts) = 25,000 points
    • ARRL 10 Meter Contest – 300 QSO’s x 60 mults (average QSO worth 2.5 pts) = 45,000 points
    • ARRL RTTY Round-Up – 400 QSO’s x 50 mults (QSO’s worth 1 pt) = 20,000 points
    • Minnesota QSO Party – 400 QSO’s x 60 mults (QSO’s worth 2 pts) = 48,000 points
    • ARRL DX CW – 350 QSO’s x 150 mults (QSO’s worth 3 pts) = 157,500 points
    • ARRL DX Phone – 350 QSO’s x 150 mults (QSO’s worth 3 pts) = 157,500 points

    FULL YEAR TOTAL = 1,003,000 points

    You’ll need to work all three modes. You can go with low power or high power. You can run assisted to add to your multiplier count. You just need to get on the air and spend some time making QSO’s! If anyone needs more help getting their station ready for the contest season, let me know.

    I hope this helps more stations earn their certificates at next years meeting and enjoy the contest season more!

    73, Rich NØHJZ