Category: Scores

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

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