ARRL 10M SMC Entries
12/15/2014 –
The Society of Midwest Contesters
The Society of Midwest Contesters
SMC SS SS Results – Certificates sent to winners….
12/8/2014 – W9SMC SMC Team MidCentral found itself in Third Place at the end of CW Sweepstakes, but strong participation in SSB Sweepstakes vaulted them to a First Place overall finish in the first ever SMC Sweepstakes Sweepstakes, according to the preliminary results released today, with the East team taking second place.
The Sweepstakes Sweepstakes is not necessarily about big scores: the East team had the highest average score per log for SS CW and the Northwest team (who led the competition after SS CW) had the highest average score per log for SS SSB along with the highest individual score. And, the East team had the most logs from both contests with scores of 100,000 points or more.
When should I take off-time for Sweepstakes?
11/13/2014 – The question came up, when should I be taking my off-time for Sweepstakes. As a reminder, you can operate 24 of the 30 hours. For your first break, the traditional Midwest thinking is to operate as long as the rate is decent on Saturday night. This is usually around 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. CT (08-09 zulu). You would take off about 3-4 hours, until the East Coast wakes up and then get back on the low bands for those close- in QSOs. You would then take various 30-60 minute breaks throughout Sunday to break up the monotony. In the 2013 ARRL November Phone Sweepstakes write-up, they published a graph of QSOs by hour for the the entire contest. You might want to study this to develop your own plan. Please keep in mind that this data is for the entire geographic area, and Midwest best times and strategies may not line up exactly with this chart. Of course, it would be great if we could have a similar chart just for W9!
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QST, June 2014
Proposed Changes to the ARRL VHF/UHF Contest Rules
11/12/2014 – Please find attached a copy of the first request for input from the VHF/UHF Contest Community for proposed changes to the ARRL VHF/UHF Contest Rules. This letter represents a consensus of the ARRL Programs and Services Committee, Sub-Committee on VHF Contesting that is comprised of; Joel Harrison, W5ZN; Doug Rehman, K4AC; Marty Woll, N6VI; Dave Patton, NN1N; and Kermit Carlson, W9XA.
2014 NAQP Intra-Club Competition
SMC takes a big step forward!
PVRC: 1,374,342,967
SMC: 1,097,876,133
NCCC: 1,070,524,319
Halftime Score:
PVRC: 857,723,502 points
NCCC: 724,265,230 points
SMC: 637,072,294 points
11/11/2014 – It has been noted that SMC has the highest club member participation. We came from behind and moved to second place in the summer competition. Notice we still had the lowest point scores but won with member participation.
