The Maryland Club Participation Award:  In 2020 the Anne Arundel Radio Club inititated The Maryland Club Participation award in a blatant attempt to get more of Maryland's ARRL affiliated ham radio clubs involved, especially those in the less amateur active counties in our state.  We realized that bigger clubs generally meant higher participation, not because of their higher participation rates, but because of their sheer membership numbers.  So we came up with a formula that awards clubs based not only on total points earned by their members, but also on the percentage of that clubs members that entered the event.  This formula may be tweeked over the next few years, but we are pleased with it's initial results.

To make your points count toward your club's total all you have to do is tell us what ARRL club or clubs (up to three) you wish your points applied to, and by what percentage.  This in no way will affect your score in the category you have entered.  We will do our best to divide your points accordingly.  If you list two or three clubs, and either fail to tell us the percentages, or the ones you give us don't add up to 100% we will apportion the points as we see fit.  This will most likely result in a relatively even distribution. 

Finally and most important, in order for your club to participate, your club President, or another officer acting on their behalf must supply us with your clubs membership total as of the end of Field Day weekend two month prior to our contest.  Totals may be sent via USPS to AARC, PO Box 308, Davidsonville, MD 21035 or emailed to mdcqsop@w3vpr.org.  We will accept such totals, until we cease accepting entries for that year's Maryland DC QSO Party.