RSGB Contest Results 144MHz UKAC 2017

v4.145 by G4CLA

2017 144 MHz UKAC - Review of the year

Despite the protests over the scoring scheme for the UKAC, the activity in the 144 MHz UKAC has continued to increase. This year the average number of entrants per session was just over 269. The number of entrants exceeded 260 in ten of the sessions, exceeded 270 in six of the sessions and peaked at 299 in the May session.

The number of locator squares active in each session varied between 47 (in February) and 66 (in July). The number of stations active in each session varied between 441 (in June) and 597 (in July). In total, 131,100 QSOs were made during the 2017 144 MHz UKAC.

The General Club Category was dominated by the 807 ARO who topped the table in all twelve sessions. GMDX were in second place with last year's winners, the Travelling Wave CG in third place. 69 Affiliated Societies competed in the General Club Category of the 2017 144 MHz UKAC.

The top spot in the Local Club Category was fought over by the Hereford ARS, Sheffield & DWS and Worksop ARS. Hereford ARS won seven of the twelve sessions and emerged in first place with Sheffield & DWS in second place and Worksop ARS in third place. 34 Affiliated Societies competed in the Local Club Category of the 2017 144 MHz UKAC.

The AO (400 Watt, unlimited antenna) section produced a battle between several stations. Three stations, G4CLA, M0DXR and G4FZN all scored more than 7,400 (out of 8,000) points. However, for the third year running, Pete G4CLA dominated this section and won eight of the twelve sessions to score 8000 points. Mark M0DXR was the runner-up with G4FZN/P (operated by Chris G4FZN and Pauline G8HQW) in third place. The leading Intermediate Licensee was Martin 2M0KAU. The leading non-UK Station was Conrad PA5Y. 104 stations entered the AO section.

The AR (100 Watt, single antenna) section witnessed a very close battle between M0VXX, M0BRA, G8PNN, GM4JTJ, G3YDY and M0GAV. All of these stations managed to score more than 7,700 points (out of 8,000). To achieve success in the UKAC, consistently high performance is required and Tristan M0VXX produced this year's winning performance for the second year running amassing 7980 points, beating the runner-up, M0BRA operated by Uri G0BBB and Graham G4DDN by 98 points. Gordon G8PNN was in third place for the second year running. Pete 2E0NEY was the leading Intermediate Licensee and the winner of the Intermediate Shield. James GM3RXF was the leading Young Operator. The leading Overseas Station was Jacques F1BHL. 346 stations entered the AR section

In the AL (10 Watt, single antenna) section, five stations scored more than 7,600 points (out of 8,000): G1YBB, G6DOD, G0EAK, G0EHV and G4HGT. The run-away winner was Steven G1YBB who scored the maximum of 8,000 points. Competition for second and third places was fierce but eventually Mark G6DOD emerged in second place with Steve G0EAK in third place. Andrew 2E0RET was the leading Intermediate Licensee. Mary M6KMB was the leading Foundation Licensee and the winner of the Foundation Shield. Lauren M6HLR was the leading Young Operator. 205 stations entered the AL section.

In summary, congratulations to:

144MHz Club Championship, General Club Category:

1st Place and Winner of the G6NB Trophy: 807 ARO

2nd Place: GMDX

3rd Place: Travelling Wave CG

144MHz Club Championship, Local Club Category:

1st Place: Hereford ARS

2nd Place: Sheffield & DWS

3rd Place: Worksop ARS

AO Section:

1st Place: Pete G4CLA

2nd Place: Mark M0DXR

3rd Place: G4FZN/P operated by Chris G4FZN and Pauline G8HQW

Leading Intermediate Licensee: Martin 2M0KAU

Leading Overseas Station: Conrad PA5Y

AR Section:

1st Place: Tristan M0VXX

2nd Place: M0BRA operated by Uri G0BBB and Graham G4DDN

3rd Place: Gordon G8PNN

Leading Intermediate Licensee and Winner of the Intermediate Shield: Pete 2E0NEY

Leading Young Operator: James GM3RXF

Leading Overseas Station: Jacques F1BHL

AL Section:

1st Place: Steven G1YBB

2nd Place: Mark G6DOD

3rd Place: Steve G0EAK

Leading Intermediate Licensee: Andrew 2E0RET

Leading Foundation License and Winner of the Foundation Shield: Mary M6KMB

Leading Young Operator: Lauren M6HLR

The first 2018 144MHz UKAC session starts at 2000 local time (2000 UTC) on Tuesday January 2nd. Just before this event is the 144MHz FM Activity Contest (FMAC) which starts at 1900 local time (1900 UTC) with a duration of 1 hour.

There has been a change to the Local Club distance rule. The distance has been increased from 35km to 80km. For the full rules, please go tohttp://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?year=2018&contest=2mukac

Ian G0FCT

	03/01/17 Totals		07/02/17 Totals		07/03/17 Totals		04/04/17 Totals		02/05/17 Totals		06/06/17 Totals		04/07/17 Totals		01/08/17 Totals		05/09/17 Totals		03/10/17 Totals		07/11/17 Totals		05/12/17 Totals
Time	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus	Qs	Bonus
19:00							3,133	1,018,000	2,919	1,097,000	1,971	652,500	2,976	1,108,500	3,069	891,000	2,796	932,000	2,839	924,500
19:30							2,557	568,000	2,571	758,000	1,766	419,500	2,629	686,000	2,577	589,000	2,468	582,500	2,613	620,000
20:00	2,874	843,000	2,818	845,500	2,561	852,000	2,368	523,000	2,336	597,500	1,540	338,500	2,461	485,500	2,164	454,500	2,074	487,500	2,212	493,500	2,653	780,000	2,973	1,009,000
20:30	2,406	533,500	2,426	535,000	2,195	569,000	2,087	435,500	2,055	450,000	1,301	297,000	2,071	446,500	2,046	371,000	1,814	430,000	1,963	376,000	2,077	543,000	2,591	663,000
21:00	2,014	403,500	2,114	404,000	2,041	454,500	1,955	328,000	1,957	367,000	1,127	245,500	1,950	379,500	1,999	278,000	1,792	353,500	1,912	318,500	1,772	395,000	2,317	448,500
21:30	1,841	287,000	1,770	279,000	1,596	386,000															1,704	255,500	2,127	379,500
22:00	1,783	211,000	1,519	206,000	1,470	259,000															1,477	180,000	1,913	270,000
Totals	10,918	2,278,000	10,647	2,269,500	9,863	2,520,500	12,100	2,872,500	11,838	3,269,500	7,705	1,953,000	12,087	3,106,000	11,855	2,583,500	10,944	2,785,500	11,539	2,732,500	9,683	2,153,500	11,921	2,770,000
Plots	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show	Show

Squares	03/01/17	07/02/17	07/03/17	04/04/17	02/05/17	06/06/17	04/07/17	01/08/17	05/09/17	03/10/17	07/11/17	05/12/17
IN79							1
IN89	1	1	1	3		2	2	1	1	2	1
IO64	1	3	2	2	5	1	7	2	3	2	2	1
IO65											1	1
IO66							1					1
IO67		1				1		1	1
IO70	2	1	3	6	4	2	8	9	12	9	6	8
IO71	2	1	1	1	2	1		2	5	3	3	3
IO72	1				2		1		2	3	1	1
IO73					2		1	1	1	1		1
IO74	9	6	4	8	10	7	9	6	10	7	9	7
IO75	15	13	7	10	12	12	14	17	15	11	16	11
IO76				1	1		1	1	2		1
IO77					1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
IO78	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
IO80	10	11	7	12	8	6	14	9	13	13	8	7
IO81	36	33	32	41	33	24	34	38	30	31	38	38
IO82	37	40	39	36	43	30	44	48	43	45	44	34
IO83	47	51	42	42	39	40	39	37	34	41	47	48
IO84	4	7	7	7	8	5	8	6	6	9	4	5
IO85	8	11	9	9	10	8	8	11	10	6	10	7
IO86	7	8	5	12	7	3	7	5	7	8	6	9
IO87	1	2	2	4	4	3	5	2	1	1	4	1
IO89	1									1		1
IO90	16	17	13	16	19	14	15	15	12	13	10	13
IO91	53	63	48	67	66	69	66	68	61	51	65	58
IO92	50	53	52	59	54	44	49	44	36	40	45	44
IO93	75	61	73	79	69	63	67	79	74	79	75	73
IO94	12	11	16	13	15	14	15	15	9	16	11	10
IO95		2	7	8	7	5	6	2	7	4	1	6
IO97	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	2		1
JO00	7	6	4	5	9	3	7	4	2	4	3	4
JO01	38	42	32	45	39	29	45	39	33	26	38	45
JO02	27	30	29	30	21	16	24	20	19	21	18	27
JO03	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	1	2	1	2
UK Sqs	27	26	26	27	29	28	31	30	31	29	30	30
Other Sqs	23	21	22	24	27	19	35	30	30	36	25	30
Active Stns	519	523	485	584	555	441	597	569	519	508	531	547
Entries	277	280	265	299	290	232	270	263	263	270	256	268

144MHz UKAC 2017
Local Club Scores
Pos	Club	03/01/17	07/02/17	07/03/17	04/04/17	02/05/17	06/06/17	04/07/17	01/08/17	05/09/17	03/10/17	07/11/17	05/12/17	Total	Pos Cert
1	Hereford ARS	4,566	5,447	5,839	5,821	6,891	8,326	7,879	9,412	9,987	10,380	10,620	8,773	93,941
2	Sheffield & DWS	5,189	5,999	7,843	7,164	8,475	5,783	5,196	6,177	6,796	6,297	8,035	6,484	79,438
3	Worksop ARS	5,186	4,390	5,764	5,235	4,800	3,794	4,506	5,241	4,164	5,905	4,508	4,879	58,372
4	Trowbridge & DARC	3,489	3,216	3,101	5,232	2,482	2,436	4,369	3,553	4,536	4,605	2,813	4,606	44,438
5	Bolton Wireless Club	6,064	5,466	3,222	5,044	3,363	2,535	3,530	3,546	2,829	2,240	3,012	3,371	44,222
6	Triple B ARCG	2,152	3,564	2,855	2,825	2,643	2,218	2,117	2,322	2,374	2,388	1,750	2,133	29,341
7	RAF Waddington ARC	3,311	1,735	3,294	2,594	2,632	1,691	2,289	2,674	2,139	2,291	2,031	1,900	28,581
8	Vecta CG	1,757	1,509	1,596	2,805	2,783	1,955	2,872	3,107	2,006	2,985	986	1,928	26,289
9	Southport & DARC	1,039	2,123	1,994	928	2,465	1,331	1,708	1,777	1,544	2,071	2,337	1,576	20,893
10	West Kent ARS	1,587	1,753	2,511	1,853	1,732	1,289	1,220	1,040	1,240	930	1,466	1,424	18,045
11	Coulsdon ATS	822	1,388	735	1,503	1,280	1,528	1,479	1,553	1,583	1,541	1,338	1,588	16,338
12	Telford & DARS	1,327	1,570	742	1,269	1,425	1,412	1,004	624	1,058	1,495	980	709	13,615
13	Northampton RC	253	217	603	2,116	1,897	800	1,142	1,188	1,495	624	1,679	662	12,676
14	Isle of Man ARS	1,267	850	943	514	1,287		423	1,429	657	1,664	1,518	1,493	12,045
15	Cambridge & DARC	863	1,347	1,299	760	820	1,317	132	1,376	905	1,051	938	1,019	11,827
16	Leicester RS	910	980	1,060	642	1,158	1,308	864	520	500	915	1,007	690	10,554
17	Itchen Valley ARC	837	1,058	698	1,087	1,488	1,372	1,318	520		439	1,056	602	10,475
18	Parallel Lines CG	1,000	1,000		1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000		966		1,000	8,966
19	Gloucester AR&ES	421	135	735	1,143	636	606	824	862	849	310	952	1,153	8,626
20	Finningley ARS	770	882	833	809			779	855	848	854	878	785	8,293
21	Guildford & DRS	1,228	500	571	573	509	831	425	674	514	703	557	194	7,279
22	Luton VHF Group			722	617	524	1,294	883	697	608	586	588	576	7,095
23	Cheltenham ARA	658	453	327	311	845	310	825	803	835	853	284	437	6,941
24	Nuneaton &DARC	1,226	870	441	378	436	784	372	388	329	429	425	324	6,402
25	Malvern Hills RAC	773		544	634	397	450	744	725	981			662	5,910
26	South Notts ARC	1,742	1,580		349	107	176	110	777	519	172	169		5,701
27	Colchester RA	653	675			705			645	750		743		4,171
28	Martlesham RS					679		553		1,188			1,386	3,806
29	Mid-Sussex ARS	520	420	315	427	423		487						2,592
30	Wythall RC	945	626	371										1,942
31	Rugby ATS	243	418								70		291	1,022
32	Surrey RCC									329			475	804
33	Scunthorpe Steel ARC										420			420
34	Chesham & DARS				208									208

144MHz UKAC 2017
General Club Scores
Pos	Club	03/01/17	07/02/17	07/03/17	04/04/17	02/05/17	06/06/17	04/07/17	01/08/17	05/09/17	03/10/17	07/11/17	05/12/17	Total	Pos Cert
1	807 ARO	11,205	11,744	12,977	13,052	13,579	12,630	13,808	10,091	11,423	13,563	14,073	14,366	152,511
2	GMDX	9,098	8,237	6,586	10,658	12,838	6,115	9,818	7,122	9,754	7,175	5,819	5,874	99,094
3	Travelling Wave CG	10,398	9,441	8,116	9,023	8,775	6,099	5,997	6,503	6,115	8,671	8,521	5,387	93,046
4	Harwell ARS	3,796	3,496	5,813	6,233	6,436	4,620	4,684	5,384	5,715	3,572	5,809	4,795	60,353
5	Drowned Rats RG	3,625	4,036	4,648	5,442	4,113	3,027	3,644	4,624	3,873	4,407	3,020	5,682	50,141
6	Wirral & DARC	3,429	5,513	4,326	3,580	3,757	3,814	4,183	3,568	4,600	3,864	4,511	4,061	49,206
7	Northern Fells CG	2,340	4,436	4,780	4,942	5,111	3,523	4,410	2,888	3,571	4,936	3,286	2,688	46,911
8	Camb-Hams	5,809	5,496	3,164	4,013	2,534	2,255	3,817	3,212	2,153	1,719	1,891	3,915	39,978
9	Medway ARTS	3,787	3,869	3,048	3,539	2,643	3,708	3,507	3,022	2,872	3,450	2,546	3,765	39,756
10	Tall Trees CG	2,057	3,199	2,270	3,238	3,131	2,491	3,102	5,083	4,417	2,418	4,601	3,445	39,452
11	Milton Keynes ARS	2,979	2,284	1,563	2,912	2,980	2,633	1,816	3,148	1,380	2,236	1,662	3,482	29,075
12	Spalding & DARS	727	1,547	1,580	1,488	1,564	1,469	2,052	2,224	3,200	1,675	2,453	4,145	24,124
13	Grimsby ARS	2,251	2,421	2,655	3,442	2,294	1,021	1,475	864	462	3,042	260	1,474	21,661
14	Bittern DX Group	967	1,823	1,635	754	1,298	838	1,507	1,434	874	1,363	703	380	13,576
15	Swindon & DARC	897	1,506	951	1,049	185	1,197	1,273		317	1,224	1,981	2,051	12,631
16	Cray Valley RS	1,112	718	988	1,317	649	620	854	322	810	1,413	1,629	1,310	11,742
17	Bredhurst R&TS	467	116	1,397	841	577	933	1,410	813	1,561	1,619	123	1,635	11,492
18	Flight Refuelling ARS	1,056	1,639	677	782	649	986	1,033	566	594	854	691	710	10,237
19	Ipswich RC	980		981	962	810	944	929	921	943	892	932	930	10,224
20	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS	320	565	749	888	1,279	1,100	808	776	507	809	781	473	9,055
21	Crawley ARC	1,245	250	314	1,099	898	767	802	1,543	658	738		486	8,800
22	Norfolk ARC	618	726	1,259	1,268	915	368	669	895	63	236	41	1,723	8,781
23	Pembrokeshire CG	796	900	971	853	977		331	839	614	1,186	914		8,381
24	Hinckley AR & ES		1,064	745	1,481	786	430	292	559	905	331	514	329	7,436
24	Workington &DARC	1,349	512	414	459	577	570	578	875	500	567	554	481	7,436
26	Blacksheep CG	1,745	965					812		753	701	1,175	715	6,866
27	Bangor & DARS	546			585	637	824	792	809	791	905			5,889
28	Sidmouth ARS	533	247		596	529	655	773	527	513	121			4,494
29	Christchurch ARS		282	593	486	423	465	383		354	389	480	468	4,323
30	Verulam ARC	868	1,103	309	153	369	232		419	469			389	4,311
31	Ripon & DARS	316	647	1,222	464	244	486	429						3,808
32	Marches ARS	408	429	259	361	214	415	234	257	297	306	345		3,525
33	South Kesteven ARS	445		456		372	1,034	462	175	219	286			3,449
34	Guernsey ARS	82			492		542	682	599	557	484			3,438
35	South Birmingham RS		541	86	202	375	423	253	408	285	338	358	41	3,310
36	Herstmonceux Megacycles	520	641	679		327		468		203			297	3,135
37	Worthing & DARC	490	300	343	324	250		395	323	188	172			2,785
38	Thornton Cleveleys ARS	689	316	216				182	652	101	138		215	2,509
39	Humber Fortress DX ARC		823	660	180		366	158						2,187
40	Dundee ARC	599	488	302	262	114		79			69	114	111	2,138
41	Otley ARS	61		340	426	280	70	26	26	310		304	196	2,039
42	Torbay ARS				913					892				1,805
43	Reading & DARC	360					333	1,049						1,742
44	Bristol CG			324	329			231	303	146	363		38	1,734
45	Ayr ARG	429	425	286	206	386								1,732
46	Lincoln SWC	79			268		204	169	105	120	204	149	285	1,583
47	BYLARA	443	188	618	110			77	38		48			1,522
48	Aberdeen ARS		800										694	1,494
49	Chorley & DARS					449	33				190	192	108	972
50	Addiscombe ARC		447						507					954
51	University of Surrey EARS			171				184	258		6	200		819
52	Wrexham ARS						150	128			298			576
53	Salop ARS							117					417	534
54	De Montfort University ARS		529											529
55	Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC						33				476			509
56	Kings Lynn ARC		288		66									354
57	Tiverton (SW) RC												333	333
58	Chippenham & DARC		206		115									321
59	Secret Nuclear Bunker CG											270		270
60	Aylesbury Vale RS					196						61		257
61	Mid Cheshire ARS												228	228
62	Brede Steam ARS	125												125
63	Lowestoft District & Pye ARC	122												122
64	Burton upon Trent ARC			118										118
65	RAFARS Waddington										83			83
66	Maidstone YMCA ARS			68										68
67	Loughton & Epping Forest ARS												51	51
68	Burnley & DARC	27												27
69	Stockport RS								25					25

This contest is part of the following contest series Overall UKAC

Show QSO Analysis

Show Locator Analysis