RSGB Contest Results 144MHz UKAC 2018

v4.145 by G4CLA

2018 144 MHz UKAC - Review of the year

This series of contests continues to be popular with an average number of entrants per session of 270 (269 in 2017). The number of entrants exceeded 260 in nine of the sessions, exceeded 270 in seven of the sessions and peaked at 292 in the February session.

The number of locator squares active in each session varied between 46 (in January) and 76 (in July). The number of stations active in each session varied between 446 (in January) and 687 (in June). In total, 129,250 QSOs were made during the 2018 144 MHz UKAC.

The General Club Category was dominated for the second year running by the 807 ARO who topped the table in nine of the twelve sessions. Drowned Rats RG were in second place with Harwell ARS in third place. 79 Affiliated Societies competed in the General Club Category of the 2018 144 MHz UKAC.

The top spot in the Local Club Category was claimed by Hereford ARS who won all twelve of the sessions. Second place was a close run battle between 93 CG and Worksop ARS. Eventually, 93 CG emerged in second place with Worksop ARS in third place for the second year running. 32 Affiliated Societies competed in the Local Club Category of the 2018 144 MHz UKAC.

The AO (400 Watt, unlimited antenna) section produced a battle between several stations. Three stations, G4CLA, M0DXR and GI4SNA all scored more than 7500 (out of 8000) points. However, for the fourth year running, Pete G4CLA dominated this section and won seven of the twelve sessions to score 7968 points. Mark M0DXR was the runner-up with David GI4SNA in third place. For the second year running, the leading Intermediate Licensee was Martin 2M0KAU. The leading non-UK Station also for the second year running was Conrad PA5Y. 94 stations entered the AO section.

The AR (100 Watt, single antenna) section witnessed a very close battle between G4FZN/P (sometimes operating from France as F/G4FZN/P), G8PNN/P, G3XDY, G4RUL/P and M0GAV (sometimes portable). All of these stations managed to score more than 7800 points (out of 8000). To achieve success in the UKAC, consistently high performance is required and G4FZN/P (operated by Chris G4FZN and Pauline G8HQW) produced this year's winning performance for amassing 7983 points, beating the runner-up, Gordon G8PNN/P by 99 points. John G3XDY was in third place with a score of 7880, only four points behind G8PNN/P. Pete 2E0NEY was the leading Intermediate Licensee. The leading Overseas Station was Jacques F1BHL. 357 stations entered the AR section

In the AL (10 Watt, single antenna) section, four stations scored more than 7,700 points (out of 8,000): G1YBB/P, G6DOD/P, G8DMU/P and G0EAK/P. The winner was Steven G1YBB who scored 7989 points, 64 points ahead of Mark G6DOD in second place. 103 points behind second place was Tony G8DMU/P in third place. John 2E0DXK was the leading Intermediate Licensee and the winner of the Intermediate Shield. Mary M6KMB was the leading Foundation Licensee and the winner of the Foundation Shield. 208 stations entered the AL section.

A new certificate was instigated for the UKAC series this year for the station who provides the most stations with their best DX on each band across the year. The winner for 2018 is Stewart GM4AFF who provided 278 stations with their best DX in the 144MHz UKAC. A close second was David GI4SNA who provide 244 stations with their best DX and in third place was Richard GD8EXI who provided 170 stations with their best DX.

In summary, congratulations to:

144MHz Club Championship, General Club Category:

1st Place: 807 ARO

2nd Place: Drowned Rats RG

3rd Place: Harwell ARS

144MHz Club Championship, Local Club Category:

1st Place and Winner of the G6NB Trophy: Hereford ARS

2nd Place: 93 CG

3rd Place: Worksop ARS

AO Section:

1st Place: Pete G4CLA

2nd Place: Mark M0DXR

3rd Place: David GI4SNA

Leading Intermediate Licensee: Martin 2M0KAU

Leading Overseas Station: Conrad PA5Y

AR Section:

1st Place: G4FZN/P operated by Chris G4FZN and Pauline G8HQW

2nd Place: Gordon G8PNN

3rd Place: John G3XDY

Leading Intermediate Licensee: Pete 2E0NEY

Leading Overseas Station: Jacques F1BHL

AL Section:

1st Place: Steven G1YBB

2nd Place: Mark G6DOD

3rd Place: Tony G8DMU

Leading Intermediate Licensee and Winner of the Intermediate Shield: John 2E0DXK

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

Station providing the most `Best DX': Stewart GM4AFF

The first 2019 144MHz UKAC session starts at 2000 local time (2000 UTC) on Tuesday January 1st. Just before this event is the 144MHz FM Activity Contest (FMAC) which starts at 1900 local time (1900 UTC) with a duration of 55 minutes. Running in parallel with the 144MHz FMAC is the new 144MHz MGM Activity Contest (MGMAC). This contest also starts at 1900 local time (1900 UTC) with a duration of 55 minutes.

Ian G0FCT

	02/01/18 Totals		06/02/18 Totals		06/03/18 Totals		03/04/18 Totals		01/05/18 Totals		05/06/18 Totals		03/07/18 Totals		07/08/18 Totals		04/09/18 Totals		02/10/18 Totals		06/11/18 Totals		04/12/18 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							2,974	641,500	2,773	627,500	3,108	817,500	2,278	620,000	2,760	690,500	3,086	755,500	2,920	660,500
19:30							2,572	368,000	2,221	352,000	3,029	490,500	2,166	408,000	2,416	381,500	2,835	421,500	2,448	358,000
20:00	2,139	446,000	2,942	572,500	2,731	519,500	2,172	279,500	1,888	264,500	2,628	396,000	2,067	314,500	2,101	260,500	2,497	294,500	2,224	271,500	2,618	585,500	2,586	524,500
20:30	1,875	267,000	2,420	308,000	2,296	329,000	1,846	218,500	1,721	217,000	2,562	332,000	1,795	246,500	1,932	213,000	2,270	232,500	2,069	220,000	2,127	322,000	2,247	255,500
21:00	1,543	187,000	1,995	240,000	1,945	247,500	1,864	180,500	1,505	135,500	2,438	248,500	1,992	218,500	1,753	138,000	2,124	171,000	1,970	162,500	1,772	226,000	1,859	209,500
21:30	1,326	162,500	1,764	185,500	1,764	184,500															1,655	190,500	1,526	136,000
22:00	1,150	111,500	1,617	104,500	1,573	133,000															1,495	135,000	1,281	88,500
Totals	8,033	1,174,000	10,738	1,410,500	10,309	1,413,500	11,428	1,688,000	10,108	1,596,500	13,765	2,284,500	10,298	1,807,500	10,962	1,683,500	12,812	1,875,000	11,631	1,672,500	9,667	1,459,000	9,499	1,214,000
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	02/01/18	06/02/18	06/03/18	03/04/18	01/05/18	05/06/18	03/07/18	07/08/18	04/09/18	02/10/18	06/11/18	04/12/18
IN79		2	1	1	1	1		1
IN89			1					4	3	1	2	3
IO64		1	2	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	4
IO65					1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
IO67					1	2	1			1	1	1
IO68							1	1
IO70	1	6	4	4	1	5	7	8	9	4		6
IO71		3	3	1	1	3		5	4	3	3	2
IO72	1	2	1		1			3	2		1	1
IO73					1		2	2	2
IO74	3	7	8	13	7	9	8	8	12	7	9	6
IO75	9	13	10	12	14	13	10	8	8	10	11	7
IO76	1	1	1	1	1	2	2		2	1	1	1
IO77	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	2	3
IO78	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
IO80	5	10	6	9	10	9	8	5	9	10	7	10
IO81	26	35	28	36	29	32	27	35	28	31	26	22
IO82	37	34	39	45	36	44	33	41	38	30	36	41
IO83	49	46	53	53	52	60	35	39	47	51	54	38
IO84	6	3	6	4	13	5	8	7	4	4	3	2
IO85	7	3	3	9	9	8	9	8	13	10	8	8
IO86	7	3		6	5	10	5	6	4	2	3	4
IO87	1			1	2	3	3	3	5	2	4	4
IO89	1				1	1	1		1	1		1
IO90	10	13	15	12	19	14	13	17	14	18	9	9
IO91	56	72	72	62	74	70	56	47	71	76	69	63
IO92	42	53	40	46	47	45	32	48	43	40	49	42
IO93	72	84	93	81	76	73	59	69	56	72	85	62
IO94	14	10	13	11	18	14	17	11	16	20	16	9
IO95	4	2	6	6	5	6	5	2	4	5	8
IO97						1	1		1
IO99						1
JO00	4	7	5	7	4	3	7	5	6	8	4	5
JO01	34	38	42	39	36	40	33	34	33	36	31	37
JO02	13	14	16	19	15	21	19	22	18	16	16	17
JO03	2	1	1	4	2	2	3	4	2	3	2	2
UK Sqs	26	27	27	27	32	32	31	31	32	30	29	29
Other Sqs	20	26	24	25	29	42	45	34	36	34	29	29
Active Stns	446	520	520	545	537	687	571	519	549	538	532	467
Entries	255	292	278	291	273	290	242	262	271	271	270	245

144MHz UKAC 2018
Local Club Scores
Pos	Club	02/01/18	06/02/18	06/03/18	03/04/18	01/05/18	05/06/18	03/07/18	07/08/18	04/09/18	02/10/18	06/11/18	04/12/18	Total	Pos Cert
1	Hereford ARS	8,701	8,366	8,841	10,278	8,035	11,207	7,913	10,720	10,544	10,815	9,485	8,874	113,779
2	93 CG	8,148	7,103	8,376	7,484	5,142	7,222	6,070	6,515	6,141	4,262	7,239	4,851	78,553
3	Worksop ARS	4,576	8,064	6,143	8,381	6,040	4,443	3,848	4,167	5,349	7,878	9,453	6,666	75,008
4	Trowbridge & DARC	3,310	4,367	4,391	4,584	3,686	4,421	2,525	3,594	4,405	4,687	3,979	4,515	48,464
5	Tall Trees CG	3,106	3,851	3,554	4,926	3,141	4,224	1,610	4,848	1,738	4,406	2,539	3,986	41,929
6	Northampton RC	1,776	2,833	2,957	3,747	3,930	2,696	2,771	2,504	3,087	2,383	3,244	2,254	34,182
7	Bolton Wireless Club	3,570	3,882	4,284	4,368	2,771	2,037	1,236	1,741	2,693	2,535	2,407	2,266	33,790
8	RAF Waddington ARC	1,436	1,836	2,638	2,745	3,717	3,288	3,262	2,831	1,443	3,009	3,649	3,168	33,022
9	Triple B ARCG	2,949	2,337	2,290	2,616	2,380	2,793	2,384	1,539	2,577	2,755	2,162	2,872	29,654
10	Southport & DARC	1,271	2,343	2,547	2,175	2,265	1,979	1,185	1,651	2,215	2,429	1,923	2,152	24,135
11	Swindon & DARC	1,321	2,143	1,069	1,878	1,037	2,389	2,263	1,136	2,260	1,147	1,747	1,893	20,283
12	West Kent ARS	1,969	2,111	1,727	1,716	1,541	2,105	1,197	735	1,276	1,430	1,727	1,957	19,491
13	Isle of Man ARS	1,240	2,077	964	2,210	1,281	960	1,942	695	2,232	1,918	1,598	1,353	18,470
14	Coulsdon ATS	754	1,547	1,523	802	1,650	1,909	1,775	1,656	1,509	1,471	1,480	2,055	18,131
15	Gloucester AR&ES	2,221	1,662	1,916	1,349	1,392	814	947	1,221	758	1,280	464	877	14,901
16	Milton Keynes ARS	2,971	786		401	295	532	860	1,601	1,110	1,213	2,586	1,082	13,437
17	Itchen Valley ARC	1,019	791	798	692	866	937	1,086	1,285	1,838	796	784	738	11,630
18	Guildford & DRS	845	896	678	692	767	916	760	873	808	1,495	1,107	1,559	11,396
19	Martlesham RS		814	989	988	627	973	967	981	988	981	980	1,000	10,288
20	Telford & DARS	818	866	750	703	976	947	536	1,030	644	1,089	980	621	9,960
21	Parallel Lines CG		1,000		963	1,000	893	968	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	9,824
22	Leicester RS	958	1,484	591	505	777	526	788	851	380	739	1,183	648	9,430
23	South Notts ARC	1,098	1,529	710	378	983	1,474	318	162	1,037		304		7,993
24	Cambridge & DARC	887	1,233	1,295	977		1,261	735			535	547		7,470
25	Colchester RA	760	1,622	1,250				774	784				1,177	6,367
26	Rugby ATS	655	192		291	235	457		999	902		608	752	5,091
27	Finningley ARS			841	715	880		762				155	207	3,560
28	Malvern Hills RAC	690			809		338							1,837
29	Surrey RCC									472			393	865
30	Chesham & DARS												742	742
31	Nuneaton &DARC	437												437
32	Cheltenham ARA	63	110			63	11		54					301
33	Morecambe Bay ARS							97						97

144MHz UKAC 2018
General Club Scores
Pos	Club	02/01/18	06/02/18	06/03/18	03/04/18	01/05/18	05/06/18	03/07/18	07/08/18	04/09/18	02/10/18	06/11/18	04/12/18	Total	Pos Cert
1	807 ARO	13,695	13,717	15,426	12,071	12,511	13,700	10,779	10,585	8,248	8,620	7,446	10,046	136,844
2	Drowned Rats RG	8,917	8,350	7,601	8,370	8,410	9,187	6,188	7,431	8,839	9,119	10,218	8,892	101,522
3	Harwell ARS	4,768	6,543	6,251	5,245	6,395	4,709	2,167	4,219	6,783	7,335	5,259	6,342	66,016
4	GMDX	4,464	4,185	4,160	5,029	6,508	5,715	4,839	6,072	5,048	3,335	6,297	3,367	59,019
5	Wirral & DARC	3,688	2,902	4,238	4,297	4,249	4,226	2,834	3,560	4,039	4,721	5,089	4,480	48,323
6	Medway ARTS	3,020	4,157	4,481	3,921	3,956	4,688	4,775	3,261	4,505	3,368	3,243	4,550	47,925
7	Spalding & DARS	3,408	4,637	3,482	4,064	4,956	2,916	3,382	2,709	3,364	4,602	4,376	3,589	45,485
8	Travelling Wave CG	3,307	4,874	3,789	3,781	3,219	3,455	3,337	4,131	2,833	2,410	774	1,326	37,236
9	Northern Fells CG	2,629	2,187	2,368	3,001	3,868	4,208	4,302	2,366	3,694	3,422	3,999		36,044
10	Vecta CG	1,888	3,263	2,718	1,851	3,342	3,178	2,666	3,559	4,099	2,692	2,350	807	32,413
11	Cray Valley RS	1,893	837	2,000	1,935	1,991	2,504	2,366	1,919	2,112	2,854	3,325	1,969	25,705
12	Camb-Hams	2,060	1,743	1,023	1,950	2,065	1,515	1,212	1,742	964		2,487	2,058	18,819
13	Grimsby ARS	931	715	347	727	1,073	1,119	2,693	1,586	1,190	600	662	794	12,437
14	Bittern DX Group	780	837		767	596	1,560	2,559	1,448	1,329	918	736	697	12,227
15	Flight Refuelling ARS	1,629	1,226	932	1,460	1,440	452	629	669	736	1,193	777	675	11,818
16	Crawley ARC	640	1,646	1,824	1,719	1,158	1,533	746		650	629		529	11,074
17	Ipswich RC	962	948	926	808	946	968	947	818	920	929	946	945	11,063
18	Burton upon Trent ARC		76			957	770	1,044	1,288	1,677	1,157	1,630	545	9,144
19	Workington &DARC	698	826	705	843	783	867	874	643	423	548	676	641	8,527
20	Blacksheep CG	803			849	741		355	1,409	791	1,742	845	834	8,369
21	Sidmouth ARS		105	188	646	84	925	1,106	1,390	1,129	1,123		317	7,013
22	Hinckley AR & ES	459	1,029	386	262	982	729	742	325	688	458	385	382	6,827
23	Christchurch ARS	579	477	648	517	542	489	397	968	521	568	304	559	6,569
24	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS	535	519		663	600	554		514	513	696	631	288	5,513
25	Dudley & DARS			556	539	480	595	525	729	863	730		439	5,456
26	Ripon & DARS			580		554	670	563	175	813	245	1,021	464	5,085
27	Marches ARS	528	459	449	337	470	378		429	294	374	459	407	4,584
28	Reading & DARC			369	247	240	1,013		171	1,101	292	214	234	3,881
29	Bredhurst R&TS		714	750		120		712	400	688			455	3,839
30	Bangor & DARS		843		709	639			786	828				3,805
31	The Vulture Squadron CG					427	432		571		528	607	803	3,368
32	Addiscombe ARC						392		767		931	750	500	3,340
33	Wrexham ARS		662		483	493					416	488	682	3,224
34	Horsham ARC	626	1,279	353	23	193	90	126		74	58	115	62	2,999
35	Pembrokeshire CG		488	536		469	393		486	135		405		2,912
36	South Birmingham RS		331	455		367	261	298	364	393	265		166	2,900
37	Chorley & DARS			97	674	80		237	671	100	596	405		2,860
38	Ayr ARG	408		250	315	293	257	220		263	258	333	227	2,824
39	Hornsea ARC		419		535	440	569	629						2,592
40	Norfolk ARC			136	180	337	585	669	227	43	316	20		2,513
41	Thornton Cleveleys ARS		418	520	459	375	122				168		394	2,456
42	Otley ARS	107	64	233	64	313	351	139	266	264	206	284	21	2,312
43	Bristol CG		483	295	326	398			377	319				2,198
44	Torbay ARS		907	929			234							2,070
45	Herstmonceux Megacycles	465	616	222	494									1,797
46	Guernsey ARS								727		781			1,508
47	Reigate ATS	720		786										1,506
48	Verulam ARC		372	464	135								441	1,412
49	Dundee ARC	160	140		74		250		216	179			385	1,404
50	Cambridge University WS						357		459					816
51	Maidstone YMCA ARS	233		250			207		58					748
52	RSGB Contest Club									425	281			706
53	Lincoln SWC	239	227	239										705
54	BYLARA						391		129	55	32			607
55	Humber Fortress DX ARC												593	593
56	Aylesbury Vale RS					199	239				129			567
57	Kings Lynn ARC		279						227					506
58	Lowestoft District & Pye ARC						415							415
58	Northumbria ARC									213	202			415
60	Secret Nuclear Bunker CG	409												409
61	Nunsfield House ARG				281	66								347
61	RAIBC											257	90	347
63	Andover RAC	69	233											302
64	Stirling & DARS								297					297
65	University of Surrey EARS		279											279
66	Worthing Radio Events Group							258						258
67	Chester & DRS		163					73						236
68	St Tybie ARS											189		189
69	Maidenhead & DARC						133							133
70	Chippenham & DARC							99						99
71	Essex AR DX Group			68										68
72	Newport ARS		52											52
73	South Kesteven ARS					48								48
74	Salop ARS		41											41
75	GMDX North						37							37
76	Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC					24	5							29
77	Wolverhampton ARS												28	28
78	Wirral ARS											27		27

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