70MHz UK ACTIVITY CONTEST - 19/12/19 AND WHOLE YEAR RESULTS

79 entries were received for the December 70MHz UKAC session - the last of the year - (19 section AO, 47 section AR and 13 section AL). This was sixteen down on November. As one might expect from the time of year, the number of portable entrants was down - to nine from fifteen the previous month. A total of 154 valid calls appear in the logs, from 26 big squares and 8 DXCC entities. The best DX was again between G4ASR and SP9HWY in JO90 square at 1546km - one of two contacts at over 1000km.

The most optimistic comments on conditions were 'not too good' and 'average winter', the rest being far less favourable, with 'poor' or 'very poor' being most common, occurring twelve times. Taken together with numerous reports of QSB and noise - endemic in the 4m UKACs - plus windy weather, it is perhaps not surprising that activity was mostly reported as low, with several of the regulars missing and a number of entrants closing down early.

Moving on to the whole year results, the number of entrants varied between 79 (in December) and 129 (in May), an average of 112, two up on the whole year figure for 2018. The number of valid calls appearing in logs varied between 128 and 209, with the minimum and maximum numbers occurring in December and May - the same months as for the corresponding number of entrants. The number of big squares worked varied between 24 and 32, peaking in May - July (broadly corresponding to the sporadic E season) although a little oddly the peak number (32) was also worked in January. The best DX of the year was between G4ASR and OH1DP in KP10 square at 1889km in the May session. G4ASR also worked the best DX in five other sessions.

Thanks to all those who took part, and congratulations to the certificate winners, as follows:

General Club section

Leading club - 807 ARO

Second placed club - Northern Fells CG

Third placed club - Drowned Rats RG

Local club section

Leading club - Hereford ARS

Second placed club - Worksop ARS

Third placed club - Tall Trees CG

Section AO

Leading entrant - G4FZN/P

Second placed entrant - G4ASR

Third placed entrant - M1DDD/P

Section AR

Leading entrant - G4CLA

Second placed entrant - G7LRQ/P

Third placed entrant - G8PNN/P

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0MDJ

Leading Foundation Licensee - M6KMB

Leading non-UK entrant - PA5Y

Section AL

Leading entrant - GW1YBB/P

Second placed entrant - G0EAK/P

Third placed entrant - 2E0DXK(/P)

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0DXK(/P)

Leading Foundation Licensee - M6VUK(/A/P)

Entrant providing greatest number of entrants with their best DX - GM4AFF

The next session - the first of the 2020 season - takes place on Thursday 16th January between 2000 & 2230 UTC.

That's all for 2019 - hope to see you in 2020!

Quin Collier G3WRR

g3wrr@rsgbcc.org

This contest is part of the following contest series Overall UKAC

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70MHz UKAC 15/08/19

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Pos	Callsign	Loc	QSOS UBNs	Score	Bonus	Total	Norm	ODX	Kms	Power	Group	Ant show	Equipment show	Comments show	Pos Cert
1	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	109	21,755	10,000	31,755	1,000	GU6EFB	541	160	Northern Fells CG
2	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	117	18,103	10,500	28,603	964	GJ8CEY	460	160	Tall Trees CG
3	G4ASR	IO81MX	85	16,424	10,000	26,424	929	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	70	15,724	10,500	26,224	893	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
5	M1CJN/P	IO94KH	83	16,571	8,500	25,071	857	PA0RDY	452	150	807 ARO
6	GM4AFF	IO86TS	47	17,339	6,500	23,839	821	G3XDY	573	160	GMDX
7	G3MXH	JO02LF	83	15,553	8,000	23,553	786	GD0AMD/P	429	150	Colchester RA
8	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	42	12,874	6,000	18,874	750	G3XDY	544	160	GMDX
9	G3MEH	IO91QS	70	9,662	8,500	18,162	714	G8PNN/P	395	160	Harwell ARS
10	G3VGG (G0RMG)	IO82XH	69	8,317	7,000	15,317	679	GM4AFF	497	160	Bromsgrove & DARC
11	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	21	9,172	6,000	15,172	643	OH8MGK	1,709	100	Northern Fells CG
12	G3TCT	IO81QC	41	7,667	5,500	13,167	607	M1CJN/P	371	160
13	G3NPI	IO92MA	54	6,860	6,000	12,860	571	GM4AFF	537	70
14	G3OVH	IO92JP	45	4,699	6,000	10,699	536	GM4AFF	465	100	807 ARO
15	G4BWP	JO02FH	26	4,947	5,500	10,447	500	GD0AMD/P	395	130	Mid Beds CA
16	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	29	5,441	4,500	9,941	464	G3XDY	356	50	St Tybie ARS
17	GW4MBS	IO71XW	25	4,789	4,500	9,289	429	G3MXH	344	160	St Tybie ARS
18	M0KEP	IO91IQ	34	3,692	5,500	9,192	393	M1CJN/P	293	150	Harwell ARS
19	GU6EFB	IN89RK	18	5,965	3,000	8,965	357	M1CJN/P	551	160	Guernsey ARS
20	G4BRK	IO91HP	22	3,452	5,500	8,952	321	G8PNN/P	401	150	Harwell ARS
21	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	21	4,483	4,000	8,483	286	G3XDY	413	100	Northern Fells CG
22	G4YPC	IO91RH	24	2,925	4,000	6,925	250	M1CJN/P	336	10	Guildford & DRS
23	G6UBM	JO01CE	20	2,212	3,500	5,712	214	M1DDD/P	273	70	West Kent ARS
24	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	13	2,103	3,500	5,603	179	G3VCA	333	80	GMDX
25	G4LDR	IO91EC	5	585	2,000	2,585	143	G3MXH	218	50
26	G4LVK	IO82XI	7	504	2,000	2,504	107	G3TKF	117	100	Bromsgrove & DARC
27	G4PDF	IO93VH	9	677	1,500	2,177	71	M1CJN/P	127	50	RAF Waddington ARC
28	GM8IEM	IO78HF	3	586	1,500	2,086	36	MM0CEZ	277	160	GMDX

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	17/01/19 Totals		21/02/19 Totals		21/03/19 Totals		18/04/19 Totals		16/05/19 Totals		20/06/19 Totals		18/07/19 Totals		15/08/19 Totals		19/09/19 Totals		17/10/19 Totals		21/11/19 Totals		19/12/19 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							1,200	271,000	1,247	285,500	1,136	256,000	1,291	274,000	1,175	261,500	1,284	295,500	911	224,500
19:30							942	120,500	1,039	141,000	945	131,000	960	140,500	998	141,000	1,082	155,000	738	101,000
20:00	1,103	226,500	1,322	300,000	1,317	302,500	665	65,500	808	88,000	669	81,000	725	77,500	714	75,500	892	82,000	646	82,000	875	187,500	590	127,500
20:30	803	102,500	1,042	123,000	1,143	140,000	568	44,000	681	62,500	562	61,500	640	66,500	585	53,000	722	59,000	459	49,500	652	76,500	452	57,500
21:00	596	76,000	845	81,000	869	98,500	451	32,000	538	48,000	464	42,000	540	37,000	567	41,500	600	40,500	320	26,000	488	49,000	288	33,000
21:30	448	50,000	651	48,000	720	65,500															424	41,500	192	22,500
22:00	295	22,000	570	41,500	585	45,000															261	23,500	129	12,500
Totals	3,245	477,000	4,430	593,500	4,634	651,500	3,826	533,000	4,313	625,000	3,776	571,500	4,156	595,500	4,039	572,500	4,580	632,000	3,074	483,000	2,700	378,000	1,651	253,000
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Squares	17/01/19	21/02/19	21/03/19	18/04/19	16/05/19	20/06/19	18/07/19	15/08/19	19/09/19	17/10/19	21/11/19	19/12/19
IN79	1										1	1
IN89		1	1	1	1	1		2	1	1		1
IO64									2	2
IO70		1
IO71	3	4	2	3	1	2	3	4	1	1	1	2
IO72	1				1
IO74	1	1	1		2	2	2	1	3	1
IO75	2	1	1	2	4	1		1	1	1	1	1
IO78	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
IO80	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	1
IO81	19	20	15	14	16	17	17	16	14	11	10	11
IO82	19	16	20	17	14	15	10	12	14	11	10	12
IO83	17	18	18	14	21	18	19	15	24	10	16	17
IO84	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	2	3	1
IO85	3	5	4	1	4	4	1	4	2	3	1
IO86	3	4	2	3	4	2	2	4	2	2	1	1
IO87					1	2
IO90	4	7	6	6	3	6	4	5	4	5	5	1
IO91	25	18	25	22	27	28	30	24	24	23	20	18
IO92	25	33	32	30	29	31	33	29	29	26	27	21
IO93	40	41	34	35	43	27	39	33	34	32	30	19
IO94	5	5	11	7	5	8	11	5	7	7	3	2
IO95	5	3	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
JO00	1							1
JO01	10	10	9	7	9	10	8	11	5	4	6	6
JO02	3	7	4	3	3	6	6	7	4	3	5	6
JO03		1	1		1	1	1	1		1
UK Sqs	22	22	21	19	23	22	19	22	21	22	19	18
Other Sqs	10	5	9	6	8	9	13	8	7	5	7	6
Active Stns	203	210	206	184	209	202	218	196	192	159	154	128
Entries	126	119	119	114	129	119	121	110	113	103	95	79