RSGB Contest Results 144MHz UKAC 2025

v4.181 by G4CLA

2025 144MHz UKAC: Review of the year

This series of contests continues to be popular with an average number of entrants per session of 213 (217 in 2024, 257 in 2023). There were at least 186 entrants in every session this year and entries peaked at 236 in the March session.

The number of locator squares active in each session varied between 49 (January) and 64 (July). The number of stations active in each session varied between 351 (January) and 446 (March). In total, 106,789 QSOs (106,494 in 2024) were made during the 2025 144MHz UKAC.

The General Club category was won by the Parallel Lines CG. They topped the table in eight of the twelve sessions. In second place was the Northern Fells CG. Harwell ARS claimed third place, pushing Wirral & District ARC into fourth place. Fifty-five Affiliated Societies (58 in 2024) competed in the General Club Category.

The top spot in the Local Club category was claimed by the Northampton RC. They topped the table in all twelve sessions. Hereford ARS claimed second place. Third place was claimed by the Trowbridge & DARC. Forty-three Affiliated Societies (43 in 2024) competed in the Local Club Category.

Affiliated Societies can apply to compete in the Local Club category section if they meet the appropriate criteria. If a club wishes to change category, this must be done before the first UKAC session of 2026. Please see the UKAC rules for further details.

For the eleventh year running, the AO (Licensed Power, unlimited antenna) section was won by Pete G4CLA who won nine of the twelve sessions, scoring 8,000 points. Andy G4PIQ was in the runners-up spot, 225 points behind G4CLA. Richard GD8EXI claimed third place. The leading non-UK Station was Mark EI3KD, who entered eleven of the twelve sessions. Eighty-nine stations entered the AO section (80 in 2024).

The AR (100 Watt, single antenna) section witnessed a close battle between 2E0VCC/P, G4FZN/P, GM4JTJ, MW0LKX/P, G3XDY, and G4ODA. All of these stations managed to score more than 7760 points (out of 8000). To achieve success in the UKAC, consistently high performance is required in at least eight of the twelve sessions and this year, Darrell 2E0VCC (now M8VCC) produced this year's winning performance by amassing a nearly perfect score of 7984 points, beating the runner-up Chris G4FZN (assisted by Pauline G8HQW) by only 22 points. Jon GM4JTJ was in third place with a score of 7816. The leading Foundation station was Ady M7HCT. The leading Non-UK Station was Frank PE1EWR who scored 5816 points. 280 stations entered the AR section (287 in 2024).

In the AL (10 Watt, single antenna) section, three stations scored more than 7,600 points (out of 8,000): G1YBB, G0EAK, and G6HPR. The winner was Steven G1YBB who won the all eight of the twelve sessions he entered to score the maximum of 8000 points. Steve G0EAK was in second place, only 135 points behind G1YBB. Allan G6HPR was in third place with 7610 points. Ben 2E0TXQ was the leading Intermediate Station with 6033 points. David M7DQO was the Leading Foundation Station with 4282 points. 106 stations entered the AL section (119 in 2024).

A certificate is also awarded for the station who provides the most stations with their best DX (ODX) on each band in the UKAC across the year. The winner of the Best DX certificate on 144MHz for 2025 is David GI4SNA who appeared in the ODX column 217 times. In second place was Richard GD8EXI who appeared in the ODX column 195 times and in third place was Jon GM4JTJ who appeared in the ODX column 163 times.

The Trophies and the certificates are awarded to the entrants listed below.

The first 2026 144MHz UKAC session starts at 2000 local time on Tuesday 6 January. Just before this event is the 144MHz FM Activity Contest (FMAC) which starts at 1900 local time with a duration of 55 minutes.

Ian G0FCT

	07/01/25 Totals		04/02/25 Totals		04/03/25 Totals		01/04/25 Totals		06/05/25 Totals		03/06/25 Totals		01/07/25 Totals		05/08/25 Totals		02/09/25 Totals		07/10/25 Totals		04/11/25 Totals		02/12/25 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							2,561	587,000	2,903	699,500	2,538	590,500	2,450	616,000	2,179	531,500	2,261	566,500	2,397	601,000
19:30							2,100	328,500	2,522	394,000	2,046	336,000	1,980	361,000	1,785	299,500	1,862	324,500	2,091	322,500
20:00	2,158	416,000	2,392	503,500	2,787	655,500	1,814	268,500	2,075	279,000	1,706	228,500	1,620	249,500	1,684	220,000	1,746	245,000	1,815	249,500	2,154	480,000	2,035	421,500
20:30	1,675	225,500	1,868	254,500	2,416	345,500	1,459	173,000	1,990	202,500	1,417	204,500	1,553	202,000	1,422	165,500	1,426	179,500	1,655	165,000	1,567	255,000	1,497	226,000
21:00	1,423	165,500	1,571	215,500	2,107	293,500	1,504	132,000	1,745	156,500	1,508	125,500	1,470	140,500	1,417	114,500	1,420	122,500	1,432	95,000	1,458	205,000	1,317	176,000
21:30	1,107	110,500	1,385	136,500	1,914	210,500															1,274	151,000	1,111	142,000
22:00	974	68,500	1,237	95,500	1,738	109,500															1,124	97,500	947	79,000
Totals	7,337	986,000	8,453	1,205,500	10,962	1,614,500	9,438	1,489,000	11,235	1,731,500	9,215	1,485,000	9,073	1,569,000	8,487	1,331,000	8,715	1,438,000	9,390	1,433,000	7,577	1,188,500	6,907	1,044,500
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Squares	07/01/25	04/02/25	04/03/25	01/04/25	06/05/25	03/06/25	01/07/25	05/08/25	02/09/25	07/10/25	04/11/25	02/12/25
I093				1
IN79						1
IN89	2	1	1	2	2		1	1	3		1	2
IO64		1	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	1	2	1
IO65							1
IO66						1
IO67							1
IO68		1	1	1	1	1	2
IO70	1	2	3	1	2	4	3	6	2	2	2	1
IO71	3	9	10	7	7	6	5	6	6	7	2	4
IO72	3	3	4	3	1	4	2	3	4	3	2	4
IO73	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	2	1	2	1	1
IO74	4	4	4	7	7	6	8	6	4	8	8	3
IO75	10	13	8	13	17	12	11	9	10	8	12	6
IO76	3	2	1	2	4	3	3	2	2		1	1
IO77		1		1	2		1		1	1
IO78					1		1
IO80	7	12	16	15	10	10	11	11	15	11	9	7
IO81	23	22	24	26	27	20	28	26	25	26	24	19
IO82	22	21	28	19	20	20	25	20	20	13	16	18
IO83	25	29	37	28	38	27	40	37	31	38	37	40
IO84	1	1	3	1	6	4	4	1	4	2		1
IO85	4	6	3	5	2	4	4	5	6	4	9	9
IO86	3	2	2	1	3	6	7	4	7	2	4	2
IO87		2	2	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	3	1
IO88				1
IO89	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	1
IO90	8	11	11	12	13	11	17	13	20	18	11	12
IO91	55	64	55	45	58	46	49	47	48	46	48	54
IO92	58	58	55	53	54	50	44	51	46	49	44	46
IO93	20	36	23	28	22	23	28	22	24	29	32	24
IO94	19	23	23	24	23	21	16	24	23	14	17	8
IO95	4	4	6	4	3	4	6	5	5	4		1
IO97	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JO00	1	3	5	4	3		3	2	2	2	3	4
JO01	21	22	23	26	24	24	16	22	21	24	22	23
JO02	16	19	20	18	17	21	19	19	23	15	17	19
JO03	1			1	1	2	2	1		1	1	2
UK Sqs	27	30	29	33	31	29	34	29	29	28	27	29
Other Sqs	22	27	32	28	32	30	30	33	33	30	30	26
Active Stns	351	418	446	411	441	391	425	411	422	397	387	354
Entries	213	222	236	215	231	219	212	206	210	203	203	186

144MHz UKAC 2025
Local Club Scores
Pos	Club	07/01/25	04/02/25	04/03/25	01/04/25	06/05/25	03/06/25	01/07/25	05/08/25	02/09/25	07/10/25	04/11/25	02/12/25	Total	Pos Cert
1	Northampton RC	10,132	9,817	10,335	6,465	7,563	6,269	5,242	4,875	5,099	5,916	6,412	4,581	82,706
2	Hereford ARS	7,527	4,135	7,203	3,775	4,182	4,725	5,605	4,711	5,046	4,008	2,492	2,530	55,939
3	Trowbridge & DARC	3,504	3,863	4,766	4,107	4,689	4,650	5,032	4,791	4,362	3,956	4,378	2,120	50,218
4	Guildford & DRS	3,905	3,648	4,156	2,683	2,897	4,251	4,448	3,439	3,811	2,978	4,330	5,246	45,792
5	Spalding & DARS	2,366	3,683	2,538	3,398	3,344	3,081	2,696	1,930	3,762	3,493	1,085	2,166	33,542
6	Coulsdon ATS	2,755	2,324	2,760	1,743	1,985	1,698	1,922	1,946	2,648	1,753	2,163	2,144	25,841
7	Bolton Wireless Club	1,388	1,954	2,455	1,724	1,768	1,822	1,977	2,092	1,371	1,796	1,452	1,967	21,766
8	Scarborough ARS	1,252	1,710	1,875	1,313	2,308	1,503	1,598	2,269	1,798	2,166	1,805	1,769	21,366
9	Tall Trees CG	814	558	2,592	1,407	1,339	1,318	2,154	2,904	1,357	1,123	1,216	2,486	19,268
10	Martlesham RS	1,928	969	1,000	1,950	1,919		945	941	1,942	1,925	1,938	1,936	17,393
11	Swindon & DARC	2,330	1,595	1,539	965	1,810	1,138	898	377	1,527	1,816	1,366	616	15,977
12	Isle of Man ARS	1,811	1,613	1,635	1,617	1,679	565	1,050	500	828	1,365	1,706	1,192	15,561
13	Heckington & District RG	1,303	1,081	1,175	1,851	1,392	842	1,491	1,278	1,013	1,114	1,089	1,584	15,213
14	West Kent ARS	1,642	1,423	1,537	678	605	1,187	484	1,342	1,679	1,317	1,053	803	13,750
15	Rugby ATS	1,030	1,051	462	693	771	864	955	1,558	899	952	890	976	11,101
16	Lowestoft District & Pye ARC	740	785	823	751	800	968	753	772	821	763	742	752	9,470
17	Basingstoke ARC	679	717	646	525	558	571	500	598	600		562	680	6,636
18	Cray Valley RS	694			842	1,032	691		742	714	642	560		5,917
19	Dudley & DARS		444	678	530	531	250	488	315	323	428	487	833	5,307
20	Telford & DARS	450	355	643	299	627	344	791	287	292		296	728	5,112
21	Gloucester AR&ES	427	459	517	265	489	721	392	236	514	526	468		5,014
22	Redditch AR & CG				394	379	406	569	1,074	450	465	670	440	4,847
23	Colchester RA	928	787		655		833		294	285		264	760	4,806
24	Worthing Radio Events Group	296	140		547	544	563	146	619	197	495	600	246	4,393
25	Nuneaton &DARC	222	55	1,088	516	297	350	333	473	235				3,569
26	Itchen Valley ARC	435	296	346	226	337	345	238	166	221	251	328	328	3,517
27	Fort Purbrook ARC		348	401	291				181	264	305	164	336	2,290
28	Maltby & DARS	832	836	53								85		1,806
29	Sheffield & DWS									808		742	232	1,782
30	Leyland & DAR		351	239		427	182	353				31		1,583
31	Milton Keynes ARS			319	233			135	371			460		1,518
32	Worksop ARS	320	196					324			374	117	40	1,371
33	Wrexham and Marches ARS	358						169	136	157	122	343		1,285
34	Bromsgrove & DARC	496		680										1,176
35	Duddon Contest Team					468	386	288						1,142
36	Torbay ARS	167	51	122	14	48	90	53	75	264	152			1,036
37	Lincoln SWC	175	133	81	160	200								749
38	Cambridge & DARC	92	74	71		85	113	22	105			24	138	724
38	Wythall RC								382	342				724
40	Morecambe Bay ARS									535				535
41	Taunton & DARC				224									224
42	Guisborough District ARC								131					131
43	Maidenhead & DARC					106								106

144MHz UKAC 2025
General Club Scores
Pos	Club	07/01/25	04/02/25	04/03/25	01/04/25	06/05/25	03/06/25	01/07/25	05/08/25	02/09/25	07/10/25	04/11/25	02/12/25	Total	Pos Cert
1	Parallel Lines CG	11,349	13,405	10,499	12,629	12,819	13,461	11,473	10,006	13,036	13,291	12,400	11,891	146,259
2	Northern Fells CG	7,724	12,093	14,351	13,635	12,717	10,536	11,701	10,378	10,877	9,685	8,635	4,479	126,811
3	Harwell ARS	6,685	8,194	7,117	6,751	7,484	8,736	6,027	8,506	5,252	6,264	6,649	6,920	84,585
4	Wirral & DARC	6,096	5,450	4,816	6,357	5,526	6,148	5,180	4,415	4,426	4,575	5,408	6,521	64,918
5	Burton upon Trent ARC	3,285	3,734	4,525	4,238	3,963	3,293	2,549	3,735	4,662	4,405	5,185	4,746	48,320
6	Gower/Gwyr CC	2,320	4,054	3,672	3,500	4,421	3,918	4,118	3,552	4,526	4,502	4,156	3,544	46,283
7	Norfolk ARC	3,608	3,086	4,742	3,036	3,458	3,080	3,795	3,533	4,596	2,857	3,370	3,168	42,329
8	GMDX	2,080	1,647	1,990	3,806	4,468	4,304	5,655	2,587	3,227	1,367	2,521	1,455	35,107
9	Triple B ARCG	2,101	2,001	2,045	2,191	2,312	2,142	2,038	2,331	2,176	1,980	1,991	2,448	25,756
10	Drowned Rats RG	1,650	1,346	1,586	826	2,075	1,384	1,433		92	1,190	1,447	1,048	14,077
11	Medway ARTS	1,144	1,109	1,221	931	1,530	825	713	832	1,312	1,453	998	1,176	13,244
12	Bittern DX Group	1,029	992	846	1,090	1,029	987	511	636	557	648	1,005	913	10,243
13	Salop ARS	1,095	1,055	1,166	1,001	871	1,160	975	1,000	371	214	176	624	9,708
14	Flight Refuelling ARS	619	202	856	487	395	590	881	408	642	874	965	796	7,715
15	Christchurch ARS	488	644	1,114	430	420	496	668	491	820	541	812	472	7,396
16	Bromley & DARS	610	607	714		620	227	600	553	657	1,133	570	632	6,923
17	Bishop's Stortford ARS	687	651		540	565	699	607	606		564	601	616	6,136
18	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS	623	648	536	510	510	545	577	500		452	585	611	6,097
19	Finningley ARS		577	727	817	772	1,076	784	689					5,442
20	Ayr ARG	721	611	581	853	568	476	432		107	321	426	280	5,376
21	RSGB Contest Club	732		469	627	351	864	300				656	856	4,855
22	London BBC RG		277	285	285	276	340		447	352	571	658	333	3,824
23	Farnborough & DRS	282	466	523	284		503		779				592	3,429
24	UK Microwave Group		212	212			947	923	962					3,256
25	Pennine Ham		155	129	255	234	248	200	257	307	259	265	312	2,621
26	Ripon & DARS	759	1,181				458							2,398
27	Addiscombe ARC		414	442	371	144		276						1,647
28	Dundee ARC					131	190	238	176	285		205		1,225
29	Dragon ARC				137	157	300	561						1,155
30	Halkyn Radio Group							469		128	480			1,077
31	Mid Somerset ARC	83		102		137	165		212	171	99			969
32	Radio Society of Harrow									558	380			938
33	Verulam ARC			121		358			411					890
34	Camb-Hams										857			857
35	Humber Fortress DX ARC										419	382		801
36	St Tybie ARS		151	60	34	105	95		88		71			604
37	RNARS		454							142				596
38	Coventry ARS	30	14	13	7	62	15	46	68	71	76	46	144	592
39	Nunsfield House ARG		525						7					532
40	South Birmingham RS	396												396
41	Reading & DARC					172						171	32	375
42	Workington &DARC			357										357
43	Lothians RS				51					114		147		312
44	Thornton Cleveleys ARS					220					71			291
45	Chippenham & DARC	129								150				279
46	South Derbyshire & Ashby Woulds ARG		185											185
47	Halifax & DARC							15	45	28		78		166
48	GMDX Central								147					147
49	Hammersmith Amateur Radio Society					34		54						88
50	Horsham ARC						22	23	30					75
51	Invicta CG			68										68
52	G-QRP CLUB				65									65
53	Dunstable Downs Radio Club								58					58
54	South Manchester RC												8	8
55	Stockport RS			6										6

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