70MHz UK ACTIVITY CONTEST - 20/12/18 AND WHOLE YEAR RESULTS

It was perhaps to be expected that the number of entries in the December session would be down on the previous month, and this proved to be the case. There were 95 entrants (19 in section AO, 55 in section AR and 21 in section AL). Although this total is down by 8% on November, eleven of them were portables - for December, this shows considerable commitment! 159 different valid calls appear in the logs, from 21 big squares and 8 DXCC entities. Best DX was again between G4ASR and SP9HWY at 1546km. Entrants' comments were not very favourable, with conditions reported no better than average (and mostly poor or worse, although a couple felt they improved slightly towards the end). Activity was found to be lower than average, and our old 4m friends, noise and QSB, were reported to be a problem. And finally the weather was reported to be bad, and one portable had a flat battery! For those of a certain age who remember Stealers Wheel from the early 70s, M1MHZ's comment of 'Noise to the North of me (S7), Pulsing to the South, here I am stuck in the middle with....' captures it well. Rather a low key end to the season, but nevertheless several entrants commented that they enjoyed the series and passed on Season's Greetings. That being the case, they and others may wish to note that the first session of the 2019 season is on Thursday 17th January from 2000 - 2230 UTC.

Moving on to the 2018 series as a whole, the number of entrants varied for month to month between 79 and 133, with an average of 110 - 6% down on 2017. There was no clear pattern to the number of entries per month, although there was a slight peak in May probably due to the sporadic E season. Interestingly the highest and lowest numbers of contacts were made in consecutive months (October and September) but this seems to have been due to tropo conditions being particularly good and bad in those sessions. The balance of entries per section varied little between sessions, and the whole year average was AO 20% AR 61% and AL 19%. The number of valid calls appearing in logs varied between 124 and 205 (average 177), the number of large squares worked between 22 and 35 (average 28) and the number of DXCC entities worked between seven and thirteen (average ten). Numbers of valid calls and large squares were a few per cent down on 2017. The best DX worked exceeded 1000 km in all sessions. The best was 1621km, via MS between G4CLA and SP8SN in September. In a further six sessions the best DX was between G4ASR and SP9HWY at 1546km.

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

General Club section

Leading club - 807 ARO

Second placed club - Drowned Rats RG

Third placed club - Spalding & DARS

Local club section

Leading club - Hereford ARS

Second placed club - Worksop ARS

Third placed club - 93 CG

Section AO

Leading entrant - G4ASR

Second placed entrant - G3TCU/P

Third placed entrant - G4HGT/P

Leading non UK&CD entrant - PA5Y

Section AR

Leading entrant - G4CLA

Second placed entrant - G4FZN/P

Third placed entrant - PA5Y

Leading Foundation Licensee - M6KMB

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0VPX

Leading non UK&CD entrant - PA5Y

Section AL

Leading entrant - G(W)1YBB/P

Second placed entrant - G0EAK/P

Third placed entrant - 2E0DKX/P

Leading Foundation Licensee - M6XAK

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0DKX/P

Entrant providing other entrants with their best DX - PA5Y

That's it for 2018 - hope to see you in 2019.

Quin Collier G3WRR

g3wrr@rsgbcc.org

This contest is part of the following contest series Overall UKAC

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70MHz UKAC 18/01/18

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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	G4BWP	JO02FH	96	20,922	10,000	30,922	1,000	SP9HWY	1,313	150	GMDX
2	G4ASR	IO81MX	70	12,966	8,000	20,966	955	OK1DIG	1,190	150	Hereford ARS
3	G4HGT/P	IO93DV	76	12,653	7,000	19,653	909	PA5Y	566	160
4	GM4AFF	IO86TS	31	13,274	5,500	18,774	864	PA5Y	782	160	GMDX
5	G0VVE	IO91SG	65	11,168	7,500	18,668	818	GM4AFF	625	130	Reigate ATS
6	G3MEH	IO91QS	63	7,988	6,500	14,488	773	PA5Y	443	160	Harwell ARS
7	G3XDY	JO02OB	33	6,831	6,500	13,331	727	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
8	G4BRK	IO91HP	35	4,858	5,000	9,858	682	PA5Y	495	150	Harwell ARS
9	G8EEM	IO93MX	36	5,537	4,000	9,537	636	PA5Y	525	160	807 ARO
10	G0MJW	IO91IO	24	3,240	5,500	8,740	591	GM4AFF	579	50	Harwell ARS
11	G3NPI	IO92MA	33	3,371	5,000	8,371	545	G3WCB/P	263	150
12	G4YPC	IO91RH	22	2,480	5,000	7,480	500	PA5Y	440	160	Guildford & DRS
13	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	13	2,646	4,000	6,646	455	G4BWP	472	80	GMDX
14	GM8IEM	IO78HF	5	4,053	2,500	6,553	409	OK1DIG	1,519	160	GMDX
15	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	15	2,249	4,000	6,249	364	G4BWP	308	50	St Tybie ARS
16	G3WJG	IO91RP	29	2,485	3,500	5,985	318	G4HGT/P	263	80	Drowned Rats RG
17	G6UBM	JO01CE	22	2,199	3,500	5,699	273	G4FZN/P	352	70	West Kent ARS
18	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	7	1,685	3,500	5,185	227	G1YBB/P	427	160	GMDX
19	G3OVH	IO92JP	28	2,127	3,000	5,127	182	G4FZN/P	177	100	807 ARO
20	G3WZT	IO90UX	18	1,917	3,000	4,917	136	PA5Y	429	150	Horsham ARC
21	G4LDR	IO91EC	15	1,718	3,000	4,718	91	G3XDY	223	50
22	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	19	1,492	2,000	3,492	45	G0VVE	169	50	Leicester RS

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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	G4CLA	IO92JL	86	13,183	9,500	22,683	1,000	OK1DIG	1,075	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	PA5Y	JO21VO	28	14,714	6,000	20,714	985	GM8IEM	1,024	40	807 ARO
3	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	67	12,245	7,000	19,245	970	PA5Y	553	40	Northern Fells CG
4	G4ODA	IO92WS	57	9,437	8,000	17,437	955	GM4AFF	468	40	Spalding & DARS
5	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	73	10,112	7,000	17,112	939	GM4AFF	560	40	Drowned Rats RG
6	G3VCA	IO93MG	56	7,013	7,000	14,013	924	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
7	G3WRA/P	IO82QE	58	7,494	6,500	13,994	909	GM4AFF	510	40	Hereford ARS
8	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	49	7,559	5,500	13,059	894	GM4AFF	612	35	Trowbridge & DARC
9	G0ODQ	IO91MR	44	5,505	5,500	11,005	879	GM4AFF	569	40	Harwell ARS
10	G6CQC	IO94DT	25	5,918	5,000	10,918	864	G0VVE	403	25	Northern Fells CG
11	G3UVR	IO83KH	47	6,387	4,500	10,887	848	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
12	GW8ASD	IO83LB	38	5,270	5,000	10,270	833	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
13	G3SQQ	IO93JC	54	4,958	4,500	9,458	818	G8GYX	211	40	807 ARO
14	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	22	5,693	3,500	9,193	803	G4HGT/P	415	40	Drowned Rats RG
15	G8CUL	IO91JO	34	4,312	4,500	8,812	788	PA5Y	484	40	Harwell ARS
16	G3PHO	IO93GG	34	3,255	4,500	7,755	773	G0VVE	233	40	93 CG
17	M0ICR	IO91SO	31	3,242	4,500	7,742	758	G4FZN/P	297	20	Drowned Rats RG
18	G8BUN	IO93EQ	26	2,877	4,500	7,377	742	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
19	G8FMC	IO91NW	30	2,845	4,500	7,345	727	G8DMU/P	245	40	Milton Keynes ARS
20	G3YDY	JO01FQ	25	3,219	4,000	7,219	712	PA5Y	369	40	807 ARO
21	G8GYX	IO91VH	27	3,053	4,000	7,053	697	G4FZN/P	332	30	Coulsdon ATS
22	G4YHF	IO92XW	17	2,454	4,500	6,954	682	PA5Y	424	40	Spalding & DARS
23	G0SKA	IO91QN	29	2,390	4,500	6,890	667	G8EEM	270	25	Triple B ARCG
24	G4LKD	IO93OQ	27	2,816	4,000	6,816	652	G4ASR	240	40	93 CG
25	M5DWI	IO93HL	33	2,796	4,000	6,796	636	G4BRK	204	40	93 CG
26	2E0VPX	IO92UX	22	2,164	4,500	6,664	621	G4ASR	213	30	Spalding & DARS
27	M0IEP	IO91DP	27	3,077	3,500	6,577	606	PA5Y	518	40	Swindon & DARC
28	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	26	2,173	4,000	6,173	591	G0HEL/P	261	40	807 ARO
29	M0CGL	JO03BF	14	1,976	4,000	5,976	576	PA5Y	425	6	Spalding & DARS
30	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	14	1,951	4,000	5,951	561	GM4AFF	432	40	Wirral & DARC
31	G4CLB	IO92HM	27	2,406	3,500	5,906	545	G4FZN/P	191	20	Drowned Rats RG
32	G0CER	IO82RV	15	1,881	4,000	5,881	530	GM4AFF	432	25	Telford & DARS
33	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	14	1,860	4,000	5,860	515	G0VVE	307	10	Tall Trees CG
34	G8ONK	IO83MR	21	2,354	3,500	5,854	500	G4BWP	278	25	Travelling Wave CG
35	M6KMB	IO93EQ	22	2,181	3,500	5,681	485	GM4DIJ	273	10	807 ARO
36	G3TDH	IO83WI	21	1,902	3,500	5,402	470	G4BWP	209	25	Tall Trees CG
37	G4SEQ/P	IO93DO	20	1,727	3,500	5,227	455	G7LRQ/P	210	40	807 ARO
38	2E0OLG	IO83MN	10	1,655	3,500	5,155	439	GM4AFF	359	10	Southport & DARC
39	G4JED	JO01CF	17	1,624	3,500	5,124	424	G4FZN/P	347	10	West Kent ARS
40	G4VFL	IO84FL	8	1,952	3,000	4,952	409	G0VVE	413	25	Workington &DARC
41	G4EHD	IO93BS	9	1,438	3,500	4,938	394	GM4AFF	336	10	807 ARO
42	G1FFH	IO93HO	18	1,346	3,500	4,846	379	G4ASR	210	30	807 ARO
43	G0NRL	JO01GH	19	1,838	3,000	4,838	364	G4HGT/P	325	10	Medway ARTS
44	G8EOP	IO93EQ	16	1,439	3,000	4,439	348	G0HEL/P	271	40	807 ARO
45	G4WEY	IO90AS	9	1,247	3,000	4,247	333	G4ODA	256	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
46	G0ULH	IO81VU	11	1,098	3,000	4,098	318	G4FZN/P	273	40	Gloucester AR&ES
47	G0CDA	IO83SJ	10	1,052	3,000	4,052	303	G4BWP	230	15
48	G1HLT	IO93JD	24	1,421	2,500	3,921	288	G4BWP	146	40	807 ARO
49	G0WUS	IO92KO	14	936	2,500	3,436	273	G4HGT/P	149	40	Leicester RS
50	G6GEI	IO92PA	14	805	2,000	2,805	258	G4ODA	93	40	Milton Keynes ARS
51	G1DFL	IO91NL	10	755	2,000	2,755	242	G3WCB/P	230	20	Drowned Rats RG
52	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	12	652	2,000	2,652	227	G1YBB/P	140	35	South Notts ARC
53	G8NVX	IO93IK	11	645	2,000	2,645	212	G4BWP	172	10	93 CG
54	G3YPE	IO93CN	12	613	2,000	2,613	197	G4ODA	142	40	807 ARO
55	M0RHS	IO80UT	5	498	2,000	2,498	182	GW4JQP/P	158	25	Flight Refuelling ARS
56	G4DZL	IO92IS	14	901	1,500	2,401	167	G4HGT/P	129	20	Leicester RS
57	G4BCA	IO81VV	8	479	1,500	1,979	152	G7LRQ/P	115	14	Gloucester AR&ES
58	G6DOF	JO01HN	6	392	1,500	1,892	136	G3MEH	90	40	Vecta CG
59	G0LGS	IO81WV	4	282	1,500	1,782	121	G4CLA	91	40	Hereford ARS
60	G8MFI	JO01FG	4	217	1,500	1,717	106	G4BWP	116	10	West Kent ARS
61	G8LNR/A	IO81UR	4	227	1,000	1,227	91	G1YBB/P	64	10	Hereford ARS
62	M0IJS	IO92II	6	201	1,000	1,201	76	G7LRQ/P	76	40	Rugby ATS
63	G3VQO	IO91UB	3	94	1,000	1,094	61	G3MEH	83	10	Horsham ARC
64	GM3TAL	IO86GA	2	39	1,000	1,039	45	GM8GAX	25	40	GMDX
65	G8SFI	IO93LW	4	288	500	788	30	2E0DXK/P	82	40	807 ARO
66	M3RNX	IO83TO	2	101	500	601	15	G3UVR	60	10	Bolton Wireless Club

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Section AL
Pos	Callsign	Loc	QSOS UBNs	Score	Bonus	Total	Norm	ODX	Kms	Power	Group	Ant show	Equipment show	Comments show	Pos Cert
1	G1YBB/P	IO82LB	80	13,359	6,500	19,859	1,000	PA5Y	609	4	Hereford ARS
2	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	55	6,508	7,000	13,508	952	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
3	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	57	6,480	6,000	12,480	905	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
4	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	36	5,202	4,500	9,702	857	PA5Y	578	4	807 ARO
5	M0OMB	IO83PO	26	3,021	4,000	7,021	810	G0VVE	301	4	Southport & DARC
6	M0MDY	IO93HH	29	2,292	3,500	5,792	762	G1YBB/P	179	4	93 CG
7	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	16	1,315	4,000	5,315	714	G4FZN/P	227	4	Hereford ARS
8	M0BUL	IO82NG	18	1,821	3,000	4,821	667	G4BWP	227	4	Hereford ARS
9	G4NZV	IO82WA	17	1,696	3,000	4,696	619	G4BWP	180	4
10	M0BUX	IO82WA	14	1,180	3,000	4,180	571	G4BWP	180	4
11	G3TQF	IO92JJ	9	726	2,000	2,726	524	G0VVE	136	4	Rugby ATS
12	G3RCW	IO93KH	16	731	1,500	2,231	476	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
13	2E1SKY	IO93KH	16	720	1,500	2,220	429	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
14	M6XAK	IO93MH	12	519	1,500	2,019	381	G4FZN/P	104	4	Worksop ARS
15	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	8	515	1,500	2,015	333	G4BWP	154	4	Worksop ARS
16	M6OME/A	IO93KH	9	448	1,000	1,448	286	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
17	G4XTF	IO82OA	9	400	1,000	1,400	238	G0HEL/P	96	4	Hereford ARS
18	M6JIJ	IO93GI	5	196	1,000	1,196	190	G4FZN/P	99	4	93 CG
19	G1BVI	IO91WC	4	169	1,000	1,169	143	G3MEH	82	4
20	G3ZBU	IO91UB	3	94	1,000	1,094	95	G3MEH	83	0.25	Horsham ARC
21	G4OYX	IO82PJ	1	1	500	501	48	G8XYJ	1	1	Hereford ARS

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	18/01/18 Totals		15/02/18 Totals		15/03/18 Totals		19/04/18 Totals		17/05/18 Totals		21/06/18 Totals		19/07/18 Totals		16/08/18 Totals		20/09/18 Totals		18/10/18 Totals		15/11/18 Totals		20/12/18 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							1,243	311,500	1,257	306,000	1,116	259,500	1,191	265,500	1,060	250,500	642	157,000	1,400	336,500
19:30							990	141,000	983	152,500	837	105,000	937	160,500	820	111,500	483	77,500	1,136	148,000
20:00	876	188,000	804	176,000	845	184,000	862	108,500	755	106,000	687	83,000	734	93,000	518	58,500	251	37,500	855	102,000	1,032	203,500	751	145,000
20:30	651	91,500	563	73,500	564	94,000	729	71,000	638	63,500	552	52,000	649	66,500	457	46,500	183	27,000	777	61,500	804	89,500	588	61,000
21:00	518	61,000	455	51,000	383	65,000	655	47,500	530	46,500	471	45,000	449	41,500	399	39,500	130	22,500	646	58,500	532	56,500	431	44,000
21:30	398	39,000	391	46,000	463	56,000															447	43,500	344	30,500
22:00	298	25,000	340	24,500	337	32,000															345	35,500	210	20,500
Totals	2,741	404,500	2,553	371,000	2,592	431,000	4,479	679,500	4,163	674,500	3,663	544,500	3,960	627,000	3,254	506,500	1,689	321,500	4,814	706,500	3,160	428,500	2,324	301,000
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Squares	18/01/18	15/02/18	15/03/18	19/04/18	17/05/18	21/06/18	19/07/18	16/08/18	20/09/18	18/10/18	15/11/18	20/12/18
IN79		1	1	1			1
IN89					1	1	3	1	1	1
IO64						2	2	2	2	2
IO65					2
IO70				1
IO71	4	2	5	3	2	2	2	4		6	1	4
IO73					1
IO74			1	1	2	3	4	2	1	1	2
IO75	2	4	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	2
IO78	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2		2	1	1
IO80	3	5	2	5	4	7	4	3	2	4	4	1
IO81	9	10	16	20	20	21	20	18	12	16	14	16
IO82	17	13	9	12	12	17	14	10	9	13	14	9
IO83	12	13	18	19	20	18	17	11	15	17	16	15
IO84	1	1	2	4	3	1	3	2	2	3	1	1
IO85	2	1	1	4	2	3	2	3	2	4	3	1
IO86	3		1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	3	2
IO87							1
IO90	2	4	4	5	2	2	1	1	1	4	6	2
IO91	21	19	15	21	24	24	26	13	13	25	19	21
IO92	22	22	22	19	19	21	19	26	17	27	28	25
IO93	28	46	48	38	35	36	33	31	23	46	40	40
IO94	5	2	3	8	5	7	9	10	3	6	5	1
IO95			3	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	3
IO97					1			1
JO00			1
JO01	10	8	6	7	8	9	6	11	4	8	8	6
JO02	5	4	4	7	7	7	6	8	2	6	3	3
JO03	1			2	2	1	1	3	2	2	1
UK Sqs	18	17	21	22	24	22	24	23	20	22	20	16
Other Sqs	4	8	6	7	7	10	11	10	7	6	8	6
Active Stns	153	166	171	194	193	202	196	180	124	205	182	155
Entries	109	115	116	119	121	115	116	100	79	133	103	95