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 15/02/18

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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	87	20,606	11,500	32,106	1,000	SP9HWY	1,313	150	GMDX
2	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	74	13,515	7,500	21,015	944	GM4DIJ	555	160
3	G4ASR	IO81MX	82	13,700	6,500	20,200	889	PA5Y	603	150	Hereford ARS
4	G4HGT/P	IO93DV	80	12,113	6,500	18,613	833	PA5Y	566	160
5	G6DOD/P	IO90JO	51	10,147	6,000	16,147	778	G4FZN/P	404	160	Vecta CG
6	G8EEM	IO93MX	34	4,731	4,500	9,231	722	G6DOD/P	376	120	807 ARO
7	G4YPC	IO91RH	30	3,544	5,500	9,044	667	G7RAU	361	160	Guildford & DRS
8	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	16	2,873	4,500	7,373	611	G4BWP	308	50	St Tybie ARS
9	G3OVH	IO92JP	23	1,953	4,000	5,953	556	G6DOD/P	228	100	807 ARO
10	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	21	1,875	4,000	5,875	500	G0HEL/P	177	50	Leicester RS
11	G3WZT	IO90UX	18	1,726	3,500	5,226	444	G4HGT/P	339	150	Horsham ARC
12	2E0OLG	IO83MN	16	1,836	3,000	4,836	389	G3TCU/P	307	50	Southport & DARC
13	GM8IEM	IO78HF	3	2,728	1,500	4,228	333	PA5Y	1,024	160	GMDX
14	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	5	1,944	2,000	3,944	278	PA5Y	767	80	GMDX
15	G4LDR	IO91EC	7	875	2,500	3,375	222	G3VCA	246	50
16	G3SDY	IO93DO	12	698	2,000	2,698	167	G4BWP	205	100	807 ARO
17	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	5	943	1,500	2,443	111	PA5Y	800	160	GMDX
18	G6DOF	JO01HN	5	409	2,000	2,409	56	G6DOD/P	167	50	Vecta CG

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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	88	12,814	8,500	21,314	1,000	OZ8ZS	903	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4ODA	IO92WS	62	10,702	8,500	19,202	985	G7RAU	470	40	Spalding & DARS
3	PA5Y	JO21VO	22	12,367	6,000	18,367	971	GM8IEM	1,024	40	807 ARO
4	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	80	11,188	6,500	17,688	956	PA5Y	437	40	Drowned Rats RG
5	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	59	9,641	6,000	15,641	941	PA5Y	553	40	Northern Fells CG
6	GW8ASD	IO83LB	49	7,393	6,000	13,393	926	PA5Y	622	40	Travelling Wave CG
7	G3VCA	IO93MG	57	6,153	6,500	12,653	912	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
8	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	46	6,615	5,500	12,115	897	G4FZN/P	335	35	Trowbridge & DARC
9	G3UVR	IO83KH	47	5,997	5,000	10,997	882	G6DOD/P	329	40	Wirral & DARC
10	G3WRA/P	IO82QE	48	5,748	4,500	10,248	868	G7RAU	305	40	Hereford ARS
11	G3SQQ	IO93JC	49	4,075	5,000	9,075	853	G6DOD/P	279	40	807 ARO
12	G3YDY	JO01FQ	22	3,537	5,500	9,037	838	PA5Y	369	40	807 ARO
13	G8FMC	IO91NW	29	3,456	5,500	8,956	824	PA5Y	461	40	Northampton RC
14	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	20	4,661	4,000	8,661	809	G4HGT/P	415	40	Drowned Rats RG
15	2E0VPX	IO92UX	31	3,906	4,500	8,406	794	G6DOD/P	272	30	Spalding & DARS
16	G4DBN	IO93NR	27	3,374	4,500	7,874	779	G7RAU	513	8	807 ARO
17	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	35	3,859	4,000	7,859	765	G4BWP	262	40	Tall Trees CG
18	G4AHJ/P	IO93DO	38	3,283	4,500	7,783	750	G6DOD/P	336	20	807 ARO
19	M0IEP	IO91DP	22	3,150	4,500	7,650	735	PA5Y	518	40	Swindon & DARC
20	G3PHO	IO93GG	31	3,056	4,500	7,556	721	G6DOD/P	298	40	93 CG
21	G0SKA	IO91QN	28	2,654	4,500	7,154	706	G4FZN/P	300	35	Triple B ARCG
22	G4LKD	IO93OQ	21	2,577	4,500	7,077	691	G6DOD/P	345	40	93 CG
23	G1PPA	IO93OJ	34	2,979	4,000	6,979	676	G6DOD/P	312	40	Spalding & DARS
24	G1HLT	IO93JD	36	2,734	4,000	6,734	662	G3TCU/P	218	40	807 ARO
25	G4CLB	IO92HM	28	2,529	4,000	6,529	647	G4FZN/P	191	20	Drowned Rats RG
26	G3WAG/P	IO82SE	30	2,506	4,000	6,506	632	G4FZN/P	242	40	Hereford ARS
27	G3TDH	IO83WI	29	2,379	4,000	6,379	618	G3TCU/P	260	25	Tall Trees CG
28	G8BUN	IO93EQ	25	2,289	4,000	6,289	603	G3TCU/P	284	40	807 ARO
29	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	29	2,614	3,500	6,114	588	G3TCU/P	276	20	807 ARO
30	M6KMB	IO93EQ	24	2,086	4,000	6,086	574	G3TCU/P	284	10	807 ARO
31	G0CER	IO82RV	16	1,845	4,000	5,845	559	G3TCU/P	231	25	Telford & DARS
32	G3WJG	IO91RP	25	2,344	3,500	5,844	544	G4HGT/P	263	40	Drowned Rats RG
33	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	16	1,714	4,000	5,714	529	G4BWP	224	40	Wirral & DARC
34	G8EOP	IO93EQ	26	2,171	3,500	5,671	515	G4ASR	211	40	807 ARO
35	G8GYX	IO91VH	25	1,803	3,500	5,303	500	G4HGT/P	305	30	Coulsdon ATS
36	G1FFH	IO93HO	25	1,713	3,500	5,213	485	G3TCU/P	271	30	807 ARO
37	G4WEY	IO90AS	11	1,557	3,500	5,057	471	G4HGT/P	348	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
38	G8SFI	IO93LW	11	1,380	3,500	4,880	456	G3TCU/P	304	40	807 ARO
39	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	15	1,873	3,000	4,873	441	G3TCU/P	308	10	Tall Trees CG
40	G6GEI	IO92PA	15	1,186	3,000	4,186	426	G6DOD/P	162	40	Milton Keynes ARS
41	G1DFL	IO91NL	11	1,006	3,000	4,006	412	G3WCB/P	230	20	Drowned Rats RG
42	G4JED	JO01CF	10	940	3,000	3,940	397	G4ASR	235	10	West Kent ARS
43	G4ZVB	IO93IO	23	1,363	2,500	3,863	382	G4ASR	213	40	93 CG
44	G4DZL	IO92IS	16	1,077	2,500	3,577	368	G4ASR	144	25	Leicester RS
45	G4AQB	IO83TN	13	1,051	2,500	3,551	353	G4BWP	236	25	Bolton Wireless Club
46	M0RHS	IO80UT	9	948	2,500	3,448	338	G4CLA	200	25	Flight Refuelling ARS
47	G0NRL	JO01GH	12	836	2,500	3,336	324	G4ODA	169	10	Medway ARTS
48	G0LGS	IO81WV	9	773	2,500	3,273	309	G4HGT/P	225	40	Hereford ARS
49	G4PDF	IO93VH	12	966	2,000	2,966	294	G4FZN/P	122	40	Lincoln SWC
50	G8IBL	IO91QE	11	739	2,000	2,739	279	G4ASR	184	7	University of Surrey EARS
51	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	13	604	2,000	2,604	265	G4BWP	207	40	807 ARO
52	GW4MBS	IO71XW	4	617	1,500	2,117	250	G4ODA	282	20	St Tybie ARS
53	G0WUS	IO92KO	12	552	1,500	2,052	235	G4HGT/P	149	40	Leicester RS
54	2E0TJX	IO93GK	8	358	1,500	1,858	221	G4CLA	108	10	93 CG
55	G3IXZ	IO82PD	7	351	1,500	1,851	206	G7LRQ/P	152	15	Hereford ARS
56	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	5	325	1,500	1,825	191	G4CLA	91	40	Hereford ARS
57	G8DLX	IO92II	6	322	1,500	1,822	176	G4ASR	122	40	Rugby ATS
58	2E0DKY	IO93SF	9	649	1,000	1,649	162	G4FZN/P	122	30	Worksop ARS
59	G4VFL	IO84FL	2	495	1,000	1,495	147	G4BWP	359	25	Workington &DARC
60	G0GWI	IO83UJ	8	372	1,000	1,372	132	G4HGT/P	68	25
61	G0ULH	IO81VU	6	315	1,000	1,315	118	G0HEL/P	66	40	Gloucester AR&ES
62	M0XAC	IO81VU	6	278	1,000	1,278	103	G0HEL/P	66	9	Gloucester AR&ES
63	G7ICV	JO01GI	4	167	1,000	1,167	88	G7LRQ/P	94	25	Medway ARTS
64	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	4	146	1,000	1,146	74	2E0DXK/P	63	40	South Notts ARC
65	2E0HOV	IO92JH	4	134	1,000	1,134	59	G7LRQ/P	69	40	Rugby ATS
66	GM7GDE	IO75VS	2	66	500	566	44	GM4NFC	51	10	GMDX
67	G4YUP	IO90IW	1	38	500	538	29	G6DOD/P	38	40	Itchen Valley ARC
67	M3RNX	IO83TO	2	38	500	538	29	G3TDH	33	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	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	60	6,132	6,000	12,132	1,000	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
2	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	52	5,882	6,000	11,882	966	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
3	G1YBB/P	IO82LB	49	6,979	4,500	11,479	931	G4FZN/P	271	4	Hereford ARS
4	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	41	5,056	5,000	10,056	897	PA5Y	578	4	807 ARO
5	G4HGI	IO83PL	26	2,925	4,000	6,925	862	G6DOD/P	336	4	Bolton Wireless Club
6	M0OMB	IO83PO	26	2,967	3,500	6,467	828	G3TCU/P	303	4	Southport & DARC
7	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	16	1,848	4,500	6,348	793	G7RAU	321	4	Hereford ARS
8	G3TQF	IO92JJ	10	1,076	3,500	4,576	759	G6DOD/P	200	4	Rugby ATS
9	G4EHD	IO93BS	12	1,431	3,000	4,431	724	G4BWP	225	4	807 ARO
10	M6XAK	IO93MH	17	893	2,000	2,893	690	G4ASR	201	4	Worksop ARS
11	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	6	448	2,000	2,448	655	G7LRQ/P	94	4	Hereford ARS
12	2E1SKY	IO93KH	20	874	1,500	2,374	621	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
13	M6OME/A	IO93KH	13	577	1,500	2,077	586	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
14	G4XTF	IO82OA	10	451	1,500	1,951	552	G4CLA	120	4	Hereford ARS
15	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	7	426	1,500	1,926	517	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
16	G1BVI	IO91WC	10	418	1,500	1,918	483	G7LRQ/P	89	4
17	M6JIJ	IO93GI	9	404	1,000	1,404	448	G4ASR	184	4	93 CG
18	M0PCF	IO93HI	11	383	1,000	1,383	414	G8DMU/P	84	4	Worksop ARS
19	M0LLW/A	IO93KH	5	292	1,000	1,292	379	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
20	G8LNR/A	IO81UR	4	227	1,000	1,227	345	G1YBB/P	64	4	Hereford ARS
21	G8EUV/A	IO93KH	2	212	1,000	1,212	310	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
22	G4ENC/A	IO93KH	2	190	1,000	1,190	276	G3WRA/P	161	4	Worksop ARS
23	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	2	127	1,000	1,127	241	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
24	2E1HIB/A	IO93KH	2	117	1,000	1,117	207	G4CLA	93	4	Worksop ARS
25	M6MQN/A	IO93KH	6	214	500	714	172	G4HGT/P	76	4	Worksop ARS
26	M6XWM/A	IO93KH	3	105	500	605	138	G1EZF	63	4	Worksop ARS
27	M6KTP/A	IO93KH	1	76	500	576	103	G4HGT/P	76	4	Worksop ARS
28	G4RCD	IO93GX	1	33	500	533	69	G4FZN/P	33	0.2	Brimham CG
29	G3ZBU	IO91UB	1	10	500	510	34	G3WZT	10	0.25	Horsham ARC

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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