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 15/03/18

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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	G4ASR	IO81MX	88	17,810	10,000	27,810	1,000	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
2	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	86	17,983	9,000	26,983	950	GM4AFF	628	160
3	G6DOD/P	IO90JO	56	12,192	8,000	20,192	900	GM4AFF	690	160	Vecta CG
4	G3MXH	JO02LF	47	9,302	7,000	16,302	850	GM4NFC	502	120	Colchester RA
5	GM4AFF	IO86TS	23	9,118	6,500	15,618	800	PA5Y	782	160	GMDX
6	G4BRK	IO91HP	33	6,296	7,000	13,296	750	SP9HWY	1,439	150	Harwell ARS
7	G8EEM	IO93MX	23	3,863	5,000	8,863	700	PA5Y	525	160	807 ARO
8	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	11	3,449	4,500	7,949	650	PA5Y	800	160	GMDX
9	G8DOH	IO92FA	26	2,536	4,000	6,536	600	G6CQC	311	160	Crawley ARC
10	G3OVH	IO92JP	28	2,274	4,000	6,274	550	G6DOD/P	228	100	807 ARO
11	GW6TEO	IO71LP	11	2,767	3,500	6,267	500	G4FZN/P	386	160	Pembrokeshire CG
12	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	17	2,713	3,500	6,213	450	G3MXH	341	50	St Tybie ARS
13	G4YPC	IO91RH	18	2,187	4,000	6,187	400	PA5Y	440	160	Guildford & DRS
14	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	7	2,242	3,500	5,742	350	PA5Y	767	80	GMDX
15	G6UBM	JO01CE	21	2,148	3,500	5,648	300	G3VCA	245	80	West Kent ARS
16	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	17	1,489	4,000	5,489	250	G3TCU/P	172	50	Leicester RS
17	G4LDR	IO91EC	12	1,317	3,500	4,817	200	G4YHF	231	50
18	G1KAR/P (M6EYO)	JO00DR	10	1,520	3,000	4,520	150	G4ASR	266	50	Southdown ARS
19	GW4MBS	IO71XW	7	1,498	2,500	3,998	100	G3MXH	344	150	St Tybie ARS
20	G4LPD	IO92KW	5	168	1,000	1,168	50	M0GAV/P	54	50	Grimsby ARS

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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	96	16,217	11,500	27,717	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	85	15,335	9,500	24,835	985	PA4VHF	579	40	Northern Fells CG
3	PA5Y	JO21VO	25	14,324	8,000	22,324	971	GM4VVX	965	40	807 ARO
4	G4ODA	IO92WS	69	11,249	8,000	19,249	956	G7RAU	470	40	Spalding & DARS
5	G3VCA	IO93MG	74	9,283	9,000	18,283	941	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
6	G3UVR	IO83KH	66	9,046	8,000	17,046	926	G7RAU	398	40	Wirral & DARC
7	GW8ASD	IO83LB	52	7,833	8,000	15,833	912	PA5Y	622	40	Travelling Wave CG
8	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	36	8,043	6,000	14,043	897	PA5Y	653	40	Northern Fells CG
9	G6CQC	IO94DT	28	6,541	6,500	13,041	882	G6DOD/P	470	25	Northern Fells CG
10	G3WRA/P	IO81OV	48	5,865	6,000	11,865	868	G4FZN/P	281	40	Hereford ARS
11	G4YHF	IO92XW	26	4,658	6,500	11,158	853	PA5Y	424	40	Spalding & DARS
12	G3SQQ	IO93JC	46	4,528	6,000	10,528	838	PA5Y	504	40	807 ARO
13	G3YDY	JO01FQ	23	3,906	5,500	9,406	824	PA5Y	369	40	807 ARO
14	G1PPA	IO93OJ	33	3,859	5,500	9,359	809	OZ8ZS	833	40	Spalding & DARS
15	G8BUN	IO93EQ	36	3,714	5,500	9,214	794	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
16	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	44	4,706	4,500	9,206	779	G3TCU/P	284	40	Tall Trees CG
17	G8FMC	IO91NW	26	2,902	5,500	8,402	765	G4FZN/P	256	40	Northampton RC
18	G3WAG/P	IO82SE	29	3,642	4,000	7,642	750	GM4AFF	510	40	Hereford ARS
19	G8GYX	IO91VH	25	2,991	4,500	7,491	735	G8PNN/P	451	30	Coulsdon ATS
20	G1HLT	IO93JD	36	2,913	4,500	7,413	721	G8PNN/P	237	40	807 ARO
21	G0ODQ	IO91MR	28	3,379	4,000	7,379	706	G6CQC	347	40	Harwell ARS
22	G3PHO	IO93GG	29	2,720	4,500	7,220	691	G6DOD/P	298	40	93 CG
23	M5DWI	IO93HL	38	2,668	4,500	7,168	676	G6DOD/P	320	40	93 CG
24	M0MDY	IO93HH	20	2,193	4,500	6,693	662	PA5Y	522	10	93 CG
25	G4EHD	IO93BS	13	2,108	4,500	6,608	647	G3TCU/P	297	10	807 ARO
26	2E0VPX	IO92UX	27	2,985	3,500	6,485	632	G6CQC	224	30	Spalding & DARS
27	M6KMB	IO93EQ	25	2,276	4,000	6,276	618	GM4NFC	265	10	807 ARO
28	G0NRL	JO01GH	14	1,771	4,500	6,271	603	G4FZN/P	346	10	Medway ARTS
29	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	30	2,473	3,500	5,973	588	G3TCU/P	276	20	807 ARO
30	G0CER	IO82RV	23	2,403	3,500	5,903	574	G3MXH	248	25	Telford & DARS
31	G4VFL	IO84FL	8	2,254	3,500	5,754	559	G3TCU/P	414	25	Workington &DARC
32	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	16	2,159	3,500	5,659	544	G3TCU/P	337	10	Tall Trees CG
33	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	13	1,558	4,000	5,558	529	G8PNN/P	265	40	Wirral & DARC
34	G8ONK	IO83MR	20	2,028	3,500	5,528	515	G3TCU/P	323	25	Travelling Wave CG
35	G8EOP	IO93EQ	24	1,875	3,500	5,375	500	G3TCU/P	284	40	807 ARO
36	G3WJG	IO91RP	20	1,867	3,500	5,367	485	M0GAV/P	200	40	Drowned Rats RG
37	G4SEQ/P	IO93DO	20	1,834	3,500	5,334	471	GM4AFF	355	40	807 ARO
38	G0HEL	IO81WH	13	1,777	3,500	5,277	456	G4FZN/P	331	18	Trowbridge & DARC
39	G4WEY	IO90AS	11	1,591	3,500	5,091	441	M0GAV/P	284	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
40	G8SFI	IO93LW	11	1,445	3,500	4,945	426	G4ASR	253	40	807 ARO
41	G1FFH	IO93HO	22	1,393	3,000	4,393	412	G3TCU/P	271	30	807 ARO
42	G8FUO	IO91QL	18	1,111	3,000	4,111	397	G4ODA	148	40	Drowned Rats RG
43	G2ANC	IO83RM	23	1,542	2,500	4,042	382	G3TCU/P	289	25	Bolton Wireless Club
44	G0CDA	IO83SJ	14	1,001	3,000	4,001	368	G4ASR	162	15
45	GW4RWR	IO83HE	10	1,248	2,500	3,748	353	G3MXH	311	20	Wirral & DARC
46	2E0RXG	IO93RE	11	999	2,500	3,499	338	G3TCU/P	218	40	RAF Waddington ARC
47	G4PDF	IO93VH	11	984	2,500	3,484	324	G3TCU/P	233	40	Lincoln SWC
48	G0LGS	IO81WV	9	798	2,500	3,298	309	G3MXH	215	40	Hereford ARS
49	M0IJS	IO92II	13	791	2,500	3,291	294	G3TCU/P	136	40	Rugby ATS
50	G1DFL	IO91NL	9	744	2,500	3,244	279	G1YBB/P	163	20	Drowned Rats RG
51	G4ZVB	IO93IO	21	1,182	2,000	3,182	265	G3TCU/P	269	40	93 CG
52	2E0OLG	IO83MN	12	932	2,000	2,932	250	G4ODA	209	40	Southport & DARC
53	G4BCA	IO81VV	10	708	2,000	2,708	235	G4ODA	172	14	Gloucester AR&ES
54	G8DLX	IO92II	11	629	2,000	2,629	221	G3TCU/P	136	40	Rugby ATS
55	G3YPE	IO93CN	8	522	2,000	2,522	206	G4ASR	193	40	807 ARO
56	G0GRI	IO81UH	6	359	2,000	2,359	191	G6DOD/P	110	40	Trowbridge & DARC
57	G0TVM	IO93CT	11	690	1,500	2,190	176	G4CLA	154	40	807 ARO
58	G4DZL	IO92IS	12	677	1,500	2,177	162	G4FZN/P	163	20	Leicester RS
59	G7FAR (M0CES)	IO93RE	8	641	1,500	2,141	147	G3TCU/P	218	40	RAF Waddington ARC
60	M0XAC	IO81VU	8	396	1,500	1,896	132	G4CLA	98	9	Gloucester AR&ES
61	M0RHS	IO80UT	4	361	1,500	1,861	118	G4CLA	200	25	Flight Refuelling ARS
62	G3IXZ	IO82PD	7	272	1,500	1,772	103	G4CLA	109	15	Hereford ARS
63	G0GWI	IO83UJ	6	276	1,000	1,276	88	G8ONK	58	30
64	G8NVX	IO93IK	4	172	1,000	1,172	74	G4ODA	108	10	93 CG
65	G8CMU	IO81RW	3	84	1,000	1,084	59	G1YBB/P	37	15	Hereford ARS
66	M3RNX	IO83TO	7	276	500	776	44	GW8ASD	75	10	Bolton Wireless Club
67	G4AQB	IO83TN	7	264	500	764	29	GW8ASD	72	25	Bolton Wireless Club
68	G3ZWR	IO94FX	1	39	500	539	15	G8PNN/P	39	30	Northern Fells CG

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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	71	11,763	7,000	18,763	1,000	GM4AFF	526	4	Hereford ARS
2	M0GAV/P	IO93EH	74	8,588	8,500	17,088	964	PA5Y	537	4	93 CG
3	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	59	6,429	8,000	14,429	929	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
4	G0EAK/P	IO93NJ	43	5,378	7,000	12,378	893	PA5Y	494	4	Worksop ARS
5	M0OMB	IO83PO	31	3,742	6,000	9,742	857	GM4AFF	353	4	Southport & DARC
6	M0ICK	IO83RM	22	2,545	5,000	7,545	821	G6DOD/P	337	4	Bolton Wireless Club
7	G3TQF	IO92JJ	15	1,198	3,000	4,198	786	G6DOD/P	200	4	Rugby ATS
8	M6OXO	IO83KI	15	1,329	2,500	3,829	750	G3TCU/P	295	1	Chorley & DARS
9	M6OME/A	IO93KH	14	1,059	2,500	3,559	714	GM4NFC	318	4	Worksop ARS
10	2E0TJX	IO93GK	15	930	2,500	3,430	679	G3TCU/P	254	4	93 CG
11	M6XAK	IO93MH	15	774	2,000	2,774	643	G4ASR	201	4	Worksop ARS
12	G4XTF	IO82OA	10	586	2,000	2,586	607	G0EAK/P	201	4	Hereford ARS
13	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	6	461	2,000	2,461	571	G3TCU/P	128	4	Hereford ARS
14	2E0RET	IO93HG	12	426	1,500	1,926	536	G4FZN/P	108	4	93 CG
15	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	3	322	1,500	1,822	500	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
16	M6XWM/A	IO93KH	3	310	1,500	1,810	464	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
17	M6JPU/A (M6JPQ)	IO93KH	4	284	1,500	1,784	429	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
18	G1BVI	IO91WC	5	189	1,500	1,689	393	G8FUO	55	4
19	2E1SKY	IO93KH	12	412	1,000	1,412	357	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
20	M0LLW/A	IO93KH	8	288	1,000	1,288	321	G0CER	106	4	Worksop ARS
21	2E0SWN/A	IO93KH	3	141	1,000	1,141	286	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
22	G8LNR/A	IO81UR	2	118	1,000	1,118	250	G1YBB/P	64	4	Hereford ARS
23	G4LKD	IO93OQ	2	115	1,000	1,115	214	G4FZN/P	67	4	93 CG
24	M0SSN/P	IO83MN	3	70	500	570	179	GW4ZAR	39	4	Southport & DARC
25	2E1EXP/A (2E1SKY)	IO93KH	2	54	500	554	143	M0GAV/P	34	4	Worksop ARS
26	G3RCW	IO93KH	2	44	500	544	107	G3SQQ	24	4	Worksop ARS
27	2E0HGB/A	IO93KH	2	38	500	538	71	M5DWI	25	4	Worksop ARS
28	2E0HGC/A	IO93KH	1	20	500	520	36	G0EAK/P	20	4	Worksop ARS

Link to All QSOs File here

	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