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 19/04/18

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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	100	21,190	11,500	32,690	1,000	SP9HWY	1,313	150	GMDX
2	G3PYE/P	JO02CE	112	21,336	10,500	31,836	960	GM4AFF	537	140	Camb-Hams
3	GM4AFF	IO86TS	58	23,044	8,500	31,544	920	PA5Y	782	160	GMDX
4	G6DOD/P	IO90JO	98	22,269	9,000	31,269	880	GM4AFF	690	160	Vecta CG
5	G4ASR	IO81MX	91	19,224	11,000	30,224	840	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
6	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	95	18,641	9,500	28,141	800	GM4AFF	628	160
7	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	100	16,619	10,000	26,619	760	PA5Y	576	160
8	G3XDY	JO02OB	59	13,158	9,000	22,158	720	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
9	G3MEH	IO91QS	66	10,238	8,500	18,738	680	PA5Y	443	160	Harwell ARS
10	M0CGL	JO03BF	61	11,065	7,500	18,565	640	G7RAU	516	150	Spalding & DARS
11	G3MXH	JO02LF	53	9,870	7,500	17,370	600	GW6TEO	417	150	Colchester RA
12	G4BRK	IO91HP	36	5,886	7,500	13,386	560	GM4AFF	574	150	Harwell ARS
13	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	28	6,371	6,500	12,871	520	PA5Y	657	100	Northern Fells CG
14	GW6TEO	IO71LP	21	5,330	6,000	11,330	480	M0CGL	392	160	Pembrokeshire CG
15	G3OVH	IO92JP	42	4,695	6,000	10,695	440	G8PNN/P	292	100	807 ARO
16	GW4MBS	IO71XW	26	5,525	5,000	10,525	400	G0EHV/P	347	160	St Tybie ARS
17	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	24	4,898	5,500	10,398	360	G4FZN/P	330	50	St Tybie ARS
18	G4SDM/P	IO91TF	36	5,292	5,000	10,292	320	G0EHV/P	414	50	Addiscombe ARC
19	G4PDS	IO80LR	21	4,433	4,500	8,933	280	G4HGT/P	361	50	Sidmouth ARS
20	G6UBM	JO01CE	26	3,696	4,500	8,196	240	G4FZN/P	352	85	West Kent ARS
21	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	13	3,064	5,000	8,064	200	G3PYE/P	476	80	GMDX
22	M0CES/P	JO03AE	15	2,012	4,500	6,512	160	G6DOD/P	300	40	RAF Waddington ARC
23	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	16	1,866	4,000	5,866	120	G6DOD/P	237	100	Leicester RS
24	GW4HBK	IO81KP	11	1,912	3,000	4,912	80	G4FZN/P	315	100	Blackwood & DARS
25	M0JCQ	IO91QS	10	667	1,500	2,167	40	G3XDY	130	100	Drowned Rats RG

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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	106	20,386	10,000	30,386	1,000	PA5Y	553	40	Northern Fells CG
2	G4CLA	IO92JL	105	17,618	11,500	29,118	987	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
3	PA5Y	JO21VO	37	19,577	8,000	27,577	974	GM4VVX	965	40	807 ARO
4	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	71	16,921	7,500	24,421	961	PA5Y	653	40	Northern Fells CG
5	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	64	14,774	9,500	24,274	948	PA5Y	632	40	Northern Fells CG
6	G8SFI/P	IO93OX	81	14,058	9,500	23,558	935	G7RAU	538	40	807 ARO
7	G4ODA	IO92WS	73	12,875	10,000	22,875	922	G7RAU	470	40	Spalding & DARS
8	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	87	13,839	9,000	22,839	909	GM4AFF	560	40	Drowned Rats RG
9	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	70	12,081	10,000	22,081	896	G7RAU	479	40	Wirral & DARC
10	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	78	12,985	8,500	21,485	883	GM4AFF	612	35	Trowbridge & DARC
11	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	82	12,807	8,500	21,307	870	GM4AFF	398	40	Tall Trees CG
12	G3VCA	IO93MG	74	10,498	10,000	20,498	857	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
13	G3WRA/P	IO82QE	74	11,025	8,000	19,025	844	GM4DIJ	420	40	Hereford ARS
14	G8CUL	IO91JO	61	9,397	8,500	17,897	831	GM4AFF	580	40	Harwell ARS
15	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	41	11,089	6,500	17,589	818	G0EHV/P	508	40	Drowned Rats RG
16	G3UVR	IO83KH	66	9,557	8,000	17,557	805	G7RAU	398	40	Wirral & DARC
17	GW8ASD	IO83LB	54	8,404	8,000	16,404	792	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
18	G6CQC	IO94DT	32	7,861	7,500	15,361	779	PA5Y	614	25	Northern Fells CG
19	G3YDY	JO01FQ	35	7,402	7,000	14,402	766	LA4LN	1,127	40	807 ARO
20	G0ODQ	IO91MR	52	7,544	6,500	14,044	753	GM4AFF	569	40	Harwell ARS
21	G8BUN	IO93EQ	42	5,883	7,000	12,883	740	PA5Y	552	40	807 ARO
22	G3SQQ	IO93JC	52	5,648	7,000	12,648	727	PA5Y	504	40	807 ARO
23	G4NTY	IO83TM	52	6,592	6,000	12,592	714	G6DOD/P	334	40	Bolton Wireless Club
24	G1PPA	IO93OJ	42	5,446	7,000	12,446	701	G6DOD/P	312	40	Spalding & DARS
25	M5DWI	IO93HL	48	5,166	7,000	12,166	688	G3WCB/P	381	40	93 CG
26	G4LKD	IO93OQ	38	5,602	6,000	11,602	675	PA5Y	501	40	93 CG
27	G3PHO	IO93GG	42	4,971	6,500	11,471	662	G6DOD/P	298	40	93 CG
28	G0CER	IO82RV	34	4,536	6,500	11,036	649	GM4AFF	432	25	Telford & DARS
29	G8ONK	IO83MR	34	5,501	5,500	11,001	636	G6DOD/P	368	25	Travelling Wave CG
30	G1HLT	IO93JD	37	3,900	6,500	10,400	623	GM4AFF	410	40	807 ARO
31	GX0OOO/P (G4YSS)	IO84TF	43	5,394	5,000	10,394	610	G0ODQ	294	10
32	G0SKA	IO91QN	37	4,748	5,500	10,248	597	G8PNN/P	418	30	Triple B ARCG
33	G4CLB	IO92HM	25	3,499	6,500	9,999	584	GM4AFF	477	15	Drowned Rats RG
34	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	20	3,283	6,500	9,783	571	GM4AFF	432	40	Wirral & DARC
35	G4DZL	IO92IS	37	4,184	5,500	9,684	558	G8PNN/P	277	25	Leicester RS
36	M0ORY	IO93IB	39	4,021	5,500	9,521	545	G6DOD/P	274	10	RAF Waddington ARC
37	G3TDH	IO83WI	29	3,500	6,000	9,500	532	GM4AFF	381	25	Tall Trees CG
38	G8FMC	IO91NW	31	3,786	5,500	9,286	519	G8PNN/P	373	40	Northampton RC
39	G4WEY	IO90AS	26	4,626	4,500	9,126	506	G8SFI/P	366	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
40	G4AHJ/P	IO93DO	32	3,540	5,500	9,040	494	GM4AFF	355	20	807 ARO
41	G8EOP	IO93EQ	29	3,414	5,500	8,914	481	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
42	M6KMB	IO93EQ	25	2,819	5,500	8,319	468	G3TCU/P	284	10	807 ARO
43	G4EHD	IO93BS	20	2,590	5,500	8,090	455	G3MXH	256	10	807 ARO
44	G0NRL	JO01GH	20	2,833	5,000	7,833	442	G4FZN/P	346	10	Medway ARTS
45	G8MIA	IO92AS	21	2,721	5,000	7,721	429	G6DOD/P	247	20
46	G1MZD/P	IO92NC	24	2,609	5,000	7,609	416	G4FZN/P	238	10	Northampton RC
47	G8FUO	IO91QL	24	2,608	5,000	7,608	403	G4FZN/P	309	40	Drowned Rats RG
48	G6GEI	IO92PA	25	2,379	5,000	7,379	390	G4FZN/P	248	40	Milton Keynes ARS
49	G0CDA	IO83SJ	26	2,716	4,500	7,216	377	G4BWP	230	15
50	2E0OLG	IO83MN	16	2,459	4,500	6,959	364	G6DOD/P	350	20	Southport & DARC
51	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	16	2,372	4,500	6,872	351	G3MXH	290	10	Tall Trees CG
52	G0LGS	IO81WV	18	2,322	4,500	6,822	338	G4FZN/P	267	40	Hereford ARS
53	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	26	2,450	4,000	6,450	325	PA5Y	553	20	807 ARO
54	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	17	2,363	4,000	6,363	312	G4FZN/P	267	40	Hereford ARS
55	G4VFL	IO84FL	11	2,347	4,000	6,347	299	G3TCU/P	414	25	Workington &DARC
56	G8GYX	IO91VH	19	2,792	3,500	6,292	286	G4FZN/P	332	20	Coulsdon ATS
57	G1DFL	IO91NL	19	2,209	4,000	6,209	273	G7RAU	348	40	Drowned Rats RG
58	MM0GPZ	IO75WS	9	1,834	3,500	5,334	260	G3PYE/P	489	40	GMDX
59	G1FFH	IO93HO	25	1,589	3,500	5,089	247	G3PYE/P	190	30	807 ARO
60	G4PDF	IO93VH	15	1,534	3,000	4,534	234	G3TCU/P	233	40	RAF Waddington ARC
61	G4AQB	IO83TN	12	1,479	3,000	4,479	221	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
62	G4JED	JO01CF	11	1,417	3,000	4,417	208	G4HGT/P	329	10	West Kent ARS
63	G8LZE	IO91SO	6	957	3,000	3,957	195	G7RAU	380	40
64	G0TVM	IO93CT	16	1,283	2,500	3,783	182	G4BWP	225	30	807 ARO
65	G0GRI	IO81UH	9	1,173	2,500	3,673	169	G3MXH	246	40	Trowbridge & DARC
66	G8CMU	IO81RW	16	1,134	2,500	3,634	156	G3WCB/P	192	15	Hereford ARS
67	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	17	992	2,500	3,492	143	G3PYE/P	208	40	807 ARO
68	M0RHS	IO80UT	9	952	2,500	3,452	130	G4CLA	200	25	Flight Refuelling ARS
69	GW4RWR	IO83HE	8	874	2,500	3,374	117	G8PNN/P	246	25	Wirral & DARC
70	M0SDL	IO80JT	5	751	2,500	3,251	104	G4CLA	232	25	Sidmouth ARS
71	G4EFE	IO91LL	10	654	2,000	2,654	91	G3XDY	168	10
72	G3YPE	IO93CN	11	636	2,000	2,636	78	G4BWP	206	40	807 ARO
73	G8HGN	JO01FO	5	566	2,000	2,566	65	PA5Y	369	40
74	M0XAC	IO81VU	7	552	2,000	2,552	52	G6DOD/P	156	9	Gloucester AR&ES
75	G4LPD	IO92KW	13	929	1,500	2,429	39	G4BWP	128	25	Grimsby ARS
76	G4BCA	IO81VV	3	200	1,500	1,700	26	G7LRQ/P	115	14	Gloucester AR&ES
77	G3ZWR	IO94FX	3	119	1,500	1,619	13	G8KPD/P	43	20	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	M0BUL/P	IO82OI	93	14,750	10,000	24,750	1,000	PA5Y	594	4	Hereford ARS
2	G1YBB/P	IO82LB	82	13,602	7,500	21,102	941	GM4AFF	526	4	Hereford ARS
3	M0GAV/P	IO93EH	81	11,520	9,000	20,520	882	PA5Y	537	4	93 CG
4	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	65	10,151	10,000	20,151	824	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
5	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	57	9,140	8,500	17,640	765	PA5Y	578	4	807 ARO
6	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	55	7,689	9,000	16,689	706	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
7	M0MDY	IO93HH	39	5,408	7,500	12,908	647	PA5Y	522	4	93 CG
8	G4XTF	IO82OA	21	2,580	4,500	7,080	588	G3PYE/P	206	4	Hereford ARS
9	M6XAK	IO93MH	25	1,939	4,500	6,439	529	G3TCU/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
10	G3TQF	IO92JJ	17	1,736	3,500	5,236	471	G6DOD/P	200	4	Rugby ATS
11	G3YJR	IO93FJ	15	1,207	3,000	4,207	412	G3XDY	238	4	93 CG
12	M6JIJ	IO93GI	15	981	2,000	2,981	353	G1YBB/P	179	4	93 CG
13	M6OXO	IO83KI	11	683	2,000	2,683	294	G4CLA	162	2	Chorley & DARS
14	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	9	649	2,000	2,649	235	G1YBB/P	190	4	Worksop ARS
15	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	7	571	2,000	2,571	176	G3TCU/P	128	4	Hereford ARS
16	M6XWM/A	IO93KH	10	467	1,500	1,967	118	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
17	M0VAA	IO93GF	10	432	1,000	1,432	59	G4FZN/P	113	4	Tall Trees CG

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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