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 17/05/18

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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	108	24,945	13,500	38,445	1,000	SP9HWY	1,313	150	GMDX
2	G4ASR	IO81MX	113	21,951	11,500	33,451	963	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
3	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	88	17,497	10,000	27,497	926	GM4AFF	628	160
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	71	15,478	10,500	25,978	889	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
5	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	89	14,862	10,000	24,862	852	PA5Y	576	160
6	GM4AFF	IO86TS	42	14,869	7,500	22,369	815	G3TCU/P	628	160	GMDX
7	M0VAA/P	IO93CH	74	12,253	9,500	21,753	778	PA4VHF	591	160	Tall Trees CG
8	G3MXH	JO02LF	62	11,897	7,500	19,397	741	G8PNN/P	385	160	Colchester RA
9	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	67	8,802	9,500	18,302	704	PA5DD	458	160	Tall Trees CG
10	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	40	11,200	7,000	18,200	667	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
11	G4BRK	IO91HP	50	8,811	8,500	17,311	630	GM4AFF	574	150	Harwell ARS
12	G3MEH	IO91QS	63	9,004	8,000	17,004	593	PA5Y	443	160	Harwell ARS
13	M0CGL	JO03BF	50	8,935	8,000	16,935	556	PA4VHF	464	150	Spalding & DARS
14	G4SDM/P	IO90QV	55	9,629	6,500	16,129	519	PA5Y	454	50	Addiscombe ARC
15	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	27	5,956	7,500	13,456	481	PA5Y	657	100	Northern Fells CG
16	GU6EFB	IN89RK	25	7,451	4,500	11,951	444	G4FZN/P	541	160	Guernsey ARS
17	G4PDS	IO80LR	29	6,245	5,000	11,245	407	G4HGT/P	361	50	Sidmouth ARS
18	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	27	5,550	5,500	11,050	370	G3MXH	341	50	St Tybie ARS
19	G3OVH	IO92JP	43	4,900	5,500	10,400	333	GU6EFB	369	100	807 ARO
20	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	17	3,555	6,000	9,555	296	G3TCU/P	555	80	GMDX
21	GW4HBK	IO81KP	16	2,741	4,500	7,241	259	G4FZN/P	315	150	Blackwood & DARS
22	GW4MBS	IO71XW	17	3,671	3,500	7,171	222	G6CQC	356	150	St Tybie ARS
23	G3PFM	IO80XS	18	3,169	4,000	7,169	185	M0CGL	311	50	Flight Refuelling ARS
24	G4YPC	IO91RH	21	2,265	4,000	6,265	148	G4FZN/P	328	40	Guildford & DRS
25	GS3PYE/P	IO65VS	10	2,682	3,500	6,182	111	PA5Y	915	160	Camb-Hams
26	M0TAZ	JO01CN	13	1,332	2,500	3,832	74	M0VAA/P	238	50	Secret Nuclear Bunker CG
27	GM8IEM	IO78HF	3	1,366	1,500	2,866	37	PA5Y	1,024	160	GMDX

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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	109	22,869	12,000	34,869	1,000	PA5Y	553	40	Northern Fells CG
2	M0GAV/P	IO93EH	105	16,853	11,500	28,353	987	PA3ECU	541	40	93 CG
3	PA5Y	JO21VO	36	20,194	8,000	28,194	974	GM8IEM	1,024	40	807 ARO
4	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	89	14,155	9,500	23,655	961	GM4AFF	560	40	Drowned Rats RG
5	G4ODA	IO92WS	69	12,545	10,500	23,045	947	PA4VHF	473	40	Spalding & DARS
6	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	70	12,348	10,000	22,348	934	PA4VHF	475	40	Wirral & DARC
7	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	66	13,612	8,000	21,612	921	PA5Y	632	40	Northern Fells CG
8	G3VCA	IO93MG	69	10,553	11,000	21,553	908	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
9	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	58	13,846	7,500	21,346	895	PA5Y	653	40	Northern Fells CG
10	G3UVR	IO83KH	75	11,123	10,000	21,123	882	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
11	GW8ASD	IO83LB	54	9,321	8,500	17,821	868	PA5Y	622	40	Travelling Wave CG
12	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	58	9,139	8,500	17,639	855	GM4AFF	398	40	Tall Trees CG
13	G8CUL	IO91JO	51	7,669	8,500	16,169	842	GM4AFF	580	40	Harwell ARS
14	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	39	10,025	6,000	16,025	829	G4FZN/P	462	40	Drowned Rats RG
15	G3WRA/P	IO82QE	56	7,708	8,000	15,708	816	GM4AFF	510	40	Hereford ARS
16	G6CQC	IO94DT	35	8,030	7,500	15,530	803	G4SDM/P	442	25	Northern Fells CG
17	G3WAG/P	IO82SE	56	7,316	8,000	15,316	789	GM4AFF	510	40	Hereford ARS
18	G8ONK	IO83MR	40	5,912	7,500	13,412	776	G3TCU/P	323	25	Travelling Wave CG
19	G4YHF	IO92XW	35	5,524	7,500	13,024	763	PA5Y	424	40	Spalding & DARS
20	G6GEI/P	IO92RA	45	6,285	6,500	12,785	750	G8PNN/P	369	40	Milton Keynes ARS
21	2E0NEY	IO81VK	35	5,719	7,000	12,719	737	PA5Y	554	40	Trowbridge & DARC
22	M0ICR	IO91SO	48	6,447	6,000	12,447	724	G6CQC	367	40	Drowned Rats RG
23	G1MZD/P	IO92NC	42	5,530	6,500	12,030	711	G8PNN/P	355	10	Northampton RC
24	G0CER	IO82RV	32	4,814	7,000	11,814	697	GM4AFF	432	25	Telford & DARS
25	G8FMC	IO91NW	40	5,267	6,500	11,767	684	GU6EFB	302	40	Northampton RC
26	G3SQQ	IO93JC	46	5,236	6,500	11,736	671	PA5Y	504	40	807 ARO
27	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	33	5,015	6,500	11,515	658	G3TCU/P	337	10	Tall Trees CG
28	G3YDY	JO01FQ	32	5,909	5,500	11,409	645	G8PNN/P	426	40	807 ARO
29	G4WEY	IO90AS	24	4,813	5,500	10,313	632	G4FZN/P	388	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
30	G3PHO	IO93GG	36	3,962	6,000	9,962	618	G4SDM/P	271	40	93 CG
31	G0SKA	IO91QN	39	4,326	5,500	9,826	605	G4FZN/P	300	40	Triple B ARCG
32	M0IEP	IO91DP	41	4,815	5,000	9,815	592	PA5Y	518	40	Swindon & DARC
33	G8BUN	IO93EQ	32	4,186	5,500	9,686	579	MM0CEZ	287	40	807 ARO
34	2E0VPX	IO92UX	35	4,180	5,500	9,680	566	G4SDM/P	233	30	Spalding & DARS
35	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	23	3,570	6,000	9,570	553	GM4AFF	432	40	Wirral & DARC
35	G3WJG	IO91RP	37	4,070	5,500	9,570	553	G4FZN/P	291	40	Drowned Rats RG
37	G4CLB	IO92HM	29	3,479	6,000	9,479	526	G3WCB/P	287	15	Drowned Rats RG
38	M6KMB	IO93EQ	24	3,109	6,000	9,109	513	MM0CEZ	287	10	807 ARO
39	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	18	4,417	4,500	8,917	500	G4BWP	395	35
40	M0SAT	IO91TP	25	3,172	5,500	8,672	487	PA5Y	426	40	Drowned Rats RG
41	G3TDH	IO83WI	30	3,257	5,000	8,257	474	G3XDY	267	20	Tall Trees CG
42	G0NRL	JO01GH	23	2,938	4,500	7,438	461	G4FZN/P	346	10	Medway ARTS
43	M0CES/P	JO03AE	20	2,327	5,000	7,327	447	G4SDM/P	259	40	RAF Waddington ARC
44	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	22	2,150	4,500	6,650	434	G0EHV/P	237	40	South Notts ARC
45	G4VFL	IO84FL	11	2,647	4,000	6,647	421	G4BWP	359	25	Workington &DARC
46	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	20	2,538	4,000	6,538	408	G4FZN/P	267	40	Hereford ARS
47	G8FUO	IO91QL	17	1,950	4,500	6,450	395	G4FZN/P	309	40	Drowned Rats RG
48	G1ZJQ/P	IO95BM	10	2,173	4,000	6,173	382	GW1YBB/P	407	8	Northumbria ARC
49	G6UBM	JO01CE	20	2,122	4,000	6,122	368	M0GAV/P	268	10	West Kent ARS
50	G4ZVB	IO93IO	21	1,786	4,000	5,786	355	G3TCU/P	269	10	93 CG
51	G8EOP	IO93EQ	19	1,747	4,000	5,747	342	G3XDY	263	40	807 ARO
52	MW5DWI/P	IO73UJ	14	2,165	3,000	5,165	329	G4ODA	287	40	93 CG
53	2E0OLG	IO83MN	13	1,514	3,500	5,014	316	G4BWP	268	10	Southport & DARC
54	G1FFH	IO93HO	20	1,387	3,500	4,887	303	G8KPD/P	186	30	807 ARO
55	G0LGS	IO81WV	10	1,100	3,500	4,600	289	G4FZN/P	267	40	Hereford ARS
56	M0NAY	JO01CD	11	1,504	2,500	4,004	276	M0GAV/P	272	40	West Kent ARS
57	2E0DKY	IO93SF	12	914	3,000	3,914	263	G0EHV/P	205	30	Worksop ARS
57	G4JED	JO01CF	11	1,414	2,500	3,914	263	M0VAA/P	269	10	West Kent ARS
59	G0GRI	IO81UH	11	1,236	2,500	3,736	237	G3MXH	246	40	Trowbridge & DARC
60	M0IJS	IO92II	11	1,188	2,500	3,688	224	G4FZN/P	209	40	Rugby ATS
61	G4PDF	IO93VH	14	1,134	2,500	3,634	211	G3XDY	169	40	RAF Waddington ARC
62	2E0HOV	IO92JH	11	1,129	2,500	3,629	197	G4FZN/P	214	40	Rugby ATS
63	M0XAC	IO81VU	11	943	2,500	3,443	184	G4BWP	190	9	Gloucester AR&ES
64	G0ULH	IO81VU	10	826	2,500	3,326	171	G4FZN/P	273	40	Gloucester AR&ES
65	G3YPE	IO93CN	9	763	2,500	3,263	158	G4BWP	206	40	807 ARO
66	G0BFJ	IO93CP	16	1,006	2,000	3,006	145	G3TCU/P	282	20	807 ARO
67	G1DFL	IO91NL	7	766	2,000	2,766	132	G3WCB/P	230	20	Drowned Rats RG
68	G8CMU	IO81RW	10	596	2,000	2,596	118	G3WCB/P	192	15	Hereford ARS
69	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	10	500	2,000	2,500	105	G8PNN/P	173	40	807 ARO
70	GM8GAX	IO86CD	6	491	2,000	2,491	92	GS3PYE/P	157	30	GMDX
71	G4AQB	IO83TN	14	952	1,500	2,452	79	GW1YBB/P	188	25	Bolton Wireless Club
72	G3ZWR	IO94FX	3	119	1,500	1,619	66	G8KPD/P	43	25	Northern Fells CG
73	G4DZL	IO92IS	8	508	1,000	1,508	53	G4HGT/P	131	20	Leicester RS
74	M3RNX	IO83TO	4	168	1,000	1,168	39	G3UVR	60	10	Bolton Wireless Club
75	G8NVX	IO93IK	1	172	500	672	26	G4BWP	172	10	93 CG
76	M6JPU	IO93KH	3	32	500	532	13	G0EAK/P	18	10	Worksop ARS

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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	GW1YBB/P	IO81KW	101	18,683	9,500	28,183	1,000	PA5Y	615	4	Hereford ARS
2	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	55	7,877	9,000	16,877	944	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
3	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	52	8,484	7,500	15,984	889	PA5Y	578	4	807 ARO
4	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	60	7,806	8,000	15,806	833	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
5	M0MDY	IO93HH	35	5,323	8,500	13,823	778	PA5Y	522	4	93 CG
6	M0OMB	IO83PO	37	5,641	7,500	13,141	722	GM4AFF	353	4	Southport & DARC
7	G4DBN	IO93NR	36	5,146	7,000	12,146	667	PA5Y	508	4	807 ARO
8	M0BUL	IO82NG	32	4,845	6,500	11,345	611	GM4AFF	502	4	Hereford ARS
9	G4HGI	IO83PL	25	3,966	4,000	7,966	556	G3XDY	307	4	Bolton Wireless Club
10	G4EFE/P	IO91GI	27	3,197	4,500	7,697	500	G4FZN/P	321	4
11	G3YJR	IO93FJ	18	1,911	5,000	6,911	444	G8PNN/P	206	4	93 CG
12	M6XAK	IO93MH	23	2,147	4,000	6,147	389	G3TCU/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
13	G8LNR/P	IO81UR	20	2,166	3,500	5,666	333	G4FZN/P	288	4	Hereford ARS
14	G4XTF	IO82OA	17	2,002	3,500	5,502	278	G4FZN/P	268	4	Hereford ARS
15	G7RHF/P	IO82QK	16	1,284	2,500	3,784	222	G4HGT/P	170	4	Hereford ARS
16	M6JIJ	IO93GI	14	746	1,500	2,246	167	GW1YBB/P	194	4	93 CG
17	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	6	460	1,500	1,960	111	G7LRQ/P	94	4	Hereford ARS
18	G1BVI	IO91WC	2	75	1,000	1,075	56	G4SDM/P	42	4

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