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 21/06/18

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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	122	25,627	13,000	38,627	1,000	OZ8ZS	816	150	GMDX
2	G4ASR	IO81MX	97	19,190	12,000	31,190	960	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
3	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	104	19,622	9,000	28,622	920	GM4JTJ	617	160
4	G8SFI/P	IO94KH	88	17,360	9,000	26,360	880	G4PDS	419	100	807 ARO
5	GI4SNA	IO64XM	55	18,197	8,000	26,197	840	G3XDY	554	130	GMDX
6	M1DDD/P	IO93DH	101	14,199	10,000	24,199	800	EI2FG	447	160	Tall Trees CG
7	G3MXH	JO02LF	68	13,255	7,000	20,255	760	GI4SNA	530	150	Colchester RA
8	G3XDY	JO02OB	42	8,708	6,500	15,208	720	GI4SNA	554	150	Martlesham RS
9	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	29	8,587	6,000	14,587	680	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
10	G3MEH	IO91QS	68	7,790	6,500	14,290	640	ON5CD	370	160	Harwell ARS
11	G3NPI	IO92MA	61	7,313	6,000	13,313	600	ON5CD	398	150
12	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	17	6,111	6,000	12,111	560	OV3T	732	150	Travelling Wave CG
13	G4BRK	IO91HP	40	5,769	6,000	11,769	520	OZ1DLD	832	150	Harwell ARS
14	G4PDS	IO80LR	23	5,147	5,000	10,147	480	G8SFI/P	419	50	Sidmouth ARS
15	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	22	4,224	5,000	9,224	440	G3MXH	341	50	St Tybie ARS
16	GW4RWR	IO83HE	19	4,189	5,000	9,189	400	GM4JTJ	389	160	Wirral & DARC
17	GW4MBS	IO71XW	18	4,467	4,000	8,467	360	G6CQC	356	160	St Tybie ARS
18	GW4HBK	IO81KP	17	2,989	4,000	6,989	320	G8SFI/P	326	150	Blackwood & DARS
19	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	10	2,093	4,500	6,593	280	G4BWP	472	80	GMDX
20	G4YPC	IO91RH	25	2,401	3,500	5,901	240	G8SFI/P	336	40	Guildford & DRS
21	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	15	1,538	3,500	5,038	200	G0HEL/P	177	50	Leicester RS
22	G3OVH	IO92JP	13	1,185	3,000	4,185	160	G8SFI/P	186	100	807 ARO
23	G4PDF	IO93VH	10	839	3,000	3,839	120	G3TCU/P	233	50	RAF Waddington ARC
24	G4AZS	IO82OQ	9	600	2,500	3,100	80	G4CLA	110	160	Salop ARS
25	GM8IEM	IO78HF	4	1,031	2,000	3,031	40	GI4SNA	415	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	G4CLA	IO92JL	99	15,342	11,500	26,842	1,000	OZ8ZS	903	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	76	13,444	8,500	21,944	987	G3WCB/P	462	40	Northern Fells CG
3	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	79	12,328	6,500	18,828	974	ON5CD	467	35	Trowbridge & DARC
4	G0ODQ	IO91MR	72	10,391	8,000	18,391	961	MM0CEZ	502	40	Harwell ARS
5	G4ODA	IO92WS	65	10,333	8,000	18,333	947	GI4SNA	436	40	Spalding & DARS
6	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	80	10,966	7,000	17,966	934	GI4SNA	472	40	Drowned Rats RG
7	GW8ASD	IO83LB	56	9,235	8,500	17,735	921	GM4JTJ	400	40	Travelling Wave CG
8	G3VCA	IO93MG	70	8,781	8,500	17,281	908	G3WCB/P	373	40	RAF Waddington ARC
9	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	43	9,728	6,500	16,228	895	G3TCU/P	455	40	Northern Fells CG
10	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	61	8,705	7,000	15,705	882	G3WCB/P	321	40	Tall Trees CG
11	G3UVR	IO83KH	58	8,294	7,000	15,294	868	G3XDY	324	40	Wirral & DARC
12	G4YHF	IO92XW	41	7,164	7,500	14,664	855	GI4SNA	433	40	Spalding & DARS
13	G8CUL	IO91JO	53	6,839	6,500	13,339	842	G8PNN/P	407	40	Harwell ARS
14	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	33	8,217	5,000	13,217	829	G8SFI/P	472	40	Drowned Rats RG
15	G6CQC	IO94DT	26	6,495	6,000	12,495	816	G3TCU/P	407	25	Northern Fells CG
16	G3SQQ	IO93JC	51	5,410	6,000	11,410	803	GI4SNA	355	40	807 ARO
17	G3YDY	JO01FQ	34	6,195	5,000	11,195	789	LA4LN	1,127	40	807 ARO
18	M0ICR	IO91SO	39	4,891	5,500	10,391	776	GI4SNA	495	40	Drowned Rats RG
19	G8BUN	IO93EQ	34	4,306	6,000	10,306	763	G4PDS	343	40	807 ARO
20	G4LKD	IO93OQ	36	4,705	5,500	10,205	750	GI4SNA	355	40	93 CG
21	G3TDH	IO83WI	27	3,156	7,000	10,156	737	GI4SNA	288	20	Tall Trees CG
22	G3PHO	IO93GG	32	3,872	6,000	9,872	724	GI4SNA	331	40	93 CG
23	2E0VPX	IO92UX	35	4,283	5,500	9,783	711	GI4SNA	415	30	Spalding & DARS
24	G1MZD/P	IO92NC	36	4,075	5,500	9,575	697	GI4SNA	436	10	Northampton RC
25	G3WAG/P	IO82SE	47	4,481	5,000	9,481	684	GI4SNA	352	40	Hereford ARS
26	G8FMC	IO91NW	32	3,660	5,500	9,160	671	GI4SNA	448	40	Northampton RC
27	G0CDA	IO83SJ	29	3,081	6,000	9,081	658	MM0CEZ	292	15
28	M0IEP	IO91DP	35	4,049	5,000	9,049	645	G8SFI/P	300	40	Swindon & DARC
29	G6GEI/P	IO92RA	30	3,317	5,500	8,817	632	G8SFI/P	258	40	Milton Keynes ARS
30	G0CER	IO82RV	27	3,714	5,000	8,714	618	MM0CEZ	343	25	Telford & DARS
31	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	17	4,511	4,000	8,511	605	G3TCU/P	426	30
32	G0SKA	IO91QN	38	3,368	5,000	8,368	592	G8SFI/P	308	25	Triple B ARCG
33	M0SAT	IO91TP	34	3,258	5,000	8,258	579	G8SFI/P	301	40	Drowned Rats RG
34	M6KMB	IO93EQ	27	3,173	5,000	8,173	566	GM4JTJ	335	10	807 ARO
35	G1DFL	IO91NL	36	3,199	4,500	7,699	553	G3WCB/P	230	40	Drowned Rats RG
36	G4AHJ/P	IO93DO	27	3,129	4,500	7,629	539	GI4SNA	301	20	807 ARO
37	G4CLB	IO92HM	27	2,937	4,500	7,437	526	G8PNN/P	304	15	Drowned Rats RG
38	G8GYX	IO91VH	27	2,839	4,500	7,339	513	G8SFI/P	340	30	Coulsdon ATS
39	G4WEY	IO90AS	19	3,295	4,000	7,295	500	G8SFI/P	398	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
40	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	15	2,154	5,000	7,154	487	GI4SNA	285	40	Wirral & DARC
41	G4YUP/P	IO91JA	20	2,825	4,000	6,825	474	G8SFI/P	367	35	Itchen Valley ARC
42	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	20	2,315	4,500	6,815	461	GI4SNA	351	40	RAF Waddington ARC
43	G1HLT	IO93JD	29	2,304	4,500	6,804	447	G8PNN/P	237	40	807 ARO
44	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	18	2,291	4,500	6,791	434	G8SFI/P	277	40	Hereford ARS
45	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	23	3,152	3,500	6,652	421	G3TCU/P	337	10	Tall Trees CG
46	M0ORY	IO93IB	28	2,352	4,000	6,352	408	G3TCU/P	211	10	RAF Waddington ARC
47	2E0OLG	IO83MN	15	1,842	4,500	6,342	395	G4BWP	268	40	Southport & DARC
48	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	32	2,391	3,500	5,891	382	G0HEL/P	261	20	807 ARO
49	G4DZL	IO92IS	21	1,855	4,000	5,855	368	G3TCU/P	179	20	Leicester RS
50	G0NRL	JO01GH	20	2,322	3,500	5,822	355	M1DDD/P	270	10	Medway ARTS
51	M0NAY	JO01CD	20	2,270	3,500	5,770	342	M1DDD/P	275	40	West Kent ARS
52	G8FUO	IO91QL	29	2,262	3,500	5,762	329	G8SFI/P	317	40	Drowned Rats RG
53	G8EOP	IO93EQ	29	2,242	3,500	5,742	316	G3TCU/P	284	40	807 ARO
54	G3WJG	IO91RP	23	2,239	3,500	5,739	303	G8SFI/P	300	35	Drowned Rats RG
55	2E0HOV/P	IO92IF	20	1,789	3,500	5,289	289	G8SFI/P	232	40	Rugby ATS
56	G8LNR/A	IO82PB	14	1,263	3,500	4,763	276	G8SFI/P	272	40	Hereford ARS
57	G6UBM	JO01CE	16	1,754	3,000	4,754	263	GW1YBB/P	246	10	West Kent ARS
58	G3WRA	IO82PB	16	1,735	3,000	4,735	250	GI4SNA	352	40	Hereford ARS
59	G4EII	IO83PM	13	1,628	3,000	4,628	237	G3TCU/P	295	40	807 ARO
60	G4ZVB	IO93IO	18	1,393	3,000	4,393	224	G3TCU/P	269	10	93 CG
61	G6DOF	JO01HN	14	1,765	2,500	4,265	211	GW1YBB/P	262	40	Vecta CG
62	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	14	1,167	3,000	4,167	197	GI4SNA	303	40	807 ARO
63	2E0DKY	IO93SF	8	760	3,000	3,760	184	G8PNN/P	243	30	Worksop ARS
64	G4BCA	IO81VV	12	956	2,000	2,956	171	G4BWP	188	14	Gloucester AR&ES
65	G4JED	JO01CF	13	1,229	1,500	2,729	158	GW1YBB/P	244	10	West Kent ARS
66	M0IJS	IO92II	10	540	2,000	2,540	145	GW1YBB/P	134	40	Rugby ATS
67	G4CIB	IO81VX	8	511	2,000	2,511	132	G4BWP	186	10	Gloucester AR&ES
68	G0GRI	IO81UH	5	508	1,500	2,008	118	G4BWP	220	40	Trowbridge & DARC
69	G8CMU	IO81RW	8	479	1,500	1,979	105	G4BWP	209	15	Hereford ARS
70	M0BTZ	IO90GX	3	487	1,000	1,487	92	G3MXH	218	7	Blacksheep CG
71	G3YPE	IO93CN	6	290	1,000	1,290	79	G8SFI/P	95	40	807 ARO
72	G4AQB	IO83TN	6	285	1,000	1,285	66	GW8ASD	72	25	Bolton Wireless Club
73	G0LGS	IO81WV	3	260	1,000	1,260	53	G3TCU/P	133	40	Hereford ARS
74	M0XAC	IO81VU	2	105	1,000	1,105	39	GW1YBB/P	64	9	Gloucester AR&ES
75	G8DLX/P	IO92FI	2	44	500	544	26	G4CLA	27	40	Rugby ATS
76	M6OXO	IO83KI	2	20	500	520	13	GW4ZAR/P	15	5	Chorley & DARS

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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	103	17,158	6,500	23,658	1,000	G8PNN/P	375	4	Hereford ARS
2	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	56	7,067	8,500	15,567	929	GI4SNA	363	4	Worksop ARS
3	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	44	5,950	6,500	12,450	857	G3TCU/P	327	4	807 ARO
4	G4EHD	IO93BS	19	3,221	6,500	9,721	786	GI4SNA	284	4	807 ARO
5	G4DBN	IO93NR	29	3,873	5,000	8,873	714	GI4SNA	348	4	807 ARO
6	M0MDY	IO93HH	18	2,424	5,500	7,924	643	GI4SNA	334	4	93 CG
7	G4XTF	IO82OA	20	2,013	4,000	6,013	571	G4FZN/P	268	4	Hereford ARS
8	2E0TJX	IO93GK	17	1,910	3,500	5,410	500	GI4SNA	323	4	93 CG
9	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	6	454	2,000	2,454	429	G7LRQ/P	94	4	Hereford ARS
10	G1DRW	IO82PB	8	416	2,000	2,416	357	G4BWP	218	4	Hereford ARS
11	M6JIJ	IO93GI	12	768	1,500	2,268	286	GW1YBB/P	194	4	93 CG
12	G7RHF	IO82QK	7	395	1,500	1,895	214	GW4ZAR/P	97	2.5	Hereford ARS
13	2E0DGP	IO83QP	1	61	500	561	143	GW4ZAR/P	61	4	Southport & DARC
14	M6JPU	IO93KH	3	32	500	532	71	G0EAK/P	18	2	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