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 19/07/18

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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	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	112	23,176	11,000	34,176	1,000	MM0CEZ	564	160
2	G4ASR	IO81MX	110	21,277	12,000	33,277	957	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
3	GI4SNA	IO64XM	76	24,255	9,000	33,255	913	G3XDY	554	130	GMDX
4	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	123	19,321	12,500	31,821	870	PA4VHF	591	160	Tall Trees CG
5	G3XDY	JO02OB	76	17,432	12,000	29,432	826	GI4SNA	554	150	Martlesham RS
6	G4HGT/P	IO93EV	97	16,878	11,000	27,878	783	G7RAU	500	160
7	G3MXH	JO02LF	68	14,419	10,000	24,419	739	GI4SNA	530	160	Colchester RA
8	G3MEH	IO91QS	64	10,113	9,000	19,113	696	PA4VHF	510	160	Harwell ARS
9	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	42	11,879	7,000	18,879	652	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
10	G3TCT	IO81QC	42	8,143	7,000	15,143	609	GI4SNA	444	160	Mid Somerset ARC
11	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	26	5,851	7,000	12,851	565	MM0CEZ	455	50	St Tybie ARS
12	G4FEV	IO92RG	33	4,929	7,000	11,929	522	PA4VHF	500	80	Travelling Wave CG
13	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	28	4,828	6,500	11,328	478	G3XDY	413	100	Northern Fells CG
14	GU6EFB	IN89RK	21	5,952	5,000	10,952	435	G4FZN/P	541	160	Guernsey ARS
15	G3OVH	IO92JP	40	4,454	5,500	9,954	391	GI4SNA	382	100	807 ARO
16	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	17	4,420	5,000	9,420	348	G4CLA	472	150	Travelling Wave CG
17	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	26	3,354	5,500	8,854	304	GI4SNA	381	50	Leicester RS
18	GW4MBS	IO71XW	18	3,859	4,000	7,859	261	G0EHV/P	347	160	St Tybie ARS
19	M0ORY	IO93IB	21	2,507	5,000	7,507	217	GI4SNA	352	50	RAF Waddington ARC
20	G4YPC	IO91RH	27	3,080	4,000	7,080	174	G8SFI/P	336	40	Guildford & DRS
21	G4LDR	IO91EC	12	1,822	3,500	5,322	130	G4FZN/P	349	50
22	GM8IEM	IO78HF	2	1,296	1,000	2,296	87	OZ8ZS	1,051	160	GMDX
23	G8EEM/A	IO93KS	4	218	1,000	1,218	43	G8SFI/P	61	160	807 ARO

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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	104	19,190	13,000	32,190	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	101	20,600	11,500	32,100	987	PA4VHF	579	40	Northern Fells CG
3	G8SFI/P	IO94KH	92	18,244	11,000	29,244	974	PA4VHF	577	40	807 ARO
4	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	98	18,267	10,000	28,267	961	MM0CEZ	526	35	Trowbridge & DARC
5	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	69	14,065	10,000	24,065	947	G3WCB/P	508	40	Northern Fells CG
6	M0GAV/P	IO93EH	93	12,873	10,500	23,373	934	G7RAU	446	40	93 CG
7	G4ODA	IO92WS	68	12,296	9,000	21,296	921	PA4VHF	473	40	Spalding & DARS
8	G3VCA	IO93MG	67	10,201	9,500	19,701	908	PA4VHF	536	40	RAF Waddington ARC
9	GW8ASD	IO83LB	64	10,422	9,000	19,422	895	GM4JTJ	400	40	Travelling Wave CG
10	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	55	11,080	8,000	19,080	882	G3TCU/P	455	40	Northern Fells CG
11	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	67	9,841	8,500	18,341	868	GM4JTJ	383	40	Tall Trees CG
12	G3UVR	IO83KH	71	10,223	8,000	18,223	855	G3XDY	324	40	Wirral & DARC
13	G0ODQ	IO91MR	61	8,849	6,500	15,349	842	GI4SNA	460	40	Harwell ARS
14	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	34	9,067	6,000	15,067	829	G0EHV/P	508	40	Drowned Rats RG
15	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	41	9,201	5,000	14,201	816	G3TCU/P	426	35
16	G6CQC	IO94DT	36	7,397	6,500	13,897	803	G3TCU/P	407	25	Northern Fells CG
17	G3WAG/P	IO82SE	52	7,196	6,500	13,696	789	MM0CEZ	421	40	Hereford ARS
18	G3YDY	JO01FQ	35	6,663	7,000	13,663	776	GM4NFC	525	40	807 ARO
19	G3SQQ	IO93JC	53	6,153	7,000	13,153	763	GI4SNA	355	40	807 ARO
20	M0ICR	IO91SO	47	6,648	6,000	12,648	750	GI4SNA	495	40	Drowned Rats RG
21	G8ONK	IO83MR	37	5,495	7,000	12,495	737	EI2FG	388	25	Travelling Wave CG
22	G8BUN	IO93EQ	42	5,314	7,000	12,314	724	GI4SNA	303	40	807 ARO
23	G6GEI/P	IO92RA	42	5,800	6,500	12,300	711	MM0CEZ	484	40	Milton Keynes ARS
24	2E0VPX	IO92UX	37	5,011	6,500	11,511	697	GI4SNA	415	30	Spalding & DARS
25	G0SKA	IO91QN	43	4,828	6,000	10,828	684	G7RAU	368	25	Triple B ARCG
26	M0SAT	IO91TP	34	4,191	6,500	10,691	671	G7RAU	387	40	Drowned Rats RG
27	G1HLT	IO93JD	42	4,584	6,000	10,584	658	GI4SNA	353	40	807 ARO
28	G8FMC	IO91NW	35	4,957	5,500	10,457	645	G0EHV/P	329	40	Northampton RC
29	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	34	4,817	5,500	10,317	632	G3TCU/P	337	10	Tall Trees CG
30	G4PDS	IO80LR	26	5,785	4,500	10,285	618	G8SFI/P	419	40	Sidmouth ARS
31	G0CER	IO82RV	26	3,889	6,000	9,889	605	G7RAU	374	20	Telford & DARS
32	G3PHO	IO93GG	34	3,905	5,500	9,405	592	GI4SNA	331	40	93 CG
33	G4LKD	IO93OQ	34	4,287	5,000	9,287	579	G0HEL/P	284	40	93 CG
34	2E0OLG	IO83MN	23	3,004	6,000	9,004	566	G3TCU/P	307	40	Southport & DARC
35	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	21	2,956	6,000	8,956	553	MM0CEZ	341	40	Wirral & DARC
36	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	37	3,864	5,000	8,864	539	GI4SNA	301	20	807 ARO
37	G4EHD	IO93BS	15	2,853	5,500	8,353	526	G3TCU/P	297	10	807 ARO
38	G4AHJ/P	IO93DO	27	2,802	5,500	8,302	513	GI4SNA	301	20	807 ARO
39	G3TDH	IO83WI	24	2,768	5,500	8,268	500	MM0CEZ	305	20	Tall Trees CG
40	M0IEP	IO91DP	30	4,233	4,000	8,233	487	GI4SNA	432	40	Swindon & DARC
41	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	18	3,155	5,000	8,155	474	GI4SNA	392	40	Hereford ARS
42	G4GFI	IO91VH	32	4,055	4,000	8,055	461	G8SFI/P	340	40	Coulsdon ATS
43	G0CDA	IO83SJ	27	2,783	5,000	7,783	447	G3TCU/P	274	15
44	G4DZL	IO92IS	21	2,697	5,000	7,697	434	GI4SNA	369	25	Leicester RS
45	G4FVP	IO94FM	18	2,519	5,000	7,519	421	G3TCU/P	373	40	Northern Fells CG
46	M5DWI	IO93HL	31	2,916	4,500	7,416	408	G3TCT	278	40	93 CG
47	G4EII	IO83PM	19	2,356	5,000	7,356	395	G3TCU/P	295	40	807 ARO
48	G4JED	JO01CF	19	2,925	4,000	6,925	382	G4FZN/P	347	10	West Kent ARS
49	G8GYX	IO91VH	32	3,348	3,500	6,848	368	G8SFI/P	340	30	Coulsdon ATS
50	G8CLY	IO91UT	23	2,538	4,000	6,538	355	G8SFI/P	284	40	Verulam ARC
51	M0NVS	IO91SR	21	2,428	4,000	6,428	342	GI4SNA	485	40	Drowned Rats RG
52	G0NRL	JO01GH	18	2,841	3,500	6,341	329	G4FZN/P	346	25	Medway ARTS
53	G1MZD	IO92NB	26	2,777	3,500	6,277	316	G8SFI/P	251	10	Northampton RC
54	G3WJG	IO91RP	22	2,157	4,000	6,157	303	G4FZN/P	291	40	Drowned Rats RG
55	G4WEY	IO90AS	16	3,099	3,000	6,099	289	G8SFI/P	398	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
56	G4VFL	IO84FL	10	2,062	4,000	6,062	276	G3TCU/P	414	25	Workington &DARC
57	G0JOS/P	IO91VH	23	2,794	3,000	5,794	263	G8SFI/P	340	40	Coulsdon ATS
58	M6JPU/P	IO93KH	11	1,655	3,500	5,155	250	GI4SNA	349	10	Worksop ARS
59	G0ULH	IO81VU	11	1,624	3,500	5,124	237	G8SFI/P	283	40	Gloucester AR&ES
60	G6DOF	JO01HN	16	2,162	2,500	4,662	224	G4HGT/P	301	40	Vecta CG
61	G8EOP	IO93EQ	12	1,405	3,000	4,405	211	G3TCU/P	284	40	807 ARO
62	G3IXZ	IO82PD	11	1,127	3,000	4,127	197	G4FZN/P	253	10	Hereford ARS
63	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	7	1,051	3,000	4,051	184	G8PNN/P	286	40	Wirral & DARC
64	G8BPN	IO82PE	11	1,483	2,500	3,983	171	G8SFI/P	259	10	Hereford ARS
65	G1DFL	IO91NL	14	1,191	2,500	3,691	158	G3WCB/P	230	10	Drowned Rats RG
66	G0LGS	IO81WV	8	978	2,500	3,478	145	G4FZN/P	267	40	Hereford ARS
67	G4CIB	IO81VX	9	749	2,500	3,249	132	GW4ZAR/P	155	10	Gloucester AR&ES
68	G1ZAR/P	IO93BJ	14	950	2,000	2,950	118	G4ASR	174	40	South Notts ARC
69	2E0HOV	IO92JH	10	939	2,000	2,939	105	G4HGT/P	179	40	Rugby ATS
70	G2ANC	IO83RM	16	933	2,000	2,933	92	GI4SNA	255	25	Bolton Wireless Club
71	G3ZWR/P	IO94BW	7	432	2,500	2,932	79	MM0CEZ	171	2	Northern Fells CG
72	G4AQB	IO83TN	10	711	2,000	2,711	66	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
73	M0XAC	IO81VU	5	424	2,000	2,424	53	M1DDD/P	165	9	Gloucester AR&ES
74	G4PDF	IO93VH	9	836	1,500	2,336	39	G8SFI/P	127	40	RAF Waddington ARC
75	G3YPE	IO93CN	6	300	1,000	1,300	26	G8SFI/P	95	40	807 ARO
76	GM4IGS	IO75QN	1	24	500	524	13	GM4NFC	24	5	GMDX

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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	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	57	8,268	8,000	16,268	1,000	G3TCU/P	327	4	807 ARO
2	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	52	6,809	8,000	14,809	941	G3WCB/P	384	4	Worksop ARS
3	M0BUL	IO82NG	32	5,062	7,500	12,562	882	MM0CEZ	406	4	Hereford ARS
4	M0OMB	IO83PO	37	4,592	6,500	11,092	824	G3XDY	314	4	Southport & DARC
5	G8BYB	IO92VT	23	3,679	5,000	8,679	765	GI4SNA	429	4	Spalding & DARS
6	M6OXO	IO83KI	21	2,896	5,500	8,396	706	G3TCU/P	295	4	Chorley & DARS
7	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	23	3,153	4,500	7,653	647	GI4SNA	324	4	Hereford ARS
8	2E0RET	IO93HG	21	2,113	4,000	6,113	588	GD0AMD/P	235	4	93 CG
9	M6OME/P	IO93KH	9	1,434	3,000	4,434	529	GI4SNA	349	4	Worksop ARS
10	G3TQF	IO92JJ	13	1,303	3,000	4,303	471	G8SFI/P	214	3	Rugby ATS
11	M0LLW/P	IO93KH	9	1,114	3,000	4,114	412	G8PNN/P	220	4	Worksop ARS
12	G3RCW/P (M0ZMF)	IO93KH	9	933	2,500	3,433	353	GI4SNA	349	4	Worksop ARS
13	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	7	577	2,500	3,077	294	M1DDD/P	144	4	Hereford ARS
14	M6XAK	IO93MH	17	996	2,000	2,996	235	G4ASR	201	4	Worksop ARS
15	G1DRW	IO82PB	9	739	2,000	2,739	176	G4HGT/P	217	4	Hereford ARS
16	M6JIJ	IO93GI	15	782	1,500	2,282	118	G4ASR	184	4	93 CG
17	M0PJA	IO93II	6	164	500	664	59	G1ZAR/P	39	4	Worksop ARS

Link to All QSOs File here

Many thanks for check logs received from GW6KLQ

	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