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 16/08/18

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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	96	19,203	10,500	29,703	1,000	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
2	GI4SNA	IO64XM	59	20,483	8,000	28,483	950	G3XDY	554	130	GMDX
3	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	82	16,735	10,500	27,235	900	PA0O	538	160
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	68	15,599	11,000	26,599	850	GI4SNA	554	150	Martlesham RS
5	G3MEH	IO91QS	68	10,733	9,500	20,233	800	PA0O	518	160	Harwell ARS
6	M1BXF	JO02FE	56	10,834	9,000	19,834	750	GI4SNA	504	160	Camb-Hams
7	G3MXH	JO02LF	61	11,796	7,500	19,296	700	GI4SNA	530	150	Colchester RA
8	M0CGL	JO03BF	60	10,173	8,000	18,173	650	PA4VHF	464	150	Spalding & DARS
9	G3TCT	IO81QC	50	9,995	7,500	17,495	600	GI4SNA	444	160	Mid Somerset ARC
10	M0UGA/P	IO91OQ	48	7,340	6,500	13,840	550	GI4SNA	472	50	Drowned Rats RG
11	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	32	5,498	5,000	10,498	500	G3XDY	356	50	St Tybie ARS
12	GW4MBS	IO71XW	20	3,853	4,500	8,353	450	G8PNN/P	391	300	St Tybie ARS
13	G3OVH	IO92JP	33	2,946	5,000	7,946	400	GW4MBS	209	100	807 ARO
14	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	24	2,524	5,000	7,524	350	GI4SNA	381	50	Leicester RS
15	G6UBM	JO01CE	26	3,802	3,500	7,302	300	G8SFI/P	359	70	West Kent ARS
16	M0ORY	IO93IB	26	2,332	4,500	6,832	250	GI4SNA	352	100	RAF Waddington ARC
17	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	14	2,147	4,500	6,647	200	G3XDY	413	100	Northern Fells CG
18	G8DVK	IO91IN	11	1,599	3,500	5,099	150	G8SFI/P	307	100	Harwell ARS
19	GM8IEM	IO78HF	2	1,006	1,000	2,006	100	LA4LN	942	160	GMDX
20	G7ICV	JO01GI	3	26	500	526	50	G5MW/P	13	50	Medway ARTS

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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	16,129	11,500	27,629	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	88	17,575	9,500	27,075	985	PA0O	526	40	Northern Fells CG
3	G8SFI/P	IO94KH	77	15,942	9,000	24,942	970	PA4VHF	577	40	807 ARO
4	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	66	11,537	10,000	21,537	955	PA4VHF	475	40	Wirral & DARC
5	M0GAV/P	IO93EH	86	11,509	10,000	21,509	940	PA4VHF	580	40	93 CG
6	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	55	11,301	8,000	19,301	925	G3TCU/P	411	40	Northern Fells CG
7	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	49	10,978	7,500	18,478	910	G3TCU/P	455	40	Northern Fells CG
8	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	58	9,881	8,500	18,381	896	GI4SNA	447	35	Trowbridge & DARC
9	G4ODA	IO92WS	50	8,661	9,500	18,161	881	PA4VHF	473	40	Spalding & DARS
10	G3VCA	IO93MG	66	8,801	9,000	17,801	866	PA4VHF	536	40	RAF Waddington ARC
11	G3UVR	IO83KH	62	9,316	7,000	16,316	851	G3XDY	324	40	Wirral & DARC
12	GW8ASD	IO83LB	48	7,703	7,500	15,203	836	G3XDY	309	40	Travelling Wave CG
13	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	53	7,961	7,000	14,961	821	G3XDY	325	40	Tall Trees CG
14	M0ICR/P	IO91OQ	47	7,149	7,000	14,149	806	GI4SNA	472	40	Drowned Rats RG
15	G3YDY	JO01FQ	35	7,136	7,000	14,136	791	OZ8ZS	855	40	807 ARO
16	M5DWI/P	IO93JJ	58	6,488	7,000	13,488	776	GM4NFC	307	40	93 CG
17	G0LGS/P	IO81WU	41	6,038	7,000	13,038	761	GI4SNA	395	40	Hereford ARS
18	G6CQC	IO94DT	30	6,847	6,000	12,847	746	G3TCU/P	407	25	Northern Fells CG
19	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	29	7,991	4,500	12,491	731	G4FZN/P	462	40	Drowned Rats RG
20	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	31	7,951	4,500	12,451	716	G3MXH	429	35
21	G3SQQ	IO93JC	58	5,764	6,000	11,764	701	GI4SNA	355	40	807 ARO
22	G3PHO	IO93GG	39	4,532	6,500	11,032	687	GI4SNA	331	40	93 CG
23	2E0VPX	IO92UX	33	4,706	6,000	10,706	672	GI4SNA	415	20	Spalding & DARS
24	G1HLT	IO93JD	42	4,257	6,000	10,257	657	GI4SNA	353	40	807 ARO
25	G8FMC	IO91NW	38	4,620	5,500	10,120	642	G8SFI/P	265	40	Northampton RC
26	G4NDM/P	IO92JV	36	4,072	6,000	10,072	627	GI4SNA	366	30	South Notts ARC
27	G3TDH	IO83WI	27	3,134	6,000	9,134	612	GI4SNA	288	20	Tall Trees CG
28	G3RIR	IO92JL	25	2,907	6,000	8,907	597	GI4SNA	392	40	Rugby ATS
29	G4PDS	IO80LR	22	4,806	4,000	8,806	582	G4FZN/P	409	40	Sidmouth ARS
30	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	27	3,755	5,000	8,755	567	G3TCU/P	337	10	Tall Trees CG
31	G1DFL	IO91NL	33	3,691	5,000	8,691	552	G4FZN/P	307	40	Drowned Rats RG
32	MW0XOT/P	IO82HE	21	3,383	5,000	8,383	537	G3XDY	314	20	Hereford ARS
33	G0CER	IO82RV	23	3,294	5,000	8,294	522	GI4SNA	293	25	Telford & DARS
34	G4CLB	IO92HM	32	3,591	4,500	8,091	507	G8PNN/P	304	15	Drowned Rats RG
35	G4DZL	IO92IS	25	2,808	5,000	7,808	493	GI4SNA	369	25	Leicester RS
36	M0CES/P	JO03AE	20	3,166	4,500	7,666	478	GI4SNA	426	40	RAF Waddington ARC
37	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	21	2,938	4,500	7,438	463	G0EHV/P	325	40	Hereford ARS
38	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	28	2,383	5,000	7,383	448	G3WJG	232	20	807 ARO
39	G8GYX	IO91VH	24	3,342	4,000	7,342	433	G8SFI/P	340	20	Coulsdon ATS
40	G5MW/P	JO01IH	20	3,437	3,500	6,937	418	G8SFI/P	356	25	Medway ARTS
41	G0JOS/P	IO91VH	22	2,582	4,000	6,582	403	G8SFI/P	340	40	Coulsdon ATS
42	G1MZD	IO92NB	22	2,474	4,000	6,474	388	G8SFI/P	251	10	Northampton RC
43	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	21	1,934	4,500	6,434	373	GI4SNA	351	40	RAF Waddington ARC
44	G4WEY	IO90AS	17	2,918	3,500	6,418	358	G4FZN/P	388	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
45	G3WJG	IO91RP	12	2,185	4,000	6,185	343	G8SFI/P	300	40	Drowned Rats RG
46	G0UUU/P	IO94SG	14	2,248	3,500	5,748	328	G3TCU/P	339	10	807 ARO
47	G4JED	JO01CF	17	2,063	3,500	5,563	313	G8SFI/P	355	10	West Kent ARS
48	G8EOP	IO93EQ	14	1,679	3,500	5,179	299	GI4SNA	303	40	807 ARO
49	2E0OLG	IO83MN	12	1,513	3,500	5,013	284	GI4SNA	228	40	Southport & DARC
50	G3WRR	IO91WJ	19	1,871	3,000	4,871	269	G3VCA	217	40	Surrey RCC
51	G3WRA	IO82PB	11	1,390	3,000	4,390	254	GI4SNA	352	40	Hereford ARS
52	G1ZAR/P	IO83WE	15	1,256	3,000	4,256	239	GD0AMD/P	197	40	South Notts ARC
53	G1ZJQ/P	IO95BM	8	1,101	3,000	4,101	224	G4CLA	342	10	Northumbria ARC
54	G4ZVB	IO93IO	20	1,366	2,500	3,866	209	G8PNN/P	186	10	93 CG
55	G0NRL	JO01GH	17	1,319	2,500	3,819	194	G4ASR	253	25	Medway ARTS
56	G4EII	IO83PM	11	1,293	2,500	3,793	179	G3TCU/P	295	40	807 ARO
57	M0KNV	IO92JH	16	1,281	2,500	3,781	164	G8SFI/P	223	40	Rugby ATS
58	G3YPE	IO93CN	9	778	2,500	3,278	149	G3XDY	262	40	807 ARO
59	M0SSN/P	IO83PN	10	581	2,500	3,081	134	GD0AMD/P	142	30	Southport & DARC
60	G8DLX	IO92II	14	976	2,000	2,976	119	G4FZN/P	209	40	Rugby ATS
61	G4PDF	IO93VH	12	841	2,000	2,841	104	G8DMU/P	134	40	RAF Waddington ARC
62	G4VFL/P	IO81RU	7	695	1,500	2,195	90	G3MXH	243	25	Workington &DARC
63	G3ZWR/P	IO94BW	5	194	2,000	2,194	75	G4FZN/P	90	30	Northern Fells CG
64	G3WAG	IO82PB	11	535	1,000	1,535	60	G0HEL/P	97	40	Hereford ARS
65	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	7	409	1,000	1,409	45	G8SFI/P	112	10	Worksop ARS
66	M0XAC	IO81VU	6	347	1,000	1,347	30	G4CLA	98	9	Gloucester AR&ES
67	G0GRI	IO81UH	2	46	500	546	15	G3TCT	33	40	Trowbridge & DARC

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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	90	15,819	8,000	23,819	1,000	PA4VHF	679	4	Hereford ARS
2	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	76	13,063	8,500	21,563	923	PA4VHF	610	4	807 ARO
3	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	55	7,383	9,000	16,383	846	PA0RDY	401	4	Worksop ARS
4	2E0TJX	IO93GK	21	1,825	4,000	5,825	769	GI4SNA	323	4	93 CG
5	G3TQF	IO92JJ	17	1,334	3,000	4,334	692	G8SFI/P	214	4	Rugby ATS
6	M6OXO/P	IO93AD	14	1,178	3,000	4,178	615	GW1YBB/P	156	2.5	Chorley & DARS
7	G4XTF	IO82OA	11	1,155	3,000	4,155	538	G0EHV/P	315	4	Hereford ARS
8	M6OME/A	IO93KH	12	857	2,500	3,357	462	GI4SNA	349	4	Worksop ARS
9	M6XAK	IO93MH	16	1,002	2,000	3,002	385	G4ASR	201	4	Worksop ARS
10	M6VUK/A	IO93KH	7	499	2,000	2,499	308	G8SFI/P	112	4	Worksop ARS
11	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	7	490	2,000	2,490	231	G3MEH	91	4	Hereford ARS
12	M6JIJ	IO93GI	9	396	1,500	1,896	154	G4FZN/P	99	4	93 CG
13	G3RCW (M0ZMF)	IO93KH	10	420	1,000	1,420	77	G8SFI/P	112	4	Worksop ARS

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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