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 20/09/18

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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	70	15,675	10,500	26,175	1,000	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
2	GI4SNA	IO64XM	39	12,437	7,000	19,437	941	G3MXH	530	130	GMDX
3	G3MXH	JO02LF	50	10,500	7,500	18,000	882	GI4SNA	530	160	Colchester RA
4	M0CGL	JO03BF	44	7,983	7,000	14,983	824	GI4SNA	429	150	Spalding & DARS
5	G4BRK	IO91HP	44	6,358	7,000	13,358	765	GI4SNA	447	150	Harwell ARS
6	G4HGT/P	IO93EV	47	7,190	4,500	11,690	706	G3WCB/P	417	160
7	GM4AFF	IO86TS	13	5,084	3,500	8,584	647	G0HEL/P	612	160	GMDX
8	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	8	2,043	3,500	5,543	588	GW1YBB/P	440	160	GMDX
9	M0ORY	IO93IB	21	1,781	3,500	5,281	529	GI4SNA	352	100	RAF Waddington ARC
10	G3OVH	IO92JP	20	2,036	3,000	5,036	471	GI4SNA	382	100	807 ARO
11	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	9	1,901	3,000	4,901	412	G3MXH	341	50	St Tybie ARS
12	GW4HBK	IO81KP	9	1,655	3,000	4,655	353	G3MXH	288	150	Blackwood & DARS
13	G4EII	IO83PM	12	1,103	3,000	4,103	294	GI4SNA	245	100	807 ARO
14	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	8	928	2,000	2,928	235	GI4SNA	381	50	Leicester RS
15	G6UBM	JO01CE	4	408	2,000	2,408	176	GW1YBB/P	246	75	West Kent ARS
16	G4YPC	IO91RH	7	410	1,500	1,910	118	G4CLA	138	10	Guildford & DRS
17	GU6EFB	IN89RK	2	519	500	1,019	59	G4BRK	260	160	Guernsey ARS

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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	63	12,332	10,500	22,832	1,000	SP8SN	1,621	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	45	8,124	8,000	16,124	977	GM4AFF	455	40	Wirral & DARC
3	M0GAV/P	IO93EH	59	7,286	7,000	14,286	955	GM4AFF	388	40	93 CG
4	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	40	6,636	7,000	13,636	932	GM4AFF	612	35	Trowbridge & DARC
5	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	29	6,719	6,500	13,219	909	G8CUL	407	40	Northern Fells CG
6	G4YHF	IO92XW	31	5,642	7,500	13,142	886	GM4AFF	452	40	Spalding & DARS
7	G3UVR	IO83KH	44	5,452	7,500	12,952	864	G3YDY	303	40	Wirral & DARC
8	G8CUL	IO91JO	39	5,374	7,500	12,874	841	GI4SNA	458	40	Harwell ARS
9	GW8ASD	IO83LB	39	5,873	7,000	12,873	818	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
10	G4ODA	IO92WS	37	5,734	6,500	12,234	795	GI4SNA	436	40	Spalding & DARS
11	G4GFI/P	IO80QR	24	4,829	5,500	10,329	773	G8DMU/P	375	40	Coulsdon ATS
12	M0ICR	IO91SO	31	4,281	6,000	10,281	750	G8PNN/P	416	40	Drowned Rats RG
13	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	20	5,732	4,000	9,732	727	G8DMU/P	431	40	Drowned Rats RG
14	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	30	3,583	6,000	9,583	705	G3MXH	297	40	Tall Trees CG
15	G0ODQ	IO91MR	26	3,460	5,500	8,960	682	G8PNN/P	395	40	Harwell ARS
16	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	18	4,276	4,500	8,776	659	G0HEL/P	362	35
17	G8BUN	IO93EQ	29	3,067	5,500	8,567	636	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
18	G3YDY	JO01FQ	12	4,065	4,500	8,565	614	LA4LN	1,127	40	807 ARO
19	G4CLB	IO92HM	27	3,146	5,000	8,146	591	GI4SNA	381	15	Drowned Rats RG
20	G8FMC	IO91NW	26	2,898	5,000	7,898	568	G8DMU/P	245	40	Northampton RC
21	G8GYX	IO91VH	21	2,751	4,500	7,251	545	G8DMU/P	324	25	Coulsdon ATS
22	G1MZD	IO92NB	21	2,575	4,500	7,075	523	G8PNN/P	360	10	Northampton RC
23	G4VFL	IO84FL	11	2,398	4,000	6,398	500	G3MXH	390	25	Workington &DARC
24	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	18	2,393	4,000	6,393	477	GM4AFF	306	10	Tall Trees CG
25	G4NTY	IO83TM	22	2,363	4,000	6,363	455	GM4AFF	362	40	Bolton Wireless Club
26	G3PHO	IO93GG	21	2,068	4,000	6,068	432	GI4SNA	331	40	93 CG
27	G4WEY	IO90AS	8	1,411	3,500	4,911	409	M0CGL	309	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
28	G8EOP	IO93EQ	15	1,385	3,500	4,885	386	GI4SNA	303	40	807 ARO
29	G3WJG	IO91RP	11	1,194	3,500	4,694	364	M0GAV/P	200	40	Drowned Rats RG
30	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	11	1,248	3,000	4,248	341	G4HGT/P	225	40	Hereford ARS
31	G0CDA	IO83SJ	16	1,070	3,000	4,070	318	GI4SNA	266	15
32	G1DFL	IO91NL	14	1,522	2,500	4,022	295	G3WCB/P	230	20	Drowned Rats RG
33	G8DLX	IO92II	11	919	3,000	3,919	273	G3MXH	154	40	Rugby ATS
34	G4DZL	IO92IS	13	1,246	2,500	3,746	250	GW1YBB/P	156	25	Leicester RS
35	M0NAY	JO01CD	5	814	2,500	3,314	227	M0GAV/P	272	40	West Kent ARS
36	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	8	723	2,500	3,223	205	GI4SNA	303	40	807 ARO
37	G6GEI	IO92PA	7	638	2,500	3,138	182	G4ASR	155	40	Milton Keynes ARS
38	2E0OLG	IO83MN	10	1,060	2,000	3,060	159	M1MHZ	203	10	Southport & DARC
39	G4AQB	IO83TN	11	760	2,000	2,760	136	GW1YBB/P	188	25	Bolton Wireless Club
40	G4ZVB	IO93IO	13	673	2,000	2,673	114	G8PNN/P	186	10	93 CG
41	G0LGS	IO81WV	4	268	1,000	1,268	91	G8CUL	71	40	Hereford ARS
42	M1MBZ	IO81SL	2	102	500	602	68	GW1YBB/P	69	10
43	G0TVM	IO93CT	3	51	500	551	45	G8BUN	18	30	807 ARO
44	G3WRR	IO91WJ	1	11	500	511	23	G8GYX	11	40	Surrey RCC

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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	70	12,654	8,500	21,154	1,000	GM4AFF	540	4	Hereford ARS
2	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	55	8,756	8,000	16,756	944	G3WCB/P	431	4	807 ARO
3	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	38	4,610	7,500	12,110	889	G3WCB/P	355	4	Worksop ARS
4	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	40	4,790	5,500	10,290	833	G3WCB/P	384	4	Worksop ARS
5	M0OMB	IO83PO	24	2,756	5,500	8,256	778	GM4AFF	353	4	Southport & DARC
6	M0UGA/P	IO91RU	18	1,632	3,500	5,132	722	M0GAV/P	178	4	Drowned Rats RG
7	M0PCF/P	IO93II	24	1,598	3,000	4,598	667	GW1YBB/P	201	4	Worksop ARS
8	G3TQF	IO92JJ	10	762	2,500	3,262	611	G3MXH	149	4	Rugby ATS
9	G4XTF	IO82OA	6	948	2,000	2,948	556	G3MXH	258	4	Hereford ARS
10	M6XAK	IO93MH	11	814	2,000	2,814	500	GI4SNA	359	4	Worksop ARS
11	2E0TJX	IO93GK	10	685	2,000	2,685	444	GI4SNA	323	4	93 CG
12	G3YJR	IO93FJ	12	662	2,000	2,662	389	G4ODA	118	4	93 CG
13	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	5	372	1,500	1,872	333	GW1YBB/P	87	4	Hereford ARS
14	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	4	215	1,500	1,715	278	G8DMU/P	95	4	Worksop ARS
15	M6OME/A	IO93KH	6	244	1,000	1,244	222	G8DMU/P	95	4	Worksop ARS
16	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	2	113	1,000	1,113	167	G8DMU/P	95	4	Worksop ARS
17	M6JIJ	IO93GI	3	31	500	531	111	M0GAV/P	12	4	93 CG
18	M6PGU/A	IO93KH	1	18	500	518	56	G0EAK/P	18	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