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 18/10/18

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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	113	23,617	13,000	36,617	1,000	OZ8ZS	1,034	150	Hereford ARS
2	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	110	21,296	10,500	31,796	962	MM0CEZ	564	160
3	GI4SNA	IO64XM	64	21,756	9,500	31,256	923	PA5Y	854	130	GMDX
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	79	17,617	11,000	28,617	885	GI4SNA	554	150	Martlesham RS
5	M0CGL	JO03BF	92	16,067	9,500	25,567	846	GU6EFB	461	150	Spalding & DARS
6	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	98	14,552	9,500	24,052	808	PA5Y	576	160
7	GW4BVE	IO82KQ	90	14,506	9,500	24,006	769	OZ1DLD	877	160
8	G3MEH	IO91QS	89	13,888	9,500	23,388	731	GI4SNA	474	160	Harwell ARS
9	G4BRK	IO91HP	55	10,051	10,000	20,051	692	OZ8ZS	961	150	Harwell ARS
10	G4NXO/P (G4FRE)	IO82UA	81	10,608	6,500	17,108	654	MM0CEZ	442	150	South Birmingham RS
11	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	30	10,632	6,000	16,632	615	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
12	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	25	6,232	7,000	13,232	577	PA5Y	657	100	Northern Fells CG
13	GU6EFB	IN89RK	25	7,341	4,500	11,841	538	G4FZN/P	541	160	Guernsey ARS
14	G4YPC	IO91RH	44	5,154	6,500	11,654	500	G4FZN/P	328	160	Guildford & DRS
15	GW4EVX	IO83KE	42	6,004	5,500	11,504	462	MM0CEZ	303	100
16	M0ORY	IO93IB	32	4,052	6,500	10,552	423	MM0CEZ	358	100	RAF Waddington ARC
17	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	27	4,472	5,500	9,972	385	G3XDY	356	50	St Tybie ARS
18	G6UBM	JO01CE	27	4,182	5,500	9,682	346	G8DMU/P	348	80	West Kent ARS
19	GW4MBS	IO71XW	17	3,368	5,000	8,368	308	G0EHV/P	347	160	St Tybie ARS
20	G4BAO	JO02CG	27	3,718	4,500	8,218	269	GW6KLQ/P	250	100	Camb-Hams
21	G3OVH	IO92JP	31	3,338	4,500	7,838	231	G4FZN/P	177	100	807 ARO
22	GW4HBK	IO81KP	19	3,270	3,500	6,770	192	M0CGL	282	150	Blackwood & DARS
23	G4EII	IO83PM	19	2,489	4,000	6,489	154	G3TCU/P	295	100	807 ARO
24	GM8MJV	IO85MU	6	2,240	3,000	5,240	115	OV3T	772	80	GMDX
25	G0TVM	IO93CT	22	1,694	3,000	4,694	77	G4ODA	161	30	807 ARO
26	GM8IEM	IO78HF	3	1,800	1,500	3,300	38	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	120	23,107	10,500	33,607	1,000	PA5Y	553	40	Northern Fells CG
2	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	108	17,956	11,500	29,456	987	GM4JTJ	549	40	Drowned Rats RG
3	PA5Y	JO21VO	36	19,028	6,500	25,528	974	GM8IEM	1,024	40	807 ARO
4	G4ODA	IO92WS	87	14,578	10,500	25,078	962	GI4SNA	436	40	Spalding & DARS
5	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	83	14,402	10,500	24,902	949	GM4JTJ	445	40	Wirral & DARC
6	M0GAV/P	IO93EK	102	14,102	10,500	24,602	936	PA5Y	542	40	93 CG
7	G3UVR	IO83KH	98	14,649	9,500	24,149	923	GM4JTJ	373	40	Wirral & DARC
8	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	77	13,941	9,000	22,941	910	MM0CEZ	526	35	Trowbridge & DARC
9	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	61	14,332	8,500	22,832	897	PA5Y	653	40	Northern Fells CG
10	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	65	14,084	8,500	22,584	885	G3TCU/P	411	40	Northern Fells CG
11	G3VCA	IO93MG	90	11,747	10,000	21,747	872	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
12	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	69	11,246	8,500	19,746	859	GM4JTJ	383	40	Tall Trees CG
13	G8CUL	IO91JO	69	10,607	8,500	19,107	846	PA5Y	484	40	Harwell ARS
14	GW8ASD	IO83LB	67	10,554	8,500	19,054	833	PA5Y	622	40	Travelling Wave CG
15	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	45	10,654	6,500	17,154	821	G3XDY	453	30
16	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	41	10,874	6,000	16,874	808	G4FZN/P	462	40	Drowned Rats RG
17	G0LGS/P	IO81XW	54	8,157	8,500	16,657	795	PA5Y	541	40	Hereford ARS
18	G0ODQ	IO91MR	56	8,413	7,500	15,913	782	GI4SNA	460	40	Harwell ARS
19	G6GEI/P	IO92RA	57	7,903	8,000	15,903	769	G8KPD/P	371	40	Milton Keynes ARS
20	G4YHF	IO92XW	56	8,356	7,500	15,856	756	GI4SNA	433	40	Spalding & DARS
21	G1MZD/P	IO92NC	48	6,753	8,000	14,753	744	PA5Y	462	10	Northampton RC
22	G3SQQ	IO93JC	59	6,495	8,000	14,495	731	PA5Y	504	40	807 ARO
23	M0SAT	IO91TP	40	6,352	8,000	14,352	718	PA5Y	426	40	Drowned Rats RG
24	G3YDY	JO01FQ	35	6,773	7,500	14,273	705	GI4SNA	536	40	807 ARO
25	G8BUN	IO93EQ	50	6,022	8,000	14,022	692	GI4SNA	303	40	807 ARO
26	M5DWI/P	IO93FL	71	7,513	6,500	14,013	679	PA5Y	538	40	93 CG
27	G8GYX	IO91VH	45	7,664	5,500	13,164	667	G0EHV/P	408	25	Coulsdon ATS
28	G4PDS	IO80LR	29	6,190	5,500	11,690	654	G4FZN/P	409	40	Sidmouth ARS
29	2E0VPX	IO92UX	46	5,555	6,000	11,555	641	GI4SNA	415	10	Spalding & DARS
30	G0CER	IO82RV	40	5,341	6,000	11,341	628	GI4SNA	293	30	Telford & DARS
31	G4NTY	IO83TM	43	5,187	5,500	10,687	615	G3WCB/P	363	40	Bolton Wireless Club
32	G3PHO	IO93GG	45	5,165	5,500	10,665	603	GI4SNA	331	40	93 CG
33	M0IEP	IO91DP	33	4,849	5,000	9,849	590	PA5Y	518	40	Swindon & DARC
34	G4CLB	IO92HM	36	4,218	5,500	9,718	577	G8PNN/P	304	15	Drowned Rats RG
35	G3TDH	IO83WI	33	3,691	6,000	9,691	564	GI4SNA	288	20	Tall Trees CG
36	G1HLT	IO93JD	38	4,035	5,500	9,535	551	GI4SNA	353	40	807 ARO
37	G4WEY	IO90AS	21	3,889	5,500	9,389	538	G4FZN/P	388	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
38	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	23	3,184	6,000	9,184	526	MM0CEZ	341	40	Wirral & DARC
39	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	24	3,718	5,000	8,718	513	GI4SNA	392	40	Hereford ARS
40	G8FUO	IO91QL	29	3,167	5,500	8,667	500	G4FZN/P	309	40	Drowned Rats RG
41	G4DZL	IO92IS	31	3,210	5,000	8,210	487	GI4SNA	369	25	Leicester RS
42	G4JED	JO01CF	27	3,194	4,500	7,694	474	M0GAV/P	276	10	West Kent ARS
43	G8ONK	IO83MR	25	3,660	4,000	7,660	462	G3XDY	336	25	Travelling Wave CG
44	M0CES/P	JO03AE	18	3,008	4,500	7,508	449	PA5Y	428	40	RAF Waddington ARC
45	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	21	2,474	5,000	7,474	436	G3TCU/P	308	10	Tall Trees CG
46	2E0DKY	IO93SF	21	2,408	5,000	7,408	423	GI4SNA	394	30	Worksop ARS
47	M0KNV	IO92JH	26	2,891	4,500	7,391	410	G4FZN/P	214	40	Rugby ATS
48	G0NRL	JO01GH	19	2,588	4,500	7,088	397	PA5Y	366	30	Medway ARTS
49	G8NRY	IO93JI	30	2,378	4,500	6,878	385	G3TCU/P	241	10	Worksop ARS
50	2E0OLG	IO83MN	20	2,294	4,500	6,794	372	G7LRQ/P	251	10	Southport & DARC
51	G0JOS/P	IO91VH	17	2,679	4,000	6,679	359	G4FZN/P	332	40	Coulsdon ATS
52	G0CDA	IO83SJ	23	2,650	4,000	6,650	346	G3TCU/P	274	15
53	G4ZVB	IO93IO	24	2,127	4,500	6,627	333	G3TCU/P	269	10	93 CG
54	G3WJG	IO91RP	11	1,877	4,500	6,377	321	PA5Y	438	35	Drowned Rats RG
55	G1DFL	IO91NL	24	2,149	4,000	6,149	308	G3WCB/P	230	20	Drowned Rats RG
56	G4PDF	IO93VH	16	1,968	4,000	5,968	295	GW1YBB/P	250	40	RAF Waddington ARC
57	G3SDY	IO93DO	23	1,883	4,000	5,883	282	G3XDY	261	40	807 ARO
58	G4AQB	IO83TN	23	2,211	3,500	5,711	269	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
59	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	17	1,569	4,000	5,569	256	GI4SNA	303	40	807 ARO
60	G3RIR	IO92JL	27	2,446	3,000	5,446	244	GW0GHF	180	40	Rugby ATS
61	G2ANC	IO83RM	18	2,251	3,000	5,251	231	G0HEL/P	252	25	Bolton Wireless Club
62	M0XAC	IO81VU	11	1,446	3,500	4,946	218	G4FZN/P	273	9	Gloucester AR&ES
63	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	14	1,338	3,500	4,838	205	G3TCU/P	175	40	South Notts ARC
64	M0NAY	JO01CD	13	1,410	3,000	4,410	192	G4ASR	238	40	West Kent ARS
65	G4LPD	IO92KW	14	1,275	3,000	4,275	179	G3TCU/P	195	25	Grimsby ARS
66	M0YDB	IO93LL	12	920	2,500	3,420	167	G8PNN/P	204	5	93 CG
67	G3WAG	IO82PB	13	1,243	2,000	3,243	154	G4FZN/P	261	40	Hereford ARS
68	G3ZWR/P	IO85XA	6	642	2,500	3,142	141	G3VCA	207	20	Northern Fells CG
69	G4VFL	IO84FL	5	837	2,000	2,837	128	GW4BVE	202	25	Workington &DARC
70	G8NVX	IO93IK	12	677	2,000	2,677	115	GW4BVE	149	10	93 CG
71	G8EQD	IO93HK	10	505	1,500	2,005	103	GW1YBB/P	205	10	93 CG
72	G4LKD	IO93OQ	5	440	1,500	1,940	90	GW4BVE	192	40	93 CG
73	G4BCA	IO81VV	6	404	1,500	1,904	77	G3TCU/P	137	14	Gloucester AR&ES
74	G3YPE	IO93CN	11	435	1,000	1,435	64	G4FZN/P	84	40	807 ARO
75	G3ZNU	IO91PQ	3	269	1,000	1,269	51	M0GAV/P	205	5	Chesham & DARS
76	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	1	162	500	662	38	GW1YBB/P	162	40	Leicester RS
77	M1MBZ/P	IO81SL	1	33	500	533	26	G0HEL/P	33	5
78	M0LUY/P	IO93MM	1	28	500	528	13	G3VCA	28	40	RAF Waddington ARC

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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	GW1YBB/P	IO81KW	108	20,654	10,500	31,154	1,000	PA5Y	615	4	Hereford ARS
2	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	81	10,626	9,500	20,126	966	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
3	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	73	9,273	9,500	18,773	931	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
4	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	69	11,055	7,000	18,055	897	PA5Y	578	4	807 ARO
5	M0OMB	IO83PO	41	5,657	7,000	12,657	862	G3XDY	314	4	Southport & DARC
6	G8BYB	IO92VT	27	4,541	7,000	11,541	828	PA5Y	431	4	Spalding & DARS
7	GW6KLQ/P	IO82HT	37	5,897	5,500	11,397	793	G3XDY	322	4
8	M0PCF/P	IO93HI	41	3,890	6,000	9,890	759	G0HEL/P	238	4	Worksop ARS
9	G1PPA	IO93OJ	37	4,274	5,500	9,774	724	G3TCU/P	242	4	Spalding & DARS
10	G3YJR	IO93FJ	28	2,616	5,000	7,616	690	G3TCU/P	251	4	93 CG
11	G4XTF	IO82OA	20	3,036	4,500	7,536	655	G4FZN/P	268	4	Hereford ARS
12	M6XAK	IO93MH	23	2,397	4,500	6,897	621	G3TCU/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
13	M6OXO/P	IO84WK	11	1,510	5,000	6,510	586	GI4SNA	254	4	Chorley & DARS
14	G0TLT	IO93KE	22	1,820	3,000	4,820	552	G3TCU/P	222	4	Worksop ARS
15	M0ICR	IO91SO	18	1,667	3,000	4,667	517	G3WCB/P	262	4	Drowned Rats RG
16	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	13	1,087	3,000	4,087	483	GI4SNA	349	4	Worksop ARS
17	M0RKX/P	IO92BA	6	735	3,000	3,735	448	G4FZN/P	250	4	Hereford ARS
18	M6VUK/A	IO93KH	10	1,125	2,500	3,625	414	GI4SNA	349	4	Worksop ARS
19	G7RHF	IO82QK	9	787	2,000	2,787	379	GD0AMD/P	232	4	Hereford ARS
20	G3TQF	IO92JJ	8	714	2,000	2,714	345	G3TCU/P	138	4	Rugby ATS
21	2E0TJX	IO93GK	5	321	1,500	1,821	310	GW4BVE	140	4	93 CG
22	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	4	299	1,500	1,799	276	G7LRQ/P	167	4	Worksop ARS
23	M0LLW/A	IO93KH	5	277	1,000	1,277	241	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
24	G3RCW (M0MGO)	IO93KH	2	116	1,000	1,116	207	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
25	M0PJA	IO93II	12	207	500	707	172	G3VCA	25	4	Worksop ARS
26	M6PGU/A (M6JPU)	IO93KH	5	168	500	668	138	G4HGT/P	82	4	Worksop ARS
27	2E0HGC/A	IO93KH	1	103	500	603	103	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
28	2E0HGB/A	IO93KH	2	36	500	536	69	M0PCF/P	18	4	Worksop ARS
29	G1BOP/A	IO93KH	1	18	500	518	34	G0EAK/P	18	4	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