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 15/11/18

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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	95	19,616	11,500	31,116	1,000	OZ8ZS	1,034	150	Hereford ARS
2	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	109	21,487	9,500	30,987	944	GM4AFF	628	160
3	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	86	13,176	9,000	22,176	889	PA5Y	576	160
4	GM4AFF	IO86TS	37	14,529	6,500	21,029	833	PA5Y	782	160	GMDX
5	G3XDY	JO02OB	46	10,185	9,000	19,185	778	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
6	G3MEH	IO91QS	66	9,027	7,000	16,027	722	MM0CEZ	507	160	Harwell ARS
7	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	26	8,509	5,500	14,009	667	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
8	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	25	6,427	6,000	12,427	611	PA5Y	657	100	Northern Fells CG
9	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	26	5,575	5,000	10,575	556	G8PNN/P	407	50	St Tybie ARS
10	G3NPI	IO92MA	39	4,224	5,000	9,224	500	G3WCB/P	263	150
11	GW4MBS	IO71XW	21	4,776	4,000	8,776	444	G8PNN/P	391	160	St Tybie ARS
12	M0CGL	JO03BF	17	2,719	3,500	6,219	389	GD0AMD/P	329	150	Spalding & DARS
13	G6UBM	JO01CE	18	2,416	3,500	5,916	333	G4HGT/P	333	75	West Kent ARS
14	G4YPC	IO91RH	22	1,936	3,500	5,436	278	G3UVR	284	40	Guildford & DRS
15	GW4HBK	IO81KP	15	2,189	2,000	4,189	222	G4HGT/P	264	150	Blackwood & DARS
16	G8EOP	IO93EQ	8	707	2,000	2,707	167	G7LRQ/P	217	45	807 ARO
17	G8BNE	IO94GA	6	635	1,500	2,135	111	G4CLA	173	45	Ripon & DARS
18	G4PDF	IO93VH	7	357	1,500	1,857	56	M5DWI/P	91	50	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	G4CLA	IO92JL	95	15,678	10,500	26,178	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	94	14,815	10,000	24,815	983	GM4AFF	560	40	Drowned Rats RG
3	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	63	15,831	8,500	24,331	967	PA5Y	653	40	Northern Fells CG
4	G4ODA	IO92WS	63	10,525	9,500	20,025	950	GM4AFF	468	40	Spalding & DARS
5	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	69	11,467	8,500	19,967	933	GM4AFF	455	40	Wirral & DARC
6	PA5Y	JO21VO	27	14,214	5,500	19,714	917	GM4VVX	965	40	807 ARO
7	G3VCA	IO93MG	77	10,657	9,000	19,657	900	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
8	G3UVR	IO83KH	65	9,462	7,500	16,962	883	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
9	GW8ASD	IO83LB	54	8,585	7,500	16,085	867	PA5Y	622	40	Travelling Wave CG
10	G0LGS/P	IO81WU	50	7,935	7,500	15,435	850	GM4AFF	547	40	Hereford ARS
11	G4YHF	IO92XW	44	7,340	8,000	15,340	833	GM4AFF	452	40	Spalding & DARS
12	G3YDY	JO01FQ	29	7,423	6,500	13,923	817	LA4LN	1,127	40	807 ARO
13	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	33	8,797	4,500	13,297	800	G8PNN/P	554	40	Drowned Rats RG
14	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	34	8,183	4,500	12,683	783	G3TCU/P	426	35
15	M5DWI/P	IO93FL	60	6,493	5,500	11,993	767	GM4AFF	370	40	93 CG
16	G0ODQ	IO91MR	45	5,977	5,500	11,477	750	GD0AMD/P	365	40	Harwell ARS
17	M0ICR	IO91SO	47	5,736	5,000	10,736	733	G8PNN/P	416	40	Drowned Rats RG
18	2E0VPX	IO92UX	38	4,571	5,000	9,571	717	PA5Y	441	15	Spalding & DARS
19	G0CER	IO82RV	31	3,886	5,500	9,386	700	GM4AFF	432	25	Telford & DARS
20	G8FMC	IO91NW	39	4,170	5,000	9,170	683	G8PNN/P	373	40	Northampton RC
21	G3SQQ	IO93JC	50	4,503	4,500	9,003	667	GM4AFF	415	40	807 ARO
22	G4NTY	IO83TM	38	4,302	4,500	8,802	650	G3WCB/P	363	40	Bolton Wireless Club
23	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	37	4,429	4,000	8,429	633	G3TCU/P	284	40	Tall Trees CG
24	G3RIR	IO92JL	34	3,279	4,000	7,279	617	GD0AMD/P	293	40	Rugby ATS
25	G4VFL	IO84FL	13	2,859	4,000	6,859	600	G3TCU/P	414	25	Workington &DARC
26	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	17	2,304	4,500	6,804	583	MM0CEZ	341	40	Wirral & DARC
27	G1HLT	IO93JD	33	2,636	4,000	6,636	567	GM4AFF	410	40	807 ARO
28	G8GYX	IO91VH	29	3,006	3,500	6,506	550	G4HGT/P	309	25	Coulsdon ATS
29	G3SDY	IO93DO	24	2,439	4,000	6,439	533	GM4AFF	355	40	807 ARO
30	G3PHO	IO93GG	36	3,322	3,000	6,322	517	G3TCU/P	236	40	93 CG
31	G1MZD	IO92NB	30	2,680	3,500	6,180	500	G4HGT/P	215	10	Northampton RC
32	G8FUO	IO91QL	26	2,534	3,500	6,034	483	G3UVR	266	40	Drowned Rats RG
33	M0IEP	IO91DP	29	2,998	3,000	5,998	467	M5DWI/P	205	40	Swindon & DARC
34	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	23	2,315	3,500	5,815	450	G8PNN/P	284	40	Leicester RS
35	G4WEY	IO90AS	15	2,677	3,000	5,677	433	G3VCA	287	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
36	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	18	2,094	3,500	5,594	417	G3TCU/P	308	10	Tall Trees CG
37	2E0OLG	IO83MN	15	1,660	3,500	5,160	400	G4ODA	209	10	Southport & DARC
38	G3TDH	IO83WI	15	1,540	3,500	5,040	383	MM0CEZ	305	20	Tall Trees CG
39	G0NRL	JO01GH	15	1,504	3,500	5,004	367	PA5Y	366	30	Medway ARTS
40	G0CDA	IO83SJ	18	1,898	3,000	4,898	350	G3TCU/P	274	15
41	G0JOS/P	IO91VH	20	2,063	2,500	4,563	333	M0GAV/P	243	40	Coulsdon ATS
42	G6GEI	IO92PA	18	1,481	3,000	4,481	317	GW1YBB/P	166	40	Milton Keynes ARS
43	M0KNV/A	IO92LI	18	1,520	2,500	4,020	300	GW4JQP/P	210	40	Rugby ATS
44	G4JED	JO01CF	9	932	3,000	3,932	283	G3VCA	241	10	West Kent ARS
45	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	11	1,182	2,500	3,682	267	G4HGT/P	224	40	Hereford ARS
46	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	14	1,147	2,500	3,647	250	GW1YBB/P	229	25	RAF Waddington ARC
47	G2ANC	IO83RM	17	1,142	2,500	3,642	233	GW1YBB/P	181	25	Bolton Wireless Club
48	G4AQB	IO83TN	12	1,101	2,500	3,601	217	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
49	G4DZL	IO92IS	20	1,447	2,000	3,447	200	G3TCU/P	179	25	Leicester RS
50	G1DFL	IO91NL	12	961	2,000	2,961	183	G3WCB/P	230	20	Drowned Rats RG
51	2E0DKY	IO93SF	7	715	2,000	2,715	167	G8PNN/P	243	30	Worksop ARS
52	G3WAG	IO82PB	8	632	2,000	2,632	150	G3TCU/P	176	40	Hereford ARS
53	2E0KSH	IO93GI	12	571	1,500	2,071	133	G8PNN/P	212	20	93 CG
54	G4LPD	IO92KW	8	533	1,500	2,033	117	G3TCU/P	195	40	Grimsby ARS
55	G8DLX	IO92II	8	525	1,500	2,025	100	G3TCU/P	136	40	Rugby ATS
56	M0XAC	IO81VU	6	466	1,500	1,966	83	G3MEH	110	9	Gloucester AR&ES
57	G3TKF	IO81RI	7	410	1,500	1,910	67	G3WCB/P	135	40	Bristol CG
58	G3ZWR/P	IO94BW	3	184	1,500	1,684	50	G4HGT/P	116	30	Northern Fells CG
59	G4NKT	IO81SH	5	323	1,000	1,323	33	G3TCU/P	134	40	Bristol CG
60	G3YPE	IO93CN	5	195	500	695	17	G0EAK/P	65	40	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	GW1YBB/P	IO81KW	94	15,623	8,500	24,123	1,000	PA5Y	615	4	Hereford ARS
2	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	68	9,638	8,500	18,138	960	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
3	M0GAV/P	IO93EH	74	8,467	8,000	16,467	920	GM4AFF	388	4	93 CG
4	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	66	7,461	7,500	14,961	880	GM4AFF	393	4	Worksop ARS
5	G4LKD	IO93OQ	36	4,691	5,000	9,691	840	GM4AFF	358	4	93 CG
6	M0OMB	IO83PO	26	3,283	4,000	7,283	800	G3TCU/P	303	4	Southport & DARC
7	2E0TJX	IO93GK	30	2,497	4,500	6,997	760	GM4AFF	376	4	93 CG
8	G8BYB	IO92VT	19	2,913	4,000	6,913	720	PA5Y	431	4	Spalding & DARS
9	M6OXO/P	IO93AD	43	3,358	3,000	6,358	680	G3TCU/P	234	4	Chorley & DARS
10	G4XTF	IO82OA	18	2,356	3,000	5,356	640	G4HGT/P	218	4	Hereford ARS
11	G3YJR	IO93FJ	24	2,030	3,000	5,030	600	GM4AFF	380	4	93 CG
12	G1PPA	IO93OJ	24	1,860	2,500	4,360	560	G3TCU/P	242	4	Spalding & DARS
13	G4ZVB	IO93IO	24	1,784	2,500	4,284	520	G3TCU/P	269	4	93 CG
14	G0TLT	IO93KE	25	1,542	2,000	3,542	480	G8PNN/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
15	M0KEP	IO91IQ	14	1,158	2,000	3,158	440	M0GAV/P	183	4	Harwell ARS
16	GW0MDQ	IO83KC	9	825	2,000	2,825	400	G3TCU/P	273	2.5	Wirral & DARC
17	G8NRY	IO93JI	22	1,034	1,500	2,534	360	G3TCU/P	241	4	Worksop ARS
18	G3RCW (M0MGO)	IO93KH	20	856	1,500	2,356	320	GW1YBB/P	204	4	Worksop ARS
19	G3TQF	IO92JJ	12	815	1,500	2,315	280	GW1YBB/P	141	4	Rugby ATS
20	M6XAK	IO93MH	13	704	1,500	2,204	240	G3TCU/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
21	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	10	421	1,500	1,921	200	G0CER	106	4	Worksop ARS
21	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	8	421	1,500	1,921	200	G3UVR	133	4	Worksop ARS
23	G7RHF	IO82QK	3	178	1,000	1,178	120	G0LGS/P	74	4	Hereford ARS
24	M6PGU/A	IO93KH	9	273	500	773	80	M6OXO/P	59	4	Worksop ARS
25	M0PJA	IO93II	8	181	500	681	40	M6OXO/P	51	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