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 20/12/18

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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	90	17,336	8,000	25,336	1,000	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
2	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	78	14,121	7,000	21,121	947	GM4AFF	628	160
3	G4HGT/P	IO93EV	72	11,088	6,500	17,588	895	PA5Y	561	160
4	G3MXH	JO02LF	58	11,115	5,500	16,615	842	GW6TEO	417	150	Colchester RA
5	G3XDY	JO02OB	42	8,986	7,000	15,986	789	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
6	G3MEH	IO91QS	60	7,532	6,000	13,532	737	PA5Y	443	160	Harwell ARS
7	G3NPI	IO92MA	47	5,893	6,000	11,893	684	GM4AFF	537	150
8	GM4AFF	IO86TS	12	5,350	4,000	9,350	632	G3TCU/P	628	160	GMDX
9	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	24	4,196	4,500	8,696	579	G3XDY	356	50	St Tybie ARS
10	GW4MBS	IO71XW	19	4,035	4,000	8,035	526	G3MXH	344	160	St Tybie ARS
11	G4YPC	IO91RH	30	2,988	4,500	7,488	474	PA5Y	440	40	Guildford & DRS
12	G3OVH	IO92JP	30	2,589	3,500	6,089	421	G3XDY	177	100	807 ARO
13	G0LBK	IO93IK	37	2,361	3,500	5,861	368	GW4MBS	250	160	93 CG
14	GW4HBK	IO81KP	14	2,338	3,500	5,838	316	G3MXH	288	150	Blackwood & DARS
15	G6UBM	JO01CE	15	1,271	2,500	3,771	263	G4ASR	236	80	West Kent ARS
16	M0KNV	IO92JH	11	1,122	2,000	3,122	211	G4HGT/P	179	50	Rugby ATS
17	M0ORY	IO93IB	10	624	2,000	2,624	158	G3MXH	178	100	RAF Waddington ARC
18	2E0PNZ	IO92LI	7	611	1,500	2,111	105	G3MXH	137	50	Rugby ATS
19	G8EOP	IO93EQ	3	99	500	599	53	G0EAK/P	62	50	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	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	82	11,169	6,500	17,669	1,000	PA5Y	437	40	Drowned Rats RG
2	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	63	9,890	6,000	15,890	982	G1ILJ	339	35	Trowbridge & DARC
3	PA5Y	JO21VO	20	10,499	5,000	15,499	964	GM4VVX	965	40	807 ARO
4	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	61	9,125	6,000	15,125	945	PA5Y	428	40	Wirral & DARC
5	G3VCA	IO93MG	74	8,624	6,500	15,124	927	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
6	G3UVR	IO83KH	55	7,849	5,500	13,349	909	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
7	G4ODA	IO92WS	45	6,509	5,500	12,009	891	PA5Y	424	40	Spalding & DARS
8	G4YHF	IO92XW	39	6,184	5,500	11,684	873	G3WCB/P	379	40	Spalding & DARS
9	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	27	7,241	3,500	10,741	855	G4HGT/P	417	40	Drowned Rats RG
10	G3YDY	JO01FQ	25	5,027	4,500	9,527	836	LA4LN	1,127	40	807 ARO
11	GW8ASD	IO83LB	32	4,846	4,500	9,346	818	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
12	M0ICR	IO91SO	37	4,137	5,000	9,137	800	GW6TEO	317	40	Drowned Rats RG
13	G8FMC	IO91NW	32	3,481	5,000	8,481	782	G3WCB/P	261	40	Northampton RC
14	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	32	4,198	4,000	8,198	764	GM4AFF	397	40	Tall Trees CG
15	G3SQQ	IO93JC	50	4,186	4,000	8,186	745	G3TCU/P	214	40	807 ARO
16	G3WAG/P	IO82SE	37	3,877	4,000	7,877	727	G3WCB/P	220	40	Hereford ARS
17	G0CER	IO82RV	28	3,689	4,000	7,689	709	GM4AFF	432	20	Telford & DARS
18	G1PPA	IO93OJ	34	3,392	4,000	7,392	691	GW4MBS	273	40	Worksop ARS
19	G8GYX	IO91VH	31	3,530	3,500	7,030	673	G4HGT/P	303	25	Coulsdon ATS
20	G3PHO	IO93GG	29	2,915	4,000	6,915	655	G3TCU/P	236	40	93 CG
21	G4NTY	IO83TM	31	3,349	3,500	6,849	636	G3TCU/P	284	40	Bolton Wireless Club
22	G3WRA	IO82PB	23	2,516	4,000	6,516	618	G3MXH	251	40	Hereford ARS
23	G4CLB	IO92HM	26	2,629	3,500	6,129	600	G3MXH	162	15	Drowned Rats RG
24	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	24	2,549	3,500	6,049	582	G0HEL/P	177	40	Leicester RS
25	M5DWI	IO93HL	33	2,874	3,000	5,874	564	G3TCU/P	257	40	93 CG
26	G1HLT	IO93JD	32	2,431	3,000	5,431	545	G3TCU/P	218	40	807 ARO
27	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	19	1,798	3,500	5,298	527	G3WCB/P	397	40	RAF Waddington ARC
28	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	16	1,722	3,500	5,222	509	G3XDY	230	40	Hereford ARS
29	G8FUO	IO91QL	18	1,619	3,500	5,119	491	G4HGT/P	278	40	Drowned Rats RG
30	G8BUN	IO93EQ	26	2,060	3,000	5,060	473	G3TCU/P	284	40	807 ARO
31	G0JOS/P	IO91VH	23	1,827	3,000	4,827	455	G4HGT/P	303	40	Coulsdon ATS
32	G4WEY	IO90AS	12	2,172	2,500	4,672	436	G3VCA	287	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
33	G4JED	JO01CF	13	1,319	3,000	4,319	418	G4HGT/P	322	10	West Kent ARS
34	G1MZD	IO92NB	17	1,703	2,500	4,203	400	G4HGT/P	210	10	Northampton RC
35	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	15	1,590	2,500	4,090	382	G0HEL/P	271	10	Tall Trees CG
36	G0NRL	JO01GH	12	1,303	2,500	3,803	364	PA5Y	366	30	Medway ARTS
37	M1SMH	IO83JJ	17	1,296	2,500	3,796	345	G7LRQ/P	249	40	Drowned Rats RG
38	G4DZL	IO92IS	13	1,008	2,500	3,508	327	G3MXH	164	25	Leicester RS
39	G4LHT	IO91SN	12	838	2,500	3,338	309	G3WCB/P	260	40	Drowned Rats RG
40	G4AQB	IO83TN	14	1,142	2,000	3,142	291	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
41	M1MLM	IO83WB	13	1,062	2,000	3,062	273	GW4MBS	181	10
42	G0CDA	IO83SJ	18	1,060	2,000	3,060	255	G4ASR	162	15
43	2E0OLG	IO83MN	10	788	2,000	2,788	236	G4ODA	209	10	Southport & DARC
44	G4VFL	IO84FL	4	1,217	1,500	2,717	218	G3TCU/P	414	25	Workington &DARC
45	M0XAC	IO81VU	7	602	2,000	2,602	200	M1MHZ	183	9	Gloucester AR&ES
46	G4LPD	IO92KW	14	851	1,500	2,351	182	G3TCU/P	195	40	Grimsby ARS
47	G1DFL	IO91NL	7	624	1,500	2,124	164	G3WCB/P	230	20	Drowned Rats RG
48	G8CMU	IO81RW	7	447	1,500	1,947	145	G7LRQ/P	138	15	Hereford ARS
49	G4ILI	IO81WV	8	340	1,500	1,840	127	G7LRQ/P	109	10	Hereford ARS
50	G0LGS	IO81WV	8	325	1,500	1,825	109	G7LRQ/P	109	40	Hereford ARS
51	G8NRY	IO93JI	22	788	1,000	1,788	91	G4ODA	98	10	Worksop ARS
52	G4PDF	IO93VH	5	248	1,000	1,248	73	G4ODA	61	40	RAF Waddington ARC
53	G6GEI	IO92PA	5	238	1,000	1,238	55	G3TCU/P	89	40	Milton Keynes ARS
54	G3YPE	IO93CN	5	180	500	680	36	G0EAK/P	65	40	807 ARO
55	M6JPU	IO93KH	4	73	500	573	18	G1PPA	24	10	Worksop ARS

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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	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	65	7,662	6,000	13,662	1,000	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
2	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	42	5,206	6,000	11,206	952	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
3	G4LKD	IO93OQ	25	3,660	4,000	7,660	905	PA5Y	501	4	93 CG
4	M0OMB	IO83PO	30	3,805	3,500	7,305	857	G3TCU/P	303	4	Southport & DARC
5	G4XTF	IO82OA	19	2,610	3,500	6,110	810	G3MXH	258	4	Hereford ARS
6	G8BYB	IO92VT	19	2,383	3,500	5,883	762	G0HEL/P	216	4	Spalding & DARS
7	G4HGI	IO83PL	15	1,811	2,500	4,311	714	G3TCU/P	291	4	Bolton Wireless Club
8	G4ZVB	IO93IO	14	1,085	2,500	3,585	667	G3TCU/P	269	4	93 CG
9	2E0TJX	IO93GK	15	759	2,000	2,759	619	G4ASR	192	4	93 CG
10	M6XAK	IO93MH	12	350	1,000	1,350	571	G4HGT/P	79	4	Worksop ARS
11	M7CWA/A	IO93KH	6	281	1,000	1,281	524	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
12	M0JAV/A	IO93KH	7	254	1,000	1,254	476	G4YHF	84	4	Worksop ARS
13	M0LLW/A	IO93KH	3	224	1,000	1,224	429	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
14	G3RCW (M0MGO)	IO93KH	7	194	1,000	1,194	381	G4CLB	90	4	Worksop ARS
15	M6OME/A	IO93KH	3	118	500	618	333	G4HGT/P	73	4	Worksop ARS
16	M7GGM/A	IO93KH	5	94	500	594	286	G8YMW/P	26	4	Worksop ARS
17	M6PGU/A	IO93KH	4	75	500	575	238	G3SQQ	24	4	Worksop ARS
18	2E0HGB/A	IO93KH	3	56	500	556	190	M5DWI	25	4	Worksop ARS
19	2E0BRY/A	IO93KH	2	38	500	538	143	M5DWI	25	4	Worksop ARS
20	M0GET/A	IO93KH	2	32	500	532	95	G3SQQ	24	4	Worksop ARS
21	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	1	8	500	508	48	G8NRY	8	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