70MHz UK ACTIVITY CONTEST - 19/12/19 AND WHOLE YEAR RESULTS

79 entries were received for the December 70MHz UKAC session - the last of the year - (19 section AO, 47 section AR and 13 section AL). This was sixteen down on November. As one might expect from the time of year, the number of portable entrants was down - to nine from fifteen the previous month. A total of 154 valid calls appear in the logs, from 26 big squares and 8 DXCC entities. The best DX was again between G4ASR and SP9HWY in JO90 square at 1546km - one of two contacts at over 1000km.

The most optimistic comments on conditions were 'not too good' and 'average winter', the rest being far less favourable, with 'poor' or 'very poor' being most common, occurring twelve times. Taken together with numerous reports of QSB and noise - endemic in the 4m UKACs - plus windy weather, it is perhaps not surprising that activity was mostly reported as low, with several of the regulars missing and a number of entrants closing down early.

Moving on to the whole year results, the number of entrants varied between 79 (in December) and 129 (in May), an average of 112, two up on the whole year figure for 2018. The number of valid calls appearing in logs varied between 128 and 209, with the minimum and maximum numbers occurring in December and May - the same months as for the corresponding number of entrants. The number of big squares worked varied between 24 and 32, peaking in May - July (broadly corresponding to the sporadic E season) although a little oddly the peak number (32) was also worked in January. The best DX of the year was between G4ASR and OH1DP in KP10 square at 1889km in the May session. G4ASR also worked the best DX in five other sessions.

Thanks to all those who took part, and congratulations to the certificate winners, as follows:

General Club section

Leading club - 807 ARO

Second placed club - Northern Fells CG

Third placed club - Drowned Rats RG

Local club section

Leading club - Hereford ARS

Second placed club - Worksop ARS

Third placed club - Tall Trees CG

Section AO

Leading entrant - G4FZN/P

Second placed entrant - G4ASR

Third placed entrant - M1DDD/P

Section AR

Leading entrant - G4CLA

Second placed entrant - G7LRQ/P

Third placed entrant - G8PNN/P

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0MDJ

Leading Foundation Licensee - M6KMB

Leading non-UK entrant - PA5Y

Section AL

Leading entrant - GW1YBB/P

Second placed entrant - G0EAK/P

Third placed entrant - 2E0DXK(/P)

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0DXK(/P)

Leading Foundation Licensee - M6VUK(/A/P)

Entrant providing greatest number of entrants with their best DX - GM4AFF

The next session - the first of the 2020 season - takes place on Thursday 16th January between 2000 & 2230 UTC.

That's all for 2019 - hope to see you in 2020!

Quin Collier G3WRR

g3wrr@rsgbcc.org

This contest is part of the following contest series Overall UKAC

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70MHz UKAC 17/01/19

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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	100	18,634	9,500	28,134	1,000	PA4VHF	579	40	Northern Fells CG
2	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	99	17,703	10,000	27,703	955	GM4AFF	628	160
3	G4ASR	IO81MX	101	17,185	10,500	27,685	909	PA4VHF	667	150	Hereford ARS
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	56	12,583	9,500	22,083	864	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
5	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	79	12,623	9,000	21,623	818	G7RAU	492	160
6	GM4AFF	IO86TS	28	10,596	6,500	17,096	773	G3TCU/P	628	160	GMDX
7	M1BXF	JO02FE	54	9,619	6,500	16,119	727	G7RAU	466	150	Camb-Hams
8	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	16	5,905	6,500	12,405	682	LC1V	863	160	Northern Fells CG
9	MM0GPZ	IO75WS	18	3,981	6,000	9,981	636	M1BXF	499	160	GMDX
10	GW4MBS	IO71XW	23	4,015	5,500	9,515	591	G8PNN/P	391	160	St Tybie ARS
11	G3OVH	IO92JP	36	3,799	5,000	8,799	545	G7RAU	407	100	807 ARO
12	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	22	3,419	5,000	8,419	500	G3XDY	356	50	St Tybie ARS
13	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	16	2,827	4,500	7,327	455	G3XDY	413	100	Northern Fells CG
14	G8DVK	IO91IN	29	2,818	4,000	6,818	409	G4FZN/P	297	100	Harwell ARS
15	G3VGG (G0RMG)	IO82XH	36	2,903	3,500	6,403	364	G3WCB/P	244	50	Bromsgrove & DARC
16	M0VSE	IO92JP	23	2,310	3,500	5,810	318	G4FZN/P	177	160	Leicester RS
17	G6UBM	JO01CE	25	2,491	3,000	5,491	273	GW1YBB/P	246	70	West Kent ARS
18	GW4HBK	IO81KP	14	1,800	3,500	5,300	227	G4FZN/P	315	150	Blackwood & DARS
19	G4IJE	JO01HP	17	1,950	3,000	4,950	182	G4FZN/P	313	100
20	M5DZH	IO83VN	10	659	2,500	3,159	136	GD0AMD/P	172	50
21	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	5	533	2,000	2,533	91	G4FZN/P	232	80	GMDX
22	2E0PNZ	IO92LI	13	987	1,500	2,487	45	GW1YBB/P	150	50	Rugby ATS

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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	107	17,738	12,500	30,238	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	86	12,009	8,500	20,509	987	GM4AFF	560	40	Drowned Rats RG
3	G3VCA	IO93MG	73	9,795	9,000	18,795	975	GM4VVX	570	40	RAF Waddington ARC
4	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	62	9,978	8,000	17,978	962	G7RAU	479	40	Wirral & DARC
5	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	73	10,912	7,000	17,912	949	GD0AMD/P	362	35	Trowbridge & DARC
6	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	42	9,839	6,500	16,339	937	G3TCU/P	455	40	Northern Fells CG
7	G4ODA	IO92WS	47	7,985	7,500	15,485	924	G7RAU	470	40	Spalding & DARS
8	G7RAU	IN79JX	24	8,617	6,000	14,617	911	G4FZN/P	546	40	Addiscombe ARC
9	G0ODQ	IO91MR	58	7,267	7,000	14,267	899	GM4AFF	569	40	Harwell ARS
10	G3UVR	IO83KH	58	7,505	6,000	13,505	886	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
11	GW8ASD	IO83LB	45	6,483	7,000	13,483	873	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
12	G8CUL	IO91JO	52	6,496	6,500	12,996	861	G8PNN/P	407	40	Harwell ARS
13	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	34	7,325	4,500	11,825	848	G7LRQ/P	374	35
14	GW4SHF	IO82HP	36	4,957	6,500	11,457	835	GM4AFF	464	40	Blacksheep CG
15	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	27	6,843	4,500	11,343	823	G4FZN/P	462	40	Drowned Rats RG
16	G8BUN	IO93EQ	40	4,839	6,000	10,839	810	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
17	G3NPI	IO92MA	51	5,197	5,500	10,697	797	G3WCB/P	263	40
18	G3YDY	JO01FQ	28	5,022	4,500	9,522	785	LC1V	1,127	40	807 ARO
19	G4NTY	IO83TM	40	4,128	5,000	9,128	772	G3TCU/P	284	40	Bolton Wireless Club
20	G3SQQ	IO93JC	52	4,611	4,500	9,111	759	GD0AMD/P	254	40	807 ARO
21	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	30	3,882	5,000	8,882	747	GM4AFF	397	40	Tall Trees CG
22	G8FMC	IO91NW	36	3,459	5,000	8,459	734	G8PNN/P	373	40	Northampton RC
23	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	38	3,316	5,000	8,316	722	G0ODQ	215	40	807 ARO
24	G8KWX/P	IO91SF	40	3,778	4,500	8,278	709	G4FZN/P	338	40
25	G4FEV	IO92RG	30	3,346	4,500	7,846	696	PA2J	373	35	Travelling Wave CG
26	G1HLT	IO93JD	27	2,748	4,500	7,248	684	GD0AMD/P	252	40	807 ARO
27	G4LKD	IO93OQ	28	3,230	4,000	7,230	671	G3TCU/P	274	40	807 ARO
28	G1PPA	IO93OJ	33	3,078	4,000	7,078	658	G0HEL/P	254	40	Worksop ARS
29	G3WJG	IO91RP	34	3,022	4,000	7,022	646	G4FZN/P	291	40	Drowned Rats RG
30	G1MZD	IO92NB	34	2,904	4,000	6,904	633	G4FZN/P	242	10	Northampton RC
31	G8GYX	IO91VH	30	2,893	4,000	6,893	620	G4FZN/P	332	25	Coulsdon ATS
32	M6KMB	IO93EQ	15	2,169	4,500	6,669	608	GM4AFF	347	10	807 ARO
33	G3TDH	IO83WI	25	2,158	4,500	6,658	595	M1BXF	217	20	Tall Trees CG
34	MW0XOT/P	IO82FC	20	2,313	4,000	6,313	582	GD0AMD/P	239	25	Hereford ARS
35	G4CLB	IO92HM	25	2,258	4,000	6,258	570	G8PNN/P	304	40	Drowned Rats RG
36	G3WRA	IO82PB	26	2,114	4,000	6,114	557	G4FZN/P	261	40	Hereford ARS
37	G4EII	IO83PM	21	2,047	4,000	6,047	544	G7LRQ/P	236	40	807 ARO
38	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	15	1,711	4,000	5,711	532	G0HEL/P	263	40	RAF Waddington ARC
39	M1SMH	IO83JJ	19	2,087	3,500	5,587	519	GM4AFF	380	40	Drowned Rats RG
40	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	14	1,580	4,000	5,580	506	G8PNN/P	265	40	Wirral & DARC
41	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	18	2,212	3,000	5,212	494	G3TCU/P	308	10	Tall Trees CG
42	M0JSB/P	IO91PD	25	2,194	3,000	5,194	481	G4HGT/P	316	40	Addiscombe ARC
43	G8EOP	IO93EQ	25	2,095	3,000	5,095	468	G3TCU/P	284	40	807 ARO
44	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	14	1,540	3,500	5,040	456	G0HEL/P	177	40	Leicester RS
45	G8LZE	IO91SO	11	1,290	3,500	4,790	443	G4FZN/P	297	40
46	G4VFL	IO84FL	7	1,550	3,000	4,550	430	M1MHZ	286	25	Workington &DARC
47	G0CDA	IO83SJ	19	1,504	3,000	4,504	418	G4ODA	171	10
48	G4JED	JO01CF	18	1,992	2,500	4,492	405	G4FZN/P	347	10	West Kent ARS
49	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	17	1,485	3,000	4,485	392	G4FZN/P	267	40	Hereford ARS
50	M5DWI	IO93HL	14	1,427	3,000	4,427	380	G3TCU/P	257	40	807 ARO
51	G4DZL	IO92IS	13	1,420	3,000	4,420	367	G8PNN/P	277	20	Leicester RS
52	GW0MDQ	IO83KC	14	1,352	3,000	4,352	354	G3TCU/P	273	10	Wirral & DARC
53	G3ZNU	IO91PQ	26	1,582	2,500	4,082	342	GW1YBB/P	169	10	Chesham & DARS
54	G4WEY	IO90AS	10	1,525	2,500	4,025	329	G4FZN/P	388	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
55	G6GEI	IO92PA	20	1,403	2,500	3,903	316	GW1YBB/P	166	40	Milton Keynes ARS
56	G3SDY	IO93DO	15	1,379	2,500	3,879	304	G3TCU/P	276	40	807 ARO
57	G0WUS	IO92KO	10	861	3,000	3,861	291	G4FZN/P	181	10	Leicester RS
58	G8CLY	IO91UT	14	1,191	2,500	3,691	278	GW1YBB/P	195	40	Verulam ARC
59	M0IEP	IO91DP	19	1,651	2,000	3,651	266	G3VCA	188	40	Swindon & DARC
60	G0TVM	IO93CT	21	1,356	2,000	3,356	253	M1MHZ	151	35	807 ARO
61	G8KSP	JO01GH	16	1,202	2,000	3,202	241	M1MHZ	182	30	Medway ARTS
62	G1ZJQ/P	IO95FF	6	673	2,500	3,173	228	GM4AFF	180	9	Northumbria ARC
63	M0GXZ	IO92PA	14	832	2,000	2,832	215	GW1YBB/P	166	40	Milton Keynes ARS
64	G2ANC	IO83RM	8	645	2,000	2,645	203	M1BXF	251	25	Bolton Wireless Club
65	G3IXZ	IO82PD	12	625	2,000	2,625	190	G8CUL	120	12	Hereford ARS
66	G4PDF	IO93VH	8	526	2,000	2,526	177	M1BXF	133	40	RAF Waddington ARC
67	G8NRY	IO93JI	21	978	1,500	2,478	165	G4CLA	98	10	Worksop ARS
68	G3WAG	IO82PB	12	619	1,500	2,119	152	G3WCB/P	201	40	Hereford ARS
69	G3YPE	IO93CN	11	420	1,500	1,920	139	G4CLA	127	40	807 ARO
70	G4LHT	IO91SN	10	371	1,500	1,871	127	G6UBM	63	40	Drowned Rats RG
71	M0XAC	IO81VU	6	350	1,500	1,850	114	G4CLA	98	9	Gloucester AR&ES
72	M0NRD	IO93OB	5	275	1,500	1,775	101	G4FZN/P	133	5	South Kesteven ARS
73	G4AQB	IO83TN	9	348	1,000	1,348	89	GW8ASD	72	25	Bolton Wireless Club
74	G0LGS	IO81WV	9	336	1,000	1,336	76	G0HEL/P	70	40	Hereford ARS
75	G8CMU	IO81RW	7	223	1,000	1,223	63	G0HEL/P	80	15	Hereford ARS
76	M0GQB	IO93BR	4	118	1,000	1,118	51	G4FZN/P	71	40	Halifax & DARC
77	2E0DKY	IO93SF	3	107	1,000	1,107	38	M1MHZ	44	30	Worksop ARS
78	G3ZWR	IO94FX	2	82	1,000	1,082	25	G8KPD/P	43	20	Northern Fells CG
79	2E0VKH	JO01EF	2	28	500	528	13	G8KSP	15	10	West Kent 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	GW1YBB/P	IO81KW	106	17,637	6,500	24,137	1,000	GM4AFF	540	4	Hereford ARS
2	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	42	4,894	6,000	10,894	958	G7RAU	480	4	Worksop ARS
3	M0OMB	IO83PO	31	3,756	5,000	8,756	917	GM4AFF	353	4	Southport & DARC
4	GW6KLQ/P	IO82IT	25	3,264	4,500	7,764	875	GM4AFF	445	4
5	G8BYB	IO92VT	15	2,345	4,000	6,345	833	G8PNN/P	293	4	Spalding & DARS
6	GW0GEI	IO72VE	9	1,995	4,000	5,995	792	G4FZN/P	303	4	GMDX
7	G4XTF	IO82OA	18	1,901	3,500	5,401	750	G8PNN/P	361	4	Hereford ARS
8	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	16	1,384	3,500	4,884	708	G4FZN/P	227	4	Hereford ARS
9	M6XAK	IO93MH	16	1,140	2,000	3,140	667	G3TCU/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
10	M0ICK	IO83RM	12	947	2,000	2,947	625	M1BXF	251	4	Bolton Wireless Club
11	G7RHF	IO82QK	9	594	1,500	2,094	583	GW4JQP/P	118	4	Hereford ARS
12	M6VUK/A	IO93KH	8	424	1,500	1,924	542	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
13	M7DON/A	IO93KH	7	401	1,500	1,901	500	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
14	G8LNR/A	IO81UR	10	489	1,000	1,489	458	GW4JQP/P	115	4	Hereford ARS
15	M7CWA/A	IO93KH	6	300	1,000	1,300	417	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
16	M6PGU/A	IO93KH	7	290	1,000	1,290	375	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
17	M0LLW/A	IO93KH	3	170	1,000	1,170	333	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
18	M6SYB/A	IO93KH	4	133	1,000	1,133	292	M1MHZ	82	4	Worksop ARS
19	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	2	111	1,000	1,111	250	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
20	G0EHV	IO94FU	2	103	1,000	1,103	208	G8KPD/P	53	2	Northern Fells CG
21	G7FAR (M0CES)	IO93RE	3	100	1,000	1,100	167	M1MHZ	43	4	RAF Waddington ARC
22	M6OME/A	IO93KH	2	42	500	542	125	G3SQQ	24	4	Worksop ARS
23	M0ZMF/A	IO93KH	1	24	500	524	83	G1PPA	24	4	Worksop ARS
24	G4OYX	IO82PJ	1	1	500	501	42	G8XYJ	1	1	Hereford ARS
25	M1DDD	IO93DG	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	Tall Trees CG

Link to All QSOs File here

	17/01/19 Totals		21/02/19 Totals		21/03/19 Totals		18/04/19 Totals		16/05/19 Totals		20/06/19 Totals		18/07/19 Totals		15/08/19 Totals		19/09/19 Totals		17/10/19 Totals		21/11/19 Totals		19/12/19 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							1,200	271,000	1,247	285,500	1,136	256,000	1,291	274,000	1,175	261,500	1,284	295,500	911	224,500
19:30							942	120,500	1,039	141,000	945	131,000	960	140,500	998	141,000	1,082	155,000	738	101,000
20:00	1,103	226,500	1,322	300,000	1,317	302,500	665	65,500	808	88,000	669	81,000	725	77,500	714	75,500	892	82,000	646	82,000	875	187,500	590	127,500
20:30	803	102,500	1,042	123,000	1,143	140,000	568	44,000	681	62,500	562	61,500	640	66,500	585	53,000	722	59,000	459	49,500	652	76,500	452	57,500
21:00	596	76,000	845	81,000	869	98,500	451	32,000	538	48,000	464	42,000	540	37,000	567	41,500	600	40,500	320	26,000	488	49,000	288	33,000
21:30	448	50,000	651	48,000	720	65,500															424	41,500	192	22,500
22:00	295	22,000	570	41,500	585	45,000															261	23,500	129	12,500
Totals	3,245	477,000	4,430	593,500	4,634	651,500	3,826	533,000	4,313	625,000	3,776	571,500	4,156	595,500	4,039	572,500	4,580	632,000	3,074	483,000	2,700	378,000	1,651	253,000
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Squares	17/01/19	21/02/19	21/03/19	18/04/19	16/05/19	20/06/19	18/07/19	15/08/19	19/09/19	17/10/19	21/11/19	19/12/19
IN79	1										1	1
IN89		1	1	1	1	1		2	1	1		1
IO64									2	2
IO70		1
IO71	3	4	2	3	1	2	3	4	1	1	1	2
IO72	1				1
IO74	1	1	1		2	2	2	1	3	1
IO75	2	1	1	2	4	1		1	1	1	1	1
IO78	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
IO80	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	1
IO81	19	20	15	14	16	17	17	16	14	11	10	11
IO82	19	16	20	17	14	15	10	12	14	11	10	12
IO83	17	18	18	14	21	18	19	15	24	10	16	17
IO84	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	2	3	1
IO85	3	5	4	1	4	4	1	4	2	3	1
IO86	3	4	2	3	4	2	2	4	2	2	1	1
IO87					1	2
IO90	4	7	6	6	3	6	4	5	4	5	5	1
IO91	25	18	25	22	27	28	30	24	24	23	20	18
IO92	25	33	32	30	29	31	33	29	29	26	27	21
IO93	40	41	34	35	43	27	39	33	34	32	30	19
IO94	5	5	11	7	5	8	11	5	7	7	3	2
IO95	5	3	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
JO00	1							1
JO01	10	10	9	7	9	10	8	11	5	4	6	6
JO02	3	7	4	3	3	6	6	7	4	3	5	6
JO03		1	1		1	1	1	1		1
UK Sqs	22	22	21	19	23	22	19	22	21	22	19	18
Other Sqs	10	5	9	6	8	9	13	8	7	5	7	6
Active Stns	203	210	206	184	209	202	218	196	192	159	154	128
Entries	126	119	119	114	129	119	121	110	113	103	95	79