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 21/02/19

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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	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	133	27,594	10,500	38,094	1,000	GM4AFF	628	160
2	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	143	21,056	10,000	31,056	960	ON4FI	519	160	Tall Trees CG
3	G4ASR	IO81MX	116	20,659	10,000	30,659	920	ON4FI	545	150	Hereford ARS
4	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	113	19,725	8,500	28,225	880	GU6EFB	498	160
5	G3XDY	JO02OB	70	15,640	10,000	25,640	840	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
6	G4YHF	IO92XW	82	13,872	9,500	23,372	800	GM4AFF	452	120	Spalding & DARS
7	GM4AFF	IO86TS	40	15,195	6,500	21,695	760	G3TCU/P	628	160	GMDX
8	G3MXH	JO02LF	71	13,515	6,500	20,015	720	GW6TEO	417	150	Colchester RA
9	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	27	9,449	7,000	16,449	680	LC1V	863	150	Northern Fells CG
10	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	35	10,036	5,500	15,536	640	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
11	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	31	6,544	6,500	13,044	600	G3TCU/P	456	100	Northern Fells CG
12	G3VGG	IO82XH	49	5,579	6,000	11,579	560	GU6EFB	322	100	Bromsgrove & DARC
13	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	30	5,487	6,000	11,487	520	MM0CEZ	455	50	St Tybie ARS
14	G6UBM	JO01CE	36	5,449	5,500	10,949	480	G0EHV/P	431	70	West Kent ARS
15	GU6EFB	IN89RK	21	6,749	4,000	10,749	440	G4HGT/P	498	160	Guernsey ARS
16	M0CES/P	JO03AE	31	4,557	6,000	10,557	400	G8KPD/P	265	100	RAF Waddington ARC
17	M0ORY	IO93IB	43	4,598	5,500	10,098	360	G8PNN/P	245	40	RAF Waddington ARC
18	GW4MBS	IO71XW	29	5,373	4,500	9,873	320	G8PNN/P	391	160	St Tybie ARS
19	G4EFT	IO91RG	33	4,443	4,500	8,943	280	G4HGT/P	306	50	Addiscombe ARC
20	M0XXQ/P	IO94AT	22	3,651	5,000	8,651	240	M0JSB/P	411	150	Northern Fells CG
21	G3OVH	IO92JP	28	3,165	4,500	7,665	200	GU6EFB	369	100	807 ARO
22	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	14	2,323	4,500	6,823	160	G4ASR	441	80	GMDX
23	G4IJE	JO01HP	18	2,342	3,500	5,842	120	G4HGT/P	302	100	807 ARO
24	GW4HBK	IO81KP	13	2,144	3,500	5,644	80	G4YHF	255	150	Blackwood & DARS
25	G3SDY	IO93DO	12	1,387	3,000	4,387	40	G3TCU/P	276	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	127	21,206	11,000	32,206	1,000	GM4AFF	560	40	Drowned Rats RG
2	G4CLA	IO92JL	127	18,779	11,500	30,279	987	PA3ECU	505	40	Parallel Lines CG
3	G4ODA	IO92WS	105	16,743	10,000	26,743	973	GM4AFF	468	40	Spalding & DARS
4	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	68	16,390	8,000	24,390	960	M0JSB/P	456	40	Northern Fells CG
5	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	66	15,344	7,500	22,844	947	M0YMJ	445	40	Northern Fells CG
6	G0HEL/P	IO81WG	85	14,808	8,000	22,808	933	GM4AFF	612	35	Trowbridge & DARC
7	G3VCA	IO93MG	93	12,292	9,500	21,792	920	PA3ECU	496	40	RAF Waddington ARC
8	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	73	11,111	8,000	19,111	907	GM4JTJ	383	40	Tall Trees CG
9	G3WRA/P	IO82QJ	74	10,234	8,000	18,234	893	GM4AFF	487	40	Hereford ARS
10	G3UVR	IO83KH	74	10,846	7,000	17,846	880	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
11	M0JSB/P	IO91SF	71	11,353	6,000	17,353	867	G8PNN/P	456	40	Addiscombe ARC
12	G3MEH	IO91QS	66	9,543	7,000	16,543	853	G8PNN/P	395	40	Harwell ARS
13	GW8ASD	IO83LB	54	8,961	7,500	16,461	840	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
14	GW4SHF	IO82HP	47	7,949	7,000	14,949	827	GM4AFF	464	40	Blacksheep CG
15	G3NPI	IO92MA	61	7,897	6,500	14,397	813	GM4AFF	537	40
16	G3WCB/P	IO80EI	33	8,041	6,000	14,041	800	G4HGT/P	412	40	Drowned Rats RG
17	G3YDY	JO01FQ	45	8,091	5,500	13,591	787	G8PNN/P	426	40	807 ARO
18	G8FMC	IO91NW	51	6,427	7,000	13,427	773	G8PNN/P	373	40	Northampton RC
19	G3WJG	IO91RP	52	6,706	6,500	13,206	760	G8PNN/P	410	40	Drowned Rats RG
20	G8BUN	IO93EQ	48	6,705	6,500	13,205	747	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
21	G8GYX	IO91VH	50	7,686	5,500	13,186	733	G8PNN/P	451	25	Coulsdon ATS
22	G8REQ	IO83KI	43	5,738	5,500	11,238	720	GM4AFF	383	30	Wirral & DARC
23	G3SQQ	IO93JC	60	5,666	5,500	11,166	707	G8PNN/P	242	40	807 ARO
24	G3PHO	IO93GG	46	5,515	5,500	11,015	693	MM0CEZ	333	40	807 ARO
25	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	33	5,199	5,500	10,699	680	G3TCU/P	337	10	Tall Trees CG
26	M0VOZ	IO94UA	27	4,228	6,000	10,228	667	GM4AFF	333	40	Hornsea ARC
27	G4NTY	IO83TM	45	5,568	4,500	10,068	653	G3XDY	291	40	Bolton Wireless Club
28	G1HLT	IO93JD	41	4,010	6,000	10,010	640	MM0CEZ	353	40	807 ARO
29	G1MZD	IO92NB	37	4,453	5,500	9,953	627	G8PNN/P	360	10	Northampton RC
30	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	42	4,602	5,000	9,602	613	G6UBM	195	40	Leicester RS
31	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	27	3,482	6,000	9,482	600	GM4AFF	373	40	RAF Waddington ARC
32	M6KMB	IO93EQ	25	3,744	5,500	9,244	587	GM4AFF	347	10	807 ARO
33	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	23	3,276	5,500	8,776	573	GM4AFF	432	40	Wirral & DARC
34	G8KSP	JO01GH	26	3,413	5,000	8,413	560	G4HGT/P	331	30	Medway ARTS
35	G3WRR	IO91WJ	28	4,127	4,000	8,127	547	G0EHV/P	401	40	Surrey RCC
36	M1SMH	IO83JJ	27	3,589	4,500	8,089	533	GM4AFF	380	40	Drowned Rats RG
37	G8LZE	IO91SO	19	2,994	5,000	7,994	520	G8PNN/P	416	40
38	G4WEY	IO90AS	25	4,407	3,500	7,907	507	G3VCA	287	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
39	M5DWI	IO93HL	25	3,169	4,500	7,669	493	M0JSB/P	258	40	807 ARO
40	G4CLB	IO92HM	30	3,503	4,000	7,503	480	GM4AFF	477	30	Drowned Rats RG
41	G4EII	IO83PM	27	3,430	4,000	7,430	467	G3XDY	310	40	807 ARO
42	G3ZNU	IO91PQ	32	3,267	4,000	7,267	453	G4HGT/P	258	10	Chesham & DARS
43	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	19	2,656	4,500	7,156	440	G8PNN/P	371	40	Hereford ARS
44	G4VFL	IO84FL	13	2,987	4,000	6,987	427	G3TCU/P	414	25	Workington &DARC
45	G4JED	JO01CF	26	3,301	3,500	6,801	413	G4HGT/P	329	10	West Kent ARS
46	G0CDA	IO83SJ	26	2,711	4,000	6,711	400	G3TCU/P	274	10
47	G3TDH	IO83WI	25	2,500	4,000	6,500	387	G3TCU/P	260	20	Tall Trees CG
48	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	22	2,484	4,000	6,484	373	G0EHV/P	237	40	South Notts ARC
49	G4SEQ/P	IO93DO	18	2,438	4,000	6,438	360	G3TCU/P	276	40	807 ARO
50	M0KNV	IO92JH	24	2,404	4,000	6,404	347	G4HGT/P	182	40	Rugby ATS
51	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	25	2,377	3,500	5,877	333	G8GYX	275	40	807 ARO
52	M0NAY	JO01CD	15	2,209	3,500	5,709	320	G0EHV/P	435	40	West Kent ARS
53	G6GEI	IO92PA	22	2,078	3,500	5,578	307	G4HGT/P	223	40	Milton Keynes ARS
54	G1SCT	IO92XT	15	2,019	3,500	5,519	293	G8PNN/P	297	8	Kings Lynn ARC
55	G0SKA	IO91OQ	23	1,947	3,500	5,447	280	G4HGT/P	257	40	Triple B ARCG
56	G8DLX	IO92II	16	1,655	3,500	5,155	267	G4HGT/P	176	40	Rugby ATS
57	G8NRY/P	IO93TW	13	1,866	3,000	4,866	253	G3TCU/P	302	10	Worksop ARS
58	G8EOP	IO93EQ	18	1,777	3,000	4,777	240	G3TCU/P	284	40	807 ARO
59	G8FUO	IO91QL	16	1,688	3,000	4,688	227	G4HGT/P	282	40	Drowned Rats RG
60	G4AQB	IO83TN	17	1,643	3,000	4,643	213	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
61	G4DZL	IO92IS	18	1,617	3,000	4,617	200	G8PNN/P	277	20	Leicester RS
61	G0WUS	IO92KO	17	1,617	3,000	4,617	200	G3TCU/P	159	10	Leicester RS
63	G4APJ	IO83UP	6	882	3,000	3,882	173	G3TCU/P	294	40	Bolton Wireless Club
64	2E0KSH	IO93GI	14	1,478	2,000	3,478	160	M0JSB/P	246	10	Worksop ARS
65	G0ULH	IO81VU	8	858	2,500	3,358	147	G4HGT/P	229	40	Gloucester AR&ES
66	G0GRI	IO80SX	6	850	2,500	3,350	133	M1DDD/P	264	40	Trowbridge & DARC
67	2E0DKY	IO93SF	8	808	2,500	3,308	120	G8PNN/P	243	30	Worksop ARS
68	M0XAC	IO81VU	8	750	2,500	3,250	107	M1DDD/P	165	9	Gloucester AR&ES
69	G0LGS	IO81WV	9	671	2,500	3,171	93	M1DDD/P	160	40	Hereford ARS
70	G4PDF	IO93VH	9	914	2,000	2,914	80	G3TCU/P	233	40	RAF Waddington ARC
71	G4LPD	IO92KW	13	912	2,000	2,912	67	G3TCU/P	195	40	Grimsby ARS
72	G2ANC	IO83RM	9	582	1,500	2,082	53	G4ASR	174	25	Bolton Wireless Club
73	M0GQB	IO93BR	6	505	1,500	2,005	40	G7LRQ/P	227	40	Halifax & DARC
74	G3YPE	IO93CN	7	384	1,500	1,884	27	G4YHF	136	40	807 ARO
75	G3ZWR	IO94FX	3	119	1,500	1,619	13	G8KPD/P	43	30	Northern Fells CG

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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	129	24,346	9,000	33,346	1,000	ON4FI	556	4	Hereford ARS
2	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	77	9,881	10,000	19,881	947	GU6EFB	432	4	Worksop ARS
3	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	66	7,984	8,000	15,984	895	GM4AFF	392	4	Worksop ARS
4	GW6KLQ/P	IO82HT	44	7,312	5,000	12,312	842	G3XDY	322	4
5	M0OMB	IO83PO	39	5,355	6,000	11,355	789	GM4AFF	353	4	Southport & DARC
6	G8BYB	IO92VT	24	3,397	4,500	7,897	737	G8PNN/P	293	4	Spalding & DARS
7	M6VUK	IO93KD	21	2,083	5,000	7,083	684	G8PNN/P	238	4	Worksop ARS
8	M6XAK	IO93MH	23	2,239	3,500	5,739	632	G3TCU/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
9	G4XTF	IO82OA	20	2,447	3,000	5,447	579	G4HGT/P	218	4	Hereford ARS
10	G0TLT	IO93KE	21	1,505	3,000	4,505	526	G0HEL/P	224	4	Worksop ARS
11	M7DON	IO93KD	11	1,114	3,000	4,114	474	G3TCU/P	217	4	Worksop ARS
12	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	10	970	3,000	3,970	421	G4HGT/P	176	4	Hereford ARS
13	M7GGM	IO93KH	14	1,070	2,500	3,570	368	G3TCU/P	236	4	Worksop ARS
14	G7RHF	IO82QK	10	757	2,500	3,257	316	G0HEL/P	135	4	Hereford ARS
15	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	3	893	1,500	2,393	263	G7LRQ/P	374	3
16	G3RCW (M0MGO)	IO93KH	7	682	1,500	2,182	211	GW4MBS	250	4	Worksop ARS
17	M6PGU/A	IO93KH	10	449	1,500	1,949	158	M5AFG	118	4	Worksop ARS
18	M6JPU/A	IO93KH	5	362	1,000	1,362	105	GW1YBB/P	204	4	Worksop ARS
19	G8LNR/A	IO81UR	4	247	1,000	1,247	53	G3WRA/P	78	4	Hereford ARS

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