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 21/03/19

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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	124	24,390	11,000	35,390	1,000	GM4AFF	628	160
2	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	120	23,418	10,500	33,918	958	PA4VHF	579	160	Northern Fells CG
3	G4ASR	IO81MX	111	22,034	10,500	32,534	917	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
4	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	137	21,019	11,500	32,519	875	PA4VHF	591	160	Tall Trees CG
5	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	110	18,470	9,500	27,970	833	PA5Y	576	160
6	GM4AFF	IO86TS	47	18,470	8,000	26,470	792	SP9HWY	1,583	160	GMDX
7	G3MXH	JO02LF	92	18,356	8,000	26,356	750	G8KPD/P	388	150	Colchester RA
8	G3XDY	JO02OB	71	15,584	9,500	25,084	708	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
9	G4YHF	IO92XW	74	12,123	8,500	20,623	667	PA4VHF	470	150	Spalding & DARS
10	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	25	9,851	7,500	17,351	625	OH3DP	1,568	150	Northern Fells CG
11	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	36	10,878	6,000	16,878	583	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
12	GU6EFB	IN89RK	32	10,105	4,500	14,605	542	G4FZN/P	541	160	Guernsey ARS
13	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	37	6,911	6,000	12,911	500	G3MXH	341	50	St Tybie ARS
14	G3TKF	IO81RI	47	6,816	6,000	12,816	458	G8DMU/P	306	50	Trowbridge & DARC
15	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	30	6,970	5,500	12,470	417	PA5Y	657	100	Northern Fells CG
16	G6UBM	JO01CE	41	6,437	5,000	11,437	375	G4FZN/P	352	70	West Kent ARS
17	GW6TEO	IO71LP	21	5,947	4,500	10,447	333	GM4AFF	596	160	Pembrokeshire CG
18	GW4MBS	IO71XW	28	5,274	5,000	10,274	292	G8PNN/P	391	160	St Tybie ARS
19	G4IJE	JO01HP	15	2,677	3,500	6,177	250	G8DMU/P	314	100	807 ARO
20	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	9	1,655	4,000	5,655	208	G4ASR	441	80	GMDX
21	G3OVH	IO92JP	16	1,484	3,500	4,984	167	G4FZN/P	177	100	807 ARO
22	G4FVZ	IO91OW	10	953	2,000	2,953	125	G4FZN/P	257	50	Milton Keynes ARS
23	GM8IEM	IO78HF	3	1,333	1,500	2,833	83	PA5Y	1,024	160	GMDX
24	G4LVK	IO82XI	9	767	2,000	2,767	42	G3TCU/P	163	50	Bromsgrove & DARC

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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	125	19,777	11,500	31,277	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4ODA	IO92WS	91	15,618	11,000	26,618	986	PA4VHF	473	40	Spalding & DARS
3	PA5Y	JO21VO	35	18,769	7,000	25,769	972	GM8IEM	1,024	40	807 ARO
4	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	72	17,306	8,000	25,306	958	PA5Y	653	40	Northern Fells CG
5	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	87	13,839	10,000	23,839	944	PA4VHF	475	40	Wirral & DARC
6	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	61	13,254	8,500	21,754	930	PA5Y	632	40	Northern Fells CG
7	G3UVR	IO83KH	79	11,790	8,500	20,290	915	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
8	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	75	12,031	8,000	20,031	901	GM4AFF	398	40	Tall Trees CG
9	GW8ASD	IO83LB	61	10,248	8,500	18,748	887	PA5Y	622	40	Travelling Wave CG
10	G3VCA	IO93MG	77	10,246	8,500	18,746	873	PA5Y	494	40	RAF Waddington ARC
11	GW4SHF	IO82HP	61	9,953	8,500	18,453	859	GM4AFF	464	40	Blacksheep CG
12	G3WRA/P	IO82QJ	74	10,178	8,000	18,178	845	GM4AFF	487	40	Hereford ARS
13	G3YDY	JO01FQ	36	8,977	7,500	16,477	831	LC1V	1,127	40	807 ARO
14	M0SAT	IO91TP	58	8,371	7,500	15,871	817	PA5Y	426	40	Drowned Rats RG
15	G4GFI	IO91VH	60	9,347	6,500	15,847	803	G0EHV/P	408	40	Coulsdon ATS
16	G8BUN	IO93EQ	59	7,211	8,500	15,711	789	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
17	G3MEH	IO91QS	54	7,827	7,000	14,827	775	PA5Y	443	40	Harwell ARS
18	G8FMC	IO91NW	59	7,214	7,000	14,214	761	G0EHV/P	329	40	Northampton RC
19	MW0XOT/P	IO82FC	47	7,544	6,500	14,044	746	G8PNN/P	363	25	Hereford ARS
20	G3NPI	IO92MA	55	7,462	6,500	13,962	732	PA5Y	467	40
21	G8REQ	IO83KI	46	6,545	7,000	13,545	718	GM4AFF	383	30	Wirral & DARC
22	G4NTY	IO83TM	58	7,408	6,000	13,408	704	G3XDY	291	40	Bolton Wireless Club
23	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	43	6,768	6,500	13,268	690	G4GFI	338	10	Tall Trees CG
24	G0LGS/P	IO81XW	55	6,711	6,500	13,211	676	G0EHV/P	320	40	Hereford ARS
25	G4FEV	IO92RG	47	6,211	6,500	12,711	662	PA5Y	441	35	Travelling Wave CG
26	G0CER	IO82RV	36	5,316	7,000	12,316	648	GM4AFF	432	25	Telford & DARS
27	G3SQQ	IO93JC	57	6,008	5,500	11,508	634	MM0CEZ	357	40	807 ARO
28	G0UUU/P	IO94PA	34	4,644	6,000	10,644	620	G3TCU/P	311	10	807 ARO
29	G4WEY	IO90AS	26	5,001	5,500	10,501	606	G4FZN/P	388	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
30	G1MZD	IO92NB	36	4,348	6,000	10,348	592	G8PNN/P	360	10	Northampton RC
31	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	26	3,689	6,500	10,189	577	GM4AFF	432	40	Wirral & DARC
32	G1HLT	IO93JD	38	3,870	6,000	9,870	563	MM0CEZ	353	40	807 ARO
33	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	34	3,941	5,500	9,441	549	MM0CEZ	396	40	Leicester RS
34	M0VOZ	IO94UA	27	3,950	5,000	8,950	535	GM4AFF	333	40	Hornsea ARC
35	G4CLB	IO92HM	26	3,246	5,500	8,746	521	GM4AFF	477	40	Drowned Rats RG
36	G8CLY	IO91UT	31	4,035	4,500	8,535	507	G4FZN/P	276	40	Verulam ARC
37	G0BFJ/P	IO93DO	29	3,034	5,500	8,534	493	G3TCU/P	276	40	807 ARO
38	G3SDY	IO93DO	25	2,939	5,500	8,439	479	GM4AFF	355	40	807 ARO
39	G0CDA	IO83SJ	26	2,719	5,500	8,219	465	MM0CEZ	292	10
40	G3TDH	IO83WI	28	3,029	5,000	8,029	451	GM4AFF	381	20	Tall Trees CG
41	G8LZE	IO91SO	24	2,847	5,000	7,847	437	G8PNN/P	416	40
42	G4EII	IO83PM	25	3,258	4,500	7,758	423	G3YDY	296	40	807 ARO
43	G4CRF	IO91OX	32	3,214	4,500	7,714	408	G4FZN/P	252	35	Milton Keynes ARS
44	G8KSP	JO01GH	22	3,601	4,000	7,601	394	PA5Y	366	30	Medway ARTS
45	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	21	3,002	4,500	7,502	380	G8PNN/P	371	40	Hereford ARS
46	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	25	2,883	4,500	7,383	366	G0EHV/P	237	35	South Notts ARC
47	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	19	3,711	3,500	7,211	352	G3TCU/P	426	35
48	G3RIR	IO92JL	28	2,637	4,500	7,137	338	GU6EFB	351	40	Rugby ATS
49	G1DFL	IO91NL	21	2,392	4,500	6,892	324	GW6TEO	289	40	Drowned Rats RG
50	M0KNV/P	IO92HF	28	3,253	3,500	6,753	310	G4FZN/P	223	40	Rugby ATS
51	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	21	2,120	4,500	6,620	296	GW1YBB/P	229	40	RAF Waddington ARC
52	G6GEI	IO92PA	28	2,617	4,000	6,617	282	G4FZN/P	248	40	Milton Keynes ARS
53	G0JOS/P	IO91VH	20	2,606	4,000	6,606	268	G4FZN/P	332	40	Coulsdon ATS
54	G3ZNU	IO91PQ	23	2,542	4,000	6,542	254	G4FZN/P	285	10	Chesham & DARS
55	G4DZL	IO92IS	25	2,504	4,000	6,504	239	G3XDY	187	25	Leicester RS
56	G8XDD/P	IO90MX	14	2,589	3,500	6,089	225	G4HGT/P	331	10
57	G4SEQ/P	IO93DO	17	1,700	4,000	5,700	211	MM0CEZ	292	40	807 ARO
58	2E0PNZ	IO92LI	14	1,620	4,000	5,620	197	GU6EFB	341	40	Rugby ATS
59	G4VFL	IO84FL	11	2,514	3,000	5,514	183	G4ODA	295	25	Workington &DARC
60	M6IXY	IO92SD	17	1,402	3,000	4,402	169	G4WEY	185	10	Drowned Rats RG
61	G3ZWR	IO94FX	7	878	3,500	4,378	155	G4CLA	279	25	Northern Fells CG
62	G4ILI	IO81WV	16	1,190	3,000	4,190	141	G3UVR	172	40	Hereford ARS
63	G0ULH	IO81VU	11	1,121	3,000	4,121	127	G4FZN/P	273	40	Gloucester AR&ES
64	G1SCT	IO92XT	13	1,456	2,500	3,956	113	GW1YBB/P	231	8	Kings Lynn ARC
65	G4AQB	IO83TN	15	1,247	2,500	3,747	99	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
66	G3WAG	IO82PB	15	1,046	2,500	3,546	85	G3TMG	178	40	Hereford ARS
67	G0GRI	IO80SX	10	1,487	2,000	3,487	70	G4FZN/P	372	35	Trowbridge & DARC
68	G3YPE	IO93CN	12	855	2,500	3,355	56	G4ASR	193	40	807 ARO
69	M0XAC	IO81VU	9	825	2,500	3,325	42	GW4ZAR/P	168	9	Gloucester AR&ES
70	G0NZI	IO92GM	8	802	2,000	2,802	28	G3TCU/P	157	10	Central England CG
71	2E0VKH	JO01EF	3	92	1,000	1,092	14	G3TCU/P	64	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	123	23,639	9,500	33,139	1,000	PA4VHF	679	4	Hereford ARS
2	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	96	17,188	9,000	26,188	958	PA5Y	578	4	Northern Fells CG
3	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	71	9,350	9,000	18,350	917	PA5Y	492	4	Worksop ARS
4	2E0DXK/P	IO93FG	69	8,472	8,500	16,972	875	PA5Y	531	4	Worksop ARS
5	M0BUL	IO82NG	49	6,981	7,500	14,481	833	MM0CEZ	406	4	Hereford ARS
6	M0OMB	IO83PO	45	6,312	7,500	13,812	792	GM4AFF	353	4	Southport & DARC
7	G8BYB	IO92VT	28	4,583	7,000	11,583	750	PA5Y	431	4	Spalding & DARS
8	G1PPA	IO93OJ	44	5,062	6,000	11,062	708	G3TCU/P	242	4	Worksop ARS
9	M0PCF/P	JO03AJ	31	4,393	4,500	8,893	667	GW1YBB/P	269	4	Worksop ARS
10	G4XTF	IO82OA	25	3,206	4,000	7,206	625	G4FZN/P	268	4	Hereford ARS
11	M0ICR	IO91SO	24	2,859	4,000	6,859	583	G4FZN/P	297	4	Drowned Rats RG
12	G3RCW	IO93KH	28	2,305	4,500	6,805	542	G8PNN/P	220	4	Worksop ARS
13	G4GNC	IO93RD	20	1,961	3,500	5,461	500	GW1YBB/P	221	4	RAF Waddington ARC
14	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	20	1,780	3,500	5,280	458	G4FZN/P	227	4	Hereford ARS
15	G0WUS	IO92KO	14	1,675	3,500	5,175	417	G4FZN/P	181	4	Leicester RS
16	M6VUK	IO93KD	15	1,477	3,500	4,977	375	G8PNN/P	238	4	Worksop ARS
17	G8NRY/P	IO93TW	14	1,821	3,000	4,821	333	GW1YBB/P	289	4	Worksop ARS
18	G7RHF/P	IO82NN	19	1,753	3,000	4,753	292	G3TCU/P	219	4	Hereford ARS
19	M7DON	IO93KD	15	1,195	3,000	4,195	250	G3TCU/P	217	4	Worksop ARS
20	M6PGU	IO93KH	9	561	2,000	2,561	208	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
21	M6OXO	IO83KI	9	679	1,500	2,179	167	GW1YBB/P	158	1	Chorley & DARS
22	G0TVM	IO93CT	7	404	1,500	1,904	125	M1MHZ	151	2.5	807 ARO
23	M6JPU	IO93KH	5	124	500	624	83	M1DDD/P	45	4	Worksop ARS
24	G4OYX	IO82PJ	1	1	500	501	42	G8XYJ	1	1	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