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 19/09/19

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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	GI4SNA	IO64XM	81	27,884	8,000	35,884	1,000	G3XDY	554	130	GMDX
2	G3TCU/P	IO91RF	122	25,172	10,500	35,672	963	GM4AFF	628	160
3	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	108	22,106	10,000	32,106	926	GU6EFB	541	160	Northern Fells CG
4	G4ASR	IO81MX	104	20,826	11,000	31,826	889	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
5	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	124	18,219	11,500	29,719	852	ON4FI	519	160	Tall Trees CG
6	G3XDY	JO02OB	69	16,278	11,000	27,278	815	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
7	G8SFI/P	IO93OX	89	16,273	9,000	25,273	778	PA2J	459	150	807 ARO
8	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	91	15,050	8,500	23,550	741	G3WCB/P	414	160
9	G3MXH	JO02LF	72	14,402	8,500	22,902	704	GI4SNA	530	150	Colchester RA
10	GM4AFF	IO86TS	37	13,556	6,500	20,056	667	G3TCU/P	628	160	GMDX
11	G3MEH	IO91QS	72	11,156	8,000	19,156	630	GI4SNA	474	160	Harwell ARS
12	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	35	10,947	7,000	17,947	593	G3TCU/P	564	160	GMDX
13	G3NPI	IO92MA	58	7,934	8,000	15,934	556	GM4AFF	537	60
14	G3VGG (G0RMG)	IO82XH	65	7,952	6,500	14,452	519	GI4SNA	362	160	Bromsgrove & DARC
15	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	32	7,483	6,000	13,483	481	G0EHV/P	362	50	St Tybie ARS
16	GU6EFB	IN89RK	22	7,167	5,000	12,167	444	GI4SNA	614	160	Guernsey ARS
17	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	29	6,079	6,000	12,079	407	G3TCU/P	456	100	Northern Fells CG
18	G3OVH	IO92JP	54	5,617	6,000	11,617	370	GM4AFF	465	100	807 ARO
19	G4YHF	IO92XW	21	4,323	7,000	11,323	333	GM4AFF	452	150	Spalding & DARS
20	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	15	5,285	5,000	10,285	296	G3TCU/P	617	150	Northern Fells CG
21	M0KEP	IO91IQ	38	4,502	5,000	9,502	259	G4FZN/P	283	150	Harwell ARS
22	G6UBM	JO01CE	29	3,893	4,000	7,893	222	G4FZN/P	352	75	West Kent ARS
23	G0BFJ	IO93CP	24	2,795	5,000	7,795	185	GI4SNA	294	50	807 ARO
24	G4PDF	IO93VH	12	1,388	3,000	4,388	148	G3TCU/P	233	50	RAF Waddington ARC
25	G3ZWR/P	IO94DU	11	1,271	3,000	4,271	111	GM4AFF	218	50	Northern Fells CG
26	G4LVK	IO82XI	11	880	2,500	3,380	74	G3TCU/P	163	100	Bromsgrove & DARC
27	G0OIK	IO91ST	11	955	2,000	2,955	37	GW1YBB/P	184	50	Verulam 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	109	17,385	12,000	29,385	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	40	Parallel Lines CG
2	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	74	19,044	7,500	26,544	985	M0JSB/P	456	40	Northern Fells CG
3	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	105	16,542	10,000	26,542	970	GM4AFF	560	40	Drowned Rats RG
4	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	90	15,458	10,500	25,958	955	GM4AFF	455	40	Wirral & DARC
5	G4ODA	IO92WS	94	15,342	10,500	25,842	939	GM4AFF	468	40	Spalding & DARS
6	G3UVR	IO83KH	98	15,731	8,500	24,231	924	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
7	G3TBK/P	IO93RA	94	14,438	9,500	23,938	909	GM4JTJ	423	40	Grimsby ARS
8	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	66	15,427	7,500	22,927	894	M0JSB/P	413	40	Northern Fells CG
9	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	74	12,639	9,000	21,639	879	GM4JTJ	383	40	Tall Trees CG
10	G3VCA	IO93MG	76	10,159	8,500	18,659	864	GM4AFF	400	40	RAF Waddington ARC
11	G8CUL	IO91JO	61	8,998	8,500	17,498	848	GI4SNA	458	40	Harwell ARS
12	G8BUN	IO93EQ	55	8,246	8,000	16,246	833	GM4AFF	347	40	807 ARO
13	G0LGS/P	IO81XV	55	7,983	8,000	15,983	818	MM0CEZ	460	40	Hereford ARS
14	M0JSB/P	IO91SF	49	8,488	6,500	14,988	803	GI4SNA	524	40	Addiscombe ARC
15	G0SKA	IO91OQ	56	7,680	7,000	14,680	788	GI4SNA	472	30	Triple B ARCG
16	M0GHZ	IO81VK	49	7,372	7,000	14,372	773	GI4SNA	429	40	Trowbridge & DARC
17	G3YDY	JO01FQ	37	7,830	6,500	14,330	758	LC1V	1,127	40	807 ARO
18	M0ICR	IO91SO	46	6,922	7,000	13,922	742	GI4SNA	495	40	Drowned Rats RG
19	2E0FNU/P	IO91MT	56	6,815	7,000	13,815	727	GI4SNA	454	40	Milton Keynes ARS
20	G8REQ	IO83KI	46	6,648	7,000	13,648	712	GM4AFF	383	30	Wirral & DARC
21	G8FMC	IO91NW	51	6,636	7,000	13,636	697	GI4SNA	448	35	Northampton RC
22	G3SQQ	IO93JC	53	6,200	6,500	12,700	682	GM4AFF	415	40	807 ARO
23	G3TKF	IO81RI	47	7,104	5,500	12,604	667	EI2FG	380	35	Trowbridge & DARC
24	G1MZD/P	IO92NC	42	5,512	7,000	12,512	652	GI4SNA	436	10	Northampton RC
25	G1HLT	IO93JD	42	5,019	7,000	12,019	636	GM4AFF	410	40	807 ARO
26	G8GYX	IO91VH	40	6,367	5,000	11,367	621	G8PNN/P	451	25	Coulsdon ATS
27	G3WCB/P	IO80DI	26	7,056	4,000	11,056	606	G4HGT/P	414	40	Drowned Rats RG
28	G4NTY	IO83TM	46	6,443	4,500	10,943	591	G3XDY	291	40	Bolton Wireless Club
29	G4BEE/P	IO84SA	35	5,475	5,000	10,475	576	G3TCU/P	337	10	Tall Trees CG
30	G4CLB	IO92HM	38	4,446	6,000	10,446	561	GM4AFF	477	40	Drowned Rats RG
31	M0VOZ	IO94UA	18	3,699	6,000	9,699	545	GI4SNA	378	40	Hornsea ARC
32	G3WJG	IO91RP	37	4,529	5,000	9,529	530	GI4SNA	487	40	Drowned Rats RG
33	G8KSP	JO01GH	26	4,621	4,500	9,121	515	G4FZN/P	346	30	Medway ARTS
34	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	23	3,573	5,500	9,073	500	MM0CEZ	341	40	Wirral & DARC
35	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	22	3,741	5,000	8,741	485	GI4SNA	392	40	Hereford ARS
36	G8LZE	IO91SO	12	2,740	6,000	8,740	470	GI4SNA	495	40
37	G4VFL	IO84FL	15	3,291	5,000	8,291	455	G3TCU/P	414	25	Workington &DARC
38	G3TDH	IO83WI	27	2,985	5,000	7,985	439	MM0CEZ	305	20	Tall Trees CG
39	G8FUO	IO91QL	26	3,017	4,500	7,517	424	G4FZN/P	309	40	Drowned Rats RG
40	G8LED (G4CZB)	IO92NG	23	2,750	4,500	7,250	409	GI4SNA	425	20	Northampton RC
41	G4LPD	IO92KW	27	2,648	4,500	7,148	394	GI4SNA	369	40	Grimsby ARS
42	G0CDA	IO83SJ	24	2,556	4,500	7,056	379	G3TCU/P	274	15
43	G3WRR	IO91WJ	26	3,508	3,500	7,008	364	G4FZN/P	324	40	Surrey RCC
44	G8XDD/P	IO90MX	21	3,007	4,000	7,007	348	G3UVR	299	10
45	G4EII	IO83PM	21	2,940	4,000	6,940	333	G3TCU/P	295	40	807 ARO
46	G0AMD/P	IO92KK	32	2,733	4,000	6,733	318	G4FZN/P	200	35	Wirral & DARC
47	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	25	2,370	4,000	6,370	303	G3TCU/P	175	35	South Notts ARC
48	G4DZL	IO92IS	20	2,304	4,000	6,304	288	GI4SNA	369	25	Leicester RS
49	G4LKD	IO93OQ	18	2,273	4,000	6,273	273	G3TCU/P	274	40	807 ARO
50	G3VDB	IO83UG	19	2,059	4,000	6,059	258	GI4SNA	283	37	Tall Trees CG
51	G0GRI	IO80SX	15	2,417	3,500	5,917	242	G3MXH	274	40	Trowbridge & DARC
52	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	20	2,088	3,500	5,588	227	G8PNN/P	284	40	Leicester RS
53	G8LNR/A	IO81UR	14	2,038	3,500	5,538	212	GI4SNA	399	25	Hereford ARS
54	G4WEY	IO90AS	14	2,194	3,000	5,194	197	G8SFI/P	366	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
55	G4AQB	IO83TN	13	1,424	3,500	4,924	182	G3TCU/P	288	25	Bolton Wireless Club
56	G4JED	JO01CF	15	1,889	3,000	4,889	167	G8DMU/P	343	10	West Kent ARS
57	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	12	1,044	3,500	4,544	152	GW1YBB/P	220	40	807 ARO
58	G4FVZ	IO91OW	9	918	3,000	3,918	136	G4FZN/P	257	40	Milton Keynes ARS
59	G8DLX	IO92II	11	762	2,500	3,262	121	GW1YBB/P	134	40	Rugby ATS
60	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	13	984	2,000	2,984	106	GW4ZAR/P	153	40	RAF Waddington ARC
61	G3RIR	IO92JL	19	898	2,000	2,898	91	M0JSB/P	149	40	Rugby ATS
62	M0HWO	IO83MI	4	286	1,500	1,786	76	GW1YBB/P	158	20	Wirral & DARC
63	G1DFL	IO91NL	7	623	1,000	1,623	61	GW1YBB/P	164	40	Drowned Rats RG
64	G7JJZ	IO93HG	7	398	1,000	1,398	45	M1MHZ	94	10
65	G3YPE	IO93CN	6	287	1,000	1,287	30	G4FZN/P	84	40	807 ARO
66	G0EHG	IO83VH	1	28	500	528	15	M1DDD/P	28	25	RSGB Contest Club

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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	105	19,846	8,500	28,346	1,000	ON4FI	556	4	Hereford ARS
2	M0BUL/P	IO82OI	106	16,577	9,500	26,077	950	GM4AFF	492	4	Hereford ARS
3	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	93	16,610	8,000	24,610	900	G8PPQ	360	4	Northern Fells CG
4	G1PPA/P	IO93RI	53	6,813	7,000	13,813	850	GM4AFF	398	4	Northern Fells CG
5	M0OMB	IO83PO	40	5,617	6,000	11,617	800	G3XDY	314	4	Southport & DARC
6	G0WUS	IO92KO	40	4,697	6,500	11,197	750	MM0CEZ	409	4	Leicester RS
7	M6VUK/P	IO93GD	41	3,994	5,000	8,994	700	G8PNN/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
8	G4XTF	IO82OA	27	4,033	4,500	8,533	650	GI4SNA	353	4	Hereford ARS
9	G3ZUD	IO92LU	22	2,550	5,000	7,550	600	G8PNN/P	271	3	South Notts ARC
10	M7GGM/A	IO93KH	20	2,149	5,000	7,149	550	GI4SNA	349	4	Worksop ARS
11	M7DON	IO93KD	26	2,257	4,500	6,757	500	G8PNN/P	238	4	Worksop ARS
12	M6XAK	IO93MH	21	2,041	4,500	6,541	450	G3TCU/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
13	GW0MDQ	IO83KC	19	2,397	4,000	6,397	400	MM0CEZ	312	4	Wirral & DARC
14	M5IA/A	IO93KH	16	1,817	4,000	5,817	350	GI4SNA	349	4	Worksop ARS
15	G3RCW (M0MGO)	IO93KH	17	1,613	4,000	5,613	300	G3TCU/P	236	4	Worksop ARS
16	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	14	1,757	3,500	5,257	250	GI4SNA	324	4	Hereford ARS
17	M6OXO	IO83KI	13	1,401	3,500	4,901	200	G7LRQ/P	242	4	Chorley & DARS
18	M0PJA	IO93II	13	588	1,000	1,588	150	G4CLA	98	4	Worksop ARS
19	G7RHF	IO82QK	2	112	1,000	1,112	100	GW4ZAR/P	97	4	Hereford ARS
20	G8FCQ	IO92KO	4	101	500	601	50	G4ODA	70	3	Leicester RS

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	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