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 19/12/19

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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	G4ASR	IO81MX	74	14,772	9,500	24,272	1,000	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
2	M1DDD/P	IO93DH	81	10,393	7,500	17,893	947	G7RAU	443	160	Tall Trees CG
3	G3MXH	JO02LF	48	8,773	6,500	15,273	895	GW4MBS	344	150	Colchester RA
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	32	5,788	5,500	11,288	842	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
5	G4FVZ	IO91OW	50	5,342	5,000	10,342	789	ON6ID	332	40	Milton Keynes ARS
6	GM4AFF	IO86TS	12	4,889	4,000	8,889	737	G3XDY	573	160	GMDX
7	G3NPI	IO92MA	36	3,389	5,000	8,389	684	G7RAU	375	160
8	G8BUN	IO93EQ	29	3,234	4,500	7,734	632	MM0CEZ	287	150	807 ARO
9	MM0CEZ	IO75XU	11	3,544	3,500	7,044	579	G4ASR	437	50	GMDX
10	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	16	2,764	4,000	6,764	526	G3MXH	341	50	St Tybie ARS
11	G4EPA	IO92KI	27	2,166	4,000	6,166	474	G8DMU/P	196	75	Rugby ATS
12	G6UBM	JO01CE	22	2,604	3,500	6,104	421	M1DDD/P	270	75	West Kent ARS
13	G3OVH	IO92JP	34	2,343	3,500	5,843	368	G8DMU/P	163	100	807 ARO
14	GW4MBS	IO71XW	15	2,756	3,000	5,756	316	M1MHZ	287	160	St Tybie ARS
15	M1MLM/P	IO83VC	28	2,235	2,500	4,735	263	G3MXH	235	50
16	G4LDR	IO91EC	11	1,452	2,500	3,952	211	M1DDD/P	246	50
17	G4IJE	JO01HP	7	976	2,500	3,476	158	G4ASR	250	100	807 ARO
18	G8FRS	IO92DE	3	259	1,500	1,759	105	M1DDD/P	126	50	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
19	G4CCX	JO02MM	2	68	500	568	53	G4LPP	44	100	Norfolk 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	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	64	9,956	7,500	17,456	1,000	G7RAU	479	40	Wirral & DARC
2	G4ODA	IO92WS	56	9,027	8,000	17,027	979	G7RAU	470	40	Spalding & DARS
3	G3UVR	IO83KH	53	7,612	6,500	14,112	957	G7RAU	398	40	Wirral & DARC
4	G7RAU	IN79JX	15	7,187	5,500	12,687	936	OZ8ZS	1,288	40	Addiscombe ARC
5	G3VCA	IO93MG	51	5,913	5,500	11,413	915	GM4AFF	400	40	RAF Waddington ARC
6	G8REQ	IO83KI	33	3,990	5,500	9,490	894	GM4AFF	383	30	Wirral & DARC
7	G0SKA	IO91OQ	42	4,676	4,000	8,676	872	ON6ID	323	35	Triple B ARCG
8	G4RQI	IO93IR	33	3,974	4,500	8,474	851	G0LTG	291	40	807 ARO
9	G3MEH	IO91QS	31	3,208	5,000	8,208	830	G7RAU	379	40	Harwell ARS
10	G0ODQ	IO91MR	36	3,975	4,000	7,975	809	G8DMU/P	266	40	Harwell ARS
11	M0ICR	IO91SO	28	2,882	4,500	7,382	787	G7RAU	380	40	Drowned Rats RG
12	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	28	3,348	4,000	7,348	766	GM4AFF	397	40	Tall Trees CG
13	G4NTY	IO83TM	29	2,651	4,000	6,651	745	G3MXH	266	40	Bolton Wireless Club
14	G8FMC	IO91NW	24	2,116	4,500	6,616	723	G8DMU/P	245	35	Northampton RC
15	G8GYX	IO91VH	25	2,526	4,000	6,526	702	G8DMU/P	324	20	Coulsdon ATS
16	G4CLB	IO92HM	24	2,492	4,000	6,492	681	GM4AFF	477	40	Drowned Rats RG
17	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	14	1,800	4,500	6,300	660	GM4AFF	432	40	Wirral & DARC
18	G3WRA	IO82PB	21	1,935	4,000	5,935	638	G3MXH	251	40	Hereford ARS
19	G8LZE	IO91SO	18	1,958	3,500	5,458	617	G3UVR	263	40
20	G0BFJ/A	IO93FR	22	2,032	3,000	5,032	596	G0ODQ	226	40	807 ARO
21	G4DZL	IO92IS	17	1,375	3,500	4,875	574	G3MXH	164	20	Leicester RS
22	G1HLT	IO93JD	25	1,847	3,000	4,847	553	G4ASR	176	40	807 ARO
23	G4SEQ/A	IO93FR	18	1,712	3,000	4,712	532	G0ODQ	226	40	807 ARO
24	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	14	1,470	3,000	4,470	511	G0ODQ	245	10	Tall Trees CG
25	G4CRF	IO91OX	17	1,170	3,000	4,170	489	M1DDD/P	161	10	Milton Keynes ARS
26	M0NVS	IO91SR	14	967	3,000	3,967	468	M1DDD/P	196	40	Drowned Rats RG
27	G1MZD	IO92NB	19	1,302	2,500	3,802	447	M1DDD/P	150	15	Northampton RC
28	M0KNV	IO92JH	14	902	2,500	3,402	426	G3MXH	148	40	Rugby ATS
29	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	11	873	2,500	3,373	404	G4ASR	150	40	Leicester RS
30	G0CDA	IO83SJ	11	727	2,500	3,227	383	M1MHZ	166	15
31	G4LPD	IO92KW	16	1,064	2,000	3,064	362	G4ASR	164	40	Grimsby ARS
32	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	12	857	2,000	2,857	340	G4ASR	141	40	South Notts ARC
33	G4VFL	IO84FL	5	1,108	1,500	2,608	319	G4ODA	295	25	Workington &DARC
34	M0HWO	IO83MI	11	670	1,500	2,170	298	M1MHZ	196	20	Wirral & DARC
35	G1DFL	IO91NL	9	605	1,500	2,105	277	G4ASR	154	40	Drowned Rats RG
36	G6GEI	IO92PA	14	546	1,500	2,046	255	G3MXH	117	40	Milton Keynes ARS
37	G3WRR	IO91WJ	8	540	1,500	2,040	234	G4ASR	206	40	Surrey RCC
38	GW1CLH	IO81BW	3	303	1,500	1,803	213	G4ODA	271	10	St Tybie ARS
39	G3TDH	IO83WI	10	443	1,000	1,443	191	GW4ZAR	68	20	Tall Trees CG
40	G4AQB	IO83TN	7	386	1,000	1,386	170	G3VCA	100	25	Bolton Wireless Club
41	G4PDF	IO93VH	4	269	1,000	1,269	149	M1DDD/P	100	40	RAF Waddington ARC
42	G0DJA	IO93IF	7	268	1,000	1,268	128	G8DMU/P	99	25	807 ARO
43	G3YPE	IO93CN	6	199	1,000	1,199	106	G8DMU/P	56	40	807 ARO
44	G4JED	JO01CF	4	186	1,000	1,186	85	G0SKA	87	10	West Kent ARS
45	G4WEY	IO90AS	2	110	1,000	1,110	64	G0LTG	66	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
46	G4LPP	JO02SS	2	78	500	578	43	G4CCX	44	10	Norfolk ARC
47	G0LGS	IO81WV	3	60	500	560	21	G4ASR	58	40	Hereford 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	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	42	6,963	4,500	11,463	1,000	G8GYX	324	4	Northern Fells CG
2	G1PPA	IO93OJ	30	3,334	4,000	7,334	923	GW4MBS	273	4	Northern Fells CG
3	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	27	2,541	4,000	6,541	846	GW4MBS	266	4	Worksop ARS
4	2E1SKY	IO93KH	21	1,154	2,500	3,654	769	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
5	M7WSP/A	IO93KH	11	751	2,500	3,251	692	G4ASR	194	4	Worksop ARS
6	G4XTF	IO82OA	7	697	2,500	3,197	615	G3MXH	258	4	Hereford ARS
7	2E0KBZ/A	IO93KH	11	542	2,000	2,542	538	G4FVZ	155	4	Worksop ARS
8	G7RHF	IO82QK	9	446	1,500	1,946	462	GW4MBS	112	4	Hereford ARS
9	MW0XAD	IO83LC	6	328	1,500	1,828	385	M1DDD/P	92	4	Wirral & DARC
10	G8XYJ	IO82PJ	3	279	1,500	1,779	308	M1DDD/P	123	4	Hereford ARS
11	GW4OKT/P	IO83JF	7	289	1,000	1,289	231	M1DDD/P	101	4	Tall Trees CG
12	M6XAK	IO93MH	8	240	1,000	1,240	154	M1MHZ	73	4	Worksop ARS
13	2E0NYG/P	IO91QX	1	13	500	513	77	G4FVZ	13	4	Milton Keynes 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