70MHz UK ACTIVITY CONTEST - 17/12/2020 AND WHOLE YEAR RESULTS

138 entries were received for the December 2020 70MHz UKAC session - the last of the year. 29 of these were in section AO, 77 section AR, and 32 section AL. This was five up on the November session. A total of 214 valid calls appear in the logs, from 26 big squares (21 UK&CD & five outside) and ten DXCC entities. The best DX was between G4ASR in IO81 and SP9HWY in JO90 at 1546km. This was one of three contacts at over 1000km - the station at the far end of each being SP9HWY.

A couple of entrants reported conditions as average and there was a stoical 'not the best', but it was all downhill from there. Most reported them as flat or poor, with a handful of 'grim, 'terrible', and 'truly awful': the uncharacteristically low number of non-UK&CD squares worked (five) bears this out. Reports on activity were evenly balanced between 'good' and 'very quiet' - but opinions on two of the regular delights of 4m (QSB and noise) were much more consistent. QSB (described as 'vicious' by one entrant) was a problem for many - and although a couple of entrants found the noise lower than normal it proved to be a serious problem for many. Add to this many complaints of wind rain and cold (succinctly summarised by one entrant as 'wind - rain - mud - SWR gremlins') and this, like the 23cm UKACs, was a low key end to the 2020 season....

Moving now on to the whole year results, the total number of entries was 1720, with monthly figures between 109 in January 168 in July. This is an average of 143 - 28% up on the 2019 average, no doubt mainly due to COVID lockdown but welcome nevertheless. The number of valid callsigns appearing in logs varied between 157 in January and 288 in July, probably corresponding to the peak of the sporadic E season. The best DX of the year (1583km) was between GM4AFF and SP9HWY in JO90 square during the October session. However the most consistent best DX was between G4ASR and SP9HWY at 1546km in no less than eight of the sessions, with SP9HWY being the best DX in no less than eleven!

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 - Wirral & DARC

Local club section

Leading club - Hereford ARS

Second placed club - Northampton RC

Third placed club - Worksop ARS

Section AO

Leading entrant - G4ASR

Second placed entrant - G4FZN(/P)

Third placed entrant - G3XDY

Leading non-UK&CD entrant - PE1EWR

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0KYX

Section AR

Leading entrant - G4CLA

Second placed entrant - G(M)4ODA(/P)

Third placed entrant - G7LRQ/P

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0MDJ

Leading non-UK&CD entrant - PE1EWR

Section AL

Leading entrant - G8DMU(/P)

Second placed entrant - G1PPA(/P)

Third placed entrant - M0LLW(/P)

Leading Intermediate Licensee - 2E0XMB

Leading Foundation Licensee - M7DON(/P)

That's all for 2020 - hope to see you again in 2021, the first session of which takes place on Thursday 21st January from 2000 - 2230 UTC.

Quin Collier G3WRR

g3wrr@rsgbcc.org

This contest is part of the following contest series Overall UKAC

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70MHz UKAC 16/01/20

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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	93	18,167	10,000	28,167	1,000	PE5HV	558	160	Northern Fells CG
2	G4ASR	IO81MX	92	16,950	11,000	27,950	952	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
3	G4HGT/P	IO93EV	71	10,131	5,500	15,631	904	PE1EWR	440	160
4	G0VVE	IO91SG	57	9,022	6,500	15,522	857	GD0AMD/P	426	160	Reigate ATS
5	G3XDY	JO02OB	38	7,623	6,000	13,623	809	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
6	G8CUL	IO91JO	48	6,733	6,000	12,733	761	GM4AFF	580	150	Harwell ARS
7	G3NPI	IO92MA	47	5,486	7,000	12,486	714	GM4AFF	537	160	Northampton RC
8	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	25	4,675	5,500	10,175	666	G3XDY	356	50	St Tybie ARS
9	G4BRK	IO91HP	28	3,835	5,000	8,835	619	ON6ID	361	150	Harwell ARS
10	GW4MBS	IO71XW	19	4,012	4,500	8,512	571	G3XDY	360	160	St Tybie ARS
11	G8BUN	IO93EQ	30	3,260	4,000	7,260	523	G0VVE	281	150	807 ARO
12	G4YPC	IO91RH	26	2,821	3,500	6,321	476	G4FZN/P	328	40	Guildford & DRS
13	PE1EWR	JO11SL	10	3,243	2,500	5,743	428	G4FZN/P	442	60	807 ARO
14	G4IJE	JO01HP	11	1,835	3,500	5,335	380	G4FZN/P	313	100	807 ARO
15	M0KEP	IO91IQ	18	1,692	3,000	4,692	333	G4FZN/P	283	150	Harwell ARS
16	GW4HBK	IO81KP	8	1,287	2,500	3,787	285	G4FZN/P	315	150	Blackwood & DARS
17	G4EPA	IO92KI	16	1,138	2,500	3,638	238	G4FZN/P	209	65	Rugby ATS
18	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	6	1,318	2,000	3,318	190	G4ASR	441	80	GMDX
19	GM6CMQ	IO86GB	4	880	2,000	2,880	142	G4ASR	456	100	GMDX North
20	2E0KYX	IO82PH	2	72	1,000	1,072	95	G4ASR	41	50	Hereford ARS
21	M1DDD	IO93DG	1	95	500	595	47	G4CLA	95	10	Tall Trees CG

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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	95	13,635	10,000	23,635	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	50	Parallel Lines CG
2	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	87	12,351	8,000	20,351	984	G7RAU	388	40	Drowned Rats RG
3	G4ODA	IO92WS	67	10,475	8,000	18,475	968	G7RAU	470	50	Spalding & DARS
4	G3VCA	IO93MG	57	6,639	7,000	13,639	953	ON6ID	416	40	RAF Waddington ARC
5	G3UVR	IO83KH	53	7,562	5,500	13,062	937	GM4AFF	388	40	Wirral & DARC
6	G3TBK/P	IO93RA	60	6,251	5,500	11,751	921	GD0AMD/P	298	50	Grimsby ARS
7	G8REQ	IO83KI	42	5,590	5,500	11,090	906	GM4AFF	383	30	Wirral & DARC
8	M1MHZ (G1ZJP)	IO92WV	40	5,696	5,000	10,696	890	GM4AFF	455	40	Wirral & DARC
9	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	25	5,886	4,000	9,886	875	G0VVE	426	35	Wirral & DARC
10	G4FEV	IO92RG	37	4,031	5,500	9,531	859	GD0AMD/P	343	35	Northern Fells CG
11	G0ODQ	IO91MR	38	4,068	5,000	9,068	843	GD0AMD/P	365	50	Harwell ARS
12	G7RAU	IN79JX	13	4,449	4,000	8,449	828	G4FZN/P	546	40	Addiscombe ARC
13	G4NTY	IO83TM	35	3,819	4,500	8,319	812	G0VVE	282	40	Bolton Wireless Club
14	M0ICR	IO91SO	38	4,237	4,000	8,237	796	G4FZN/P	297	10	Drowned Rats RG
15	G4RQI	IO93IR	28	2,853	4,500	7,353	781	GW4MBS	272	50	807 ARO
16	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	26	3,205	4,000	7,205	765	G3XDY	320	50	Tall Trees CG
17	G3WCB/P	IO80DI	14	3,320	3,000	6,320	750	G4FZN/P	464	50	Drowned Rats RG
18	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	15	1,717	4,500	6,217	734	GD0AMD/P	189	40	Wirral & DARC
19	G3SQQ	IO93JC	40	3,074	3,000	6,074	718	GW1YBB/P	184	40	807 ARO
20	G4CLB	IO92HM	26	2,432	3,500	5,932	703	GD0AMD/P	282	50	Drowned Rats RG
21	G1HLT	IO93JD	33	2,385	3,500	5,885	687	G0VVE	215	50	807 ARO
22	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	20	2,099	3,500	5,599	671	G4FZN/P	267	50	Hereford ARS
23	G0BFJ/A	IO93FR	29	2,378	3,000	5,378	656	G8CUL	238	50	807 ARO
24	G8GYX	IO91VH	27	2,604	2,500	5,104	640	G4HGT/P	303	25	Coulsdon ATS
25	G3WJG	IO91RP	22	1,708	3,000	4,708	625	G4FZN/P	291	40	Drowned Rats RG
26	G4SEQ/A	IO93FR	19	1,689	3,000	4,689	609	GW1YBB/P	226	50	807 ARO
27	G3TDH	IO83WI	21	1,559	3,000	4,559	593	GD0AMD/P	187	10	Tall Trees CG
28	G4DZL	IO92IS	17	1,532	3,000	4,532	578	G0VVE	177	20	Leicester RS
29	G4EII	IO83PM	16	1,266	3,000	4,266	562	GW1YBB/P	179	40	807 ARO
30	G4VFL	IO84FL	8	1,762	2,500	4,262	546	G4ODA	295	25	Workington &DARC
31	G0NRL	JO01GH	9	1,248	3,000	4,248	531	G4FZN/P	346	10	Medway ARTS
32	G3RIR	IO92JL	20	1,336	2,500	3,836	515	G4FZN/P	195	40	Rugby ATS
33	G8CLY	IO91UT	14	1,314	2,500	3,814	500	G4FZN/P	276	40	Verulam ARC
34	G0OIK	IO91ST	19	1,119	2,500	3,619	484	GW1YBB/P	184	50	Verulam ARC
35	G4LPD	IO92KW	13	1,112	2,500	3,612	468	GW1YBB/P	176	50	Grimsby ARS
36	GW0MDQ	IO83KC	12	992	2,500	3,492	453	G4ODA	205	4	Wirral & DARC
37	M0HWO	IO83MI	15	1,115	2,000	3,115	437	G3TBK/P	166	20	Wirral & DARC
38	G1DFL	IO91NL	15	1,030	2,000	3,030	421	G3WCB/P	235	40	Drowned Rats RG
39	M0TBQ	IO82SQ	7	522	2,500	3,022	406	G7LRQ/P	160	50	Telford & DARS
40	G3WRA	IO82PB	13	956	2,000	2,956	390	G4ODA	193	50	Hereford ARS
41	G3VYI	IO91OF	13	834	2,000	2,834	375	G4ASR	172	30	Addiscombe ARC
42	2E0YYB	IO82SP	8	610	2,000	2,610	359	G7LRQ/P	158	40	Dudley & DARS
43	G4BCA	IO81VV	10	547	2,000	2,547	343	G0VVE	140	40	Gloucester AR&ES
44	G8LNR	IO82PB	9	535	2,000	2,535	328	G4FEV	150	50	Hereford ARS
45	G6GEI	IO92PA	16	775	1,500	2,275	312	G4IJE	101	50	Milton Keynes ARS
46	M5DR	IO83MN	8	728	1,500	2,228	296	G4ODA	209	25	Southport & DARC
47	2E0DKY	IO93SF	9	642	1,500	2,142	281	G4NTY	132	30	Worksop ARS
48	G4AQB	IO83TN	10	637	1,500	2,137	265	G4ASR	181	25	Bolton Wireless Club
49	G0DJA	IO93IF	12	633	1,500	2,133	250	G4FZN/P	112	25	807 ARO
50	G8CMU	IO81RW	7	421	1,500	1,921	234	G7LRQ/P	138	15	Hereford ARS
51	G8FRS	IO92DE	5	373	1,500	1,873	218	GW1YBB/P	101	50	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
52	G8LZE	IO91SO	10	394	1,000	1,394	203	G4CLA	110	20	Wirral & DARC
53	G8YKM	IO91PF	6	314	1,000	1,314	187	G4CLA	144	25	Guildford & DRS
54	G4WEY	IO90AS	2	308	1,000	1,308	171	G3NPI	156	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
55	G3YPE	IO93CN	7	268	1,000	1,268	156	G4FZN/P	84	40	807 ARO
56	G8EEM/A	IO93KS	5	227	1,000	1,227	140	G3VCA	57	40	807 ARO
57	G0LGS	IO81WV	6	224	1,000	1,224	125	GW1YBB/P	69	50	Hereford ARS
58	M0XAC	IO81VU	4	221	1,000	1,221	109	G4CLA	98	9	Gloucester AR&ES
59	G4HIV	IO93QE	5	145	1,000	1,145	93	G4ODA	58	30	RAFARS
60	G4BJD	IO82PB	4	105	1,000	1,105	78	2E0MDJ	45	50	Hereford ARS
61	G1SCT	IO92XT	2	49	1,000	1,049	62	G3TBK/P	41	8	Kings Lynn ARC
62	G0GRI	IO80SX	1	29	500	529	46	G0LTG	29	40	Trowbridge & DARC
63	G0UFE	IO82SP	3	14	500	514	31	M5AFG	8	40	Telford & DARS
64	M0JSB	IO91RH	2	9	500	509	15	G0VVE	8	20	Addiscombe 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	GW1YBB/P	IO81KW	84	13,894	6,500	20,394	1,000	ON6ID	485	10	Hereford ARS
2	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	68	10,695	6,500	17,195	958	ON6ID	515	10	Northern Fells CG
3	M6KMB	IO93EQ	20	2,386	4,000	6,386	916	GM4AFF	347	10	807 ARO
4	G1PPA	IO93OJ	30	2,639	3,500	6,139	875	G0VVE	238	10	Northern Fells CG
5	G0WUS	IO92KO	32	2,535	3,500	6,035	833	G4FZN/P	181	10	Parallel Lines CG
6	G1MZD	IO92NB	25	2,270	3,500	5,770	791	G4FZN/P	242	10	Northampton RC
7	G1AW/P	IO93FG	36	2,733	3,000	5,733	750	G0VVE	235	10	Worksop ARS
8	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	34	2,571	3,000	5,571	708	GW1YBB/P	219	4	Worksop ARS
9	G8FMC	IO91NW	26	2,415	3,000	5,415	666	G4FZN/P	256	10	Northampton RC
10	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	15	1,688	3,500	5,188	625	G7LRQ/P	248	10	Tall Trees CG
11	M7DON/P	IO93GD	27	1,986	3,000	4,986	583	GW1YBB/P	176	4	Worksop ARS
12	G4XTF	IO82OA	17	1,797	3,000	4,797	541	G4FZN/P	268	4	Hereford ARS
13	G1UK	IO93KD	27	1,654	3,000	4,654	500	GW1YBB/P	191	4	Worksop ARS
14	2E1SKY	IO93KH	33	1,798	2,500	4,298	458	GD0AMD/P	249	4	Worksop ARS
15	2E0DXK	IO93GF	16	962	2,500	3,462	416	G4ASR	172	10	Worksop ARS
16	M7UCA/A	IO93KH	18	1,111	2,000	3,111	375	GW1YBB/P	204	4	Worksop ARS
17	M6XAK	IO93MH	17	956	2,000	2,956	333	GW1YBB/P	212	10	Worksop ARS
18	M7DUK/A	IO93KH	15	646	1,500	2,146	291	G4FZN/P	103	4	Worksop ARS
19	G7RHF	IO82QK	12	613	1,500	2,113	250	GW4JQP/P	118	4	Hereford ARS
20	GW4OKT/P	IO83JF	12	609	1,000	1,609	208	G4FZN/P	173	10	Tall Trees CG
21	G0EUN	IO93QE	3	144	1,000	1,144	166	G4FZN/P	123	10	RAF Waddington ARC
22	GW1CLH	IO81BW	2	32	1,000	1,032	125	GW4JQP/P	20	10	St Tybie ARS
23	M0PJA	IO93II	8	152	500	652	83	G0EAK/P	28	4	Worksop ARS
24	G8HXE	IO83TK	4	67	500	567	41	G4EII	24	10	Travelling Wave CG

Link to All QSOs File here

	16/01/20 Totals		20/02/20 Totals		19/03/20 Totals		16/04/20 Totals		21/05/20 Totals		18/06/20 Totals		16/07/20 Totals		20/08/20 Totals		17/09/20 Totals		15/10/20 Totals		19/11/20 Totals		17/12/20 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							1,340	222,000	1,401	234,000	1,199	211,500	1,993	452,000	1,429	279,500	1,844	426,000	1,596	341,000
19:30							958	108,000	1,102	125,500	860	102,000	1,758	216,500	1,069	134,000	1,703	234,000	1,303	172,000
20:00	928	176,000	1,129	234,000	1,243	259,000	686	63,000	803	73,500	533	63,000	1,485	143,000	880	90,000	1,381	154,500	987	105,000	1,168	198,000	1,367	246,500
20:30	577	69,500	771	108,000	977	134,000	482	31,000	633	38,500	504	47,500	1,242	97,500	715	65,000	1,195	118,500	762	76,000	862	96,000	1,016	138,000
21:00	464	44,000	626	75,500	759	87,000	347	20,000	527	43,000	380	28,500	1,011	69,500	641	44,000	1,075	83,500	617	53,500	631	52,500	793	73,500
21:30	354	33,500	459	41,000	627	49,000															428	28,500	541	46,000
22:00	257	24,000	371	26,500	477	35,000															430	30,500	413	29,000
Totals	2,580	347,000	3,356	485,000	4,083	564,000	3,813	444,000	4,466	514,500	3,476	452,500	7,489	978,500	4,734	612,500	7,198	1,016,500	5,265	747,500	3,519	405,500	4,130	533,000
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Squares	16/01/20	20/02/20	19/03/20	16/04/20	21/05/20	18/06/20	16/07/20	20/08/20	17/09/20	15/10/20	19/11/20	17/12/20
IN79	1	1	1
IN89			1	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1
IO64			1	1	1	2	2		2	2		2
IO65						1	1
IO70						1	4	1	2	1	1
IO71	2	2	2	1	1	4	2	2	2	3	2	3
IO72		1	1		1	1	4		1	3
IO73									1
IO74	1	1				1	3		2	3	2	1
IO75			2	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	1
IO76									1
IO78	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
IO80	2	3	4	6	7	2	10	4	6	5	4	4
IO81	12	7	10	22	21	20	30	16	19	14	15	14
IO82	16	15	17	32	20	24	29	20	22	20	13	18
IO83	14	20	26	26	27	21	16	17	17	16	15	11
IO84	1	1	2	3	3	1	4	2	3	4	1	1
IO85	1	2	3	3	7	2	2	3	4	2	3	4
IO86	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	2
IO87		1				1	1		1	1
IO90	2	5	3	3	3	3	8	6	3	5	5	5
IO91	24	24	24	34	37	30	35	29	27	29	38	38
IO92	25	24	33	40	40	40	41	34	36	33	33	36
IO93	37	29	43	34	39	39	39	32	39	39	32	34
IO94	3	7	13	10	8	10	12	14	15	9	7	11
IO95		4	2	4	4	2	4	2	4	4	2	3
IO99								1
JO00		1			1				1		1
JO01	5	5	8	9	8	6	10	10	8	8	9	12
JO02	1	5	4	4	9	9	10	4	7	5	7	5
JO03					1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1
UK Sqs	18	22	22	20	23	26	26	22	28	25	23	21
Other Sqs	7	5	7	7	11	8	8	7	10	10	11	5
Active Stns	157	166	212	250	259	238	288	214	246	229	214	214
Entries	109	124	136	153	166	150	168	145	155	144	132	138