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 20/02/20

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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	88	16,311	9,000	25,311	1,000	G7RAU	546	160	Northern Fells CG
2	M1DDD/P	IO93DH	103	13,323	10,000	23,323	954	G7RAU	443	160	Tall Trees CG
3	G0VVE	IO91SG	75	13,415	8,500	21,915	909	GM4AFF	625	130	Reigate ATS
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	49	10,988	9,500	20,488	863	GM4JTJ	565	150	Martlesham RS
5	G3MXH	JO02LF	55	9,770	6,500	16,270	818	G3WCB/P	386	150	Colchester RA
6	GM4AFF	IO86TS	22	8,677	5,500	14,177	772	G0VVE	625	160	GMDX
7	G8CUL	IO91JO	51	7,658	6,500	14,158	727	G8PNN/P	407	160	Harwell ARS
8	GW4JQP/P	IO81AS	26	5,667	6,000	11,667	681	G3MXH	341	50	St Tybie ARS
9	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	18	5,960	5,000	10,960	636	G0VVE	613	150	Northern Fells CG
10	GW4MBS	IO71XW	24	5,251	5,500	10,751	590	G8PNN/P	391	160	St Tybie ARS
11	G8EEM	IO93MX	35	5,066	4,500	9,566	545	GM4AFF	324	150	807 ARO
12	G3NPI	IO92MA	38	4,528	5,000	9,528	500	G8PNN/P	363	160	Northampton RC
13	G4YPC	IO91RH	32	3,466	5,000	8,466	454	G7RAU	361	40	Guildford & DRS
14	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	20	4,032	4,000	8,032	409	G3XDY	413	100	Northern Fells CG
15	G6UW (M0TKU)	JO02AF	21	2,794	4,500	7,294	363	PE1EWR	255	160	Cambridge University WS
16	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	12	2,809	4,000	6,809	318	GW1YBB/P	445	80	GMDX
17	G3OVH	IO92JP	34	2,894	3,500	6,394	272	G4FZN/P	177	100	807 ARO
18	G4BWP	JO02FH	9	1,170	3,000	4,170	227	GW4ZAR	262	130	Camb-Hams
19	G4IJE	JO01HP	13	1,412	2,500	3,912	181	GW1YBB/P	260	110	807 ARO
20	G6UBM	JO01CE	15	1,363	2,500	3,863	136	M1DDD/P	270	75	West Kent ARS
21	G4CAJ	IO92HN	16	1,186	2,500	3,686	90	G3XDY	185	20	Drowned Rats RG
22	GM8IEM	IO78HF	2	1,195	1,000	2,195	45	OZ1DLD	950	160	GMDX

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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	93	14,146	10,500	24,646	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	50	Parallel Lines CG
2	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	92	14,504	9,500	24,004	986	GM4AFF	560	50	Drowned Rats RG
3	G4ODA	IO92WS	75	11,795	9,500	21,295	972	G7RAU	470	50	Spalding & DARS
4	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	54	12,541	6,500	19,041	958	G0VVE	452	40	Northern Fells CG
5	G7RAU	IN79JX	24	10,497	6,500	16,997	945	OZ8ZS	1,288	40	Addiscombe ARC
6	M1CJN/P	IO93OX	60	9,561	6,500	16,061	931	G4RUL/P	369	40	807 ARO
7	G3TBK/P	IO93RA	67	8,389	7,500	15,889	917	G7RAU	468	45	Grimsby ARS
8	G3UVR	IO83KH	60	8,476	7,000	15,476	904	G7RAU	398	50	Wirral & DARC
9	G3VCA	IO93MG	70	7,918	7,500	15,418	890	GM4JTJ	389	40	RAF Waddington ARC
10	M1MHZ	IO92WV	41	6,804	7,000	13,804	876	G7RAU	479	40	Wirral & DARC
11	G0EHV/P	IO94ET	40	7,647	6,000	13,647	863	G0VVE	402	40	Northern Fells CG
12	GW0GEI	IO72VE	29	6,721	6,000	12,721	849	GM4DIJ	422	50	GMDX
13	G0SKA	IO91OQ	50	5,635	7,000	12,635	835	G8PNN/P	402	28	Triple B ARCG
14	GW8ASD	IO83LB	39	6,018	6,000	12,018	821	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
15	G3MEH	IO91QS	50	5,769	6,000	11,769	808	G7RAU	379	40	Harwell ARS
16	G4YHF	IO92XW	27	4,212	6,000	10,212	794	GW4JQP/P	296	45	Spalding & DARS
17	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	40	5,208	5,000	10,208	780	GM4AFF	397	50	Tall Trees CG
18	M0ICR	IO91SO	38	4,427	5,500	9,927	767	G7RAU	380	10	Drowned Rats RG
19	G8REQ	IO83KI	35	4,257	5,500	9,757	753	GM4AFF	383	30	Wirral & DARC
20	G4NTY	IO83TM	34	4,061	5,500	9,561	739	G3WCB/P	364	40	Bolton Wireless Club
21	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	20	4,835	3,500	8,335	726	G7LRQ/P	374	40	Wirral & DARC
22	G4RUL/P	JO00DR	25	4,036	4,000	8,036	712	M1CJN/P	369	50	Drowned Rats RG
23	G4KQH	IO92JD	31	3,402	4,500	7,902	698	G8PNN/P	347	45
24	G8FMC	IO91NW	29	2,962	4,500	7,462	684	G8PNN/P	373	35	Northampton RC
25	G8BUN	IO93EQ	30	2,804	4,500	7,304	671	G3XDY	263	50	807 ARO
26	G1HLT	IO93JD	32	3,012	4,000	7,012	657	G8PNN/P	237	50	807 ARO
27	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	16	2,421	4,500	6,921	643	G8PNN/P	371	50	Hereford ARS
28	G8GYX	IO91VH	27	2,847	4,000	6,847	630	G4FZN/P	332	25	Coulsdon ATS
29	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	16	1,823	5,000	6,823	616	G8PNN/P	265	40	Wirral & DARC
30	G4CLB	IO92HM	29	2,626	4,000	6,626	602	G8PNN/P	304	40	Drowned Rats RG
31	PE1EWR	JO11SL	11	3,565	3,000	6,565	589	GW1YBB/P	463	50	807 ARO
32	G3WRA	IO82PB	18	2,286	4,000	6,286	575	G4FZN/P	261	50	Hereford ARS
33	G3WCB/P	IO80DI	11	3,114	3,000	6,114	561	G3XDY	392	50	Drowned Rats RG
34	G4EFT	IO91RG	28	2,604	3,500	6,104	547	G4FZN/P	333	50	Addiscombe ARC
35	G4EPA	IO92KI	30	2,408	3,500	5,908	534	G4FZN/P	209	50	Rugby ATS
36	G4RQI/A	IO93FR	24	2,369	3,500	5,869	520	G0VVE	284	50	807 ARO
37	G4DZL	IO92IS	25	2,103	3,500	5,603	506	G8PNN/P	277	25	Leicester RS
38	G4VFL	IO84FL	9	2,002	3,500	5,502	493	G0VVE	413	25	Workington &DARC
39	G3TDH	IO83WI	21	1,699	3,500	5,199	479	G8PNN/P	209	10	Tall Trees CG
40	G6GEI/P	IO92RA	23	1,940	3,000	4,940	465	G4FZN/P	250	50	Milton Keynes ARS
41	G0BFJ/A	IO93FR	22	1,890	3,000	4,890	452	GW1YBB/P	226	50	807 ARO
42	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	20	1,875	3,000	4,875	438	G3XDY	175	50	Leicester RS
43	G1DFL	IO91NL	19	1,811	3,000	4,811	424	G7RAU	348	40	Drowned Rats RG
44	G4LKD	IO93OQ	17	1,714	3,000	4,714	410	GW1YBB/P	250	50	807 ARO
45	G4JED	JO01CF	17	1,591	3,000	4,591	397	G3TBK/P	206	10	West Kent ARS
46	G1ZAR/P	IO92IR	20	1,596	2,500	4,096	383	G4FZN/P	167	40	South Notts ARC
47	G3ZUD	IO92LU	19	1,507	2,500	4,007	369	G0VVE	181	5	South Notts ARC
48	G4LPD	IO92KW	20	1,392	2,500	3,892	356	G0VVE	191	40	Grimsby ARS
49	2E0YYB	IO82SP	8	827	3,000	3,827	342	G3MXH	237	40	Dudley & DARS
50	G4WEY	IO90AS	7	1,153	2,500	3,653	328	G3XDY	263	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
51	M5DR	IO83MN	14	1,077	2,000	3,077	315	G4ODA	209	30	Southport & DARC
52	G3SDY	IO93DO	15	898	2,000	2,898	301	G7LRQ/P	210	50	807 ARO
53	G4FVZ	IO91OW	11	718	2,000	2,718	287	GW1YBB/P	160	40	Milton Keynes ARS
54	G0CDA	IO83SJ	10	708	2,000	2,708	273	G4CLA	132	15	Wirral & DARC
55	M0HWO	IO83MI	12	553	2,000	2,553	260	GW1YBB/P	158	20	Wirral & DARC
56	G8XDD/P	IO90MX	9	534	2,000	2,534	246	G0LTG	114	15	807 ARO
57	G4LHT	IO91SN	11	512	2,000	2,512	232	G3MXH	123	40	Drowned Rats RG
58	G4BJD	IO82PB	5	387	2,000	2,387	219	G3TBK/P	182	50	Hereford ARS
59	M0TBQ	IO82SQ	5	279	2,000	2,279	205	GW1YBB/P	95	50	Telford & DARS
60	G4PDF	IO93VH	11	663	1,500	2,163	191	G4FZN/P	122	40	RAF Waddington ARC
61	G4BCA	IO81VV	5	381	1,500	1,881	178	G7LRQ/P	115	40	Gloucester AR&ES
62	G4EII	IO83PM	7	370	1,500	1,870	164	GD0AMD/P	144	40	807 ARO
63	G8FRS	IO92DE	3	237	1,500	1,737	150	GW1YBB/P	101	50	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
64	G0GRI	IO80SX	3	100	1,500	1,600	136	G4WEY	43	40	Trowbridge & DARC
65	G4AQB	IO83TN	5	302	1,000	1,302	123	G3VCA	100	25	Bolton Wireless Club
66	2E0DKY	IO93SF	5	289	1,000	1,289	109	G4FZN/P	122	30	Worksop ARS
67	G3YPE	IO93CN	4	226	1,000	1,226	95	G0UUU/P	88	40	807 ARO
68	G0LGS	IO81WV	4	182	1,000	1,182	82	GW1YBB/P	69	50	Hereford ARS
69	G0UFE	IO82SP	2	96	1,000	1,096	68	GW1YBB/P	91	40	Telford & DARS
70	G3ZWR	IO94FX	2	59	1,000	1,059	54	G8PNN/P	39	35	Northern Fells CG
71	G8LZE	IO91SO	9	275	500	775	41	G8CUL	52	20	Wirral & DARC
72	M0SSN/P	IO83PN	5	151	500	651	27	GW8ASD	60	45	Southport & DARC
73	M0JSB	IO91RH	3	14	500	514	13	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	102	18,448	8,500	26,948	1,000	GM4AFF	540	10	Hereford ARS
2	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	76	12,836	7,000	19,836	965	PE1EWR	460	10	Northern Fells CG
3	G1PPA/P	IO93RI	61	7,727	7,000	14,727	931	GM4AFF	398	10	Northern Fells CG
4	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	61	6,990	6,500	13,490	896	GW4JQP/P	273	4	Worksop ARS
5	M0ZMF/P	IO93NJ	54	5,716	5,500	11,216	862	GW4MBS	269	10	Worksop ARS
6	M0BUL	IO82NG	33	4,977	6,000	10,977	827	G8PNN/P	335	4	Hereford ARS
7	G0UUU/P	IO94PA	30	3,955	4,500	8,455	793	GW0GEI	311	10	807 ARO
8	G3SQQ	IO93JC	51	4,362	4,000	8,362	758	GD0AMD/P	254	10	807 ARO
9	G4HGI	IO83PL	32	3,421	4,500	7,921	724	G0VVE	290	10	RSGB Contest Club
10	M6KMB	IO93EQ	24	2,591	4,500	7,091	689	G3XDY	263	10	807 ARO
11	G1UK	IO93KD	32	2,478	4,000	6,478	655	G8PNN/P	238	4	Worksop ARS
12	M7DON/P	IO93GD	33	2,547	3,500	6,047	620	G8PNN/P	234	4	Worksop ARS
13	G1MZD	IO92NB	28	2,615	3,000	5,615	586	G4FZN/P	242	10	Northampton RC
14	G0NRL	JO01GH	15	1,548	3,000	4,548	551	G4FZN/P	346	10	Medway ARTS
15	M7DUK/A	IO93KH	20	1,409	3,000	4,409	517	GW1YBB/P	204	10	Worksop ARS
16	G4XTF	IO82OA	10	1,364	2,500	3,864	482	G4FZN/P	268	10	Hereford ARS
17	G8LED (G4CZB)	IO92NG	13	1,058	2,500	3,558	448	GW1YBB/P	159	10	Northampton RC
18	M7UCA/A	IO93KH	19	984	2,000	2,984	413	GW1YBB/P	204	10	Worksop ARS
19	M0ICK	IO83RM	16	931	2,000	2,931	379	G4ODA	182	10	Northern Fells CG
20	G0DJA	IO93IF	18	927	2,000	2,927	344	G3UVR	123	10	807 ARO
21	M0PCF/P	IO93HI	20	1,085	1,500	2,585	310	G4ODA	106	10	Worksop ARS
22	GW0MDQ	IO83KC	9	447	2,000	2,447	275	G8DMU/P	139	6	Wirral & DARC
23	G1ZJQ/P	IO95DD	5	392	2,000	2,392	241	M1DDD/P	204	8	Northumbria ARC
24	M6XAK	IO93MH	12	536	1,500	2,036	206	G8DMU/P	100	10	Worksop ARS
25	M0NYG/P	IO92PC	9	511	1,500	2,011	172	GW1YBB/P	167	10	Milton Keynes ARS
26	G4BEE	IO83RQ	6	481	1,500	1,981	137	M1CJN/P	120	10	Tall Trees CG
27	G7DOF	IO91IP	4	148	500	648	103	G7LRQ/P	57	10	Harwell ARS
28	G7RHF	IO82QK	2	69	500	569	68	G3WRA	43	4	Hereford ARS
29	2E0YRT	IO82QH	1	54	500	554	34	GW1YBB/P	54	10	Hereford ARS

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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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