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 19/03/20

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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	G4ASR	IO81MX	108	20,969	11,000	31,969	1,000	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
2	G4FZN/P	IO94JF	114	20,990	10,000	30,990	962	PA4VHF	579	160	Northern Fells CG
3	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	126	16,311	11,000	27,311	925	PA4VHF	591	160	Tall Trees CG
4	G3XDY	JO02OB	65	14,603	10,000	24,603	888	GM4AFF	573	150	Martlesham RS
5	G4HGT/P	IO93BV	99	12,951	7,500	20,451	851	GW6TEO	329	160
6	GM4AFF	IO86TS	32	11,491	6,500	17,991	814	G3XDY	573	160	GMDX
7	GW0GEI	IO72VE	36	9,041	8,000	17,041	777	GM4VVX	649	160	GMDX
8	G3NPI	IO92MA	59	7,683	8,500	16,183	740	GM4AFF	537	160	Northampton RC
9	G0VVE	IO91SG	58	8,341	7,000	15,341	703	GI4SNA	521	130	Reigate ATS
10	G3TCT	IO81QC	42	7,812	7,000	14,812	666	G0EHV/P	415	160
11	G4YHF	IO92XW	46	7,037	7,500	14,537	629	PA4VHF	470	150	Spalding & DARS
12	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	24	7,584	6,000	13,584	592	G3XDY	565	150	Northern Fells CG
13	G8KPD/P	IO85XF	29	4,881	6,000	10,881	555	G3XDY	413	100	Northern Fells CG
14	GU6EFB	IN89RK	18	5,545	4,500	10,045	518	G4FZN/P	541	160	Guernsey ARS
15	GW4MBS	IO71XW	21	4,633	4,500	9,133	481	G8PNN/P	391	160	St Tybie ARS
16	M0ORY	IO93IB	41	3,556	4,500	8,056	444	G8PNN/P	245	50	RAF Waddington ARC
17	M0KEP	IO91IQ	27	2,603	5,000	7,603	407	G4FZN/P	283	160	Harwell ARS
18	G4BRK	IO91HP	28	2,989	4,000	6,989	370	G4FZN/P	288	150	Harwell ARS
19	G4YPC	IO91RH	20	2,385	4,500	6,885	333	G4FZN/P	328	40	Guildford & DRS
20	G4LDR	IO91EC	16	1,860	3,500	5,360	296	G3XDY	223	50
21	G0OIK	IO91ST	20	1,290	3,000	4,290	259	M1DDD/P	190	50	Verulam ARC
22	G6UBM	JO01CE	12	1,229	2,000	3,229	222	G4ASR	236	75	West Kent ARS
23	G4IJE	JO01HP	7	838	2,000	2,838	185	G4ASR	250	110	807 ARO
24	2E0KYX	IO82PH	7	358	1,500	1,858	148	M0ICK/P	145	50	Hereford ARS
25	M0TBQ	IO82SQ	5	326	1,500	1,826	111	M0ICK/P	103	50	Telford & DARS
26	2E0MMY/P	IO92LG	12	674	1,000	1,674	74	G8GYX	122	50	Verulam ARC
27	GM8IEM	IO78HF	2	309	1,000	1,309	37	GM4JTJ	245	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	114	17,519	12,000	29,519	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	50	Parallel Lines CG
2	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	101	15,489	11,000	26,489	986	GM4AFF	560	50	Drowned Rats RG
3	G4ODA	IO92WS	87	14,644	11,500	26,144	972	DL6BF	509	50	Spalding & DARS
4	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	59	12,690	7,500	20,190	958	G3XDY	410	40	Northern Fells CG
5	GW8REQ/P	IO82KW	84	11,130	8,000	19,130	945	GM4AFF	429	30	Wirral & DARC
6	G7RAU	IN79JX	25	10,814	8,000	18,814	931	OZ8ZS	1,288	40	Addiscombe ARC
7	G3UVR	IO83KH	79	10,933	7,500	18,433	917	G7RAU	398	50	Wirral & DARC
8	G3TBK/P	IO93RA	83	10,515	7,000	17,515	904	GM4AFF	434	50	Grimsby ARS
9	G0EHV/P	IO84XT	59	10,480	6,500	16,980	890	G3TCT	415	40	Northern Fells CG
10	G3VCA	IO93MG	67	7,720	8,500	16,220	876	G7RAU	469	40	RAF Waddington ARC
11	G0LGS/P	IO81XV	55	7,199	8,500	15,699	863	G8PNN/P	371	50	Hereford ARS
12	G4FEV	IO92RG	53	7,001	7,500	14,501	849	GM4JTJ	504	35	Northern Fells CG
13	G0SKA	IO91OQ	47	5,788	7,500	13,288	835	G8PNN/P	402	25	Triple B ARCG
14	GW8ASD	IO83LB	45	6,489	6,500	12,989	821	GM4AFF	415	40	Travelling Wave CG
15	G6GEI/P	IO92RA	65	7,432	5,000	12,432	808	G8PNN/P	369	50	Milton Keynes ARS
16	G8SFI	IO93LW	17	3,187	6,500	9,687	794	GI4SNA	332	50	807 ARO
17	G4NTY	IO83TM	48	4,865	4,500	9,365	780	G3XDY	291	40	Bolton Wireless Club
18	G8FMC	IO91NW	33	3,593	5,500	9,093	767	G8PNN/P	373	35	Northampton RC
19	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	40	4,175	4,000	8,175	753	G0VVE	284	50	Tall Trees CG
20	G4KQH	IO92JD	45	4,053	4,000	8,053	739	G4FZN/P	232	45	Wirral & DARC
21	G4LKD	IO93OQ	24	2,896	5,000	7,896	726	GM4AFF	358	50	807 ARO
22	G4SEQ/A	IO93FR	36	3,334	4,500	7,834	712	G0VVE	284	50	807 ARO
23	G8GYX	IO91VH	34	4,089	3,500	7,589	698	G8DMU/P	324	25	Coulsdon ATS
24	G4OAR/A	IO82PV	20	2,289	5,000	7,289	684	G8PNN/P	265	40	Wirral & DARC
25	G1HLT	IO93JD	32	2,683	4,500	7,183	671	G8PNN/P	237	50	807 ARO
26	G4EFT	IO91RG	22	2,680	4,500	7,180	657	G7RAU	360	50	Addiscombe ARC
27	G4CLB	IO92HM	31	2,823	4,000	6,823	643	G8PNN/P	304	50	Drowned Rats RG
28	G4EPA	IO92KI	40	2,967	3,500	6,467	630	G4FZN/P	209	50	Rugby ATS
29	G3ZUD	IO92LU	28	2,464	4,000	6,464	616	G3TCT	223	25	South Notts ARC
30	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	32	2,863	3,500	6,363	602	G3TCT	208	50	Leicester RS
31	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	16	2,221	4,000	6,221	589	G8PNN/P	371	50	Hereford ARS
32	G8BNE	IO94GA	18	1,772	4,000	5,772	575	G3XDY	282	40	Ripon & DARS
33	G3SDY	IO93DO	25	1,724	4,000	5,724	561	G7LRQ/P	210	50	807 ARO
34	G4EII	IO83PM	16	1,553	4,000	5,553	547	G7LRQ/P	236	40	807 ARO
35	PE1EWR	JO11SL	9	2,848	2,500	5,348	534	G4ASR	451	50	807 ARO
36	G8BUN	IO93EQ	25	1,820	3,500	5,320	520	G7LRQ/P	217	50	807 ARO
37	G8LZE	IO91SO	14	1,527	3,500	5,027	506	G4FZN/P	297	20	Wirral & DARC
38	G8YMW/P	IO93MM	26	1,909	3,000	4,909	493	G7LRQ/P	188	40	RAF Waddington ARC
39	G0PQF	JO01BU	17	1,604	3,000	4,604	479	G4FZN/P	279	50	Bishop's Stortford ARS
40	G4DZL	IO92IS	19	1,566	3,000	4,566	465	G4FZN/P	163	20	Leicester RS
41	G4LPD	IO92KW	22	1,500	3,000	4,500	452	G4ASR	164	40	Grimsby ARS
42	M0WCZ	IO92II	22	1,990	2,500	4,490	438	G4FZN/P	209	50	Rugby ATS
43	G4KCT	IO93LW	8	984	3,500	4,484	424	G4ASR	253	50	807 ARO
44	G4CAJ	IO92HN	16	1,388	3,000	4,388	410	G4FZN/P	186	20	Drowned Rats RG
45	G0CDA	IO83SJ	18	1,384	3,000	4,384	397	G4ODA	171	15	Wirral & DARC
46	G0DJA	IO93IF	21	1,280	3,000	4,280	383	G4ASR	179	10	807 ARO
47	G8CLY	IO91UT	14	1,359	2,500	3,859	369	G4HGT/P	255	40	Verulam ARC
48	G4WEY	IO90AS	9	1,159	2,500	3,659	356	G3XDY	263	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
49	G3OVH	IO92JP	18	1,157	2,500	3,657	342	G8DMU/P	163	40	807 ARO
50	G8EEM/A	IO93KS	13	1,032	2,500	3,532	328	G8PNN/P	171	40	807 ARO
51	M5DR	IO83MN	10	758	2,500	3,258	315	G4ASR	177	20	Southport & DARC
52	M1SMH	IO83JJ	14	1,133	2,000	3,133	301	G3TBK/P	183	40	Drowned Rats RG
53	G3ZWR/P	IO94DU	5	409	2,500	2,909	287	GM4AFF	218	30	Northern Fells CG
54	G4JED	JO01CF	7	857	2,000	2,857	273	G4ASR	235	10	West Kent ARS
55	G4PDF	IO93VH	11	830	2,000	2,830	260	G7LRQ/P	164	50
56	2E0DKY	IO93SF	10	794	2,000	2,794	246	G3UVR	178	30	Worksop ARS
57	G4VFL	IO84FL	4	761	2,000	2,761	232	G4CLA	271	25	Workington &DARC
58	G8FRS	IO92DE	7	569	2,000	2,569	219	G0VVE	134	50	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
59	G3VDB	IO83UG	8	487	2,000	2,487	205	G4FZN/P	129	40	Tall Trees CG
60	G0BFJ	IO93CP	20	982	1,500	2,482	191	G4YHF	141	50	807 ARO
61	G8DLX	IO92II	10	472	2,000	2,472	178	G4ASR	122	40	Rugby ATS
62	G0GRI	IO80SX	7	869	1,500	2,369	164	G4CLA	188	50	Trowbridge & DARC
63	G0ULH	IO81VU	4	721	1,500	2,221	150	G4FZN/P	273	40	Gloucester AR&ES
64	M0HWO	IO83MI	13	687	1,500	2,187	136	G3TBK/P	166	20	Wirral & DARC
65	M0SSN/P	IO83PN	7	439	1,500	1,939	123	G0EAK/P	124	45	Southport & DARC
66	G3YPE	IO93CN	11	438	1,500	1,938	109	G0UUU/P	124	40	807 ARO
67	G4AQB	IO83TN	4	175	1,500	1,675	95	GW8REQ/P	86	25	Bolton Wireless Club
68	M1CJE	IO91CJ	4	340	1,000	1,340	82	G4ASR	104	50	Swindon & DARC
69	G0GGU	IO92OG	8	278	1,000	1,278	68	G4ODA	72	50	Northampton RC
70	G7LLQ	IO83NJ	2	74	1,000	1,074	54	GW8REQ/P	54	10	Wirral & DARC
71	G4DYC	JO02MP	2	160	500	660	41	G4ODA	80	50	Norfolk ARC
72	G4WUA	IO83KJ	3	81	500	581	27	G4NTY	52	50	Wirral & DARC
73	M0JSB	IO91RH	3	14	500	514	13	G0VVE	8	20	Addiscombe ARC
74	G3LHJ	IO80EM	0	0	0	0	0		0	50	Torbay ARS

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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	G8DMU/P	IO94CB	86	11,976	8,000	19,976	1,000	ON6ID	515	10	Northern Fells CG
2	M0ICK/P	IO83RO	80	10,521	7,500	18,021	971	GU6EFB	464	10	Northern Fells CG
3	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	62	6,755	8,000	14,755	942	G7RAU	480	10	Worksop ARS
4	G1PPA/P	IO93RI	59	7,234	7,500	14,734	914	GM4AFF	398	10	Northern Fells CG
5	M0ZMF/P	IO93NJ	61	6,590	6,000	12,590	885	GM4AFF	388	4	Worksop ARS
6	G3SQQ	IO93JC	51	4,481	5,500	9,981	857	GI4SNA	355	10	807 ARO
7	G1AW/P	IO93FG	48	3,705	5,000	8,705	828	G3XDY	229	10	Worksop ARS
8	G0UUU/P	IO94RJ	26	3,947	4,500	8,447	800	G4ASR	314	10	807 ARO
9	M6KMB	IO93EQ	28	2,619	5,500	8,119	771	G3XDY	263	10	807 ARO
10	G0WUS	IO92KO	35	3,096	4,500	7,596	742	GI4SNA	389	10	Parallel Lines CG
11	GW6KLQ/P	IO82HT	30	4,033	3,500	7,533	714	G7LRQ/P	221	10
12	G4CZB	IO92MF	34	3,133	4,000	7,133	685	G4FZN/P	224	10	Northampton RC
13	G4XTF	IO82OA	20	2,767	4,000	6,767	657	G4FZN/P	268	10	Hereford ARS
14	G1MZD	IO92NB	28	2,749	4,000	6,749	628	G4FZN/P	242	10	Northampton RC
15	G3TDH	IO83WI	29	2,185	4,000	6,185	600	G8PNN/P	209	10	Tall Trees CG
16	G0NRL	JO01GH	19	2,683	3,500	6,183	571	G4FZN/P	346	10	Medway ARTS
17	G4EHD	IO93BS	17	1,977	4,000	5,977	542	GM4AFF	336	10	807 ARO
18	M7DON	IO93KD	24	1,933	4,000	5,933	514	G8PNN/P	238	4	Worksop ARS
19	G3ZNU	IO91PQ	24	1,896	3,500	5,396	485	G4FZN/P	285	10	Northampton RC
20	G4BEE/P	IO83QQ	16	1,319	3,500	4,819	457	GW0GEI	198	10	Tall Trees CG
21	G3LRS/P (G0ORY)	IO92JO	26	1,685	3,000	4,685	428	G3XDY	175	2.5	Leicester RS
22	G8OVZ/P	JO01AV	16	1,368	3,000	4,368	400	G4ASR	206	10	Northern Fells CG
23	2E1SKY	IO93KH	27	1,355	2,500	3,855	371	GW6KLQ/P	161	4	Worksop ARS
24	G8EOP	IO93EQ	22	1,130	2,500	3,630	342	G4CLA	138	10	807 ARO
25	GW0MDQ	IO83KC	13	950	2,500	3,450	314	G4FZN/P	178	6.5	Wirral & DARC
26	M0RIU	IO93CQ	18	852	2,500	3,352	285	G4YHF	144	10	807 ARO
27	G8NRY	IO93JI	25	1,065	2,000	3,065	257	G4FZN/P	98	10	Worksop ARS
28	M7WSP	IO93KI	15	710	1,500	2,210	228	G4FZN/P	98	10	Worksop ARS
29	G7TNZ	IO93KH	12	549	1,500	2,049	200	G4FZN/P	103	10	Worksop ARS
30	G4HIV	IO93QE	9	523	1,500	2,023	171	G8DMU/P	125	10	RAF Waddington ARC
31	M0BUL	IO82NG	6	488	1,500	1,988	142	G3TCT	131	4	Hereford ARS
32	M0XAC	IO81VU	5	355	1,500	1,855	114	M1DDD/P	165	10	Gloucester AR&ES
33	G7RHF	IO82QK	9	430	1,000	1,430	85	G0LGS/P	73	4	Hereford ARS
34	2E0YRT	IO82QH	2	50	1,000	1,050	57	G4ASR	44	10	Hereford ARS
35	G7DOF	IO91IP	2	11	500	511	28	G4BRK	6	10	Harwell 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