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 19/11/20

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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	104	18,191	9,500	27,691	1,000	OZ8ZS	1,034	150	Hereford ARS
2	G3MEH	IO91QS	94	10,761	7,000	17,761	952	GD0AMD/P	377	160	Harwell ARS
3	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	19	7,360	6,000	13,360	904	DF6HT	980	150	Northern Fells CG
4	G3MXH	JO02LF	47	7,038	5,500	12,538	857	G8REQ	302	150	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
5	G3XDY	JO02OB	37	6,156	6,000	12,156	809	DL8BDU	475	150	Martlesham RS
6	G4GFI	IO91VH	59	6,543	5,500	12,043	761	G4HGT/P	303	160	Coulsdon ATS
7	G3NPI	IO92MA	67	6,152	4,500	10,652	714	G4HGT/P	214	160	Northampton RC
8	G4PLZ	JO02PT	22	5,407	4,500	9,907	666	SP9HWY	1,261	150	Bittern DX Group
9	G4YPC	IO91RH	32	2,364	4,500	6,864	619	G3VCA	220	40	Guildford & DRS
10	G4LDR	IO91EC	32	2,692	4,000	6,692	571	G3MXH	218	50
11	G4CIZ	IO91FG	30	2,668	4,000	6,668	523	G4HGT/P	292	80
12	GW4MBS	IO71XW	12	2,140	3,500	5,640	476	G4HGT/P	272	160	St Tybie ARS
13	G6UBM	JO01CE	28	2,513	2,500	5,013	428	GW4SHF	295	75	West Kent ARS
14	G8LYB	IO92JI	31	1,936	2,500	4,436	380	GW4SHF	151	160	Rugby ATS
15	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	8	976	2,000	2,976	333	GW8ASD	321	100	GMDX
16	GM6NX	IO86BC	6	796	2,000	2,796	285	G4CLA	439	100	Stirling & DARS
17	G8IBL	IO91QE	9	451	2,000	2,451	238	G3MXH	160	120	University of Surrey EARS
18	M1DDD	IO93DG	11	813	1,500	2,313	190	G3MEH	183	160	Tall Trees CG
19	GM8IEM	IO78HF	2	309	1,000	1,309	142	GM4JTJ	245	160	GMDX
20	GM3WUX	IO75UU	2	99	1,000	1,099	95	GM4DIJ	64	160	GMDX
21	GW4JQP	IO71KR	1	78	500	578	47	GW4MBS	78	50	St Tybie 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	G4CLA	IO92JL	127	17,352	10,000	27,352	1,000	OZ8ZS	903	50	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4ODA	IO92WS	77	11,713	8,500	20,213	986	DL6BF	509	50	Spalding & DARS
3	G3VCA	IO93MG	77	8,760	6,500	15,260	972	GM4JTJ	389	50	RAF Waddington ARC
4	G4FVZ	IO91OW	86	8,810	6,000	14,810	958	ON6ID	332	40	Milton Keynes ARS
5	GD0AMD/P	IO74QD	38	8,683	4,500	13,183	945	G3MEH	377	40	Wirral & DARC
6	GW4SHF	IO82HP	50	7,461	5,500	12,961	931	G3MXH	298	50	Hereford ARS
7	G0ODQ	IO91MR	75	7,880	5,000	12,880	917	GD0AMD/P	365	50	Harwell ARS
8	G3TBK	IO93QA	59	6,060	6,500	12,560	904	GD0AMD/P	293	50	Grimsby ARS
9	GW8ASD	IO83LB	45	6,849	5,000	11,849	890	GM4JTJ	400	40	Travelling Wave CG
10	G8REQ	IO83KI	42	5,627	5,500	11,127	876	GM4JTJ	368	30	Wirral & DARC
11	M0BUL	IO82NG	47	5,562	5,000	10,562	863	G3XDY	280	50	Hereford ARS
12	G4FEV	IO92RG	56	5,488	5,000	10,488	849	GM4JTJ	504	30	Northern Fells CG
13	G4KQH	IO92JD	62	5,487	5,000	10,487	835	GD0AMD/P	319	45	Wirral & DARC
14	G0SKA	IO91OQ	59	5,330	5,000	10,330	821	G4HGT/P	252	25	Triple B ARCG
15	G6DOD	IO90JR	41	5,328	5,000	10,328	808	G4PLZ	289	50	Vecta CG
16	G8NVI	IO91JO	47	4,270	5,500	9,770	794	EI8KN	418	40	Harwell ARS
17	M0GHZ	IO81VK	42	4,697	4,500	9,197	780	G4HGT/P	277	50	Trowbridge & DARC
18	G4NTY	IO83TM	39	4,736	4,000	8,736	767	G0SKA	231	40	Bolton Wireless Club
19	G8FMC	IO91NW	49	3,765	4,500	8,265	753	G4HGT/P	224	35	Northampton RC
20	M0IEP	IO91DP	44	4,123	4,000	8,123	739	G4HGT/P	251	40	Swindon & DARC
21	G3OVH	IO92JP	46	3,557	4,500	8,057	726	GD0AMD/P	282	40	807 ARO
22	GW4ZAR/P	IO83JF	37	4,398	3,500	7,898	712	G3MEH	239	50	Tall Trees CG
23	G4EFT	IO91RG	38	3,165	4,500	7,665	698	G4HGT/P	301	50	Addiscombe ARC
24	G8BUN	IO93EQ	33	3,516	4,000	7,516	684	GW4MBS	254	50	807 ARO
25	G4EPA	IO92KI	50	3,988	3,500	7,488	671	GD0AMD/P	307	45	Rugby ATS
26	G8GYX	IO91VH	38	3,808	3,500	7,308	657	G4HGT/P	303	30	Coulsdon ATS
27	G4KCT	IO93LW	24	3,020	4,000	7,020	643	GM4JTJ	316	40	807 ARO
28	G3ZUD	IO92LU	37	2,981	3,500	6,481	630	M0GHZ	177	25	South Notts ARC
29	G0PQF	JO01BU	23	2,317	4,000	6,317	616	G4HGT/P	256	50	Bishop's Stortford ARS
30	G4DRS	IO80UQ	17	2,425	3,500	5,925	602	G3XDY	288	50	RSGB Contest Club
31	G6GEI	IO92PA	33	2,254	3,500	5,754	589	G4HGT/P	218	50	Milton Keynes ARS
32	G4EII	IO83PM	17	2,138	3,500	5,638	575	G3MEH	241	40	807 ARO
33	2E0MDJ	IO81WV	24	1,940	3,500	5,440	561	GD0AMD/P	301	50	Hereford ARS
34	G4GUG	IO81WQ	24	2,080	3,000	5,080	547	M0LLW	210	50	Swindon & DARC
35	G8LZE	IO91SO	17	1,412	3,500	4,912	534	G0JCC	178	20	Wirral & DARC
36	G4DZL	IO92IS	26	1,879	3,000	4,879	520	GD0AMD/P	269	25	Leicester RS
37	G3VYI	IO91OF	19	1,263	3,500	4,763	506	G0JCC	174	30	Addiscombe ARC
38	G3SDY	IO93DO	20	1,689	3,000	4,689	493	G3MEH	217	50	807 ARO
39	G4LHT	IO91SN	28	1,504	3,000	4,504	479	G3MXH	123	40	Drowned Rats RG
39	G7WIR	JO01BJ	26	2,004	2,500	4,504	479	G4ODA	154	50	807 ARO
41	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	28	1,798	2,500	4,298	452	G3XDY	175	50	Leicester RS
42	M5DWI	IO93HL	17	1,566	2,500	4,066	438	G4ASR	198	50	807 ARO
43	G4OAR	IO82PV	10	1,054	3,000	4,054	424	GD0AMD/P	189	40	Wirral & DARC
44	G0DJA	IO93IF	26	1,550	2,500	4,050	410	G4ASR	179	25	807 ARO
45	G0NZI	IO92GM	24	1,492	2,500	3,992	397	GW4SHF	131	30	Rugby ATS
46	G4WEY	IO90AS	12	1,178	2,500	3,678	383	G3MXH	259	40	Flight Refuelling ARS
47	G7RDX	IO91NT	17	1,040	2,500	3,540	369	GW8ASD	203	50	Milton Keynes ARS
48	G8AOE	IO94IM	7	852	2,500	3,352	356	G4ASR	304	50	Hambleton ARS
49	G4LPD	IO92KW	20	1,256	2,000	3,256	342	G4ASR	164	50	Grimsby ARS
50	M0WCZ	IO92II	19	1,117	2,000	3,117	328	G4HGT/P	173	50	Rugby ATS
51	G8BNE	IO94GA	16	1,110	2,000	3,110	315	G4ASR	249	45	Ripon & DARS
52	G0HEL	IO81WH	12	1,002	2,000	3,002	301	G4CLA	145	35	Trowbridge & DARC
53	G3LRS (G0ORY)	IO92JO	25	1,208	1,500	2,708	287	G4HGT/P	147	25	Leicester RS
54	G3ZST	IO92HF	15	691	2,000	2,691	273	G4ASR	112	50	Rugby ATS
55	G8FRS	IO92DE	12	689	2,000	2,689	260	G4ODA	126	50	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
56	G8YKM	IO91PF	18	940	1,500	2,440	246	G4CLA	144	30	Guildford & DRS
57	G4BCA	IO81VV	13	430	2,000	2,430	232	G4CLA	95	50	Gloucester AR&ES
58	G4CAJ	IO92HN	14	732	1,500	2,232	219	G4HGT/P	150	20	Drowned Rats RG
59	G1DEN	IO93DO	12	627	1,500	2,127	205	G4ODA	141	50	807 ARO
60	G4IZZ	IO81XX	9	445	1,500	1,945	191	GW4SHF	118	50	Gloucester AR&ES
61	G3ZWR	IO94FX	5	299	1,500	1,799	178	GM4JTJ	196	40	Northern Fells CG
62	G0LGS	IO81WV	8	291	1,500	1,791	164	G4CLA	91	50	Hereford ARS
63	G8EOP	IO93EQ	15	392	1,000	1,392	150	G3VCA	64	25	807 ARO
64	G4HIV	IO93QE	6	301	1,000	1,301	136	G4HGT/P	103	40	RAF Waddington ARC
65	G3YPE	IO93CN	9	246	1,000	1,246	123	G4KCT	65	40	807 ARO
66	G4DYC	JO02MP	2	106	1,000	1,106	109	G4ODA	80	50	Norfolk ARC
67	GM0SCA	IO85HO	2	102	1,000	1,102	95	GM6NX	64	50	GMDX
68	G0BFJ	IO93CP	13	214	500	714	82	G3VCA	70	50	807 ARO
69	G8FCQ	IO92KO	6	100	500	600	68	G3ZUD	29	50	Leicester RS
70	2E0VCC	IO70TP	1	85	500	585	54	G3USE	85	50	Northern Fells CG
71	G4VFL	IO84FL	1	80	500	580	41	GD0AMD/P	80	25	Workington &DARC
72	G0ULH	IO81VU	4	68	500	568	27	G4ASR	54	50	Gloucester AR&ES
73	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	5	49	500	549	13	G4HGT/P	24	50	807 ARO

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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	G0JCC	IO82MA	59	7,416	4,500	11,916	1,000	G4PLZ	302	10	Hereford ARS
2	G0WUS	IO92KO	55	4,700	5,000	9,700	973	GD0AMD/P	289	10	Parallel Lines CG
3	2E0XMB	IO91OX	51	4,602	4,000	8,602	947	G4HGT/P	221	5	Milton Keynes ARS
4	G3SQQ	IO93JC	44	4,104	4,000	8,104	921	GD0AMD/P	254	10	807 ARO
5	M0LLW	IO93MK	32	3,941	4,000	7,941	894	GW4MBS	267	10	Worksop ARS
6	G4CZB	IO92MF	41	3,417	4,000	7,417	868	G8REQ	193	10	Northampton RC
7	G1MZD	IO92NB	35	2,527	4,000	6,527	842	G4HGT/P	210	10	Northampton RC
8	G4ILI	IO81WV	28	2,299	4,000	6,299	815	GD0AMD/P	301	10	Hereford ARS
9	G0NRL	JO01GH	24	2,633	3,500	6,133	789	G4HGT/P	323	10	Medway ARTS
10	M0KOV	IO93HX	15	1,987	4,000	5,987	763	G3MEH	251	10	Ripon & DARS
11	M7DON	IO93KD	32	2,716	3,000	5,716	736	GD0AMD/P	257	4	Worksop ARS
12	G6HPR	IO92KO	32	2,171	3,000	5,171	710	G8REQ	158	10	Parallel Lines CG
13	G4EHD	IO93BS	16	1,556	3,500	5,056	684	G3MEH	238	10	807 ARO
14	G1DFL	IO91NL	33	2,027	3,000	5,027	657	G3XDY	158	10	Northern Fells CG
15	G1DRW	IO82PB	15	1,327	3,500	4,827	631	GD0AMD/P	265	4	Hereford ARS
16	M6KMB	IO93EQ	24	1,826	3,000	4,826	605	G4GFI	281	10	807 ARO
17	G1SCT	IO92XT	9	842	3,000	3,842	578	G4ASR	219	8	Kings Lynn ARC
18	G3TDH	IO83WI	16	1,081	2,500	3,581	552	GD0AMD/P	187	10	Tall Trees CG
19	GW0MDQ	IO83KC	13	1,054	2,500	3,554	526	G4ODA	205	8	Wirral & DARC
20	G4XTF	IO82OA	11	1,012	2,500	3,512	500	G4HGT/P	223	10	Hereford ARS
21	2E0BMA	IO93RF	9	666	2,000	2,666	473	G0JCC	212	10	RAF Waddington ARC
22	M0XAC	IO81VU	13	398	2,000	2,398	447	G4CLA	98	10	Gloucester AR&ES
23	2E0EKW	IO92DE	7	392	2,000	2,392	421	G4ASR	89	10	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
24	M3OOV	IO91PW	15	703	1,500	2,203	394	G0NRL	111	10	Milton Keynes ARS
25	G0GDA	JO01IJ	10	611	1,500	2,111	368	G3NPI	135	10	Medway ARTS
26	G4BEE	IO83RQ	7	510	1,500	2,010	342	GW4SHF	129	10	Tall Trees CG
27	G3UQW	IO91LH	7	490	1,000	1,490	315	G4CLA	131	10	Basingstoke ARC
28	2E0RWR	IO91RF	6	416	1,000	1,416	289	G4FEV	116	10	Guildford & DRS
29	G8ZAX	IO91RF	6	368	1,000	1,368	263	G4CLA	147	10	Guildford & DRS
30	M6XAK	IO93MH	8	353	1,000	1,353	236	G4CLA	95	10	Worksop ARS
31	M0RIU	IO93CQ	12	334	1,000	1,334	210	G4CLA	140	10	807 ARO
32	G8LNR	IO81UR	8	324	1,000	1,324	184	M0BUL	73	10	Hereford ARS
33	M7PAT	IO93HL	5	257	1,000	1,257	157	G4CLA	112	10	807 ARO
34	M0NYG	IO92OB	11	238	1,000	1,238	131	G4CLA	55	10	Milton Keynes ARS
35	G4JED	JO01CF	4	97	1,000	1,097	105	G6HIE	47	10	West Kent ARS
36	G1ZJQ	IO95EC	4	65	1,000	1,065	78	G4XWR	18	10	Northumbria ARC
37	G7DOF	IO91IP	5	145	500	645	52	G3MEH	48	10	Harwell ARS
38	G8HXE	IO83TK	2	82	500	582	26	GW4ZAR/P	60	10	Travelling Wave CG

Link to All QSOs File here

Many thanks for check logs received from G4HGT/P

	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