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 17/12/20

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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	110	22,645	8,500	31,145	1,000	GU6EFB	541	160	Northern Fells CG
2	G4ASR	IO81MX	116	19,960	9,500	29,460	965	SP9HWY	1,546	150	Hereford ARS
3	M1DDD/P	IO93CH	121	16,815	8,000	24,815	931	GM4JTJ	374	160	Tall Trees CG
4	GI4SNA	IO64XM	46	15,557	7,000	22,557	896	G3MXH	530	90	GMDX
5	G3MXH	JO02LF	82	14,065	7,500	21,565	862	GI4SNA	530	150	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
6	G4HGT/P	IO93DV	91	13,639	6,500	20,139	827	G8KWX/P	320	160
7	G4PLZ	JO02PT	32	9,388	8,500	17,888	793	SP9HWY	1,261	150	Bittern DX Group
8	GM4JTJ	IO86RP	27	9,646	7,500	17,146	758	LN1V	863	150	Northern Fells CG
9	G8KWX/P	IO91MB	67	9,358	7,500	16,858	724	GI4SNA	515	160
10	G3MEH	IO91QS	86	8,924	6,500	15,424	689	G8PNN/P	395	160	Harwell ARS
11	G3NPI	IO92MA	66	6,524	7,000	13,524	655	GI4SNA	438	160	Northampton RC
12	G4KUX	IO94BP	17	4,313	6,000	10,313	620	OZ1DLD/P	732	150	Northern Fells CG
13	GW4RWR	IO83HE	27	4,246	6,000	10,246	586	GM4JTJ	389	160	Wirral & DARC
14	G4YPC	IO91RH	43	3,825	5,500	9,325	551	G4FZN/P	328	40	Guildford & DRS
15	G6UBM	JO01CE	42	4,641	3,500	8,141	517	G4FZN/P	352	75	West Kent ARS
16	G4LDR	IO91EC	22	2,583	5,000	7,583	482	G4FZN/P	349	50
17	M0KEP	IO91IQ	41	3,307	4,000	7,307	448	G4FZN/P	283	160	Harwell ARS
18	G4CIZ	IO91FG	28	3,346	3,500	6,846	413	G4FZN/P	330	150
19	GW4MBS	IO71XW	13	2,895	3,000	5,895	379	G8PNN/P	391	160	St Tybie ARS
20	G8LYB	IO92JI	36	2,467	3,000	5,467	344	G4FZN/P	209	160	Rugby ATS
21	M0CGF	IO91WI	26	1,881	3,500	5,381	310	M1DDD/P	246	100	Surrey RCC
22	G4IJE	JO01HP	15	1,692	3,000	4,692	275	G4ASR	250	150	807 ARO
23	G8IBL	IO91QE	20	1,394	3,000	4,394	241	M1DDD/P	250	100
24	GM4DIJ	IO85IW	7	1,127	2,500	3,627	206	GW8ASD	321	100	GMDX
25	GM8IEM	IO78HF	4	1,406	2,000	3,406	172	M0BUL	682	160	GMDX
26	G4PDF	IO93VH	7	645	2,500	3,145	137	G7LRQ/P	164	70	RAF Waddington ARC
27	G3SNO	IO92IF	10	647	1,500	2,147	103	G8KWX/P	132	40	Rugby ATS
28	G8ZAX	IO91RF	10	614	1,000	1,614	68	G4CLA	147	10	Guildford & DRS
29	GW4JQP	IO71KR	1	78	500	578	34	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	114	14,561	9,000	23,561	1,000	SP9HWY	1,427	50	Parallel Lines CG
2	G4ODA	IO92WS	83	13,074	9,000	22,074	987	DL6BF	509	50	Spalding & DARS
3	G8PNN/P	IO95AF	54	13,147	7,000	20,147	974	G8KWX/P	469	40	Northern Fells CG
4	G7LRQ/P	IO91RU	109	12,774	6,000	18,774	961	GI4SNA	472	50	Drowned Rats RG
5	G3VCA	IO93MG	73	8,895	7,500	16,395	948	GM4JTJ	389	50	RAF Waddington ARC
6	GW8ASD	IO83LB	51	7,793	6,500	14,293	935	GM4JTJ	400	40	Travelling Wave CG
7	G8NVI	IO91JO	58	6,428	7,000	13,428	922	GI4SNA	458	40	Harwell ARS
8	G3TBK/P	IO93RA	62	7,247	6,000	13,247	909	GI4SNA	398	50	Grimsby ARS
9	M0ICR	IO91SO	62	6,446	6,500	12,946	896	G4KUX	352	50	Drowned Rats RG
10	G6DOD	IO90JR	50	7,215	5,500	12,715	883	G4FZN/P	390	50	Vecta CG
11	G0SKA	IO91OQ	61	5,823	6,500	12,323	870	G8PNN/P	402	25	Triple B ARCG
12	G4FVZ	IO91OW	68	6,419	5,500	11,919	857	G8PNN/P	375	40	Milton Keynes ARS
13	G8FMC	IO91NW	55	5,120	6,500	11,620	844	GI4SNA	448	35	Northampton RC
14	M0BUL	IO82NG	40	5,271	6,000	11,271	831	GM8IEM	682	50	Hereford ARS
15	G4KQH	IO92JD	59	5,415	5,500	10,915	818	GI4SNA	416	45	Wirral & DARC
16	G8REQ	IO83KI	30	4,438	6,000	10,438	805	GM4JTJ	368	30	Wirral & DARC
17	G6GEI/P	IO92RA	45	4,232	6,000	10,232	792	GI4SNA	460	50	Milton Keynes ARS
18	M0GHZ	IO81VK	40	4,719	5,000	9,719	779	G4FZN/P	318	50	Trowbridge & DARC
19	G0GMB	IO92NB	43	3,757	5,000	8,757	766	GI4SNA	439	50	Milton Keynes ARS
20	G4NTY	IO83TM	35	4,255	4,500	8,755	753	GI4SNA	265	40	Bolton Wireless Club
21	M0IEP	IO91DP	34	3,203	5,000	8,203	740	G4FZN/P	290	50	Swindon & DARC
22	GW4ZAR	IO83KF	24	3,100	5,000	8,100	727	G3MXH	297	50	Tall Trees CG
23	G4EPA	IO92KI	52	4,001	4,000	8,001	714	GI4SNA	405	50	Rugby ATS
24	G4CLB	IO92HM	30	2,772	5,000	7,772	701	GI4SNA	381	50	Drowned Rats RG
25	G3ZUD	IO92LU	35	3,001	4,500	7,501	688	G4EFT	180	25	South Notts ARC
26	G1HLT	IO93JD	29	2,432	5,000	7,432	675	GI4SNA	353	50	807 ARO
27	G4GUG	IO81WQ	30	3,073	4,000	7,073	662	G4PLZ	265	40	Swindon & DARC
28	G4DZL	IO92IS	26	2,496	4,500	6,996	649	GI4SNA	369	25	Leicester RS
29	G0PQF	JO01BU	26	2,948	4,000	6,948	636	G4FZN/P	279	50	Bishop's Stortford ARS
30	G8LZE	IO91SO	19	2,325	4,500	6,825	623	G4FZN/P	297	20	Wirral & DARC
31	G4OAR	IO82PV	17	1,892	4,500	6,392	610	GI4SNA	285	40	Wirral & DARC
32	G8GYX	IO91VH	34	3,375	3,000	6,375	597	G4FZN/P	332	25	Coulsdon ATS
33	G7WIR	JO01BJ	28	2,307	4,000	6,307	584	M1DDD/P	250	50	807 ARO
34	G4EFT	IO91RG	31	2,608	3,500	6,108	571	G4FZN/P	333	50	Addiscombe ARC
35	G3OVH	IO92JP	33	2,293	3,500	5,793	558	GI4SNA	382	40	807 ARO
36	M0NVS	IO91SR	20	1,670	4,000	5,670	545	G4FZN/P	283	50	Northampton RC
37	G3WJG	IO91RP	27	2,152	3,500	5,652	532	G4FZN/P	291	35	Drowned Rats RG
38	G0NZI/P	IO92FM	26	1,954	3,500	5,454	519	G8PNN/P	303	30	Rugby ATS
39	M0KNV	IO92JH	25	1,937	3,500	5,437	506	G4FZN/P	214	40	Rugby ATS
40	G4FEV	IO92RG	16	1,854	3,500	5,354	493	G4FZN/P	223	30	Northern Fells CG
41	G3SDY	IO93DO	26	2,157	3,000	5,157	480	G3MXH	236	40	807 ARO
42	G3RIR	IO92JL	31	2,133	3,000	5,133	467	G4FZN/P	195	40	Rugby ATS
43	G0CER	IO82RV	11	1,424	3,500	4,924	454	G8PNN/P	263	25	Telford & DARS
44	G8BUN	IO93EQ	11	1,350	3,000	4,350	441	GI4SNA	303	50	807 ARO
45	G4LHT	IO91SN	23	1,327	3,000	4,327	428	M1DDD/P	215	40	Drowned Rats RG
46	G4EII	IO83PM	11	1,200	3,000	4,200	415	G8KWX/P	299	40	807 ARO
47	G4LPD	IO92KW	16	1,134	3,000	4,134	402	G4ASR	164	50	Grimsby ARS
48	G0MJW	IO91IO	17	1,595	2,500	4,095	389	G4FZN/P	292	50	Harwell ARS
49	G5UM (G0MCV)	IO92KR	18	1,227	2,500	3,727	376	G4FZN/P	167	50	Leicester RS
50	G8FRS	IO92DE	9	810	2,500	3,310	363	G3MXH	182	50	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS
51	M0WCZ	IO92II	19	1,199	2,000	3,199	350	G4FZN/P	209	50	Rugby ATS
52	GM0SCA	IO85HO	6	697	2,500	3,197	337	GI4SNA	209	50	GMDX
53	G0GRI	IO80SX	6	941	2,000	2,941	324	G3MXH	274	50	Trowbridge & DARC
54	G8BNE	IO94GA	11	869	2,000	2,869	311	G4ASR	249	40	Ripon & DARS
55	G0DJA	IO93IF	11	686	2,000	2,686	298	G3MXH	188	25	807 ARO
56	G4BCA	IO81VV	15	674	2,000	2,674	285	G7LRQ/P	115	50	Gloucester AR&ES
57	G8AOE	IO94IM	5	505	2,000	2,505	272	GM4JTJ	250	45	Hambleton ARS
58	M5DWI	IO93HL	9	578	1,500	2,078	259	G4ODA	115	50	807 ARO
59	G0ULH	IO81VU	5	501	1,500	2,001	246	G4FZN/P	273	50	Gloucester AR&ES
60	G3TDH	IO83WI	4	215	1,500	1,715	233	G4FZN/P	115	10	Tall Trees CG
61	G0BFJ	IO93CP	14	456	1,000	1,456	220	G4CLA	136	50	807 ARO
62	G8LNR	IO81UR	9	436	1,000	1,436	207	MW0OMB	78	40	Hereford ARS
63	M0IUA	IO93MB	6	318	1,000	1,318	194	G4FZN/P	131	50	RAF Waddington ARC
64	G4SEQ	IO93EQ	8	269	1,000	1,269	181	G4FZN/P	67	50	807 ARO
65	G4IZZ	IO81XX	5	261	1,000	1,261	168	M0BUL	66	50	Gloucester AR&ES
66	G0LGS	IO81WV	7	196	1,000	1,196	155	M0VXX/P	63	50	Hereford ARS
66	G4HIV	IO93QE	3	196	1,000	1,196	155	G4CLA	88	50	RAF Waddington ARC
68	G4BJD	IO82PB	6	195	1,000	1,195	129	G8LNR	47	40	Hereford ARS
69	G3YPE	IO93CN	5	158	1,000	1,158	116	G4FZN/P	84	40	807 ARO
70	G8PGO	IO92IM	6	156	1,000	1,156	103	G3TBK/P	76	50	Leicestershire Foxes CG
71	M0EUK	IO95CA	5	116	1,000	1,116	90	G4KUX	43	50	Northern Fells CG
72	G3ZWR	IO94FX	3	72	1,000	1,072	77	G8PNN/P	39	35	Northern Fells CG
73	G4VFL	IO84FL	1	145	500	645	64	GW4RWR	145	25	Workington &DARC
74	2E0WWP	IO93RG	2	33	500	533	51	G3VCA	28	10	RAF Waddington ARC
75	GW4JPC	IO71XT	1	14	500	514	38	GW4MBS	14	40	St Tybie ARS
76	M0RYK	JO01DD	1	8	500	508	25	G6UBM	8	50	West Kent ARS
77	M0JSB	IO91RH	2	6	500	506	12	G4EFT	5	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	G1PPA/P	JO03AE	56	8,908	6,500	15,408	1,000	GI4SNA	426	10	Northern Fells CG
2	G0JCC	IO82MA	53	7,354	7,000	14,354	968	GM4JTJ	516	10	Hereford ARS
3	M0LLW/P	IO93MI	60	7,188	6,000	13,188	937	G6DOD	293	10	Worksop ARS
4	G0EAK/P	IO93NI	51	6,405	6,500	12,905	906	GM4JTJ	382	10	Worksop ARS
5	2E0XMB	IO91OX	44	4,562	6,500	11,062	875	GI4SNA	450	5	Milton Keynes ARS
6	G4CZB/P	IO92LH	49	4,281	5,500	9,781	843	G4FZN/P	214	10	Northampton RC
7	G1DFL/P	IO91LO	55	4,576	5,000	9,576	812	G4FZN/P	293	10	Northern Fells CG
8	G0WUS	IO92KO	39	3,599	5,000	8,599	781	G8PNN/P	297	10	Parallel Lines CG
9	G0NRL	JO01GH	29	3,894	4,500	8,394	750	G4FZN/P	346	10	Medway ARTS
10	G0HEL	IO81WH	25	2,842	4,500	7,342	718	G4FZN/P	331	10	Trowbridge & DARC
11	G1SCT	IO92XT	16	2,173	5,000	7,173	687	GI4SNA	439	8	Kings Lynn ARC
12	G3SQQ	IO93JC	36	3,118	4,000	7,118	656	GI4SNA	355	10	807 ARO
13	G1MZD	IO92NB	34	2,502	4,000	6,502	625	G4FZN/P	242	10	Northampton RC
14	G0UUU/P	IO94SE	21	2,967	3,500	6,467	593	G8KWX/P	350	10	807 ARO
15	MW0OMB	IO81HN	14	2,480	3,500	5,980	562	G4FZN/P	331	10
16	G4JED	JO01CF	18	1,916	4,000	5,916	531	M1DDD/P	269	10	West Kent ARS
17	G6HPR	IO92KO	20	1,897	3,500	5,397	500	GI4SNA	389	10	Parallel Lines CG
18	M0NYG/P	IO92PC	25	1,787	3,500	5,287	468	G4FZN/P	239	10	Milton Keynes ARS
19	G4XTF	IO82OA	14	1,782	3,500	5,282	437	G4FZN/P	268	10	Hereford ARS
20	2E0BMA	IO93RF	18	1,460	3,500	4,960	406	G4ASR	215	10	RAF Waddington ARC
21	G4ILI	IO81WV	27	1,855	3,000	4,855	375	G4FZN/P	267	10	Hereford ARS
22	M0KOV	IO93HX	12	1,348	3,500	4,848	343	G4ASR	247	10	Ripon & DARS
23	M6KMB	IO93EQ	11	1,416	3,000	4,416	312	GI4SNA	303	10	807 ARO
24	M0XAC	IO81VU	14	784	2,500	3,284	281	G4FZN/P	273	10	Gloucester AR&ES
25	G4BEE	IO83RQ	9	815	2,000	2,815	250	G4ASR	193	10	Tall Trees CG
26	M0UHF	IO91IP	14	800	2,000	2,800	218	G4ODA	149	10	Harwell ARS
27	M7PAT	IO93HL	11	719	2,000	2,719	187	G7LRQ/P	190	10	807 ARO
28	M6XAK	IO93MH	12	679	2,000	2,679	156	G4ASR	201	4	Worksop ARS
29	M0RIU	IO93CQ	11	552	1,500	2,052	125	G7LRQ/P	221	10	807 ARO
30	2E0RWR	IO91RF	5	299	1,000	1,299	93	G4CLA	147	10	Guildford & DRS
31	G1DRW	IO82PB	7	234	1,000	1,234	62	G8LNR	47	10	Hereford ARS
32	G7DOF	IO91IP	5	144	500	644	31	G7LRQ/P	57	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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Entries	109	124	136	153	166	150	168	145	155	144	132	138