UKAC_Contest

The 2018 RSGB UKAC evening contests ended a much less controversial year with respect to the points system and while nothing can ever be perfect, there was much more agreement on the rules and allocation of bonus points. Total individual operators were slightly down from 750 to 732.

The Wirral & District Amateur Radio Club finished in 5th Position out of 83 clubs in the General Club Section. A very creditable position considering we are not a contest group but an enthusiastic Radio Club. It was another tremendous result, due in no small part to the continued enthusiasm and guidance from Denis G3UVR and Frank G8REQ.

Pos	Club	50	70	144	432	1296	SHF	Total	Pos	Club	50	70	144	432	1296	SHF	Total
Pos	Club	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	SHF	Total	Pos	Club	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	SHF	Total
1	807 ARO	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	674	5674	1	Hereford ARS	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	629	5629
2	Drowned Rats RG	543	519	742	710	393	150	3057	2	93 CG	650	740	690	692	779	447	3998
3	Spalding & DARS	393	418	332	298	323	1000	2764	3	Worksop ARS	581	816	659	708	371		3135
4	Harwell ARS	173	283	482	527	423	471	2359	4	Trowbridge & DARC	243	174	426	310	187	646	1986
5	Wirral & DARC	391	282	353	280	545	273	2124	5	Bolton Wireless Club	242	149	297	386	358	343	1775
6	Northern Fells CG	110	375	263	290	291	382	1711	6	Tall Trees CG	404	385	369	352	232		1742
7	GMDX	209	282	431	445	294	4	1665	7	Parallel Lines CG	103	152	86	105	156	1000	1602
8	Travelling Wave CG	135	185	272	417	379	87	1475	8	RAF Waddington ARC	315	292	290	295	192		1384
9	Medway ARTS	214	57	350	378			999	9	Northampton RC	165	195	300	275	142		1077
10	Camb-Hams	67	25	138	78	89	145	542	10	Southport & DARC	219	203	212	252	145	29	1060
11	Vecta CG	21	38	237	154	9		459	11	Coulsdon ATS	112	153	159	179	175		778
12	Cray Valley RS			188	132			320	12	Triple B ARCG	59	65	261	150			535
13	Flight Refuelling ARS	103	76	86	51			316	13	Telford & DARS	97	115	88	17	47	169	533
14	Grimsby ARS	130	7	91	81			309	14	Martlesham RS		122	90	114	191		517
15	South Birmingham RS		8	21	17	128	121	295	15	Isle of Man ARS	85		162	141	118		506
16	Workington &DARC	26	44	62	8	82	21	243	16	West Kent ARS	129	124	171	78			502
17	Bittern DX Group	64		89	47			200	17	Milton Keynes ARS	104	88	118	86	89		485
18	Blacksheep CG	34	1	61	61	12		169	18	Swindon & DARC	93	70	178	88			429
19	Chorley & DARS	56	44	21	35			156	19	Leicester RS	116	126	83	60	22		407
20	Sidmouth ARS	14	38	51	28	24		155	20	South Notts ARC	16	33	70	42	97	92	350

Once again, WADARC continued to enjoy the added generosity of points from our country member Bob G1ZJP (operating as M1MHZ). We thank him for every one of those points which helped our position no end.

Overall in 2018, Denis G3UVR finished 6th in the UK, Bob M1MHZ was 11th closely followed by Frank G8REQ 32nd out of the 732 stations taking part .. which were all excellent performances and are all to be congratulated. Well done men !

Important to remember is that the above three are no good on their own and it's each and every point spread over a group of stations which helps to pull us into the top group so a big "Well Done" to Neil M0WBG, George M0HWO, Tom G4BKF, our New member Paul GW0MDQ and John G7LLQ.

Once again in 2018, the greatest increase in activity was seen in the SHF or microwave sections. Here once again WADARC is up there with the best of them with Denis G3UVR and latterly Frank G8REQ and John G7LLQ all playing their parts as well.

2019 should be interesting as we welcome Paul GW0MDQ into the fold. A contester since gaining his licence many years ago he used to support many of WADARC's VHF activity /P in North Wales and we wish him lots of fun and points joining us in the UKAC.

Congratulations again to Denis who achieved "Runner-Up, Restricted Section" .. winning top spot (1000 Points) on three separate months .. another great result, see charts below (Top 10 only 52 participating) :-

Section SAR 2.3 GHz
Pos	Call	Club	23.01.18	27.02.18	27.03.18	24.04.18	22.05.18	26.06.18	24.07.18	28.08.18	25.09.18	23.10.18	27.11.18	Total
1	G8CUL	Harwell ARS	1,000		1,000	1,000	1,000	576			1,000	1,000		6,576
2	G3UVR	Wirral & DARC	394	1,000	730	521	910	363	1,000	1,000	633	511	389	6,305
3	G8DMU/P	807 ARO			882	397	743	678	646	500	847	399		5,092
4	G8PNN	Northern Fells CG	419	553	722	359	550	1,000	634	573	557	397		5,008
5	G8SFI	807 ARO	385	820	637	346					467		1,000	3,655
6	G4JLG/P	Bolton Wireless Club	321		358	292	404	253	347	400	362	153	935	3,419
7	G0EHV/P	Northern Fells CG				528		838	520	819	675			3,380
8	G(W)8REQ(/P)	Wirral & DARC	220	241	446	284	636	352	141	576		225	578	3,338
9	G3SQQ	807 ARO		484	334	293	374	382	406	495	409	200	392	3,276
10	G4DBN	807 ARO	268	663	359	352	428	300	319	406	222	132	317	3,144

The final table shows a summary of each WADARC member who took part in 2018 with their individual scores for each band they operated on. As mentioned, we are primarily a Radio Club and many of our members have jobs, families and other interests which make operating every Tuesday/Thursday plus attending Club Meetings on a Wednesday as well, requiring considerable family diplomacy. This makes their contribution to completing as many monthly events as possible so appreciated. Not everyone has every band available due to limited radio's and antennas, but to use a well worn phrase .. "Each operator's contribution is still very important to us". A BIG thank you to you and your families.

						Individual Scores 2018
Pos	Call	50	Logs	70	Logs	144	Logs	432	Logs	1296	Logs	SHF	Logs	Total
Pos	Call	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	SHF	Logs	Total
6	G3UVR	908	12	892	12	912	12	907	12	987	12	348	11 (22)	4954
11	M1MHZ	840	12	847	8	856	12	981	10	972	10			4496
32	G8REQ	729	11			821	11	790	12	895	11	109	10 (10)	3344
71	G4OAR/A	505	8	551	9	481	10	315	8	484	11			2336
209	M0WBG	346	7			565	12							911
221	M0HWO	519	12			323	12							842
243	GW0MDQ			50	1	249	3	129	3	289	4	11	2 (2)	728
274	G4BKF	147	3			418	9							565
699	G7LLQ									6	1	1	1 (2)	7

We hope that there may still be more club members who might be persuaded to join us in 2019 ? and certainly there have been murmurings of station improvements including new radio's, higher masts, better antennas and coax etc !! so fingers crossed for another good result again in 2019.

If, after reading this .. you think you might like to join in for the 2½ hours on a Tuesday/Thursday evening - even if it is only for the 144MHz contest .. but would like more information on any details of the activity .. please do ask anyone of us shown in the list at either a club meeting or a Drink & Waffle as we would all be only too pleased to share our experiences and enjoyment with you and help get you started.