UKAC_Contest

The 2021 RSGB UKAC VHF/UHF evening contests closed in December in a considerably better place than we had been in in 2020. We still have the Pandemic, but with the latest Omicron variant being considerably weaker in strength but more infectious. We hope now that lockdowns will be a thing of the past. There appears to be a continued interest in Amateur Radio although a few less appear to be involved in the UKAC contests .. year on year.

As a Club, we cemented our UKAC side of the hobby with our new Country Members and managed to come 4th which is no mean achievement considering our small numbers. A BIG Well Done to everyone for collecting every point.

The Rules for 2021 did not change and again no change for 2022. Total numbers of Clubs taking part fell from 128 to 121 in 2021 while total numbers of individual stations taking part also fell from 832 to 817 in 2021. Small numbers, but nevertheless perhaps the start of a trend ?

The Wirral & District Amateur Radio Club finished 2021 in overall 4th Position (down 1) out of 77 clubs in the General Club Section. A very creditable position and "Well Done" to Everyone who supported us with their regular weekly contesting commitments and ultimately their points. A BIG Thank You from all members of Wirral & District Amateur Radio Club. Looking at the figures we ended up closer to 3rd than we did to 5th.

FINAL Overall General Club Scores to 31st December 2021 Year

Pos	Club	50	70	144	432	1296	SHF	Total
Pos	Club	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	SHF	Total
1	Northern Fells CG	1000	1000	897	1000	1000	1000	5897
2	807 ARO	910	724	1000	929	660	385	4608
3	Harwell ARS	395	297	472	464	403	370	2401
4	Wirral & DARC	645	361	499	405	341	73	2324
5	GMDX	360	221	469	372	177	30	1629
6	Drowned Rats RG	206	197	285	287	173	191	1339
7	Leicestershire Foxes CG	263	153	261	218	103	26	1024
8	Spalding & DARS	118	142	98	92	139	403	992
9	Verulam ARC	105	56	195	112	68	24	560
10	Bittern DX Group	181	38	186	141			546
11	Vecta CG	117	83	114	113	38		465
12	Travelling Wave CG	98	99	70	79	97	15	458
13	Aylesbury Vale RS	98	80	64	90	60	3	395
14	Ripon & DARS	105	76	91	78	5		355
15	Stratford-upon-Avon & DRS	97	68	95	59			319

Once again, WADARC continued to enjoy the added generosity of points from our country members:-

Andrew GD0AMD, Dave G4KQH, Bob M1MHZ, Mike G0CDA, David G8ZRE, Keith GW4OKT and Simon MW0XAD.

We thank you for ALL your points and loyalty and look forward to your continued support in 2022. The UKAC are great fun and we hope you all feel part of our team effort, despite not being able to meet up and the weather some evenings throwing everything at us together with appalling radio conditions of noise and QSB !

It goes without saying that those from WADARC are equally to be thanked for their continued support of the contests:- Frank G8REQ,
Paul GW0MDQ, Neil G4OAR, Neil M0WBG, Phil G0JSB, George M0HWO, Tom G4BKF, Brian G0VAX, Simon G6XHF and Simon MW0XAD.

On SHF, in 2021 being without Denis G3UVR we knew it was going to be very difficult, however Frank G8REQ on 2.3GHz now with support from Paul GW0MDQ also running on 2.3GHz, 3.4GHz and 10GHz are working hard to build up our presence on SHF. A Big "Well Done" both.

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

20	GD0AMD/P	682	6	954	10	962	9	884	8	744	10			4226

22	G(W)8REQ(/P)	779	10	843	12	841	12	824	12	764	11	92	7 (7)	4143

27	G4KQH	822	11	802	12	866	10	718	12	556	12			3764

44	M1MHZ	825	8	275	3	947	10	823	8	452	4			3322

56	G0CDA	836	10			807	12	861	10	557	10			3061

91	GW0MDQ(/P)	257	7	105	3	606	8	546	11	622	11	248	9 (17)	2384

106	G4OAR	560	9	540	10	533	10	354	10	157	4			2144

109	G8ZRE	845	11			607	12	629	12					2081

180	M0WBG	337	11			502	11	452	12					1291

219	G0JSB	361	10	109	7	258	9	212	9	4	2			944

278	GW4OKT	443	12	6	1	130	11	70	6					649

295	M0HWO	191	4	105	7	298	10							594

330	G4BKF					490	9							490

409	G0VAX	176	6	97	4									273

573	G6XHF					78	2							78

583	MW0XAD	20	1			53	1							73

I must also add credit to Phil G0JSB who re-joined us again this year and has been associated with WADARC over many years. Phil works with ALL indoor antennas, often wire antennas instead of beams and so across the 5 main bands he managed to collect almost 1,000 points for WADARC. Well done Phil.

As said, WADARC is primarily a Radio Club and some of our members have jobs, families and other interests which make operating every Tuesday/Thursday plus attending Radio Club Meetings on a Wednesday as well, almost in line for diplomatic recognition ! Not many of us live on top of or close to a suitable Hill Top location nor have one nearby to use and so are subject to many limitations. To those who venture out /P from time to time an EXTRA big Thank you. I promise you it is appreciated.

So, Well Done to everyone .. please pass on a Big Thanks to your considerate families.