2006 144 MHz UK Activity Contest & Club Championship

The entries for the 2m UK Activity Contest (UKAC) & Club Championship (CC) have grown steadily over this year. At the start of the year, 42 stations entered. The November session attracted 60 entries - they enjoyed the extremely good conditions of that evening. Overall, a total of 22 Affiliated Societies and 147 different call signs submitted entries over the 12 sessions.

The competition in the 2m Club Championship was intense. Two Clubs, Cray Valley Radio Society and De Montfort University Amateur Radio Society, emerged as the leading contenders for the title after only the first few sessions. Both clubs consistently managed to rally a large number of their members to operate during each activity session. 37 different call signs represented Cray Valley RS at various time throughout the year. De Montfort University RS were represented by 19 different call signs. Remember that in this contest, every entry to the club championship contributes the nominated club's points total. The competition remained very close until the final session!

One station (G4DEZ) dominated the Single Operation Fixed Station (SF) section by winning 10 of the sessions. G3MEH (Aylesbury Vale Radio Society) was the runner-up in the majority of the sessions.

In the Open section, G4IRC/P (Ipswich RC) and MW0OPS/P (Chepstow & DARC) battled for top honours. These stations were either first or second in the majority of the sessions. G3CWI/P (De Montfort University ARS) won two sessions and G5LK (Reigate ATS) and M0CRY/P (Cray Valley RS) each won a single session.

The vast majority of stations submitted their logs by email. This (usually) enabled adjudication to be completed and the results published on the VHFCC web site ([1]www.vhfcc.org) before the date of the next session.

With such a large number of entries - many from stations that do not normally enter VHF contests - there were more than a few problems with logs. Cabrillo format logs (the `norm' for HF contests) caused the most problems with missing information such as reports and serial numbers. Also, entrants who modified their logs using the Microsoft "Notepad" application caused problems because Notepad can alter the internal format of a log rendering it unreadable by the VHFCC Adjudication software.

With the large number of entries for this contest, a very comprehensive cross checking of logs was possible using the excellent adjudication software specially written by G0GJV for the VHFCC. This software produces `virtual' logs of stations that were active but did not submit a log. Using the virtual logs, the adjudicator can spot errors such as incorrectly recorded received serial numbers or no recorded serial number where it is very apparent that a station was sending serial numbers!

For the 2007 UKAC & CC there have been a couple of rule changes to assist the adjudicator in producing results in time for the next session. Firstly, only logs submitted by email in an allowable format will now be accepted. A web based log entry application is available on the VHFCC web site. Secondly, the entries must be received not later than 10 days after the date of the activity session.

Results

Club Championship

Winner of G6NB Trophy: Cray Valley Radio Society

Runner-up: De Montfort University Amateur Radio Society

Single Operator Fixed Station (SF) Section

Winner: Bryn Llewellyn, G4DEZ

Runner-up: Roger Piper, G3MEH

Open (O) Section

Winner: Ipswich Radio Club, G4IRC/P

Runner-up: Chepstow & District Amateur Radio Club, MW0OPS/P

Leading Stations

Leading Foundation Station (SF): Simon Treacher, M3CVN

Leading Intermediate Station (SF): Pete Millard, 2E0NEY

Leading Foundation Station (O): Dawn Scott, M3WTZ/P

Leading Intermediate Station (O): Fred Smith, 2E0TLB/P

Leading Overseas Station: Frank Laanen, PE1EWR

Reminder - the 2007 2m UKAC & CC starts on 2^nd January at 2000 UTC.

Ian, G0FCT

January
Section SF
Pos	Callsign	QSOs	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Club
1	G3MEH	89	26	2,314	DD7ZN	607	400	2 x 9Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
2	G4DBL	78	25	1,950	DD0PX	639	300	17Y	Cray Valley RS
3	G8VHI	63	21	1,323	DF2VJ	692	25	9Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
4	G4DEZ	59	21	1,239	DD0PX	602	400	2 x 12Y
5	G8HGN	57	20	1,140	DF9IC	657	50	2 x 15Y
6	G3RIR	51	18	918	EI5FK	506	100	10Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
7	G4AJC	46	17	782	EI5FK	578	100	13Y
8	M5FUN	48	13	624	DA2A	490	100	12Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
9	M0DDT	44	14	616	EI5FK	505	150	9Y	Harwell and DARS
10	M5BFL	36	17	612	EI/G0AFH/P	619	100	11Y
11	G8ZRE	34	15	510	GM4ODA/P	385	25	8 XY
12	G3YDY	40	12	480	DA0T	658	100
13	M0WLF	39	12	468	M0CRM	353	100	13Y	Bristol Contest Group
14	2E0NEY	33	12	396	DA2A	660	50	9Y	Bristol Contest Group
=15	GM4PPT	25	12	300	G4WTB	536	350	2 x 12Y
=15	G0TPH	25	12	300	DA2A	607	25	9Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
17	PE1EWR	23	10	230	G4RRA	524	80	10Y
18	G3RHH	20	11	220	GD3YUM/P	432	200	9Y	Christchurch ARS
=19	M0XUK	22	9	198	M0UKR	228	80	6Y
=19	G7VFV	22	9	198	G4RRA	244	50	10Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
21	G8GYB	19	7	133	G4RRA	294	10	6Y	West Kent ARS
22	M0RHS	14	8	112	G4IRC/P	275	50	9Y	Christchurch ARS
23	M3CVN	18	6	108	PE1EWR	243	10	9Y	Cray Valley RS
24	G3FIJ	17	5	85	MW0OPS/P	270	20	10Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
25	2E0XIS	12	7	84	G4RRA	334	50	8Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
26	M3RCV	13	6	78	G4RRA	285	10	9Y	Cray Valley RS
27	G0KDS	15	5	75	M5FUN	203	50	5Y	Bristol Contest Group
28	G4JZS	12	6	72	G4RRA	256	50	9Y
29	GM4VVX	10	7	70	GM4PPT	288	400	10Y
30	G0THY	13	5	65	G4RRA	214	50	9Y	Harwell and DARS
31	G4DBW	9	6	54	MW0OPS/P	292	25	3Y
32	G0JLF	10	4	40	G3MEH	139	70	9Y	Bristol Contest Group
33	G7RLH	5	4	20	G4RRA	359	25	9Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
34	G0KPZ	5	2	10	M5FUN	57	25	5Y	Cray Valley RS
Section O
1	MW0OPS/P	105	26	2,730	DD0PX	768	25	2 x 9Y	Chepstow and DARC
2	G4IRC/P	79	23	1,817	EI5FK	669	100	17Y	Ipswich Radio Club
3	G1WAC	41	15	615	DF2VJ	706	100	18Y	Wythall Radio Club
4	M0COP/P	30	13	390	G1YLE	284	50	5Y	Wythall Radio Club
5	G0VJG/P	23	7	161	G4RRA	291	50	HB9CV	Cray Valley RS
6	M0BGR/P	21	7	147	G4RRA	279	5	3Y	Cray Valley RS
7	2E0TLB/P	18	7	126	G4RRA	282	50	4Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
8	M0SPC/P	11	8	88	GD3YUM/P	403	150	9Y	Christchurch ARS

February
Section SF
Pos	Callsign	QSOs	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Club
1	G4DEZ	105	29	3,045	DF9IC	768	400	2 x 12Y
2	G3MEH	94	27	2,538	DF9IC	733	400	2 x 9Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
3	G4DBL	90	28	2,520	DF9IC	754	300	17Y	Cray Valley RS
4	G4AJC	70	19	1,330	EI5FK	578	100	13Y
5	G8VHI	55	19	1,045	DB5KN	618	25	9Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
6	G8HGN	52	19	988	DA0T	661	50	2 x 15Y
7	G3YDY	55	17	935	DF9IC	661	100	9Y
8	G3RIR	55	16	880	PA4PS	528	100	10Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
9	M5FUN	49	16	784	GM4NFC	584	100	12Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
10	M0XUK	49	13	637	PE1EWR	364	80	6Y
11	G6GEC	41	14	574	DK5E	549	400	13Y	BAE Systems ARC
12	M0GHZ	44	12	528	EI5FK	440	100	9Y	Bristol Contest Group
13	M3CVN	49	10	490	EI5FK	594	10	9Y	Cray Valley RS
14	G8GYB	31	11	341	GW8ASD	319	10	6Y	West Kent ARS
15	G0ADH	33	10	330	EI5FK	512	70	13Y	Harwell and DARS
16	G8ZRE	34	9	306	G6GEC	303	25	8 XY
17	G0HKG	33	9	297	PI4TUE	332	100	7Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
18	PE1EWR	22	12	264	OZ1ALS	573	80	10Y
19	GM4PPT	26	9	234	G0AFH	556	350	2 x 12Y
20	G7VFV	23	8	184	EI5FK	533	50	10Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
21	G3RHH	22	8	176	G4DEZ	299	200	9Y	Christchurch ARS
22	G3HRH	17	10	170	F1ISM	286	300	2 x 10Y	De Montford Uni ARS
23	M0WLF	21	8	168	G4IRC/P	277	100	13Y	Bristol Contest Group
24	G0TPH	20	7	140	G3RHH	211	25	9Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
25	G6UBM	20	6	120	PI4TUE	366	35	13Y	West Kent ARS
=26	G4XPE	14	7	98	G6UBM	218	25	10Y
=26	G3FIJ	15	6	90	MW0OPS/P	248	20	10Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
28	2E1GUA	15	6	90	F1ISM	272	10	13Y	Chelmsford ARS
29	G4JZS	14	6	84	G4UKP	205	50	9Y
30	2M0GPZ	10	7	70	M1MHZ	412	50	8Y	Mid Lanark ARS
31	2E0XIS	17	4	68	MW0OPS/P	230	50	8Y
32	G1VDP	10	6	60	G4IRC/P	186	50	11Y	Wythall RC
33	M0MCX	13	4	52	G4AJC	153	100	Vert	Wythall RC
34	M0BGR	9	4	36	G4IRC/P	110	5	3Y	Cray Valley RS
35	M1GFE	11	3	33	MW0OPS/P	242	25	9Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
36	G7RLH	9	3	27	G4DBL	164	25	9Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
37	G4SOB	5	2	10	G3YDY	37	4	?	Colchester Radio Amateurs
38	G0MTN	4	2	8	G0AFH	194	10	HB9CV	Wythall RC
Section O
1	G4IRC/P	84	25	2,100	DG5CST/P	537	100	17Y	Ipswich Radio Club
2	MW0OPS/P	78	20	1,560	DF2VJ	731	25	2 x 9Y	Chepstow and DARC
3	G4ARI/P	40	9	360	GM4PPT	366	5	3Y	De Montford Uni ARS
4	M0SPC/P	23	8	184	M0UKR	292	150	9Y	Christchurch ARS
5	M0RHS/P	19	9	171	G4DEZ	309	50	13Y	Christchurch ARS
=6	G0VJG/P	24	6	144	PE1EWR	237	50	HB9CV	Cray Valley RS
=6	2E0TLB/P	18	8	144	G4UKP	282	50	4Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
8	G1WAC	17	6	102	G6GEC	198	100	18Y	Wythall Radio Club
9	G3PIA	15	6	90	G4DEZ	203	300	17Y	Harwell and DARS

March
Section SF
Pos	Callsign	QSOs	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Club
1	G4DEZ	102	38	3,876	DF5GZ/P	809	400	2 x 12Y
2	G3MEH	90	29	2,610	DF5GZ/P	750	400	2 x 9Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
3	G4DBL	83	26	2,158	DA0T	781	300	17Y	Cray Valley RS
4	G8VHI	61	19	1,159	DB5KN	618	25	9Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
5	G3RIR	58	16	928	DB5KN	595	200	11Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
6	G3YDY	48	15	720	EI5FK	620	100	9Y
7	G8HGN	46	15	690	DB5KN	467	50	2 x 15Y
8	GM4PPT	32	15	480	M5FUN	588	350	2 x 12Y
9	G8ZRE	38	12	456	ON5AEN	520	25	8 XY
10	M0XUK	31	11	341	ON5AEN	391	80	6Y
11	M0CGL	25	11	275	ON5AEN	368	100	9Y
12	M5FUN	33	8	264	GM4PPT	588	100	12Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
13	G0HKG	26	10	260	G8ZRE	282	100	7Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
14	M3RCV	34	7	238	MW0OPS/P	216	10	9Y	Cray Valley RS
15	M0GHZ	26	8	208	G3JRM	293	100	9Y	Bristol Contest Group
16	G3SPJ	25	8	192	GM4PPT	535	90	8Y	Cray Valley RS
17	G4XPE	21	9	189	GM4PPT	348	25	10Y
18	G7VFV	20	8	160	G1WUU	246	50	10Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
19	G0TPH	22	7	154	EI5FK	502	25	9Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
20	M0WLF	21	7	147	EI3GE	304	100	13Y	Bristol Contest Group
=21	G4HHJ	19	7	133	MW0OPS/P	190	70	8Y	Verulam ARC
=21	G4OIG	19	7	133	G8ZRE	174	10	5Y	De Montford Uni ARS
23	2E1GUA	18	7	126	MW0OPS/P	241	10	13Y	Chelmsford ARS
24	G3FIJ	20	6	120	MW0OPS/P	270	20	10Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
25	M0MCX	20	5	100	G4DEZ	155	100	Vert	Wythall RC
26	M1GFE	12	6	72	MW0OPS/P	264	25	9Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
27	M0SJS	10	5	50	GM4NFC	258	50	11XY
28	G6UBM	12	4	48	EI3GE	479	35	13Y	West Kent ARS
29	M3LQA	8	5	40	M0FGH	305	10	?
30	G4DBW	7	4	28	G4DEZ	217	25	3Y
31	G0KPZ	9	3	27	G4DBL	95	25	5Y	Cray Valley RS
=32	G1ODR	5	2	10	G8HGN	40	10	Vert	Colchester Radio Amateurs
=32	G1VDP	5	2	10	G4DEZ	126	50	11Y	Wythall RC
34	M1FRH	5	1	5	M1TWO	13	50	5Y
Section O
1	MW0OPS/P	89	23	2,047	DK5E	789	25	2 x 9Y	Chepstow and DARC
2	G4IRC/P	63	23	1,449	DF5GZ/P	673	100	17Y	Ipswich Radio Club
3	G4ARI/P	37	9	333	GM4PPT	366	5	3Y	De Montford Uni ARS
4	2E0TLB/P	29	9	261	MW0MXT	307	50	4Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
5	M0SPC/P	22	8	176	G4DEZ	291	150	9Y	Christchurch ARS
6	G3PIA	29	6	174	G8ZRE	211	300	17Y	Harwell and DARS
7	G0VJG/P	25	6	150	G0KYS	269	50	HB9CV	Cray Valley RS
8	G3CWI/P	14	7	98	GM4PPT	295	30	3Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
=9	G1ORC	20	4	80	M0FGH	305	25	17Y	Oldham Radio Club
=9	G1WAC	16	5	80	G4IRC/P	212	100	18Y	Wythall Radio Club
11	M3CVN/P	8	2	16	G4DBL	89	5	Vert	Cray Valley RS

April
Section SF
Pos	Callsign	QSOs	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Club
1	G4DEZ	106	30	3,180	DF9IC	768	400	2 x 12Y
2	G3MEH	92	24	2,184	DL8DAU	699	400	2 x 9Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
3	G0AFH	70	23	1,587	GM3UCI	559	400	2x17Y	Cray Valley RS
4	G4AJC	64	19	1,216	PE2JMR	561	100	13Y
5	G3RIR	56	21	1,176	DB5KN	595	200	11Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
6	G8VHI	57	18	1,026	DB5KN	618	25	9Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
7	G8HGN	51	17	850	EI3GE	474	50	2 x 15Y
8	G3YDY	47	18	846	DA0T	658	100	9Y
9	G3SPJ	61	14	840	GI7UGV	523	90	8Y	Cray Valley RS
10	M5FUN	50	12	588	DA0T	700	100	12Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
11	M0GHZ	43	13	559	PA0GHB	423	100	9Y	Bristol Contest Group
12	GM4PPT	32	16	512	2E1HKC	540	350	2 x 12Y
13	M0XUK	43	12	504	ON5AEN	391	80	6Y
14	G0ADH	39	12	468	ON5AEN	350	70	13Y	Harwell and DARS
15	M3CVN	43	10	420	G3MCD	357	10	9Y	Cray Valley RS
16	G8GYB	29	11	319	2E0GYO	352	10	6Y	West Kent ARS
17	M0CGL	28	11	308	ON3VHF	430	100	9Y
18	G3RHH	22	11	231	2E0GYO	325	200	9Y	Christchurch ARS
19	G4HHJ	22	10	220	G4RRA	273	70	8Y	Verulam ARC
20	G4XPE	23	9	207	G4RRA	286	25	10Y
21	G0HKG	25	8	200	G4RRA	343	100	7Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
22	M0WLF	22	9	198	G4IRC/P	277	100	13Y	Bristol Contest Group
23	M0MCX	23	8	184	G0AFH	186	100	Vert	Wythall RC
24	G7VFV	19	9	171	G4RRA	244	50	10Y	Aylesbury Vale RS
25	M0SJS	24	7	168	G4RRA	322	50	11XY
26	G3FIJ	23	7	161	G7RAU	199	20	10Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
27	G4DBW	13	9	117	2E0GYO	366	25	3Y	Clifton ARS
28	G0THY	14	8	112	2E0GYO	222	50	9Y	Harwell and DARS
29	M1GFE	12	6	72	G8VHI	182	25	9Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
30	2E0XIS	14	5	70	G4RRA	334	50	8Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
31	M3LQA	10	5	50	G0AFH	299	10	?
=32	M0RHS	10	4	40	G8HGN	200	50	9Y	Christchurch ARS
=32	G0KYS	8	5	40	G4DEZ	375	50	5Y	Torbay ARS
34	G6UBM	9	4	36	G3CWI/P	264	35	13Y	West Kent ARS
=35	G0KDS	7	5	35	G0AFH	203	50	5Y	Bristol Contest Group
=35	M0AEJ	7	5	35	G4DBL	134	40	5Y	Wythall Radio Club
=37	G4BUO	10	3	30	G0ADH	106	?	Vert	Cray Valley RS
=37	PE1EWR	6	5	30	G3CWI/P	418	80	10Y
39	G7RLH	8	4	28	G4DBL	164	25	9Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
40	G4SOB	6	2	12	G3YDY	37	4	?	Colchester Radio Amateurs
Section O
1	G4IRC/P	68	23	1,564	DF9IC	639	100	17Y	Ipswich Radio Club
2	G3CWI/P	66	13	858	PI4TUE	539	30	7Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
3	M0SPC/P	54	13	702	2M0GPZ/P	575	200	9Y	Christchurch ARS
4	GW8ZRE/P	46	14	644	ON5AEN	542	80	7ZL
5	M0BPQ/P	40	12	468	DB5KN	508	25	9Y	Clifton ARS
6	G4ARI/P	33	11	363	G4RRA	282	5	3Y	De Montford Uni ARS
7	M0COP/P	40	9	360	2E1HKC	291	50	5Y	Wythall Radio Club
8	G3PIA	34	10	340	PE1EWR	335	300	17Y	Harwell and DARS
9	2M0GPZ/P	24	8	192	G4RRA	584	50	7ZL	Mid Lanark ARS
10	G8UBN/P	20	9	180	G4DEZ	226	25	3Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
=11	2E0TLB/P	23	7	161	G4DEZ	242	50	4Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
=11	G0VJG/P	23	7	161	ON5AEN	263	50	9Y	Cray Valley RS
13	G1WAC	16	6	96	G4IRC/P	212	100	18Y	Wythall Radio Club
14	G1VDP/P	14	6	84	PA0GHB	413	100	18Y	Wythall Radio Club
15	G1ORC	11	3	33	G8VHI	123	25	17Y	Oldham Radio Club

May
Section SF
Pos	Callsign	QSOs	Multiplier	Total	ODX Call	ODX Kms	Power	Ant	Club
1	G4DEZ	128	38	4,864	DH3NAN	837	400	2 x 12Y
2	G4DBL	117	30	3,510	DA0T	781	300	17Y	Cray Valley RS
3	G8HGN	68	26	1,768	DF5GZ/P	677	50	2 x 15Y
4	G4HSO	59	19	1,121	GM4PPT	484	100	12Y	Verulam ARC
5	G3RIR	57	18	1,026	PA3FPQ	488	200	11Y	De Montfort Uni ARS
6	G3SPJ	58	15	870	MM0GPZ/P	575	90	8Y	Cray Valley RS
7	GM4PPT	46	16	736	M5FUN	588	350	2 x 12Y
8	M5FUN	45	16	684	MM0GPZ/P	630	100	12Y	QRZ ARG of Sussex
9	M0GHZ	41	14	574	ON4CJU	529	100	9Y	Bristol Contest Group
10	G0ADH	44	13	572	GI4SNA	462	70	13Y	Harwell and DARS
11	G3YDY	41	13	533	PA0PVW	369	100	9Y
12	G0HKG	36	14	504	G3HRH/P	413	100	7Y	Colchester Radio Amateurs
13	G0VJG