Better than last year
Stats
Total QSOs - 1225, about double 2018 total.
Contests Entered - 20 (10 × 2m UKAC, 10 × 70cm UKAC)
UKAC Final Position - 111/697 overall (10/203 on 2m, and 2nd place intermediate station, 13/151 on 70cm), last year was 304/733 (49/210 on 2m)
Notable QSOs
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G3MXH (2019-08-06) - Terry, G3MXH helped me pass my novice exam 20-odd years ago and did much to help my enthusiasm for amateur radio.
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I7CSB (2019-07-02) - A 2m SSB contact using just 10W to an 8-element yagi over 1736km. Nothing un-remarkable about that! Sporadic E might have had a part in this.
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9M4SJJJ (2019-10-19) - The first contact of JOTA 2019 from GB1WSG was with 9M4SJJJ in Malasia. We used DMR for this and some of our youngsters got to talk to youngsters there.
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G0ABI (2019-06-09) - When I was a newly-licensed novice, the idea of satellites interested me, but they seemed difficult to get my head round, I also wasn't too sure whether or not novices were allowed to use satellites at the time. Well Intermediates definitly can, and I did. Pete will probably be the one and only person to contact 2E1HNK via satellite as I'll be using MØIZZ now. This QSO was FM via SO-50.
Summary
Most of my operating this year was in the RSGB UKAC series of contests - much like last year.
Other notable events included running JOTA for 1st Woodmancote Scouts, which saw approximately 70 youngsters get their first* introduction to Amateur Radio. The village also now has 70 more morse keys and buzzers in circulation than it did before, so apologies to the parents...
Last, and not least, I passed my full license exam and became MØIZZ (edit: and then M5MAT).
Results
| Contest | Section | Position | Entrants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2m UKAC (Jan) | AL | 14 | 76 |
| 2m UKAC (Feb) | AL | 13 | 75 |
| 70cm UKAC (Feb) | AL | 32 | 77 |
| 70cm UKAC (Mar) | AL | 13 | 61 |
| 2m UKAC (Apr) | AL | 14 | 89 |
| 70cm UKAC (Apr) | AL | 15 | 73 |
| 2m UKAC (May) | AL | 15 | 90 |
| 70cm UKAC (May) | AL | 21 | 70 |
| 2m UKAC (Jun) | AL | 15 | 76 |
| 70cm UKAC (Jun) | AL | 20 | 71 |
| 2m UKAC (Jul) | AL | 8 | 73 |
| 70cm UKAC (Jul) | AL | 16 | 67 |
| 2m UKAC (Aug) | AL | 11 | 68 |
| 70cm UKAC (Aug) | AL | 18 | 63 |
| 2m UKAC (Sep) | AL | 10 | 70 |
| 70cm UKAC (Sep) | AL | 13 | 65 |
| 2m UKAC (Oct) | AL | 16 | 66 |
| 70cm UKAC (Oct) | AL | 15 | 62 |
| 70cm UKAC (Nov) | AL | 9 | 56 |
| 2m UKAC (Dec) | AL | 8 | 67 |
| Series | Position | Entrants |
|---|---|---|
| Overall UKAC 2019 | 112 | 701 |
| 144MHz UKAC (AL) | 10 | 203 |
| 432MHz UKAC (AL) | 15 | 155 |
* It wasn't the first for all - some were already aware of amateur radio, and two have been pointed in the direction of the local club to hopefully get a foundation license.