[UK-CONTEST] 2009 2m UKAC Results

[Rob Harrison]

As Ray requested a breakdown of of geographical spread, I've taken all the 
calls from the published results page of VHFCC, plus a few others known to 
be on at times but with no entry submitted, G7RAU,G4RRA,GI4SNA,GI6ATZ & 
EI3GE, a few examples. Put in a spreadsheet with their appropriate locator, 
and ordered by square.

It's quite interesting to see that IO83 comes out as the leader, rather than 
the expected IO91/JO01. However as was noted in the original post, many of 
these 288 stations only came on once during the year, and many are using 
small antennas and low power, and would not normally be workable at 
distance.

The challenge is to make these one timers be more active throughout the 
year. Maybe we should ask them why they only entered 1 session.

IN89    2
IO63    2
IO74    2
IO75    3
IO80    8
IO81  31
IO82  16
IO83  61
IO84    4
IO85    2
IO86    1
IO87    2
IO90    6
IO91  50
IO92  19
IO93  30
IO94    3
JO00    2
JO01  43
JO02  14
JO03    4
JO10    1
JO11    2

TOT  288

Bob G8HGN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray James" <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "UK Contesting" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:23 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 2009 2m UKAC Results


>
> An open thank you to Ian G0FCT for producing this years results with a 
> report that accurately reflects 2m UKAC participation much better than 
> ever written previously.
>
> Past generalised commentary of increased participation only took account 
> of the total number throughout the year. A station only entering one month 
> out of twelve distorted the overall picture of the contests in review.
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> Ian has undertaken a task I usually do and identified how many stations 
> entered for one or two events, all the way up to the maximum 12.
> This provides a far better idea of the contests popularity and health than 
> simply stating total entries were 318, up by 61 over 2008 and is more 
> honest to the membership and council.
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> Being aware of negatives is as important as identifying positives.
> I won't dwell on the negative except to highlight that almost a 3rd of 
> that 318 (91) only entered for one session in twelve and 130, well over a 
> 3rd only entered for two sessions. Missing and equally important is a 
> report on the geographical spread. A UK contest with minimal support from 
> most of the UK would be a cause for concern for most people. I've 
> suggested ditching the square multiplier (not the PPKm) for working EUs 
> and include the RSGB's own Postal Code Multiplier system to encourage 
> greater UK interest to participate but CC never listen. Maybe under Ed 
> they will? I asked Don earlier this year to explain why such a suggestion 
> was never taken up and either himself or Pete to answer. No reply!
>
> 73 Ray GM4CXM
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