[3830] Commonwealth VE1RAC(VE1RGB) Restricted-24 LP

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                    RSGB Commonwealth Contest

Call: VE1RAC
Operator(s): VE1RGB
Station: VE1RGB

Class: Restricted-24 LP
QTH: Halifax, NS
Operating Time (hrs): 16

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:   84
   40:  108
   20:  166
   15:   44
   10:   13
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Total:  415  Total Score = 5,060

Club: Maritime Contest Club

Comments:

A contest full of *memorable* little events, of which I can hardly remember any
[although exchanging serial numbers with my RAC counterpart in BC sticks in my
mind.  What are the odds for that happening.]

I tried to run as much as I could but my antennas are limiting, so I spent a
LOT of time on the prowl.  The only station (that didn't move me) to make it
into my log on 5 bands was my friend Bud VA7ST.  Otherwise, there were a lot of
operators who were very quick to ask for a QSY and I was more than happy to
comply.  Having said that, the only other station to get VE1RAC on five bands
was VE3EJ.  I worry about the front end of the K3 with John's signal so I am
quick to get him out of the way ;-)

Any of you old guys remember when there was a world map in grade school that
showed the British Empire of old with all the associated countries  coloured in
red?  I worked about 25 of them in BERU 2013.   Every new one was a little
thrill and evocative of my vision of what these far-off and mysterious lands
were like, based on a lot of reading and a mental picture of those old maps of
my youth.  

Big thanks to RSGB for continuing to support the BERU contest, whatever its
proper name is.  I doubt that the term *BERU* will ever go away even after all
the old-timers are QRT. 

Equipment:  K3 + P3 + mostly an 80M dipole fed with ladder line.  

Gary VE1RGB


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