[3830] Commonwealth G4PIQ SO-Open12 HP

[Andy Cook]

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12 hours – Unassisted – Mother’s Day Domestic Harmony section...
BAND   QSO DUP DXC  HQ  POINTS BONUS   AVG
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   80    37   0  10  10     180   500 18.38
   40    69   0  23  13     340  1020 19.71
   20    74   1  26  13     370  1120 20.14
   15     8   0   4   4      40   160 25.00
   10     2   0   0   2      10    40 25.00
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TOTAL   190   1  63  42     940  2840 19.89
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            TOTAL SCORE : 3 780 
This means I operated as and when I could fit it around other stuff which needed doing in 
the house – rather than optimising the operating time to get the best score. I missed the 
LP ZL opening on 80m because getting up that early this morning would not have led to 
domestic harmony, and also had to be out during the prime early evening slot 1710 – 2020. 
I operated just short of 11 hours in the end.
I thought that conditions were quite poor with the bands closing early and quite a lot 
of static making for several repeats. 40m was certainly good early – I was very surprised 
to have VE7CC call me LP in the afternoon. 15m very poor – in the last hour I was hearing 
a number of new bonuses who couldn’t hear me. Luckily VK6LW came good in the last 30 
seconds.
The home station here is not very effective – I heard about 15 additional bonuses who just 
CQed in my face – need better antennas. I had SO2R (but limited because of a broken amp 
for the second radio) for about 2/3 of the event - I was building antenna switching during 
the contest! No triplexer – so the second HF antenna was just a 160/40 dipole.
But – overall – surprisingly good fun as ever given the hard work – BERU is truly unique. 
Many thanks for all the QSOs and especially to those who tried moving for me – even if it 
didn’t work. 
Rig : 2 x K3 + 1 x Ten Tec Titan
Ant : 80m : Inv-V dipole @ 18m
      40m : Inv-V dipole @ 18m
      HF  : Somewhat broken 4el TET tri-bander @ 17m