[CCF] Fw: [CQ-Contest] What the heck is BERU?

[Timo Klimoff]

Tässä perustietoa niille jotka bandille mennessään ihmettelevät "CQ 
BERU" -kontestia.
Suomalaiset eivät siis kelpaa kusoina.

73, Timo OH1NOA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave VO1AU"
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:02 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] What the heck is BERU?


> There will be a lot of head-scratching this weekend, as there is this time
> every year.
>
> BERU is the Commonwealth Contest.  It is for stations within the
> Commonwealth only.  The Commonwealth is made up of most of the countries
> that used to be part of the British Empire.  If the Union Jack never flew
> over your part of the world, you're almost certainly not in the
> Commonwealth.
>
> There are a few other places where the Union Jack did fly, but those
> countries are not members for their own reasons (ie. USA, Ireland, Sudan,
> Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Israel).  The "Commonwealth of Independent States" 
> (ex
> USSR) doesn't count, either.
>
> So if you are in a Commonwealth Country, and you hear someone call "CQ 
> BERU"
> , please work them.  If you're not in Commonwealth country, please ignore
> us, only from 1000z Saturday 11 March to 1000z Sunday 12 March.
>
> You can see more info on http://uk.geocities.com/beru2004@btinternet.com/
>
> Dave VO1AU
>