[UK-CONTEST] BERU Poem

[Gerard Lynch]

BERU also inspired me to write a little poem.  This is probably the sign of
a sick mind.  With sincere apologies to Padriac Collum who must be creating
tornadoes in his grave.

A Young Man of the Bands

O, to have a little beam!
And rotator to turn it round!
The crank up tower to hold it up,
And make the DX louder sound!

To have an amp that runs a K,
And lets me make big contest runs!
A dresser filled with QSLs,
>From Europe, and the rarest ones!

I could be busy all the day,
Working DX on the noise floor,
And sending morse to radio hams,
In lands I've never worked before!

I could be quiet there at night
Beside the rig and by myself,
Sure of DX and loth to leave
The rotator and amp and PC shelf!

Och! but I'm weary of wire dipoles,
And never an afternoon US rush,
And tired I am of search and pounce,
And the QRN and the lonesome hush!

And I am praying to God on high,
And I am praying Him night and day,
For a little beam - a beam of my own -
Up in the wind's and the rain's way.

73

Gerry G0RTN
http://www.gerrylynch.co.uk