[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth Contest

[Colin G3PSM]

It'll be interesting to see how many logs are received this year.   I 
see from the SD reflector that the WAG Contest that has taken over the 
21/28 MHz CW weekend has attracted over 1,000 logs!

Unfortunately there is also an RSGB Board meeting this weekend and my 
local sailing club has a Quiz and Curry night scheduled for Saturday 
evening, so time is going to be a little stretched.

Bring back the 7 MHz CW contest I say, especially as we are now  
"officially" entering the minimum of the current solar cycle.

Good luck to those entering seriously this weekend.

73

Colin, G3PSM

Dave Lawley wrote:

>40m is simply not large enough for all the activity during the really 
>major contests, but next weekend there is a great opportunity for Gs to 
>work some great CW DX on that and other bands, including VK, ZL and VE.
>
>For those Gs who haven't done it before, a quarter wave vertical on 40m, 
>some radials and 100w should be sufficient to work long-path VK and ZL 
>between about 06.00 and 08.00z. We have an advantage here as stations 
>participating in the contest (known for historical reasons as 'Beru') 
>will only be looking for contacts with other Commonwealth stations.
>
>The contest is on the five bands 80-10m CW only, starting at 10.00z on 
>Saturday 11th March. It lasts 24 hours but there is also a 12-hour 
>section, see http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/rberu.shtml for the 
>full rules. Note there is a separate trophy for the highest placed UK 
>station using 100w and single element antenna. There's also a 
>certificate for every station which works 69 band call areas (69 because 
>that's how many times the contest has run: Beru started in 1931)
>
>SD has full support for the Commonwealth Contest, and so does Win-Test.
>
>Dave G4BUO
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