[UK-CONTEST] G4PIQ/P BERU

[Andy Cook, G4PIQ]

For amusement...  Operating time about 2 hours in lots chunks of 2 mins to
20 mins!
 
BAND   QSO DUP DXC  HQ  POINTS BONUS   AVG 
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   80     7   0   6   0      35   140 25.00 
   40     7   0   5   1      35   140 25.00 
   20    16   0  11   1      80   320 25.00 
   15     3   0   2   0      15    60 25.00 
   10     0   0   0   0       0     0  0.00 
 
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TOTAL    33   0  24   2     165   660 25.00 
 
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             TOTAL SCORE : 825
 
Rig : K2/100, 100W. 25m end-fed @ 10ft agl (OK feed point is at 15ft and
bottom end at 5ft!)
 
Unable to put in a serious entry from a competitive station due to needing
to spend some time looking after baby daughter, but snatched a few minutes
operating from home with the big station here and there! Lots of stations
CQed in my face as expected - esp on 40m in around 2230 where the antenna
seems especially bad - but was amused to see Roger, VE3ZI & Brian, 5B/G4ODV
say that they were bothered with noise on 80 and could only work the louder
folks....! I must have been near the bottom of the pile - though I did
manage to run a few stations on 80m with this system during ARRL CW as well
& my signal at K5ZD sounded OK - who needs lots of metal!
 
Conditions on the high bands seemed pretty ropey from here - even 20 on
Sunday morning was very thin - but congrats to ZL6A, ZL6QH & ZL4BR for
pulling me from the noise.
 
BERU isn't like other contests and it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I
dont think it's ready to be killed off just yet. When entry levels drop year
on year (and not just in sync with the sunspot cycle) - then it's time to
take a look - but right now - I think there's probably still enough support.

 
Andy