[UK-CONTEST] BERU 2006 comments (longish)

[Peter Hobbs]

A couple of comments to postings I saw on the reflector this morning at work.

"..the technique for us low power stations of 'enticing' a station to QSY a few Hz after a QSO with a big gun who is running is important and I don't think it's acceptable in a gentleman's contest like BERU (sorry Commonwealth).."

I see no practical or ethical harm in side-swiping cold meat from the rich man's table (figuratively of course) after a QSO is complete.  If done properly, it doesn't cause any bother to the said rich man or to anyone else.  The guy concerned is probably pleased to have an extra "free" QSO and to be called himself, something that may not happen that often.

"I think it would be really interesting in contest reports if those who
_do_ work loads of stuff post an hour by hour breakdown showing roughly
what  they work on which band, something like:

0500-0600  40m: VK3,VK7,ZL2,vp9  80m: Zl2, Vk3, VE6, VE7,
0600-0700 20M:ZL3  40m: Zl4,VK9,
etc etc etc

to give an idea of what you _can_ work where and when, I would find it
particularly useful."

This might be considered a request for proprietary information by some (anyone ever pursuade Al 'FXB to share his BERU strategies?).  Gerry 'RTN provided a really good run-down in his piece which was nicely in time for the contest.  Not that I can claim to fall into Andy's specified category, but the following gives an indication of what could be found (mostly via S&P) with a modest station in this low solar activity year (note that the 10m stuff was worked in the first 9 minutes of the contest, largely thanks to Brian ODV's suggestion to give it a go).  I also counted only 20 "new" stations i.e. never worked in BERU before, which probably corroborates remarks about the "exclusiveness" of this event.  However Gerry, who admits he only discovered BERU comparatively recently, has been well and truly hooked so why not others?

10Z    10m - 5B 7Q 9J GB, 15m - 5B, 20m - 9M2 GB 5B 9H ZL6 VK4
11Z    15m - GB 9J ZC4 C9 7Q, 20m -  VE1,2,3 ZL6 VK4 VO ZF
12Z    15m -  VP8, 20m -  ZC4 VE1, 3, 9 5B VK4, 7
13Z    15m - ZF VQ9, 20m - VO VE1,2,3 VK4
14Z    15m - ZS4 3B8 J8, 20m - VK4 7Q VO VE1,3
15Z    15m - VE3, 20m - 9M6 9J VE2,5, 40m - ZL6 GB
16Z    20m - VE7, 40m - VK4 5B 9H 9M2 ZL2,4,6
17Z    20m - VO VE2,3,4,5 VQ9, 40m - 3B8 ZB2 9M6, 80m - ZL4,6 VK4
18Z    20m - 20m - V3 VE6,7 VP8, 40m - 9H 5B
19Z    20m - V4 VE9, 40m - VO VE1,3 ZC4 VQ9 VK3,4,6,7,8
20Z    20m - VE1,5 VP9, 40m - 7Q VK7 VE3, 80m - GB VO
21Z    20m - VE3 VK8, 40m - VE2,3 VK6, 80m - VO
22Z    20m - C6, 40m - VU VE1,3,9 ZF, 80m - 9V VE1,3 5B ZC4
23Z    40m - VE2,3,9, 80m - 9H VE9
00Z    40m - VE3, 80m - VE1,2,9 5B J8 ZF
01Z    80m - VE2,3 VP9
02Z    40m - VE3, 80m - VE2,3
03Z    80m - VE1 
04Z    40m - VE3 9J ZL2
05Z    40m - ZL3 VE7
06Z    40m - ZL1,2 VP9 VK4, 80m - ZL2
07Z    40m - VK2,3,4,6 ZL2,4
08Z    20m - VK3,7
09Z    15m - 9H VK6 9M2

Peter G3LET