[UK-CONTEST] BERU

[gm4fam at tiscali.co.uk]

I was always under the impression that BERU was a DX contest.

Part of its appeal to me is the challenge of finding and working 
stations the vast majority of whom are outside Europe and discovering 
unexpected band openings with the attendant propagation vagaries - rate 
just doesn't figure in the equation.

Personally I am not bothered about achieving a high position over 
other stations outside the UK - but I do like to achieve something 
compared to others within the UK (a contest within a contest and 
something akin to who can achieve 5th place in the Premier League!).

Can someone tell me what skill is needed or how any sense of 
achievement is gained through working inter-UK - especially on LF?

I heard several non-full licence holders working V25XF and other 
leading stations - surely that is what should be encouraged (perhaps 
those leading stations could provide stats of how many 'less 
competitive' UK stations they worked?).

And if inter-UK working is allowed will 50% of participants (ie UK 
stations) concentrate more on 40 and 80? And what effect will this have 
on activity in the Rest of World where there will be less UK stations 
to work?

For those running 100w and a G5RV, why not double or quadruple the 
bonus points (as per Stew Perry) - that may well provide some 
encouragement and incentive.

73 de CRIS
GM4FAM









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