[UK-CONTEST] BERU 2008 from 9M2CNC (very late)

[dave at g4buo.com]

Sometimes when a W calls me in Beru I say "cannot work you cos of 1776"

Occasionally gets a diddleydit dit dit

Dave G4BUO


> As compared with the Russian Commonwealth of Countries (RCC) or the
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts or even the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
>
> 73
>
> Colin, G3PSM
>
> Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
>> Clive Whelan wrote:
>>
>>> N1MM runs BERU perfectly well with the Jubilee module, albeit doesn't
>>> score it correctly. I have always done this by band, but the G4IFB
>>> Excel sheet makes this a breeze. As a result of the silver tongue of
>>> Ian/GM3SEK, aided and abetted by YT, and with luck, OM Prasad/VU2PTT
>>> will have added the necessary code before next year. We are indeed
>>> fortunate to have found someone who understands the idiosyncratic
>>> scoring system of BERU, which could confuse a stupid person ;-) .
>>>
>>>
>>
>> By having Prasad on the job for N1MM, we're already several steps ahead
>> of an earlier attempt, which involved trying to work with an American
>> software author on the WL team.
>>
>> Something told me we had a problem, when the first line in his all-new
>> contest setup was: "Enter name of Commonwealth".
>>
>> Well, er...  usually, we call it "The".
>>
>>
>>
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