[UK-CONTEST] Beru categories

[Ken Eastty]

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>  Message: 1 Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:24:47 +0000 (GMT) From: brian
>  coyne <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Beru categories.
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>  I enjoy taking part in Beru for the many reasons we see stated by all
>  of the participants but I cannot help feeling that I am operating in
>  a category where nothing can be achieved. ? This is not a whinge but
>  an attempt to draw attention to the anomaly of including low power
>  stations with a beam antenna in the 'open' section. The subject has
>  been raised before, I think the main rejecting reason given by the
>  committee was a reluctance to create further categories and
>  fragmentation of the result tables likened to the vhf contest results
>  tables.
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>  ......... 73? Brian 5B4AIZ.
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I fully agree Brian, I guess that the majority of stations in the UK are 
you describe and these unless you live way out in the 'sticks' you're 
lucky to be able to erect anything better than wire dipoles or a vertical.
Those of us who do manage to erect a small tri-band beam on a low mast 
must enter the Open category of BERU which puts us in the same league as 
the lucky few who have mono-banders for 40m & up bands at 60 ft + and 4 
Squares etc. for the lower bands.
I won't bother to raise the question of why some of these UK stations 
find it necessary to use amplifiers with a capability of 1kW+. (I forgot 
that some people have very very long feeders!)
There needs to be an 'unlimited' category for stations equipped like 
this, exactly where the the line is drawn might (?) be the subject of 
much discussion. I would also include any station possessing an 
amplifier with an O/P of more than 1kW regardless of antennas in this 
category, I note that there are those who seem to be reluctant to admit 
what amplifier they use, why would that be?

73....

Ken

G3LVP

IO81WV (5 other stations active in BERU within about a 1 mile radius 
might make this the most active area in the UK?)