Quake Contesters team

Hi Bob,

I am pleased to announce that the Quake Contesters team will be operating in the 2022 running of the Commonwealth Contest.  The team members are …

ZL3P operated by ZL3PAH – Phil (Captain)

ZL3AB – Mark

ZL3GA – Geoff

ZL3DMC – Don

ZL4TT – Paul

Looking forward to this very much!

Incidentally Geoff ZL3GA has taken over as NZART contest manager from Frank ZL2BR after many years service.

73 Phil zl3p/zl3pah

DXLog and and broken rules link

Mike Ruttenberg G7TWC Jan 27   #7597   Hi Bjorn Can you please update the rules to https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2022/rcwc.shtml . The rules in the existing BERU.txt point to an old file. Also there has been clarification in the rules about the segment 3500-3510Khz, which is not a rule but suggested guidance, as that segment is preferred for intercontental QSOs but not exclusively for that. Vy 73 Mike G7TWC

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Björn SM7IUN 6:48am   #7599   Thanks Mike.  The updated files are available for download via the File->Update contest and will be included in the next release. Björn

VK1WIA HQ Station

From: Andrew VK1DA Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 05:40:10 GMT Allan, I’m happy to run as VK1WIA again this year.   I would probably operate as a portable station again. With more antennas and more bands and longer operating hours.  I’m a WIA member.  73 Andrew VK1DA/VK2UH

VK5WIA HQ Station

From: Grant Willis (VK5GR) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 05:20:24 GMT VK5WIA reporting for duty – sir! (smile)

VK3WIA HQ Station

From: Lee Moyle Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 04:10:37 GMT Hi Allan I will be available for VK3WIA again.   Regards Lee VK3GK

Commonwealth Contest – Call for VK HQ Operators

Commonwealth Contest – Call for VK HQ Operators From: Allan Mason Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 03:58:53 GMT This email is a call for the expression of interest in operating or assisting as a team member with the operation of the VK HQ stations in the Commonwealth Contest (BERU) on 12/13 March 2021.   The Contest History:  The 85th Commonwealth Contest will be held in March 2022. This is a friendly CW contest for all British Commonwealth call areas.     In 2022, Australia will again field two teams of 5 operators. !n 2021, the Australia One team won the team section again and the Australia Two team gained 3rd place. The following WIA HQ stations were activated last year; VK1WIA, VK2WIA, VK3WIA, VK4WIA, VK5WIA, VK6WIA and VK7WIA.  The 2021 results can be found here:  https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfresults.pl?Contest=Commonwealth%20Contest&year=2021   This year we are again attempting to activate as many VKxWIA HQ stations as possible.      Each HQ station counts as an additional call area, which means every QSO with one is worth a bonus of 20 points, plus 5 points for the QSO, so HQ stations are highly valuable and hunted by all the contestants!  They are also unique in that entrants may contact any HQ station, including any in their own call area – i.e. VK2 entrants can contact VK2WIA for points, VK3 entrants can contact VK3WIA for points, etc.  No other contacts between entrants in the same call area (I.e. between VK2GR and VK2BJ) are permitted.       In order to make the best possible score it is important for each member of the Australian squad to work as many ‘bonus stations’ as possible.  Each Australian state counts as a separate call area on each band, and the first three contacts we make with each Australian state other than our own on each band each earns twenty bonus points, so please join in the CW fun of this contest.   HQ stations, many of them representing national radio societies, identify themselves by sending ‘HQ’ after each serial number they send.   More history and previous contest results can be found here: https://berucontest.wordpress.com/   Conditions of VK HQ station operation: 1.To operate a WIA call sign, it is a requirement that the operator is a WIA member. 2. Operate within the ACMA conditions for your licence level. 3. Electronic logging to produce an ADIF log. eg. N1MM+ 4. State coordinators submit their final ADIF log to the WIA and the Cabrillo log to the RSGB within 5 days of the contest.  5. Submit the final log to the state HQ station coordinator (VK2GR).   73, Allan Mason, VK2GR

G6XX HQ call

Hi Stewart,

Update and confirmation.

Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society (NADARS) have now confirmed the use of the G6XX HQ call for the Contest,  and are now in the detailed planning stages for our entry from the club station in the Control Tower at the old USAF base at Greenham Common.

We have a team signed up for the duration, and are looking forward to a great contest.

73s de Paul G3WYW

G*6XX HQ Stations – Update

GD6XX will be run by Martin GD4XUM

GW6XX will be run by myself GW0ETF and Steve GW0GEI

Richard GI4DOH would prefer someone else to take GI6XX this year but says he will do it in the event no-one comes forward. Bob GU4YOX is unavailable this year and so far there are no other responses or offers from either GU or GJ. Not hopeful but will keep trying..

73, Stew GW0ETF

2022 BERU 9H plan

Hi all, I plan a campervan dxpedition to Gozo this year, with the kind assistance of Colin 9H4CT.

I hope to run a Field day type station from SW Gozo, travelling via Genoa/Palermo/Valetta ferries with all the gear and xyl. This is inspired by peter G3LET ‘s previous trips, if I can do as well I will be pleased ! cheers Mike G3VYI

DX Log and Commonwealth Contest

I’m raising again the issue of the DXCC worked window in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest (CC). Bjorn you may recall that we exchanged mails a while back on this. The problem is that the CC is perhaps unique in that the first THREE QSOs with a Commonwealth call area count for bonus points. As currently implemented, all the DXCC window shows is whether there has been at least one QSO with a call area whereas Win-Test also indicates whether the three QSOs have been achieved, through changes in colour in the DXCC window. ISTR that Bjorn said this was tricky in DXL because of the way the DXCC world window worked.  I’m just wondering whether there is any prospect of a fix for this. Other than this, DXL goes from strength to strength – great work everyone. 73, Don, G3BJ / G5W

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Björn SM7IUN Jan 16   #7512   Yes, there are two fundamental problems with DXLog in BERU and we have a ticket in our backlog for this that today is close to a year old. 1. When logging a QSO, all bandmap spots from the same DXCC are marked as not being a multiplier anymore even when you have not worked the multiplier three times. (Incoming spots are however always correctly displayed as valid multipliers until the count of three)2. There is no graphical representation of the gradual progress (unworked, worked, no longer a multiplier) in the worked DXCC window or bandmap. I have reverse engineered the code and understood roughly where the problems are but the required changes are quite dramatic and unfortunately well beyond my abilities.  Björn