VY2/G3VYI Pictures

Here are  some  of  the views of  the antennas  at VY2TT used  by  me in BERU.

80m was a 4 square behind  the house, 40m is a 4 ele at 90 feet on  the near tower, 20m 3 * 6 ele stack, 2 rotatable, 15m 6/6/4 stack all rotatable, 10m 2 8 ele both rotatable

 

and here is  the op trying  to point them, use writelog, key, and  catch up VY2ZM who has  even bigger ones ( I  failed !)..73  mike

 

ZF2CA

Hi Bob

I had a good time in the 24 hour open HP section with propagation seeming better than last year: Far lower QRN on 80 (though many of you had to send the numbers a good few times), good runs on 40 and 20 with 15 m often best especially to VK/ZL although the band would often seem empty. I think your graphs are helping us all figure out when propagation is best and when to make sure we should be trying.

The usual fun and games being a Traveller and arriving with the expectation for things to just work, but that is in my longer note in your DXpedition reports section.

BAND   QSO       DUP       DXC        HQ          POINTS BONUS   AVG

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80        141         0              19           8              705         720         10.11

40        247         2              30           12           1235       1420       10.75

20        249         5              27           13           1240       1240       9.96

15        72           3              24           6              360         920         17.78

10        0              0              0              0              0              0              0.00

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TOTAL   709         10           100         39           3540       4300       11.06

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TOTAL SCORE : 7 840

73 Colin G4CWH, ZF2CA

VK3YE Portable QRP in the 2019 Commonwealth Contest

Bob:

You may want to include this link on the BERU Blog: Portable QRP in the 2019 Commonwealth Contest

73 Dave VE9CB

SD in the Commonwealth Contest

Fri Mar 8, 2019 9:35 am (PST) . Posted by:

“Paul O’Kane”

I’ve updated SD V21.04 with the latest HQ data for BERU.

SD is free from http://www.ei5di.com.  The manual SD.PDF (17 pages) is included
in the installation.
SD supports several VK contests – if I’m missing any, let me know and
I’ll add them.

73,
Paul EI5DI

Activity charts Oceania to Carib and VE

HQ stations list

The HQ stations which should be active this year are

VA2RAC (VE2FK), VA3RAC(VE3KZ), VE7RAC (VE7JKZ)

VK2WIA(VK2IR), VK3WIA(VK3GK), VK4WIA(VK4TT), VK5WIA(VK5GR),

VK6WIA(VK6RZ), VK7WIA(VK7GN)

GM3DR(GM3WOJ), GB5CC(G4FAL), G6XX(G4FNL),GI6XX (GI4DOH)

GM6XX(GM0NAI), GW6XX(GW0ETF)

They should be looking for the more distant stations calling.

73 Bob G3PJT

UK to Commonwealth Activity Charts

For UK operators here are the charts based on 2017 data so a bit optimistic?

For those using N1MM+ for the Beru:

For those using N1MM+ for the Beru:
A special Call History is available at:
http://n1mmplus.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=27

The file will be updated till before contest and
look for the following special option.

Telnet: added option to only show calls that are
in call history. This is useful in contests like CWOPS, FOC
or BERU. Not persistent.

The above feature restricts spots shown in the bandmap and the
available window to those appearing in the current call history
you are using. This makes sense to do, because virtually all BERU
calls are in their respective CH files. You avoid jumping to spotted
stations that are most likely not operating in the contest.

Not persistent means it is not saved when you shut down the program.
Use of this option can be confusing in other contests so we wanted
it to turn off frequently to avoid that confusion.

You are assisted if you are using this feature because you are
using telnet or skimmer spots.

As VA2RAC HQ I will be SO2V using RBN

73 de Claude VE2FK

En route to VY2

Found this nice cafe in Montreal !

73 Mike G3VYI

HQ stations operating advice

Some comments / advice from me for HQ stations below :

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1. Aim to be active for as many of the 24 hours as you can manage – enlist a second operator if needed.

2. Call CQ constantly – all other BERU entrants are looking for you as a valuable Bonus. However, many entrants are Unassisted, so if there are no stations calling your HQ station, use the second VFO / second radio / click on Cluster/RBN spots to do some S&P, then back to CQing.

3. Never assume a band is ‘dead’ – always spend at least 3 or 4 mins CQing – Skimmers may pick up your signal on a seemingly ‘dead’ band.

4. On 20/15/10m, in UK and elsewhere stations can often be worked on backscatter – beam towards the maximum ionisation. Inter-UK QSOs may also be made on ground wave or scatter modes.

5. Think about propagation – is this band likely to be open, at this time, to any part of the world where there are BERU stations? On 40m and 20m, check long and short paths for best signals.

6. Make a particular effort to work DX at your Sunset and Sunrise. Check 80m for ‘antipodeal focussing’ – signals from ZL are strong in the UK for a short period.

7. Make sure you persevere on Sunday morning when the QSO rate may be very slow. Many UK stations will be looking for HQ mults on 80m and 40m on Sunday morning.

8. You will inevitably be called by many non-BERU stations – don’t ignore them – just send ‘sri BERU’ and they usually go away. If persistent, give em 5NN then immediately CQ BERU.

9. If your station has that capability, interleave CQs on two bands for maximum effect.
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Will probably think of some other hints later……

73 Chris GM3WOJ