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Results. RSGB Commonwealth Contest 2007
Pos Callsign Score QSO BCA 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m
1 V25XF 8900 1089 105 151/37 307/53 394/61 236/31 1/1
2 VO1AU 7870 983 99 206/32 280/63 335/38 179/22 1/1
3 VE3EJ 7855 791 117 176/49 236/68 317/60 61/21 1/1
4 P3J 7560 900 102 75/19 265/55 329/62 228/24 3/2
5 ZC4LI 7460 925 98 97/17 225/49 312/52 287/30 4/3
6 VE3DZ 7285 747 115 163/44 230/67 322/56 31/16 1/1
7 J88DR 7235 838 99 132/32 225/49 329/55 152/24 0/0
8 VE2FUA 6705 691 101 188/48 200/60 286/47 14/12 3/3
9 ZL6QH 6310 514 107 83/48 215/62 180/53 31/24 5/4
10 VE7CC 6015 455 116 74/45 73/50 265/64 36/27 6/6
11 VE3KI 5950 666 93 116/34 226/60 276/39 14/11 1/1
12 G4BUO 5780 344 129 64/34 98/59 128/63 50/45 4/4
13 G3BJ 5470 340 121 66/37 101/56 130/62 41/36 2/2
14 GM0GAV 5375 321 119 60/34 103/62 113/58 44/36 1/1
15 VK6LW 5335 458 93 47/31 267/56 59/43 86/25 1/1
16 GM3POI 5245 306 120 71/43 76/51 108/54 49/38 3/2
17 VE3QAA 5150 539 80 81/32 196/53 249/30 14/9 1/1
18 G0IVZ 5110 299 116 59/35 98/55 104/61 33/30 5/4
19 VK2BJ 5045 378 93 52/40 196/62 110/42 21/15 0/0
20 VK4EMM 4860 419 83 45/34 194/54 156/39 21/16 3/2
21 VO1TA 4655 569 72 110/29 209/30 151/26 101/13 0/0
22 ZL4OL 4470 384 75 51/37 157/49 168/32 19/14 0/0
23 ZL4BR 4400 310 83 53/37 169/57 73/43 15/10 0/0
24 GM3WOJ 4375 245 101 36/23 56/42 107/56 43/38 3/3
25 ZL2BSJ 4270 355 73 35/28 189/49 126/42 14/9 3/3
26 ZL2IFB 4185 287 79 69/42 150/60 51/29 16/11 1/1
27 9J2BO 4080 452 65 9/9 28/15 133/38 241/28 42/8
28 *GM4FAM 3980 196 101 38/34 61/46 68/42 29/29 0/0
29 GW3NJW 3915 214 96 40/24 66/47 85/51 22/22 0/0
30 VK2AYD 3835 228 77 45/33 118/51 46/38 20/17 0/0
31 VE2AYU 3810 364 66 63/24 62/35 231/43 8/5 0/0
32 *VE1OP 3735 406 56 61/20 118/32 213/24 14/12 0/0
33 ZL2AZ 3665 218 85 62/40 94/49 40/27 20/14 2/2
34 *VA3DX 3605 315 66 39/23 105/46 166/30 4/4 1/1
35 *VK6VZ 3495 254 68 67/32 99/41 32/28 59/12 0/0
36 *GM3SEK 3440 184 83 12/11 41/36 104/56 25/23 2/2
37 *G3KZR 3320 155 89 26/24 42/31 58/45 27/27 2/2
38 *G3SJJ 3300 192 84 19/16 62/59 93/44 17/17 1/1
39 *ZS6AAA 3290 434 40 0/0 5/4 190/32 231/22 8/6
40 ZL1MH 3260 159 72 36/34 63/44 51/39 9/8 0/0
41 ZL4PW 3215 225 59 36/23 125/49 56/35 8/6 0/0
42 VE2FK 3205 386 41 69/19 106/16 207/29 4/4 0/0
43 *GM4AFF 3195 172 73 26/19 54/39 72/40 20/20 0/0
44 VP8NO 3185 292 57 17/12 43/30 123/27 110/21 0/0
45 G3WPH 3165 168 76 42/25 48/38 59/36 18/18 1/1
46 *VK6HD 3055 204 63 44/19 72/41 41/27 47/18 0/0
47 *VK2AEA 3050 221 59 28/22 131/48 61/32 1/1 0/0
48 ZS3/G3LZQ 3035 315 54 20/14 109/30 85/20 104/13 0/0
49 ZL3NB 2980 190 56 34/27 103/52 48/26 5/3 0/0
50 MD0CCE 2935 155 78 20/16 43/34 74/45 18/17 0/0
51 VK6BN 2920 190 61 32/22 86/32 45/30 28/19 1/1
52 G3GLL 2900 142 74 19/16 41/32 54/39 26/23 2/2
53 *VE3VHB 2850 176 66 23/15 51/35 92/38 12/11 0/0
54 *VK4XY 2845 143 60 30/28 65/39 37/32 11/9 0/0
55 VK4BUI 2805 142 60 25/22 57/36 50/38 9/8 1/1
56 G4FOC 2800 140 74 29/19 36/29 50/28 33/30 1/1
57 VK4TT 2770 153 58 26/21 59/39 54/33 15/10 0/0
58 G4FAL 2755 131 78 16/14 31/27 58/41 24/23 2/2
59 *VE7UZ 2720 169 67 27/22 46/32 83/32 13/11 0/0
60 VK2KM 2690 202 50 6/6 146/44 48/35 2/2 0/0
61 *G4CWH 2685 126 74 24/19 30/28 49/34 21/21 3/3
62 VK2NU 2605 170 56 30/21 106/44 29/26 3/3 0/0
63 VK4XA 2585 132 56 20/19 60/41 42/31 10/8 0/0
64 *9H1XT 2535 379 28 83/12 144/22 129/8 23/4 0/0
65 M0AJT 2485 125 69 11/11 28/25 56/32 29/26 1/1
66 G3TKK 2420 119 64 14/13 27/23 58/38 19/18 1/1
67 G3JJG 2180 103 62 9/8 35/31 42/30 17/16 0/0
68= *9M6XRO 2135 191 40 1/1 36/14 92/20 58/21 4/4
68= VE7VF 2135 146 50 7/6 19/16 84/31 29/22 2/2
70 VE3EZP 2130 126 50 33/23 49/33 43/19 5/4 0/0
71 *VE1AI 2095 211 36 82/21 18/9 111/24 0/0 0/0
72 *ZL1ANH 2030 116 46 21/16 51/31 42/29 1/1 0/0
73 *G4HZV 2000 85 54 8/7 34/32 30/27 13/13 0/0
74 *VE3HX 1980 117 45 20/14 32/27 61/26 2/2 2/2
75= *VA7ST 1925 191 31 3/3 27/26 159/19 2/2 0/0
75= VE7NS 1925 100 43 9/8 32/27 37/19 21/17 1/1
77 VE1MC 1815 121 40 13/8 46/27 52/19 10/8 0/0
78 *G4BJM 1800 77 53 9/9 13/13 32/28 23/21 0/0
79 VA7RN 1695 106 44 7/6 14/12 76/32 9/9 0/0
80 GM3JKS 1670 87 42 1/0 37/28 39/27 10/9 0/0
81 G3JKY 1600 78 49 21/17 22/16 24/20 12/10 0/0
82 VA2SG 1585 139 28 28/13 13/13 98/19 0/0 0/0
83 *ZS1EL 1570 161 24 1/1 3/3 40/13 113/20 3/3
84 *G3KNU 1535 76 43 7/7 14/12 43/27 11/11 1/1
85 *G2AFV 1480 68 44 10/9 15/15 33/25 10/9 0/0
86 *G3LHJ 1470 73 41 5/4 19/16 38/27 11/10 0/0
87 2E0CVN 1430 70 41 7/6 26/20 27/21 9/8 1/1
88 VK6AJ 1420 75 33 0/0 39/28 19/14 17/12 0/0
89 *GW4BLE 1375 74 39 3/3 26/18 33/22 12/10 0/0
90 *VE3UTT 1320 118 28 21/11 24/15 73/14 0/0 0/0
91 *VA3EC 1315 119 27 0/0 38/16 79/21 2/2 0/0
92 *G3YYD 1280 69 39 5/3 17/9 35/27 10/10 1/1
93 G3ZGC 1220 56 37 12/10 15/14 22/18 7/6 0/0
94 *G0IBN 1085 53 32 5/4 0/0 38/28 10/10 0/0
95 *G4ERW 1060 58 30 0/0 7/6 52/33 0/0 0/0
96 *G0ADH 955 53 28 0/0 1/1 42/25 11/10 0/0
97 *G4OBK 825 34 31 6/6 10/10 11/10 7/7 0/0
98 *2E0KOP 815 43 23 0/0 1/1 31/22 11/8 0/0
99 *VE5CPU 710 38 15 9/6 6/5 23/16 0/0 0/0
100 *VQ9LA 680 92 10 0/0 0/0 5/3 87/11 0/0
101 *VE3OM 675 50 16 0/0 13/8 34/14 3/1 0/0
102 *VE3OBU 360 17 10 0/0 3/2 12/10 2/2 0/0
103 *G3KMY 300 17 9 0/0 5/5 9/6 3/1 0/0
104 *VE3IGJ 225 10 6 0/0 0/0 9/8 1/1 0/0
* = 12-hour entry
Restricted Section
1 G3LET 4410 233 107 49/27 78/51 76/51 34/33 1/1
2 E51PJT 3620 196 76 33/30 89/53 43/32 29/19 2/2
3 G3IAF 3320 170 88 34/21 65/47 51/37 22/20 2/2
4 VE1RGB 3030 253 58 78/22 82/38 86/23 7/7 0/0
5 G4CZB 2845 130 79 25/21 34/32 50/37 19/18 2/2
6 VA3NR 2805 178 62 34/20 62/49 74/24 7/7 0/0
7 GW4MVA 2565 121 72 17/17 35/27 54/39 15/15 1/1
8 G3LIK 2555 117 67 19/17 43/35 41/33 13/13 1/1
9 *VE3OSZ 2430 163 53 62/32 51/32 50/17 0/0 0/0
10 *GM3CFS 2425 108 69 9/8 38/35 42/34 18/18 0/0
11 *G3HEJ 2290 104 65 15/13 33/29 42/30 21/17 1/1
12 G4FKA 2195 108 60 29/20 20/18 43/29 16/16 0/0
13 VP8KF 2130 149 46 6/6 65/32 29/12 51/20 0/0
14= *G3RSD 2020 92 58 17/15 27/24 36/31 13/9 0/0
14= VK6HG 2020 94 52 16/16 44/35 29/23 6/4 0/0
16 G3MPB 1995 94 58 9/8 25/21 46/36 13/12 1/1
17 *G3VYI 1970 96 53 18/17 36/28 35/23 8/8 0/0
18 G3RLE 1920 85 55 8/8 22/20 36/29 18/17 1/1
19 *G3YEC 1910 89 51 14/14 28/25 35/23 12/11 1/1
20 *G3TEV 1880 88 57 6/6 29/27 36/28 13/12 1/1
21 *G3TJE 1850 82 52 15/15 24/22 29/21 13/13 1/1
22 *G4RCD 1800 76 56 7/7 24/23 27/23 16/16 2/2
23 *G3UFY 1790 91 46 18/15 18/16 42/24 12/12 1/1
24 G4DBW 1745 78 48 20/18 18/16 25/19 14/14 1/1
25 G3RFH 1725 78 53 8/7 19/16 35/30 15/14 1/1
26 *VE3NE 1705 106 39 9/9 53/35 45/17 0/0 0/0
27 *G3GMS 1565 66 41 12/11 21/20 23/21 10/10 0/0
28 G4EBK 1525 68 46 10/10 19/16 25/20 14/14 0/0
29 *MM0BQI 1495 67 44 7/7 15/14 34/28 11/10 0/0
30 *G3WRR 1455 66 40 6/6 27/24 25/18 9/9 0/0
31 GW4HBK 1440 70 46 4/3 19/16 29/22 17/15 1/1
32 *VE2AWR 1425 112 26 17/10 40/14 53/19 2/1 0/0
33 *GW0ETF 1420 69 39 2/2 25/22 35/25 7/6 0/0
34 *G4DDX 1400 61 43 6/6 25/24 19/14 10/10 1/1
35 VK8AV 1340 69 26 19/17 52/33 0/0 0/0 0/0
36 *VE1NB 1285 102 26 52/19 10/6 40/15 0/0 0/0
37 *G4BGW 1265 54 39 4/3 18/17 21/19 10/10 1/1
38 GI4BQI 1235 61 33 12/11 18/16 32/21 0/0 0/0
39 *MU0FAL 1225 55 35 8/8 11/10 25/19 11/11 0/0
40 VE3FH 1205 65 35 16/11 24/16 23/15 2/2 0/0
41 *G3KKP 1165 53 33 0/0 2/2 38/30 12/12 1/1
42 *G3RWF 1150 56 33 14/8 7/7 16/11 21/18 1/1
43 VA7KOJ 1140 65 34 3/2 31/20 28/19 3/3 0/0
44 *VE3LZ 1115 58 29 18/14 24/20 16/9 0/0 0/0
45 *VE1AYY 1110 138 18 0/0 0/0 138/23 0/0 0/0
46 *GW8IZR 1100 48 36 11/10 17/15 4/4 16/15 0/0
47 *G3JJZ 1085 47 36 5/5 16/13 13/13 11/10 2/2
48 M0PCB 1080 45 33 1/1 17/16 19/18 8/8 0/0
49 G4WGE 1055 46 32 8/7 16/15 10/9 11/10 1/1
50 G3HKO 1045 51 27 5/5 16/13 25/19 5/4 0/0
51 *VE2CWT 1025 71 18 39/17 9/7 23/11 0/0 0/0
52 G0HDB 985 43 32 0/0 10/9 24/20 10/10 0/0
53= *G3NKS 980 40 31 4/4 14/14 18/17 4/4 0/0
53= *VA3RKM 980 51 24 14/12 18/11 18/14 1/1 0/0
55 *G3YMC 975 39 29 0/0 15/15 17/17 6/6 1/1
56= G4KTI 965 47 29 0/0 8/7 29/21 9/9 1/1
56= G4OBC 965 45 30 0/0 19/19 20/13 6/6 0/0
58 *G0UKX 960 42 30 0/0 9/9 25/21 8/8 0/0
59 *VA2WDQ 875 71 18 0/0 46/12 24/14 1/1 0/0
60 *VE1KB/9 855 65 21 15/7 9/5 41/19 0/0 0/0
61 *G4DDL 765 36 24 0/0 8/7 21/16 7/7 0/0
62 *G0RDO 750 35 25 0/0 4/4 22/16 9/9 0/0
63 VE1EP 705 32 24 7/6 14/13 10/8 1/1 0/0
64 *VK7RO 700 33 14 0/0 33/27 0/0 0/0 0/0
65 *VK6RZ 690 32 19 1/1 23/19 7/6 1/1 0/0
66 *G4EHT 680 30 18 0/0 8/7 22/20 0/0 0/0
67 *VU2BGS 665 59 17 2/1 4/3 9/6 44/11 0/0
68 *GM3YEH 605 27 18 16/13 1/1 10/10 0/0 0/0
69 *VE3JAQ 570 59 12 41/7 0/0 17/8 1/1 0/0
70 *VE2FFE 555 35 15 5/3 11/6 19/12 0/0 0/0
71 *VK5HO 545 33 11 0/0 10/5 23/16 0/0 0/0
72 *G4ARI 525 22 16 2/2 1/1 16/15 3/3 0/0
73 *M0CNP 475 21 15 4/4 2/2 6/5 8/7 1/1
74 *VU2LYX 420 20 12 0/0 3/3 4/4 13/9 0/0
75 *G3WYW 400 21 11 0/0 0/0 20/15 1/1 0/0
76 *G0MTN 360 18 8 0/0 7/5 11/9 0/0 0/0
77 *VE3MGY 350 18 13 7/4 9/9 2/1 0/0 0/0
78 *G0VQR 335 19 9 0/0 0/0 19/13 0/0 0/0
79 *G4ZUL 325 18 13 0/0 5/3 9/7 4/3 0/0
80 *ZS4JAN 300 13 10 0/0 0/0 6/6 6/5 1/1
81 *VE3EY 285 14 8 0/0 7/6 7/5 0/0 0/0
82 *VA3PL 240 14 7 0/0 0/0 12/7 2/2 0/0
83 *VE1LS 220 16 5 0/0 6/4 11/4 1/0 0/0
84 *VE3XAT 175 9 7 0/0 6/6 3/1 0/0 0/0
85 *VK5UE 100 9 4 0/0 6/3 3/1 0/0 0/0
HQ Stations
1 +VA3RAC 5770 557 91 102/36 111/52 312/55 29/13 3/3
2 +ZL6A 5050 401 92 59/38 177/61 118/54 38/23 0/0
3 +VE7RAC 3720 252 72 30/23 70/41 125/40 26/21 1/1
4 +VO1RAC 2550 165 62 51/24 37/28 56/24 20/10 1/1
5 VE6LB 1970 111 49 25/20 37/29 44/20 4/4 0/0
6 G3UHU 1575 76 47 4/4 25/20 29/22 16/15 2/1
7 +VU2UR 1225 63 33 3/3 12/11 12/12 34/18 2/2
+ = HQ station
The full writeup for 2007 together with a vast amount of background information, statistics and photographs related to the Commonwealth Contest may be found at www.beru.org.uk
SOAPBOX:
2E0CVN
Vry vry slow!! Nice to work the DX shame there wasen't any good condx! Nice to work VK/ZL on 40m. Only hear 1 ZB2 and could never find him CQ'ing :-(
2E0KOP
Great fun again. Looking forward to next year. I'm getting used to SD for contesing, still the best for the Commonwealth Contest.
9J2BO
IC746 + Drake LV4 ... 350W
3-ele Tribander + sloping dipole (40M) + inverted vee (80M)
9M6XRO
Enjoyed the Contest but very slow towards the end. I had fewer calls from non-Commonwealth stations this year but still had to work the more persistent ones to
get to the weaker BERU stations calling me! Pity to hear Commonwealth DX on CW but not taking part!
E51PJT
Disappointing result , very few Gs worked , poor LP but the main problem was a violent tropical storm which detuned the antenna on 80 and 40 and increased QRN and the audible roar of huge waves breaking on the reef. Watch out for flying coconuts!
Rig K2 100w Butternut vertical on beach. Story at www.beru.org.uk.
G0IBN
SD is great. Too busy at work to do it in earnest unfortunately
G0IVZ
Nice to be back in Beru after a couple of years layoff.
G0MTN
Just playing - club's radio rally so no time (or energy!) for serious effort this year. Windom at 15 feet.
G0RDO
Some great DX and SD logger worked wonderfully
G0UKX
Using 50watts struggled for contacts. SDC worked perfectly once again. Good to hear the ZL ZS 7Q and VK stns with good sigs
G2AFV
Have used SDC for many yrs. Nice to hear old friends again
G3BJ
Excellent contest - helpd no doubt by the team event
G3GLL
SDC and winkey worked ok. Condtions not too good and local noise high. Enjoyed the contest as usual !
G3HEJ
Great learning 'Post-Contest logging' with SDC, but paper-logged during 'Test'
G3HKO
Pretty poor effort this year. Conditions poor - roll on sunspots.
G3KKP
Hard going hence early QRT !
G3KMY
First time I have submitted a log and regretted not achieving a greater score. However I still enjoyed taking part. Heathkit HW-101 and G5RV
G3KZR
Tough in the middle of the night but picked up nicely on Sunday morning. I equalled my highest QSO count from 2003. What happened to GB5CC this year?
G3LET
Made a complete mess of 20m - missed so many easy bonuses. Just too late on 10 - 9J2BO and some others were just fading out. 80 and 40 generally good and 15 showed definite signs of recovery over last year. The Team Competition was very effective in
stimulating interest. Could it become permanent?
G3LHJ
Very hard going this year but good fun - some very good ears needed this year.- nil on 10M.
G3LIK
Conditions were fairly good this year. Tried to get a good nights sleep too. Always at the back of a queue using 100w and wire ant. Always great fun
G3NKS
Good condx on 40m Sunday morning; delighted to work VK and ZL with my 66ft doublet at 15ft - and 100w.
G3RFH
Seemed to be a lot of one-way propagation - I could hear them but they couldn't hear me. Very good under poor conditions.12AVQ vertical performed very well.
G3RSD
Used SDC for logging. Thanks Paul
G3RWF
contest curtialed when my daughter had baby at 0040. Used SD - no probs
G3TEV
Kenwood TS850SAT + H/B Linear - 400w. 132' very bent inverted vee doublet
G3TJE
12hr 100w entry - claim for 70 band call areas. Slow but enjoyable!
G3TKK
Amazed at contacts achieved on LF bands
FT-1000MP Linear Amp 300W A3S at 35 feet W3DZZ for LF as inverted V from tower
G3UFY
RIG - FT1000MP + FL2100Z. ANTENNAS - Tribander + loops
G3VDL
Homebrew 60W input - Longwire + dipoles
G3VYI
Good DX condx but low signal strenghths except on 40M. Always enjoy BERU !Good ops and no QRM ! Not much on 10 or 15 no sunspots. Good on 80 / 40 !
G3WRR
Conditions not great. Some of the usual countries (ZF 8P 6Y etc) absent - or at least not heard by me. Used SDC (in conjunction with Winkey) - like it!
G3WYW
Not able to allocate enough time to the contest but enjoyed the QSO's I had. More planning next time!
G3XMM
Only on for short periods but good fun nevertheless. Condx better than expected especially on 40 metres.
G3YEC
Started slightly late due to shopping!! Suddenly could do no wrong on 40M at approx 0630
one call amongst the masses and "they" answered
G3YMC
Just a small entry. With my QRP setup I can never make a real impact on this contest but it is always nice to hear countries which are not that often on the air. Why are the so many VK stations around this weekend and we never hear them at any other time?
G3YYD
Not a full effort as had too many family activities to work around. Very enjoyable always of course get called by a few russians and Italian who do not understand so I just give a 599, 73 and move on.
G3ZGC
I used SD for logging - it's great. Poor conditions for simple antennae
G4BUO
Good to have the team competition raise the level of activity at the bottom of the sunspot cycle. Delighted to hear my mate ZL2iFB on 80m short path a little before my sunset.
G4CWH
Antenna array caused neighbour to rat on me to local planners. Planners decided as it was temporary they didn't think it warranted further action. Phew. Still trying to master the art of maximising 12-hour scoring rate
G4CZB
Best ever score on 80m despite only 100W this year - waterlogged garden may have helped! Band noise low, signals strong. Where was GB5CC?
G4DBW
Yaesu FT 857 100 watts pep. Antennae G5RV dipole on 80 and 40. Rotary Dipole on 20/15/10
Delighted to hear signals on 10m and 15m Tried desperately to stay awake for Sunday monring sunrise - but dozed off - maybe next year !!!!
G4DDL
Conditions not too good for stations with basic antenna. Some mistakes in there I suspect as QRM high especially from EU stations calling the BERU DX during QSOs. Still some nice ones worked and I enjoyed hearing DX!
G4DDX
I was surprised at the number of ZL and VK stations All were weak but able to work all I could hear. Very enjoy able. I hope this entry makes it this time.
G4EBK
Operated for 13 hrs. Thanks to all the DX stns who replied to the puny signals from my HF dipole antennas at 16 Ft high and LF dipoles at 30 Ft high.
G4EHT
Never entered BERU before, found 20m hard going but 40m seemed very good to VK/ZL.
TS570DG, 80W and small doublet bent like a 'Z' around tiny garden.
G4FAL
Personally I blame the Victorians; if their imperialist ambitions had played out a bit closer to home, then this contest would have been a damn sight easier. On the other hand, is it coincidence that we are communicating to some of the most inviting places on the planet?
My claimed Band-Call area number is 77 and it would be nice to have a certificate if this
is verified, as I only got to 65 last year! Thanks
G4FKA
Restricted 24 hour section. Eligible for John Dunnington Trophy listing (but won't win it of course!). Equipment IC-756 ProIII, 100w, 2 single element antennas - 10m wire vertical and 30m wire inverted V wire doublet. Third entry - similar QSO to
G4FOC
Used SD for logging. Where was GB5CC? Need someone who wants to operate. Poor show.
G4OBK
Glad I managed to make an appearance in the 70th BERU
G4RCD
Thoroughly ejoyed this contest. Some great DX worked, and the 12 hour section allows operating to fit around other things, though the chosen 12 hours maybe should have been different to maximise QSOs in certain areas......
G4WGE
Logging of 3 of the 4 contacts with V25XF messed up due to a combination of rig, PC, operator and SDC. ZL and VK just audible - a first for this QTH and with this setup
GI4BQI
RIG - IC756 PRO 3 ... 100W. ANTENNAS - DOUBLET at 35'
GM3CFS
KENWOOD TS570DG - 100W. 66M LONG WIRE @ 30'. Much better conditions on 21MHz this year but still heavy going with only a single wire antenna. Lots of activity & the ZLs on 7MHz were a pleasant surprise. Some good DX worked but where was GB5CC. Only heard them on 14MHz very weak ... last year worked them on 4 bands!
GM3JKS
This was only a casual operation. SD performed flawlessly and extremely well
GM3POI
Pity about the Condx plus also had a 40m antenna problem. Overall I think activity was up and perhaps the Team idea should stay
GM3SEK
It's a real challenge to pick the *best* 12 hours - I hope to be better at that next year.
FT-1000MP, PA Antennas OB6-3M (20-15-10), 40m GP, 80m very low dipole (and it shows)
GM3WOJ
Enjoyable contest, but annoyed that I didn't work 5W0RE who was 599 !
GW4BLE
Nothing too serious, just a token 70-odd contacts! Use as check-log if you wish.
GW4HBK
Enjoyed some good DX, did about 16Hrs. Slow but fun. SD is the best free software. Need a better antenna for 80, heard some gud DX but could not work them.
GW4MVA
Nice to work VP8NO for DXCC#295 !
J88DR
IC7000, SB200, 3-EL yagi at 35FT, R8 vertical, 3.5 & 7 MHz dispoles. Much more activity this eyar. Did not hear VK6 at all
M0AJT
Really enjoyed it. When else can you work so much choice DX in 24hrs. A bit slow at times but the quality of DX more than made up for that. How about club teams next year maybe 3 or 5 man teams as in AFS.
M0CNP
First time entry. Found the going hard as very few signals were available in the abysmal propagation
M0PCB
This was the first time I've entered BERU and it was AWESOME! Only made 45 QSOs but definitely a quality contest. Not a huge score for around 14 hours s&p, but 4 all time new countries a rake of new band/mode combos. It's all good. 80M was tough as with the
new doublet antenna wasn't able to crack the pileups but did work VO1. A couple of stations got away, notably VP8NO and VQ9LA must just have been that little bit too weak with them.
Nice to work some great DX on 40M, never been able to do that before, was definitely worth getting u at 6am on Sunday for the Vks and ZL's. Used SD for the first time, quite impressed at the ease of use, though I was doing the rig and key control ;-) I had a blast, my housemates will think I'm crackers! Will be taking part next year for sure.
MM0BQI
Had planned to do the 24 hours from a tent on a local cliff top but the weather man convinced me that was madness! Great fun and FB DX to be worked. Conditions not great but the thrill of
working VK/ZL on 40m makes up for it! CU all next year.
P3J
Nice to see lots of activity especially from the UK. Nice increase in score over last year, but so did many others!
V25XF
Great fun operating BERU from Antigua. Getting familiar with a new station and location only hours before the contest can be challenging. The V25XF callsign was issued only a few hours before the start of the contest. Working volumes of G's on LF was great. Only one QSO on 10m. Took an unscheduled three-hour nap during the early evening but fortunately woke up in time for the main UK opening on 80m. And yes, I'd like to claim a 70 BCA certificate (90 BCAs worked).
VA2WDQ
Yaesu FT-102 ANT Vertical - Butternut HF2V
VA3DX
Dismal conditions at times
VA3NR
Mark-V at 100watts & Butternut vertical.
VA3RKM
K2, 5 watts, dipoles and vertical. My first BERU. Thanks for working a tiny signal!
VE1AI
My version of Wite Log did not score this correctly. I appologize for any inconvenience this may cause. I wanted to send in the log in anycase.
VE1EP
Conditions were spotty. Nil heard on 10M. Few very weak signals on 15M. Good brief opening on 40M to ZL/VK. My age is 91 years. BERU is still my favourite contest.
VE1LS
I moved into an apartment and with antenna restrictions. I was unable to compete as in past years. The Commonwealth Contest is the oldest and still the BEST.
VE2AYU
Special thanks to contest manager and all participants for a very enjoyable and rewarding contest. Propagatipon conditions provided no openings on 10 and only a few on 15; mainly with EU.
Equipment: YAESU FT 1000MP Mk V, Homebrew Linear, CT logger.
Antennas: 20 - 15 TH7 at 75 ft, 40 - 80 Dalta at 75 ft.
VE2CWT
IC-756PROIII + G5RV. Operated 3.5 hours. 73 CU next year for more
VE2FFE
TS-440S, R-5 VERTICAL, TRAP DIPOLE
VE2FUA
Member, Canadian team in Commonwealth Team contest
Band-Call Areas: 93 (+13 HQ Band-Call Areas) - please send certificate.
VE3EJ
119 Band Call areas claimed.
VE3EZP
With foF2@2.15/MUF@6.5MHz at start & end it was tough slogging;even fixing WS19 12ft whip in 2ft snow/ice & half gale!But BERU as always was a blast;3hrs kip at"lowprobably lost me personal best but anno domini won! Next year 5 acres and a Rhombic(in place of Mule)will win!
VE3FH
TS-940S 100W Output. 80/40 Dipoles. 20/15/10 R5 Vertical
VE3HX
Member of Canadian cricket team. Wonderful to hear so many familiar calls but also wonderful to hear many new ones
VE3KI
Member, Canadian side in Commonwealth Team contest. Band-Call Areas: 80 (+12 HQ Band-Call Areas) - please send certificate. I started out the contest with a substantial deficit in the sleep account, so I fell 3 hours short of the full 24. Thanks to Don VE3RM for the use of his station. It's quite a change from my own TS-850 and vertical!
Radios: FT-1000MP + 4CX1000, TS-940 + Alpha 76
Antennas: Skyhawk (tower 1), TH5 & 402CD (tower 2), 80m dipole + Beverage
VE3LZ
I was amazed at DX worked with 100 watts and low 80 met first time using SDC alot of fun as you go
VE3OSZ
My first real try at the BERU. 80m was my best band.
VE3QAA
Great contest - I hope the club competion continues. I finally realized that "cricket" does not refer to the insect sound of CW in a contest but rather is a game played by Brits - a form of Baseball but without rules. Do they really drink tea between innings?
VE6LB
Had logging problems (clearing NRs) for the first 30 Qs due to finger problems on my part. Low acitivity on the low bands at my AM. Ran multi-op as I wanted to use packet and hi-power but didn't work want to work 24 hrs. no propagation on 15 or 10 here and very low level of
activity on 20. Likely my last BERU for a while. Not worth the "in front of the radio" time for the number of Qs.
VE7NS
Happy to work VP8 on two bands. The SDC program worked flawlessly for me
VE7UZ
IC765 + G2DAF AMPLIFIER - 750W DC INPUT.
VE7VF
FT 1000 Mk5, TH7 Tribander, 80m Loop.
VK2AEA
IC7400 + 300W, TB + invV 80/40
VK2AYD
80 heavy storm QRN. 10m totally dead. First time using SD. Great but couldn't key TRX!
So all hand keying. Lots of SD learning by next year. Tried hard to make up for missing last years comp but poor conditions beat me.
VK2BJ
80m ggood conditions and best ever score - but it would have been even better if P3J and V25SX had been able to hear me 40m was quite good 20m poor 15 useless and 10 !
SDC performed impeccably as usual.
VK2NU
My best entry yet but 20-15-10m were very poor. The team comp was a great idea
elecraft K2, Vertical antenna and FL2100z
VK4BUI
Always a friendly contest and this year the cricket team aspect added interest. SDC by EI5DI worked like a charm
VK4TT
G'day to all other Ops. Used SD programme worked first class
VK5HO
100W, dipole on 14MHz, whip on 7MHz
VK5UE
Only had time for a few contacts but had good time. Used EI5DI software for the logging worked well
VK6AJ
No complaints - just pure enjoyment. FT-990, 6-el Log Periodic up 10m, 49m Dipole
VK6BN
Good to meet old friends. More VK activity would have been welcome. I am new to SD but had no problems with it and enjoyed
VK6HG
TS570, all band doublet
First serious effort since 2003. Low sunspots seemed to force more people onto LF. 40 was excellent from here. The team concept seemed popular and maybe increased activity. FT1000MP, 2 ele quad 40 to 10m, Dipole 80m.
VK6RZ
100 watts, Butternut HF6V. Only QRV for 2 hours
VK6VZ
Greatly enjoyed the team contest but was restricted to the Open 12-hour section owing to family events. 40m was the 'bread and butter' band while 80m and 15m were the next best respectively. Someone seemed to have turned off the SP and LP to the UK on 20m!
Please repeat the team event in 2008!
VK7RO
TS-930 + INVERTED V
VK8AV
enjoyed contest with limited facilities
VO1AU
Thanks to Gus VO1MP for loaning me his excellent station. Thanks to Paul VO1HE for helping sort out pre-contest PC problems. Although I didn't work enough, the VK and ZL activity was noticeably up. BERU remains my favourite contest. EI5DI's SDC worked very well, and I was able to do SO2R properly for the first time in BERU. I must do a better job of finding bonuses.
VO1RAC
Not as good as 2 years ago but better than last year. The amp sure helps and getting up for the start of the contest paid off in Pacific bonuses. Loads of fun. The team thing this year was a nice touch and may be something to consider for future years. I was disappointed that there weren't many HQ stations on. The more densely populated areas should try to activate an HQ station
VO1TA
Always a lot of fun Condx did not seem to be all that
VP8KF
Moved ~3 miles out of Stanley, the QTH I was staying at with 3 element SteppIR and BigIR vertical was only 200m from VP8NO, at that distance even two K2's would have struggled !!!
VP8NO
My biggest effort yet though still more to do The team contest adds an interesting new element to the contest and I hope it continues. See you next year! SDC did its stuff as usual
VQ9LA
Not much time for the contest but had fun anyways.
VU2BGS
glad that my small station was hrd by many !! condx not very good.
VU2LYX
Enjoyed taking part again in BERU.
ZC4LI
Thanks to all concerned in running the contest.
ZL1ANH
First BERU, some surprising DX and very enjoyable.
ZL2AZ
First two hours had great conditions, after that it turned to custard. In spite of conditions, score slightly ahead of 2006. Not many runs of G's on 20 or 40 metres. GB5CC never even heard or worked. Rig FT1000MP MarkV Field plus FL-7000 Amplifier, 400 watts PEP output.
Antennas All band centre fed Inverted Vee plus 3 element triband yagi 10-15-20 metres.
ZL2BSJ
As a first-time Commonwealth Contest participant, I I was impressed by the large number of UK stations roaming the the bands. In the absence of the Eu wall, most most were easily workable, even with my ground-mounted, 5-band vertical. I'll be back next year for more 7Q, V2
and VP8 :-)
ZL2iFB
My first BERU entry from ZL and first QSOs on the new beam. Condx poor for me, especially on the high bands. No Africans in the log, thanks to lumps in the local terrain. Numerous BERU stations to work though – I guess the cricket competition has had the desired effect.
TS850, LK550, 3ele Yagi up 9m for 20/15/10m, rotatable dipole & GP for 40m, dipole at 20m for 80m
ZL3NB
Despite Propagation enjoyed the competition!
ZL4BR
Activity from ZL and VK was best for many years, thanks I believe to the team contest. At least 21 ZL's and 39 VK's were active
ZL4OL
First time in Beru, enjoyed the laid back atmosphere and team spirit. SDC was great for logging.
ZL6QH
Conditions were not good, possibly the worst that I have experienced since I started entering this contest from ZL6QH. Fortunately the poor conditions were more than offset by additional VK/ZL activity associated with the team contest. It turns out that the raw score of 6530 is the best that I have achieved since 2002, mainly due to the extra bonus points from VK and ZL
stations. As expected for this part of the solar cycle, the 10M band was lifeless, although I was pleasantly surprised to find and work VE7CC at 2315z. The only other QSOs on this band were with local ZL stations. The 15M band was not much better with DX QSOs being limited to the South Pacific area, a few VE stations, VU2UR, and ZC4VJ (1st QSO in the log at the start of the contest). I could not find any trace of G signals. Even 20M failed to deliver this year. The short path opening to UK on Saturday night was not as good as usual and closed early. Neither the long path nor short path to UK opened properly on Sunday evening although I did manage to work a string of very weak G stations using ESP techniques! The path to North America was also marginal with only 20 VE stations making it into the log on this band. The good news is that the short path to Africa was open around 0530z and it was relatively easy to add 9J2BO and 7Q7BP to the log.
Most of the action was on 40M. The first QSOs with UK via the short path on Sunday morning were with GM3POI at around 1505z and then with G4BUO a few minutes later. I did hear ZS/G3LZQ with a weak signal around 0530z but unfortunately he followed a QSY request to 80M before I could attract his attention. Conditions on 80M were fair but plagued by strong atmospheric noise which made it difficult to copy weaker signals. Some of the better catches were V25XF, VP8NO, VP8KF and J88DR. The Sunday evening long path to UK is normally more reliable than the morning short path, but this year the morning seemed to be more productive. I ended up logging 18 G QSOs in the morning and only an additional 8 in the evening - GM3POI was first in the log around 1635z. The poor conditions on the high bands made for slow going during the day and I found myself dozing off on several occasions.
Jet lag from a trip to EU a few days earlier did not help! Anyhow it was a still a lot of fun and I hope to be back for more in future years. However I may not be active next year as it is very likely that ZL6QH will be QRX while a wind farm is built on the site. Thanks to RSGB for running the contest, Bob G3PJT for initiating the team event, Frank ZL2BR for organising the ZL team, the Wellington Amateur Radio Club for the use of the ZL6QH station, and to everyone for the QSOs.
FT1000MP radio + Drake L7 amplifier (500W) + Writelog logging software.
Antenna farm:
80M 1/4 wave vertical
80M sloping dipoles (supported from 40m mast)
20M 5 el yagi beams for NA and LP to EU
15M 5 el yagi beams for NA and EU
Vee beams with 300m legs for NA, EU, LP to EU, and LP to NA (all bands)
Rhombic with 200m legs, switchable between SP and LP to EU (all bands)
See www.zl6qh.com for more information about the ZL6QH station.
ZS3/G3LZQ
As usual great fun but ZS is long way from everyplace. Great location 29.2878S 16.8798E on beach front. No power for 1st 2-hrs utility board switched it off. Q's died once EU/NA got together. Knew ZS3 was rare on CW but pile ups something else after contest QRN on 80m made copy difficult except for predawn period.
ZS4JAN
FT1000MP,5 band dipole up 7m. My first try in Beru contest,see you next time
ZS6AAA (ex ZS1AN)
I was initially planning to operate as the South African headquarters station ZS0HQ. However a
bad cold convinced me to operate in the Open section instead so that I could retire with honour after 12 hours. Band conditions were poor to fair, with lots of noise on the low bands. However I was able to run on 15m much of the time it was open, and sometimes on 20m. As a consequence, although I worked lots of stations, I still only managed 35 band call areas, which hurt the score a bit. Perhaps I'll try more S&P next time.