This is the first time I entered this contest. My CW speed is 7 WPM. G3TBK and G3HEJ, sorry for so many errors; thanks for your patience. Calling CQ BERU at 7 WPM is an experience. There are a few contesters like me that appreciate the speed. Also, when one calls at 7 WPM, one has to be prepared to get into the equivalent of enjoyable 30 minute ragchews from other CW ops who presume correctly that most ops do not contest at 7 WPM. I found I will need CW filters for my Yaesu FT-857 if I want to use it for CW contesting. The DSP bandpass filters and RF gain reduction were important. VE3KI, thanks for dropping the speed on 80 m to mitigate the QRM. I made 43 QSOs, about 21 times more CW QSOs than my personal best in a CW contest. My CW key broke during the contest and in the middle of the contest I had to go to my workshop and do some soldering. I used all three of my HF antennas, the 20 m vertical elevated by 9 m, the G5RV at 12 m height, and my 160 m dipole only 12 m high. My linear was an Ameritron AL-80BX. My first and last QSOs were with ZLs and it was good to have a QSO with one of the people I met in 2012 when I was in New Zealand. Even though we are near the bottom of the solar cycle, it was a fun contest. I know that next year, I will not be able to participate due to the school break in March. Daylight saving time now begins, meaning one less hour of sleep after this contest; I have to set a few clocks forward an hour. Finally, I thank the all the operators for a most enjoyable contest, 73, Brent VE9EX.