There have been upgrades since 2020. (P3, SteppIR controller, etc.) Reconfiguring SteppIR to a dipole on high bands is definitely not a good idea. NNE heading plus 180 degree button gives good coverage in CQWW and WPX. Pileups galore! Contact me with any specific station questions.

Great destination for BERU Dxpeditioners. Several flights per week from London. Good propagation to NA, EU and Far East from broad, north facing ocean views. Providenciales (“Provo”) is the main island with the airport, good shopping, quality hotels, condos and villas. More rustic beach front properties are found on Middle Caicos, Grand Turk and other islands and cays. There is one fully equipped rental station in the islands owned by Jim, K4QPL. www.harbourrockvilla.com or search VP5M on www.QRZ.com or www.3830scores.com Turks and Caicos does not recognize CEPT licensing, but Jim will arrange your VP5 visitor license whether or not you are staying at his villa. Email: k4qpl2 at gmail.com If you book your own accommodation on Provo, for best propagation be sure your QTH is on the north side of the east-west ridge or “backbone” of the island.

Hi Bob,

Just to confirm my plans to re-visit ZF again this year.

I have been doing some mining of contest logs and RBN for Commonwealth contesters who we do not see in BERU and have written to as many as I can. Some of them are far younger than many of us regulars and some claim also to be new to CW contesting.

In my note I promise that we listen carefully for weaker stations and slow down as appropriate too, which anyway I know we do better than in many contests. Let’s hope for some of these fresher callsigns…

See you all in four weeks!

73, Colin ZF2CA, G4CWH, M3E

Hi Bob again,

Not really DX but will be G4SGX/6Y this year for BERU.

Iain G4SGX

Hi I will be qrv in Tanzania from 8-20 March 2024 ssb/cw/ft8 call sign update soon . With my trusty Butternut on the beach .

Qsl via the worlds number ONE manager Charlies M0OXO..

Hello Bob,

Here’s a photo from last night’s pre-BERU dinner near Paphos:

Alan 5B4AHJ, David 5B4AJT, Bob 5B4AGN, Mike 5B/G3VYI and Nigel 5B/G3TXF

73 – Nigel G3TXF

Hello Bob,

Here’s a last-minute BERU entrant : 5B/G3TXF

Yesterday met up with Mike 5B/G3VYI, Bob 5B4AGN, Alan 5B4AHJ and David 5B4AJT.

This will be my 15^th BERU trip. The first after a pause of three years.

73 – Nigel 5B/G3TXF