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Team World Travellers

04 Wednesday Mar 2020

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Hi Bob,

A motley crew has gathered to be Team World Travellers, consisting:

3B8XF – Nigel Cawthorne G3TXF

9G5XA – Alan Ibbs G3XAQ

V31GX – Ian Haywood G4SGX

VP5O – Peter Hobbs G3LET

ZF2CA – Colin Smithers, G4CWH,  Team Captain

In case of slips our sub is 8P6DR  – Richard Limebear G3RWL

If there are other travellers wishing to be gathered up I am happy to co-ordinate. Keeping with the BERU theme perhaps it should be called

‘Team World Travellers Plus’ (with acknowledgement to BA). Please contact me directly at the email on QRZ.com

See you further down

73 Colin

Message from Mike G3VYI for 2020

14 Thursday Nov 2019

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Our son and (his) wife are now in Sydney for  a couple of years so of  course we plan to visit, and I am trying to  combine it  with BERU, why not!
We are thinking of travelling from Sydney to Victoria  and Adelaide etc and maybe Hobart then back again in early March , and fitting a BERU entry in along  the way.. I can bring a rig , hire a camper etc…should be fun.
If you know of any friendly  ‘for hire’ or guesting stations in VK7 or VK1/2/3 thats another idea, any info gratefully received..last year we went  to VY2 (TT) station which was different!
Anyway I hope you are safe
73
Mike G3VYI

VY2/G3VYI Pictures

12 Tuesday Mar 2019

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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

 

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ZF2CA

12 Tuesday Mar 2019

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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