On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 07:24 pm, Al Duncan VE3RRD wrote:
How about using QRPspots? ? to advertise frequencies in use by BITXers?
QRPspots doesn't get very busy so it is easy to see a BITX spot if we put "bitx40" or "bitx40 group" in the comments.
This is also a good idea but it does not need to be limited to Sunday night at 7pm.? Anytime that band conditions seem good would be a good time to post at and . Post in this messageboard as well to see if anyone else is interested.?
Another strategy is to agree on a certain frequency to call CQ, this allows people to monitor a frequency to see if anyone from the group is calling.? At one time, 7285 was designated as a QRP frequency, but I hear a net there (not QRP) quite often. 7277 seems to be in an area that is somewhat unused with low noise if we are lucky.
I would like to see a QRP night and a new QRP frequency but I am reluctant to mix general QRP stations with the BITX group.? We already have a lot of participants in the BITX40 QSO Night in eastern North America and if it gets busier, we will need to go to a net format with a net control operator.? Of course everyone is welcome to participate, but I am not going out and advertising the event to other QRP operators.
Our event is really just an informal gathering on the radio waves.? It is surprising how popular it has become.? This has taught me how effective event organizing can be.? There were a few scheduled nights, and then I thought I should write up an event description based on how I thought it would work best for low power QSOs.? The entire organization of our event is that I copy/paste a text file in this messageboard it with a new date every week.? I try to ask for comments on how to improve things so we can keep learning how to work a QRP net.? Now there are a lot of participants and it is impressive how many people join in and keep the contacts going, sort of a self-organizing net.? All we need is good propagation and we can ragchew just like the kilowatters.
