Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, October 15, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
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BITX night. Qso with VE3RRD AL..5x5 at times ridding the QSB roller coaster. 19:15 CST 7.277
Just heard W0PWE way down 4x4 in the noise of our all band plasma TV Hi. 7.277
Heard K1KJW several times call CQ at 19:30 CST ?Called but no reply he is 5x6 at times QSB QRN 7.277 Same as above for K1KJW at 19:39 CST 5x6 guess I'm not heard yet.
From WA9DOH 73
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:42 PM, John P <j.m.price@...> wrote: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, October 1, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
Join us as we make contacts from BITX40 to BITX40 on 7.277 MHz in 40 meters!
This is a worldwide event for BITX40 stations starting at 7pm in each time zone. To participate, call CQ BITX on Sunday, starting at 7pm your local time. The BITX QSO Night continues through the evening and conditions usually improve after sunset, so it is worthwhile to participate later in the evening.
Suggested Best Operating Practices:
Work at QRP power levels unless conditions require more power.
Call and listen for CQ BITX on the hour and every quarter hour.
It is helpful if you call CQ BITX with your callsign, name and location.?
Repeat your callsign a number of times during your CQ BITX and during QSO's.
Start a QSO by confirming the callsign, location, name and signal report of the other operator.
Say the callsign, name and location of the other operator so others can hear.
If the frequency is busy, avoid long conversations.
After your initial QSO is complete, ask if there are any other stations who would like to contact.
Report your QSO's, discuss propagation, noise, signal reports, audio reports, antenna type, etc. in this thread.
This is an undirected, scheduled event.? The BITX QSO Night relies on you to call CQ BITX to initiate contacts with other stations, so warm up that final and transmit a few calls on Sunday evening.? Talk to you then!
The consensus on alternate frequencies (from the other thread) seems to be "play it by ear". Start at 7.227 and work up from there. Everyone should tune around a little since although 7.277 might be clear at your QTH, the same might not be true for everyone.
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John - WA2FZW
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