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BITX QSO Afternoon/Evening, Sunday, April 22, 3PM & 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?3PM and/or 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!
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John - WA2FZW
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I would love to compete but I don't think UK stations ,can tx over 7.200. rgds John 2e0eii
On 20 Apr 2018 12:34 p.m., John P <j.m.price@...> wrote: BITX QSO Afternoon/Evening, Sunday, April 22, 3PM & 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?3PM and/or 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!
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John - WA2FZW
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I would love to compete but I don't think UK stations ,can tx over 7.200. rgds John 2e0eii
7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere.
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 06:04 am, John 2e0eii wrote:
I would love to compete but I don't think UK stations ,can tx over 7.200. rgds John 2e0eii
Those of you who can't use 7277 use 7177 and it's not a contest, just a friendly get-together of BitX operators! ? -- John - WA2FZW
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I will be listening, but cannot transmit due to no license.? Will post to this forum if I hear anything.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 06:04 am, John 2e0eii wrote:
I would love to compete but I don't think UK stations ,can tx over 7.200. rgds John 2e0eii
Those of you who can't use 7277 use 7177 and it's not a contest, just a friendly get-together of BitX operators!
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John - WA2FZW
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Not hearing anything but noise. Not even anything on FT-8 this afternoon! I'll be on again this evening.
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John - WA2FZW
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Hearing someone on 7277, but can't make out a call. Lots of QRN here tonight.
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John - WA2FZW
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Hearing someone call sign ending in THR.? Also hear a NE Missouri station from here in WV.
Hearing someone on 7277, but can't make out a call. Lots of QRN here tonight.
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John - WA2FZW
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The band seems to be pretty good right now, but I couldn't make anyone out on 7277.? I called on 7277 and 7177 several times, both at 7:20 PM ET and at 7:35 PM ET.
Tony KB9A
Hearing someone on 7277, but can't make out a call. Lots of QRN here tonight.
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John - WA2FZW
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The only station i could really hear well tonight was Tom. I could hear some of the other stations on and off but I had an S9 noise level here tonight. Was using the FT-891 again tonight running 10 watts. Hopefully I'll get the BitX-40 back on the air by next weekend.?
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John - WA2FZW
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Fought through the noise and made one QSO with VE3THR Tom. ? That's 2 weeks in a row.?
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I was mobile in Northern Virginia and worked a bitx station in Missouri at about 7pm but there was strong qsb as he was very strong then quickly went down to barely readable.
72/73 de Chas ai4ot
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I could hear N4AEI, N2HTT, WI1B, and N4DR. There was also a KE0NEP, but I'm not sure I got the call right.? I asked for a relay to check in and someone heard me, but then some kind of loud buzzing covered everything up.
Dan W2DLC
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I was only on for a few minutes, but Tom VE3THR was booming in here in MA.?
I worked him on my newly QRO'd station with 20W.? Bill N2CQR was kind enough to include the latest update on his blog:?
73s,
Bruce KC1FSZ?
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Not bad here this evening in Iowa. Worked KG5WLO, Ralph, VE3THR, Tom, and WS4JM, Jay. Also heard earlier WA3O, KE0NXP, WA4THR, and AC9RZ.
Used my uBITX with my half-wave (mostly) vertical wire.
John AD0RW
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Come on guys...my BITX40 is no Maserati but it had an excellent night. 40M peaked about an hour before sunset (my greyline). That random QRM about every 10-15 min might be some kind of radar I'm told. No contests or QRN tonight...S5-S7 noise floor on the big rig. Guess no one is doing laundry tonight in my neighbourhood!
Record number of stations on tonight between 1900 - 2100 HRS Z. Most were well over 5x5 using my 40M dipole @ 30ft. QSO's with N4DR Marc, N6ORS Keith, KN4AIE Rick, WI1B Ken, WA4THR Vic, WA2FZW John, KC1FSZ, AC9RZ Doug and picked a few new ones WA3O Mike, N2HTT Mike, W2NDG, KE0NXP Glenn, AD0RW John and WS4JM Jay.
Mathew S. - get your ticket and join the group. Thanks for the reception reports.
Got my uBITX built and stuffed in a can, finally. Quickly upgraded to KD8CEC's V1.061 firmware. What a huge improvement from the stock version. Still not happy with the calibration settings so work in progress. I suspect the uBITX needs LOT'S OF MIC AUDIO from what I'm hearing up here so keep that mic up close and personal.
Tom VE3THR
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We were in the middle of thunderstorms, rain and dogs scratching the door.? Undaunted, the bitx40 made it through the static crashes to reach WS4JM a few hundred miles to the North.? It took a few tries to finally get
all of the call letters.? Maybe next week the uBitx will be complete-High Power!
73 all
Pat AA4PG
http://www.cahabatechnology.com/aa4pg.html
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Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 7:33:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [BITX20] BITX QSO Afternoon/Evening, Sunday, April 22, 3PM & 7PM Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere.
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Come on guys...my BITX40 is no Maserati but it had an excellent night. 40M peaked about an hour before sunset (my greyline). That random QRM about every 10-15 min might be some kind of radar I'm told. No contests or QRN tonight...S5-S7 noise floor on the
big rig. Guess no one is doing laundry tonight in my neighbourhood!
Record number of stations on tonight between 1900 - 2100 HRS Z. Most were well over 5x5 using my 40M dipole @ 30ft. QSO's with N4DR Marc, N6ORS Keith, KN4AIE Rick, WI1B Ken, WA4THR Vic, WA2FZW John, KC1FSZ, AC9RZ Doug and picked a few new ones WA3O Mike, N2HTT
Mike, W2NDG, KE0NXP Glenn, AD0RW John and WS4JM Jay.
Mathew S. - get your ticket and join the group. Thanks for the reception reports.
Got my uBITX built and stuffed in a can, finally. Quickly upgraded to KD8CEC's V1.061 firmware. What a huge improvement from the stock version. Still not happy with the calibration settings so work in progress. I suspect the uBITX needs LOT'S OF MIC AUDIO from
what I'm hearing up here so keep that mic up close and personal.
Tom VE3THR
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I heard Tom VE3THR in QSO with Dave K0MBT and followed them up and down in frequency. Tried to call just before they went to 3905MHz but no luck. Oh I did hear you both there but I’m using a 20 meter dipole loaded and I just don’t think it is up to the task on 75 mtrs.
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On Apr 22, 2018, at 21:58, pat griffin < patgriffin@...> wrote:
We were in the middle of thunderstorms, rain and dogs scratching the door.? Undaunted, the bitx40 made it through the static crashes to reach WS4JM a few hundred miles to the North.? It took a few tries to finally get
all of the call letters.? Maybe next week the uBitx will be complete-High Power!
73 all
Pat AA4PG
Come on guys...my BITX40 is no Maserati but it had an excellent night. 40M peaked about an hour before sunset (my greyline). That random QRM about every 10-15 min might be some kind of radar I'm told. No contests or QRN tonight...S5-S7 noise floor on the
big rig. Guess no one is doing laundry tonight in my neighbourhood!
Record number of stations on tonight between 1900 - 2100 HRS Z. Most were well over 5x5 using my 40M dipole @ 30ft. QSO's with N4DR Marc, N6ORS Keith, KN4AIE Rick, WI1B Ken, WA4THR Vic, WA2FZW John, KC1FSZ, AC9RZ Doug and picked a few new ones WA3O Mike, N2HTT
Mike, W2NDG, KE0NXP Glenn, AD0RW John and WS4JM Jay.
Mathew S. - get your ticket and join the group. Thanks for the reception reports.
Got my uBITX built and stuffed in a can, finally. Quickly upgraded to KD8CEC's V1.061 firmware. What a huge improvement from the stock version. Still not happy with the calibration settings so work in progress. I suspect the uBITX needs LOT'S OF MIC AUDIO from
what I'm hearing up here so keep that mic up close and personal.
Tom VE3THR
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Hi Skip and all,
Worked AI4OT Charles, WA4THR Vic, N4DR Marc and VE3THR Tom. All between 750 to 840 miles distant from my QTH.
I heard you one time and came back but no response.?
Am using a homemade coil loaded dipole that is resonant on both 40 and 80. Using recycled 75 ohm television grade coax.
Dave?
K0MBT
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Thanks for trying Dave there was QSB so occasionally I couldn’t hear both of you and when the carrier came on it made it difficult. At least I know my uBITX is getting out. I was using a folded dipole cut for 20mtrs, loaded with the T1 ATU in a inverted V configuration. I still need to finish building the 40mtr version and get it up in the air.? I’m located in western NC so we should be able to work each other without any problem if propagation holds up.
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On Apr 23, 2018, at 08:31, davesters@... wrote: Hi Skip and all,
Worked AI4OT Charles, WA4THR Vic, N4DR Marc and VE3THR Tom. All between 750 to 840 miles distant from my QTH.
I heard you one time and came back but no response.?
Am using a homemade coil loaded dipole that is resonant on both 40 and 80. Using recycled 75 ohm television grade coax.
Dave?
K0MBT
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