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BITX QSO Afternoon/Night, Sunday, January 21, 3PM/7PM Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere


John P
 

BITX QSO Afternoon/Evening, Sunday, January 14, 3PM & 7PM Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere.

While not the greatest band conditions, the afternoon session last week was better than the evening session! So hopefully, we can try both times again this week.

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!
--
John - WA2FZW


John P
 

Calling CQ on 7277. Not hearing anything except a little splatter from 7275.
--
John - WA2FZW


John P
 

I hear N8DAH!
--
John - WA2FZW


 

Worked NX2U Mike in TN !
--
David

?N8DAH


Tom VE3THR
 

heard David and John but couldn't get to the radio...still listening for 4pm round on 7.277 minus the bleed from 7.275


Tom VE3THR
 

7.277 MHz @ 2116 zulu
Chuck W3FJJ in DE 5x5 in the clear...nice qso with new member to the BITX40 group


Tom VE3THR
 

David N8DAH can just make you out about 2x3 at best. Heard K9ABL much better. Poor east west prop right now from Barrie.


chris gress
 

Not hear any stateside on 40m i did try contact with W1NA on 3,799 MHz? with my bitx on 80m with 10w but I not make it Chris G0WFH?

On 21 Jan 2018 22:18, "Tom VE3THR" <ve3thr@...> wrote:
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Well worked a few stations even a new General /AG Larry in VA

Also got K9ABL David in KY

I will try and get back on for the 7pm but might be a bit late.

?


--
David

?N8DAH


 

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Here in mid-west look for us on 7178 and 7278. South of the border stations on 7177 and strong
carrier on 7277.

On 1/21/2018 2:07 PM, John P wrote:

Calling CQ on 7277. Not hearing anything except a little splatter from 7275.
--
John - WA2FZW


 

calling CQ 7.277 W1LY

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 6:49 PM, ekelley <ekelley828@...> wrote:
Here in mid-west look for us on 7178 and 7278. South of the border stations on 7177 and strong
carrier on 7277.

On 1/21/2018 2:07 PM, John P wrote:
Calling CQ on 7277. Not hearing anything except a little splatter from 7275.
--
John - WA2FZW



John P
 

Me too! Hear someone very faintly right at the noise level.
--
John - WA2FZW


Tom VE3THR
 

not a peep up here anyone anything anywhere!? listening 277 and 278


Denis
 

Copping N4DR here in Western Kentucky. My BITX40 is receive only. Need to get it finished to transmit.

Denis, WB8SKP

On 1/21/2018 6:02 PM, John P wrote:
Me too! Hear someone very faintly right at the noise level.
--
John - WA2FZW


David Eckhardt
 

Is 7277 becoming a 'BITX frequency'?? If so, I'll hang out there.? I don't have one "YET"......

Dave - W0LEV


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On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Denis <wb8skp@...> wrote:
Copping N4DR here in Western Kentucky. My BITX40 is receive only. Need to get it finished to transmit.

Denis, WB8SKP


On 1/21/2018 6:02 PM, John P wrote:
Me too! Hear someone very faintly right at the noise level.
--
John - WA2FZW








--
Dave - W?LEV
Just Let Darwin Work


John P
 

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 04:16 pm, David Eckhardt wrote:
Is 7277 becoming a 'BITX frequency'?
We've been using it for the Sunday night QSO parties for as long as I've been in the BitX community. I know a lot of the guys monitor the frequency when they are hanging out in the shack.
?
--
John - WA2FZW


 

Well I have been calling for about an hour nothing heard. I will go QRT and listen for now.
--
David

?N8DAH


 

Mostly just noise here.? Every now and then I could almost make out someone but not enough to even guess.? I was really looking forward to breaking in my new call sign.? Maybe next time.

Doug
AC9RZ


 

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I'm giving up. Called and called and nothing. Worked KG0BK, AA5TN for a while on 7278 which is
turning out to be a better frequency.
Ed W0OIC

On 1/21/2018 7:31 PM, N8DAH wrote:

Well I have been calling for about an hour nothing heard. I will go QRT and listen for now.
--
David

?N8DAH