Just one other thing worth noting. All those other CQs and QSOs between
7.030 and 7.050 may not be QRP and Fox related but they are very important.
As you go up the band listen to each QSO for a little bit. After all,
listening will help you with improving your code copy. Don't worry, you
have a full two hours to try to catch a Fox. But what you can learn is the
"propagation of the moment". If you are a K6 on the west coast and the Fox
is a W2, and you've heard 3 QSOs from "2" land, you can assume the
propagation gods are favoring you tonight. If the W2s are getting weaker
but the K8 QSO in Chicago is getting stronger, propagation has probably
passed the east coast for you for the day. Plus these side QSOs can be quite
entertaining to listen to. It all part of the allure of "weak signal work"
which probably sums up what we do with QRP anyway.
The good DX is usually the weak signal no one else is bothering to check
out.
72 and a half,
Steve
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