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WE ARE USERS OF SEMI AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPH KEYS COMMONLY KNOWN AS BUG KEYS.  OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE,  MORE BUG RAGCHEWS ON THE AMATEUR RADIO CW BANDS. 
YOU MUST BE A LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR TO JOIN THIS GROUP.  FIND A MEMBER ON THE AIR.     MEMBERS MUST USE A BUG KEY FOR MOST ON-AIR ACTIVITY.  A 20 WPM BUG QSO LASTING 20 MINUTES ON THE AIR WITH A SPONSORING MEMBER IS REQUIRED FOR MEMBERSHIP.  MEMBERSHIP IS BY INVITATION ONLY.     YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO CHECK-INTO ONE OF OUR BUG NETS USING YOUR BUG IF YOU ARE SPONSORED.  WE HOPE YOU BECOME A MEMBER BY CONTACTING A MEMBER ON THE AIR USING YOUR BUG.  YOU MUST BE SPONSORED BY A MEMBER TO JOIN.   
********************    TO JOIN THE BUG USERS GROUP,  CONTACT A MEMBER OR SEND AN EMAIL TO K5KV FOR INFO AND HELP.     SEE QRZ.COM FOR EMAIL.  THE SUBSCRIBE LINK/EMAIL IS NOT USED BY THIS GROUP.  ***************************

 WE DO NOT HAVE THESE REQUIREMENTS TO KEEP ANYONE OUT OF OUR GROUP.   THE 20 MINUTE QSO AT 20 WPM APPROXIMATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR A U.S. NAVY SPEED KEY CERTIFICATE AND WE ISSUE OUR VERSION AS YOUR MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE.  
BUG NITE SECOND TUESDAY EVENING OF EACH MONTH. SEE BUG FREQS BELOW.
30M BUG NET        10123 KHZ    9:00 AM CENTRAL     SATURDAY
30M BUG NET        10123 KHZ    3:00 PM CENTRAL    SUNDAY
40M GREAT LAKES BUG NET (GLBN)  7037 KHZ  00:30 UTC TUESDAY (MONDAY LOCAL)
40M PACIFIC BUG NET (PBN) 7111 KHZ 8:30 PM PACIFIC   THURSDAY
EU BUG NET        3533/7031 KHZ    18:30 UTC    THURSDAY  FREQ VARIES WITH SEASON
SRN BUG FRIDAY    7123 KHZ    7:00 AM CENTRAL       FRIDAY
KP3W PR BUG NET        7120.5 KHZ    5:30 PM CENTRAL    WEDNESDAY
BUG ROUND TABLE 7115 KHZ 7:30 PM CENTRAL WEDNESDAY
SEE YOU ON OR NEAR  3523,  3533,  5373,  7033,  7113, 7123,  10113,  10123,  14033,  14113, 18083,  21033,  24903,  28033  KHZ AT OTHER TIMES.
DONT MISS THE W6SFM BUG ROUNDUP AT https://w6sfm.org/bug-roundup  AND FOC BUG DAY https://g4foc.org/Bug-Day.  ALL NETS AND EVENTS OPEN TO ALL BUG OPS.

BUG USERS GROUP
BUG NITE
SECOND TUESDAY EVENING EACH MONTH

HOW ABOUT A MONTHLY BUG NITE USING ANY OPEN BAND BUT DURING THE EVENING TIME WHEREVER ONE LIVES?   NORTH AMERICAN EVENINGS FOR NORTH AMERICAN FOLKS.  EU EVENINGS FOR EU FOLKS.  A FEW FOLKS MAY HAVE TO STRETCH THINGS TO FIND SOMEONE TO WORK BUT BASICALLY THE IDEA IS TO WORK OTHERS IN YOUR EVENING HOURS WHEREVER YOU ARE.  WE DO NOT WANT TO DEFINE EVENING BECAUSE IT MAY BE BEST IF THIS IS LEFT UP TO WHAT WORKS FOR FOLKS.  WE ONLY SUGGEST EVENING TO ALLOW LOWER BAND QSOS AND LOOSELY GET FOLKS ON THE AIR IN ABOUT THE SAME TIME PERIOD.  HOPEFULLY THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO JOIN IN THE FUN.

BUG NITE IS HELD MONTHLY ON THE SECOND TUESDAY EVENING YOUR LOCAL TIME.  IT IS CALLED BUG NITE BECAUSE THE EVENT IS IN THE EVENING HOURS OF ANY LOCATION.  DX QSOS MAY BE MADE WITH ANYONE ANYWHERE THE BANDS ALLOW BUT MOST WILL BE MAKING REGIONAL QSOS DURING EVENING HOURS.  QSOS MAY USE ANY BAND THAT IS OPEN.  ONLY ONE STATION IN A DX QSO NEEDS TO BE IN OR NEAR  EVENING HOURS.  DON'T PASS UP A NICE "CQ BN" BECAUSE ITS BEFORE OR AFTER EVENING HOURS.  BUG NITE IS PLANNED AS A MONTHLY EVENT.

STILL IF YOU HEAR A CQ BN SHORT FOR BUG NITE AND CAN READ THE SIGNAL, GIVE THEM A CALL FOR A QSO AND ENJOY.  SET THE CW CLUBS RBN PAGE 
( https://rbn.telegraphy.de ) FOR BUG AND WATCH FOR FOLKS SPOTTED ON VARIOUS BANDS.  ANY BAND THAT WORKS FOR A QSO IS FINE.  THESE ARE NOT CONTESTS OR COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES AND ALL BANDS ARE INCLUDED.  

THERE ARE NO RULES, EXCHANGES, QSO COUNTING, CLASSES, MULTIPLIERS, SCORES, POINTS, LOGGING, LISTS, VOTING, REPORTS OR EMAILS TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT A CONTEST..  THERE ARE NO WINNERS, EVERYTHING IS DONE WITH A BUG ON A HAM BAND JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT.  JUST FIND A BAND THAT SOMEONE CAN HEAR YOUR CQ BN ON OR YOU CAN HEAR THEIRS.  THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE RAGCHEW QSOS.   WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT IS UP TO THE OPS IN QSO.  HERE IS BETTING THE BUGS IN USE ARE ASKED ABOUT IF NOT MENTIONED.  JUST BUG OPERATORS HAVING FUN ON THE AIR.   A GOOD PLACE TO LOOK IS THE BUG USERS GROUP HANGOUTS OR NEARBY.  SOME MAY BE IN THE OLD NOVICE BAND ON 40M.  THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS TURN ON YOUR RIG AND HOOK UP YOUR BUG.  MAYBE YOU NEED TO DUST OFF THE BUG AND CLEAN THE CONTACTS.  JUST SOME BUG MUSIC ON THE AIR.

PLEASE SHARE WITH ANY ACTUAL BUG OPERATOR YOU KNOW WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN BUG NITE.    AS ALWAYS THE BUG USERS GROUP IS ALL ABOUT HEARING BUGS ON THE AIR.

 PLEASE SEE ABOVE FOR HELP.