"...starting in October every Wednesday night (Tue and Thur are usually the Fox Hunt nights) how about a Rock Hunt? All you guys with Rock-Mites on 40 meters and the other bands get on the air and try to catch other R-Ms. This is not a contest but a social gathering to work other rock users and try to set some type of goal to work states, countries, or what ever. Start as soon as you get off work and chow down and stay as late as possible so that those of us on the left coast can maybe, just maybe, get RI and ME..... :-) And if you wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep immediately --- how about turning on the rig and calling CQ if the freq is clear. Some of us just might be up too....

"...for the Rock Hunt how about just an exchange (recommended and not required) of RST, Name, QTH, Power, and Antenna. What this will do after the winter season is give each individual some data points to determine how QRPp power levels and their antenna is working...."

"...I'm not saying that Wednesday is a preferential night for looking for Rock-Mites and operators we will call Rock-Hounds (after the fox hunt terminology). Maybe N0RC can start a list of Rock-Hounds on his R-M web page so that we can keep a list next to the rig and listen for those special calls in the wee hours of the night...."