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11 meter is very quiet?
- Thread starter Tweetybird
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Just out of curiosity...did you wake up early or midday with 31 Div?
I had a very weak copy on a couple 1 div stations this afternoon, but no way I could QSO with South America hitting them at S9+.
Well, I was on there today and didn't hear y'all in there on 38 LSB. Talked all the way up into Canada and around the great lakes.
Dam! Missed another good opening.
Hope the conditions stick around for me to try tomorrow. I'll have more time then.
Hope the conditions stick around for me to try tomorrow. I'll have more time then.
This afternoon around 4:15P.M. eastern I was anchored off of one of the barrier islands down here right off of the Gulf of Mexico. As usual, I had my trusty Cherokee AH 100 walkie talkie. Unfortunately, however, I was limited antenna-wise to my little 2' plus walkie-talkie antenna. My "Big Stick" which appears in my avatar took a dive after 20+ years and my BNC/TNC adapter on my 4', center loaded walkie antenna has become unusable.
No one heard me, but I heard stations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. However, the skip was very sporadic. They'd be booming in one minute and they would be barely audible the next time they keyed up.
I have a simple but pretty effective portable 1/4 wave dipole rig and a tripod to go with it. I can set up the whole contraption up on the front of my open fisherman in about 5 minutes. If there is any skip rolling in this upcoming week, I'll take my dipole rig and spend some social isolation time shooting skip anchored off of some remote island down here.
No one heard me, but I heard stations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. However, the skip was very sporadic. They'd be booming in one minute and they would be barely audible the next time they keyed up.
I have a simple but pretty effective portable 1/4 wave dipole rig and a tripod to go with it. I can set up the whole contraption up on the front of my open fisherman in about 5 minutes. If there is any skip rolling in this upcoming week, I'll take my dipole rig and spend some social isolation time shooting skip anchored off of some remote island down here.
S&W357
$upporting Member KO4RJD....WDX-556
Yes Sir that was me talking to 177 "Dave" near Sioux City Iowa. He has a great sounding station. Talked to him on both LSB & USB. He had never tried USB on his radio and wanted to check it out.
Pretty good afternoon for DX contacts here today. Illinois (2) Oklahoma (2) Iowa (3) Minnesota (3) Mississippi (1) Missouri (4) Wisconsin (1) Brazil (1)
Hi Red, some CB radios are AM only -
Cobra 29, Uniden 68 are examples
other CB radios have LSB and USB modes-
President McKinley, Uniden 980, Galaxy 959 are examples
If your CB radio does not have a mode switch with USB/LSB lettering than it is likely AM only.
Cobra 29, Uniden 68 are examples
other CB radios have LSB and USB modes-
President McKinley, Uniden 980, Galaxy 959 are examples
If your CB radio does not have a mode switch with USB/LSB lettering than it is likely AM only.
Thank you its a cobra 29 ltd so am only oh well i know a good place to park to get good signal right off the interstate a little ways maybe i can get some distance
No reason you can’t work skip on AM.