11 meter is very quiet?

[Brother DXer]

I made a few good contacts, before and after the game. But wow, this contest was squashing a lot of stations. And @Eldorado828 , not only were they on 35 through 40 but I even heard then on 41, 42, 43 checking in. They can't just pick one frequency? Or two? I'd give up a few, just so they could play their game.

 

[lonestarbandit]

I made a few good contacts, before and after the game. But wow, this contest was squashing a lot of stations. And @Eldorado828 , not only were they on 35 through 40 but I even heard then on 41, 42, 43 checking in. They can't just pick one frequency? Or two? I'd give up a few, just so they could play their game.

They're everywhere.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Strange conditions, with my beam pointed west, I could not hear Texas. Standing by on .425, I had California in there, and made contact with unit 39 in Australia for a short and sweet QSO.

 

[whiteastro]

seems as if needle bender is a popular handle on the radio as it comes from several areas.

 

[BC Coyote]

The Needle Benders are a CB radio club, whiteastro. There are hundreds of them all over the world. They also use NB-### calls a lot.
I've never really understood the appeal of clubs seeing as there doesn't seem to be any real benefit to it..... I get to do all the same things I could already do without being a member of the club LOL!
I only joined one so I could get a searcheable callsign for freeband........
In 40+ years on 11 meters I've seen literally dozens of clubs come and go.....
Anybody else remember the Canadian Outlaws CB Club on 26.420 USB ? Good Times !

 

[tshows]

I had a nice QSO with 3234 in Winnipeg Canada this morning. He said they had 4 to 5 inches of snow on the ground. We were still in the 80's today. The World Radios and the Needle Benders pretty much made a mess of the morning.

 

[lonestarbandit]

If I hear "Needlebender xxxx" or "check in, QSO" one more time.....

 

[Eldorado828]

The World Radios and the Needle Benders pretty much made a mess of the morning.

More like all day long!

 

[Eldorado828]

I heard you in the pileup on 40 there 828 !! If not for all that Needle Bender silliness I would have been able to work you no problem. You definately made the trip to the West Coast Canadian wilderness !

I talked to a few Canadian stations and think I may have heard you calling but the airwaves were littered with needle benders, world radios. I'm on often so maybe we'll qso some time.
What's your call number?

 

[BC Coyote]

I go by 23 West Coast of Canada unless I'm up on 555 in which case I'm 9TM023

 

[lonestarbandit]

I go by 23 West Coast of Canada unless I'm up on 555 in which case I'm 9TM023

I pointed the "Bad match beam" your general direction and hollered quite a few times ... those damn "Knitting needles" must have popped holes in my RF.

 

[BC Coyote]

Yeah it was pretty much needle bender chaos on every channel today. Also 40 is very noisy with Mexican AM'ers up here a lot of the time. I seem to have a perpetual radio pipeline to Mexico LOL!
Hope to make contact with you on another day soon !

 

[Eldorado828]

Yeah it was pretty much needle bender chaos on every channel today. Also 40 is very noisy with Mexican AM'ers up here a lot of the time. I seem to have a perpetual radio pipeline to Mexico LOL!
Hope to make contact with you on another day soon !

I'm hispanic, born in Ks, raised in Tx, try to talk with the Mexican stations but we don't understand each other because I speak what we call in Texas "Spanglish". It's a mix of broken Spanish with English converted to sound Spanish
Those attempted contacts get nowhere!

 

[Rwb]

i went freeband was told having a checkin,i replied dont do that bs i use me radio to chat on n moved elsewhere to find more headhunters. went to 21 am talked local

 

[techradioman]

There were a LOT of people jamming the Needle bendovers check-in's on several channels.I don't mind them doing it if they stick to 1 or 2 channels but they were from 35 to 27.545 and even in between all weekend !