hello there fellow radio enthusiasts i was just wondering if anybody has made any contacts into europe this year mainly ireland scotland wales uk or belgium france on 11 metres i do listen on 27.475 lsb its nearly december and the band is real quite i was reading in a radio magazine that the 11 metre band should start picking up this year i remember 10 years ago speaking to the west coast usa at 10 11 o clock at night during the winter months i know those days have gone but these last few years the conditions on 11 metres have been lousy i have spoken as far west as colarado in my big truck which isnt bad for a mobile near the n.w coast beside the atlantic ocean is the place to plot up at the right time of day for stateside hope we start getting some skip in ireland real soon wj 450 29er 73s