FM on CB - Are you working it?

[Rick330man]

How many of you are operating on CB in FM mode? Is there a group in your area? Are you working skip in FM mode on any of the standard 40 channels? With 2025 predicted to bring us the peak of this cycle's skip activity it would be great to know where the FM activity is so that we can make skip contacts with each other.

Thanks.

 

[19wrc333]

Down here in The Netherlands, everyone is on FM.
Officially, we're just on the 40 channels (26.965 to 27.405), but then on FM.
We do hear US stations on AM sometimes when there's skip, obviously the channel 6 stations, but also channel 11, sometimes on 28.

Locally, we're on channel 14, but in other areas they use different channels.

The other day I was also listening to 26.805 on FM and could hear a US station talk to some folks here in Europe somewhere. They could not hear me it seems, oh well.. will keep on trying.

 

[sp5it]

Here FM only sometimes for local QSO's
AM mostly. Zeroes channel raster.
Mike

 

[Brother DXer]

How many of you are operating on CB in FM mode? Is there a group in your area? Are you working skip in FM mode on any of the standard 40 channels? With 2025 predicted to bring us the peak of this cycle's skip activity it would be great to know where the FM activity is so that we can make skip contacts with each other.

Thanks.

As you know, at one time we had a FM32 net in my area and I can't say enough great things about talking on FM. I loved it, but due to some guys moving away and various other reasons, it just slowly ended. Now if I'm on FM it's down lower and like the other modes, when conditions are good, FM skip is great. It's also much calmer, friendlier, etc...

73
Rodney

 

[BC Coyote]

I feel like a stuck record saying this again...... There are hundreds if not thousands of FM operators on 26.805. I've talked skip all over the world on FM on that frequency as have hundreds of others.
26.805 is the international FM call frequency. There aren't any others that I know of, and I've never ever heard FM on the regular 40.
So, if you want to hear FM, talk FM, or work skip on FM, 26.805 is the frequency. Check it out, and then you (or others) won't have to say you've never heard FM on 11 meters!
By the way, it's the frequency I monitor most often so if you make it down there give me a shout, you never know, I just might hear you !