my best times on 11 meter are mostly SSB mode, at night between 9 and 11 when the skip starts to leave and the locals get on. the skip usually fades in and out and we get 'guest' from far far away. during the day its just one big pile up, QRM, or that brabrabrateenfeeerauuudioooo overmodulated illegible crap, or maybe just burping. too much skip. unless you have a killer location or beams you'll have a time in hell getting out without power.
alot of people round here "hide", the alpha channels, a few channels up, FM, even some old guys who talk between channels on SSB, and were quite surprised when i dropped in on them, but welcomed me to the qso.
I just need to convince all the lids to get ham tickets so they leave 11 meters alone. bwhaahhaha!