I tend to wander "all over the band," too. As you can see in my sig below, I do have some favorite haunts, but I don't monitor them, per se.
I usually avoid the crowded channels, like channel 38 SSB. I can't understand why people would congregate there to scream and holler CQ just to have someone call their numbers. Nine times out of ten it's "OK, you're sounding good here. You have yourself a fine one." ... and that's it. Hello/goodbye. ??
Sometimes I like to call CQ on channel 38 and then announce that I'm listening "down 5," meaning 5 kHz, on 27.380. I've had a lot of very enjoyable, laid-back QSO's there that don't last a mere 5 seconds. But, different strokes...
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I usually avoid the crowded channels, like channel 38 SSB. I can't understand why people would congregate there to scream and holler CQ just to have someone call their numbers. Nine times out of ten it's "OK, you're sounding good here. You have yourself a fine one." ... and that's it. Hello/goodbye. ??
Sometimes I like to call CQ on channel 38 and then announce that I'm listening "down 5," meaning 5 kHz, on 27.380. I've had a lot of very enjoyable, laid-back QSO's there that don't last a mere 5 seconds. But, different strokes...
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