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[KC6RWI]

Just read an interesting article and the writer was explaining all the different 11 meter band plans in europe and else where. Many plans are the same as ours and many overlap higher and lower. Its interesting is see that  industry  uses the band, taxi's, truck, citizens as well. Most odd is church broadcasts are mentioned as well as fishing boats and others
My point being is that scanning the 11 meter for propagation would seem to be a good place to check propagation as there are alot of users.
Google HF underground-11 meters to get a wikipedia page.

[ONAIR]

Just read an interesting article and the writer was explaining all the different 11 meter band plans in europe and else where. Many plans are the same as ours and many overlap higher and lower. Its interesting is see that  industry  uses the band, taxi's, truck, citizens as well. Most odd is church broadcasts are mentioned as well as fishing boats and others
My point being is that scanning the 11 meter for propagation would seem to be a good place to check propagation as there are alot of users.
Google HF underground-11 meters to get a wikipedia page.

   I always keep a CB radio on and squelched in the shack. When the CBers start roaring in and break the squelch, 10 meters is usually open!

[G8YMW]

Myself, I often have 10 on in the car.
I normally have a look at the FT8 frequency and see what level (if there are any) the signals are coming through at.
Last Sunday (12 Jan) the FT8 warbles were coming through at about s8.
A look round the ssb portion, I worked an IK4 while driving around.
No other signals heard

[KC6RWI]

There are alot ways to check the conditions, I have one digital tv on an outdoor antenna. Depending on conditions when I auto program I could have 6 channels or 40, and once in a long time, I'll pick up signals from the backside of the antenna from a whole different region.
 

[RENTON481]

Like the others here have said, 11 meters generally is a great beacon for 12 meters and 10 meters. If 11 has no activity, chances are probably 99% that the other bands will be dead.

[N8YX]

I keep a receiver or a CB tuned to channel 5 and channel 6.

5 is the channel used by LATAM truckers. If you hear shades of the old channel 19 (a cacophony of heterodynes) it's a good bet you have a decent 10M TE or F1 opening going on into central and South America.

6 - the so-called Superbowl - is handy as a U.S. activity indicator...primarily, Sporadic E mode. If you can understand the slang used by the various ops, you can get an idea which parts of the country are seeing good propagation.

[N4NYY]

Just read an interesting article and the writer was explaining all the different 11 meter band plans in europe and else where. Many plans are the same as ours and many overlap higher and lower. Its interesting is see that  industry  uses the band, taxi's, truck, citizens as well. Most odd is church broadcasts are mentioned as well as fishing boats and others
My point being is that scanning the 11 meter for propagation would seem to be a good place to check propagation as there are alot of users.
Google HF underground-11 meters to get a wikipedia page.

I use the CB for local rag chew. When DX is in on CB, I turned that **** off and get on the ham rig for DX. I hate CB DX.

[KC6RWI]

I can't listen am cb, its like day time tv, just plain stupid/

[ND6M]

I can't listen am cb, its like day time tv, just plain stupid/

WHAT??? You mean you don't talk in the Third Party Past Tense?

[KC6RWI]

No third party past tense. I have never been a cb am'er.  Its barely radio, if anything its depressing.

[G8YMW]

Just like 27.78125 (UKFM Channel 19) over here in Blighty.
Everybody sits on there nattering / playing music / effing and blinding
Nobody can be bothered to use the channel change and they all moan about QRM
At least those who use it for business coms (farmers, tipper truck drivers) use whatever channel suits

[ONAIR]

I was told that many of them are now jumping onto the internet when the band is quiet, to a new app called www.VirtualAirwaves.com  It's supposedly very similar to talking on 11 meters.

[WB8VLC]

Wonderful on this idiocracy web-site www.VirtualAirwaves.com.

This is just like twitter and facebook which are as much like CB radio as 27-28 MHZ RF is, they are all just other mediums for people to spread disinformation and harass and bully people.