Any channel plan for FM?

[K6GBW]

Four Wheelers on 4, Super Bowl on 6, truckers on 17-19, SSB on 38. Have we come to a consensus on FM? Where should one monitor to find FM users?

 

[prcguy]

Uhhh, modify the radio then 29.6?

 

[WSAC829]

If you don’t mind running beyond the legal 40 check out 26.805 (Band C CH23 on most export radios) on FM when DX is rolling. It's basically the "unofficial" US FM calling channel. Otherwise i have a lot of fun on the UK 40 when mother nature cooperates. Their Channel 19 (27.78125) is referred to as the Muppet Channel, and can be fun if you want a good laugh.

 

[K6GBW]

I drove all the way across Los Angeles County today. I decided to scan all 40 channels on the CB just for giggles. Basically heard no local traffic at all. All I got was some guy in Georgia that apparently likes to read his mail.

I had kind of hoped that FM might spark some interest in the old CB again, but that doesn’t appear to be happening. Oh well, there’s always 40 meters.

Thanks gentlemen!

 

[prcguy]

When skip is hot and heavy it kinda kills the local stuff, so I wouldn't expect much until the skip dies down.

 

[WSAC829]

You probably would have had better luck yesterday when people were traveling to be with family. Today everyone was probably in a tryptophan coma, or were too stuffed to fit behind their steering wheel or waddle to the radio room.

I don’t think FM will ever catch on for 11 meter. It’s been available on export radios for decades and wasn't even really used then. It became “legal” much too late in the game. If FM would have been legalized 40-ish years ago and was standard on 40 channel Cobra/Uniden/Midland radios things might be different.

 

[merlin]

My radio has FM, scanning the whole band, I have yet to hear any FM traffic.

 

[W8UU]

FM Call Channel = Channel 33
FM Talk = Channel 34
FM Talk = Channel 35

There you go. It nests up against the gentleman's agreement on Channels 36-40 being for SSB. You're away from Channel 9 and 19 (as if Channel 9 mattered anymore) and you're away from the majority of AM rag chewing you'll still find on a local level. It's not perfect but it's a start. You can add or move things as necessary if FM CB gains any real popularity.

Yes, I just made this up, but it's as good as anything you'll find. Feel free to run with it. I haven't trademarked it yet.

Waiting on the Sad Hams and naysayers in ... 3 ... 2 ... 1.

 

[prcguy]

FM Call Channel = Channel 33
FM Talk = Channel 34
FM Talk = Channel 35

There you go. It nests up against the gentleman's agreement on Channels 36-40 being for SSB. You're away from Channel 9 and 19 (as if Channel 9 mattered anymore) and you're away from the majority of AM rag chewing you'll still find on a local level. It's not perfect but it's a start. You can add or move things as necessary if FM CB gains any real popularity.

Yes, I just made this up, but it's as good as anything you'll find. Feel free to run with it. I haven't trademarked it yet.

Waiting on the Sad Hams and naysayers in ... 3 ... 2 ... 1.

All this is contingent on everyone being a gentleman. In my experience its probably not going to go well.

 

[kc2asb]

FM Call Channel = Channel 33
FM Talk = Channel 34
FM Talk = Channel 35

There you go. It nests up against the gentleman's agreement on Channels 36-40 being for SSB. You're away from Channel 9 and 19 (as if Channel 9 mattered anymore) and you're away from the majority of AM rag chewing you'll still find on a local level. It's not perfect but it's a start. You can add or move things as necessary if FM CB gains any real popularity.

Yes, I just made this up, but it's as good as anything you'll find. Feel free to run with it. I haven't trademarked it yet.

Waiting on the Sad Hams and naysayers in ... 3 ... 2 ... 1.

Works for me. If only they had done this circa 1976-77, when the band was expanded to 40 channels. FM should have been authorized by the FCC and mandated on the new 40 channel radios. With millions upgrading to new radios, FM might have gained acceptance.