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CB Band is Open Here
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Groeteschele
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Yes thank you. Much of American DX signals are booming in here too. Most is 10 & 11 meters. Your Super Bowl CB channel 6 27.205 MHz AM is like being next door.
Groeteschele
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Sorry. I mean right frequency is 27.025 MHz for Super Bowl channel 6.
oldradioguy2010
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11:39 Pacific time. Channel 6 is grungie but readable in Oxnard Cal.
Now for 10 meters, maybe soon.
DW
So. Cal
Now for 10 meters, maybe soon.
DW
So. Cal
oldradioguy2010
Member
All right.
CB channel 6 is open again. On the west coast. 7:40 am.
I may dust off my 10 meter for field day this weekend. It's grungie but readable.
DW
So. Cal
CB channel 6 is open again. On the west coast. 7:40 am.
I may dust off my 10 meter for field day this weekend. It's grungie but readable.
DW
So. Cal
cb4life
Newbie
My Galaxy is dead quiet
I was thinking the same thing with regard to 10m. I live in the SF Bay Area and tuned up 10m last weekend. I was picking up an operator out of Seattle, WA. Field Day could have some promise next weekend.
I never hear traffic on CB any more. (Not that I've had much interest, but I turn on a CB every few years) Maybe I'll tune in some CB just for fun and see if I can pick up a station or two.
oldradioguy2010
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Just for ha ha I put channel 6 in my scanner. That's what I was monitoring.
10m was open for a bit last year for Field Day. Nothing great, but it was open.
I suspect the same for this week. When on was on last weekend, I could hear Seattle at about 50%. I could hear others in the background but not nearly clear enough to copy.
oldradioguy2010
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Last year I had a family reunion for my XYL side. 2 meters in Payson Az.
But I was thinking 10m. Mobile. Oh well, that was last year and this is this.
Good luck Harvey.
DW
So. Cal
But I was thinking 10m. Mobile. Oh well, that was last year and this is this.
Good luck Harvey.
DW
So. Cal
I'm not in to the contesting thing but I don't mind hanging out on the airwaves and helping those that do. It could be a fun weekend.
oldradioguy2010
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No contesting for me too.
Just taking the 10m out for fun.
I don't need points
Social distance deal
Just taking the 10m out for fun.
I don't need points
Social distance deal
Copy on all points. I was BORN for social distancing.
oldradioguy2010
Member
Well field day is raping up. 10meter was good at the start but fell apart.
N8IAA
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oldradioguy2010
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Before you start with the idiot comments, remember spell check. It was a oversite
Sorry
Sorry
There was no raping of 10m here in SoCal, sadly. 
Completely dead here. Though others down closer to LA did have some luck, as it looks like you did in Oxnard. It never picked up at all here in the Mojave Desert. 15m lasted a little bit but that died quickly as well. The only saving grace on 15m was zero noise floor where we were. I was pulling in S0 signals.
20m died today as well, and 40m went from a S0 noise floor to S9 within about an hour last night. That was reported all over the country. 20m and 40m were great while they lasted yesterday!
Completely dead here. Though others down closer to LA did have some luck, as it looks like you did in Oxnard. It never picked up at all here in the Mojave Desert. 15m lasted a little bit but that died quickly as well. The only saving grace on 15m was zero noise floor where we were. I was pulling in S0 signals.20m died today as well, and 40m went from a S0 noise floor to S9 within about an hour last night. That was reported all over the country. 20m and 40m were great while they lasted yesterday!
I gave 10m a shot on Saturday afternoon. I made one contact who was about 15 miles away. He was a pretty weak at that though he reported that I was coming in strong. I heard 20m coming in from Idaho (into California) but never tried to make contact. 2m and 70cm were pretty active though and I made quite a few simplex contacts.
6079smithw
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10m dead & buried all day here in Reno. CW on 20 from CA for a bit; rather dismal overall...
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