CB in Metro Detroit

[SCPD]

Anyone tell me if 11 meters is active in Detroit? I had a radio given to me. Thinking about pulling the 2M/440 out of the car, and putting 11 meters in. But don't want to go thru the hassle if the band is dead in Detroit.

(moderator: If you want to move this to the Michigan Forum, go ahead. With the way Wayne moves things, there's just as equal a chance that if I posted there, he would move it here).

 

[freqs]

CB is alive still around Detroit it's is for the most part filled with foul mouthed fools with hi powerd radio's I use it in my Garbage truck for traffic reports and out at the landfill and I have found some decent people on the out of band ( freeband ) and late at nite but if you like the way ham radio works CB is a hole world apart CB IS A FREE FOR ALL not for anyone thin skined . I cant and wont tell you if its worth putting a CB in your vehicle I still enjoy it but I can with ease block out the crap on it .

 

[RayAir]

I wouldn't turn it on with your wife or kids in the car, but I scan some activity every now and then.
I personally haven't been on 11M since around 2001 when I lived in Macomb. Yes, there are lots of amps and freeband use also. I monitored some skip from some truck drivers in Clewiston, FL on 25.165Mhz. 27.505 was "Channel 50". 27.195 was sort of the secret channel (in between ch 19 and 20) and was sometimes referred to as "Channel 19A".

I still have my HR2510 locked up in the garage along with some other gear. I'm sure one day it will get fired up again.

 

[EC-7]

Its VERY active in Macomb Co. CH 19.
I lived in Sterling Hts for 2 years and made a lot of good friends on it.
There is a lot of trash on it tho, just as a warning, but if you can take some language and have a sense of humor, you will be fine.
I moved to Saginaw now, and its completely dead.

 

[SCPD]

Thanks to all for the 11 meter updates. I think what I am going to do is go ahead and swap the antennas this weekend. I have a handheld scanner that will scan the CB band. I'll make up a SO-239 to BNC adapter, and listen for a while before I decide if I want to install the radio.

 

[fischlerpromo]

Quick question;

What is the difference between the standard 40 CB channels and the 11 meter channels?
What meter are the standard channels on.. sorry to sound so lame, but if I don't ask questions... I sure won't learn.

Thanks guys....

 

[reedeb]

Quick question;

What is the difference between the standard 40 CB channels and the 11 meter channels?
What meter are the standard channels on.. sorry to sound so lame, but if I don't ask questions... I sure won't learn.

Thanks guys....

11 meter IS the CB band [chan 1 thru 40].

 

[rckydenver]

Check out this link below. Scroll down to see the meters. You can also do a websearch on Ham band radio allocation chart. Just hope this does'nt confuse you.

Frequency Wavelength Calculator

 

[SCPD]

CB on 11 meters

Quick question;

What is the difference between the standard 40 CB channels and the 11 meter channels?
What meter are the standard channels on.. sorry to sound so lame, but if I don't ask questions... I sure won't learn.

Thanks guys....

Like Reedeb said, 11 meters and the CB band is the same thing. I just call it 11 meters for no particular reason. Just a habit, I guess.

 

[K8cpa-chuck]

Downriver is channel 22. Wildcat is the resident hack, er, um, I mean Tech.

But, last I was on there; there was nothing but a bunch of noise making, and fighting. I got old of all that, real quick.