[Boatanchors] 11 meter amps ?

[Bob Macklin]

I was a novice in 57/58 so I could not use it.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew P." <drewrailleur807 at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 11 meter amps ?


> Ian wrote:
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> "As the sunspot cycle improves propagation we will likely again have the
> competition of the illegal operation by CBers on the 10 meter ham band."
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> During the last sunspot cycle I heard only occasional incursions by 
> "freebanders" into the bottom end of 10 meters. Though such operations are 
> illegal, those that I heard did not seem to be interfering with legitimate 
> users (but it is still illegal).  When the sunspots are up, that whole 
> region of 24 to 30 MHz provides some very interesting listening.  I've 
> heard freebanders running CW and FM, for example, along with international 
> shortwave broadcasters, broadcast relays, telemetry and control signals, 
> Tijuana Taxicabs, and all manner of other signals that defy 
> categorization.
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> "By the way, has anybody else who reads this list ever operated on 11
> meters AS A HAM LEGALLY??"
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> Not as a ham on 11 meters, but as a legal CB'er who happens to hold a ham 
> license. I have occasionally used legal CB radios to communicate with my 
> non-ham friends when driving or boating.  With our legal CB operations, 
> one friend became interested enough in radio communications that he got 
> his ham ticket.
>
> CB can serve as a gateway to amateur radio and these days we need all the 
> new blood we can get.
>
> Drew
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