[HoustonHam] this is a very elementary question, but

[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:09:24 -0600, Christopher Mitchell <chrism at lumin.us> 

> 2) Even if the whip is not tuned for 10m transmission, would that
> preclude ANY reception?  I may be showing my ignorance, but it's not
> off by *that much*. 

Mike wrote

It could be that the band is *__DEAD__* Listen around 28.345-28.375
for 10-10 activity but that's about all you are going to hear right
now.

While 10 meters performs in similar fashion to CB as far as
propagation is concerned it does not have near the activity as CB and
thus that's where the similarity ends.  CB is used for local contacts
with lots of illegal amplifiers, 10 meters generally speaking is not.

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Mike Urich, KA5CVH
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