I am in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Around here when they went to 40 channels the deal was supposed to be 35-40
SSB only. And I think they still kept 16 for SSB at that time but I never
hear anyone on SSB there these days.

Many people do not respect that. Truckers often just show up on AM on those
channels and start talking without checking if anyone is there. With their
squelched maxed out it is difficult to let hem know there is a QSO going on.

19 is where truckers generally are.

The dump trucks can be on different frequencies depending on the
company/project they are working for. They use at least channels 2, 3 and
24. I am not sure what else.

I am pretty well a sideband only guy.

If the sidebanders around here can't find a clear channel in the 35-40 range
they go above. Most sidebanders run radios capable of that.

Steve

"dont eat those big macs fatty"
wrote in message ...

I'd be curious to know the implied band plan for CB in your area. Here's
how it stacks up on the West Coast.


Channel(s) Mode Notes
1-5 AM Conventional CB operation
6 AM (almost useless) "The Bowl" *
7-8 AM conventional AM operation
9 AM Nation wide emergency channel **
10-14 AM conventional AM operation
15-16 SSB Used for SSB in 23 channel days ***
17 AM West Coast Truckers Channel ****
18 AM conventional AM operation
19 AM Implied nationwide Truckers Channel
20-30 AM conventional AM operation
31 AM/SSB The AM/SSB mode "property line"
32-40 SSB SSB operation for the most part *****


* Some undefined language is used on "The Bowl"
** Anyone actually listening to channel 9?
*** 16 lsb was a popular "call frequency" in 23 channel days
**** 17 is the most popular truckers channel on the west coast
***** The SSB mode "channel masters" chase AM people off 32-40


cheers
skipp
http://sonic.ucdavis.edu