Used to be you were right,
but with the current lull in the cycle,
it's mostly line noise and static,
below,
above,
and all in between.

That's why it's nice to have another radio/band to use.
CB is dead around here. SSB is another matter. It's alive!

2 meters is always busy. It has a lot of the old CB'ers on it,
and the current CB'ers that are sick of the noise and bleedover.

CB is AM. 11 meters is sideband. Totally different.
Find me on 36 USB or someplace simplex on 2 meters.