Hello All:

Just tune above channel 40 which is 27.405 Mc, and below 28.0 Mc usually
for SSB use. But as Steve said you will need to have the skip conditions
come in.

There a lot of AM stations that use the frequencies below channel 1
which is 26.965 Mc.

Also keep your ear on Ten Meters Ham Band, which is 28.0 Mc to 29.6 Mc
(did I get that right?) but zero in on 28.3 to 28.5 Mc USB as the last
few times the skip did come in these frequencies where crowed with new
Technician class Hams having a great time talking to all over the world.

I would think that due to the Ten Meter Ham band being open to the new
NO CODE (the Morse Code should have been dropped when they invented the
telephone) Technicians that the free band will NOT be as active as it
was in last sun spot cycle.

I also believe that when sun spot cycle #24 finialy does kick in you
will find the Ten Meter band goes nutz with activity.

Jay in the Mojave

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Steve wrote:
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:17:11 -0400, "Bubba Barnsmell from Pig Farm
Alabama" wrote:

Does anyone in this group use the freeband frequencies? Do you know of any
local groups in the Carolinas?
You'll need a band opening first.

Jay in the Mojave wrote:
the Morse Code should have been dropped when they invented the
telephone

If that had been the case, Klaatu would not have been able to activate
Gort using a flashlight in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951).

Additionally, Jack Ryan would not have been able to communicate with
Captain Ramius over the periscope in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1991).

Morse Code is still valuable even today. It's training and requirement
should not be abandoned.