Frank Dresser wrote:


"Gray Shockley" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 23:17:45 -0500, Frank Dresser wrote
(in message
):

How's the 11 meter SW band for the hobby broadcasters? The
international broadcasters have pretty much abandonded it, the antennas
should be easy to work with and line of sight will work even when the
ionosphere doesn't.

Frank Dresser


Do you mean in place of CB, using CB freqs or ????

Thanks,



Gray Shockley


25.6 to 26.1 Mhz, just below the Citizen's Band. It's already set aside as
a SW broadcast band, although the broadcasters rarely use it.

Problem: most portables don't go that high. My DX396, for example, only
goes up to 21850 khz. Also, thewre's a lot of freebanders in that area,
apparently. 13m (starting around 21450) is barely used by major
stations, and would have similar propagation to 11m.