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Any channel plan for FM?
- Thread starter RitualQursh
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You should be able to get there, don't forget the channel arrangement is slightly mixed up in the original 23 channel frequency assignment.
Not only the alpha channels, there's is the mix up around channel 23 with the frequencies not in numerical order.
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Jeff
Not only the alpha channels, there's is the mix up around channel 23 with the frequencies not in numerical order.
73
Jeff
I think it was about two years ago when Brother DXer and his local radio community would hang out on FM 30. I hooked up my 40 channel President AM/FM walkie talkie to my A99 and talked with them several times from my QTH here in the lower Florida Keys. It was just my walkie talkie into my A99. No shoes at all. 4 watts.
I'd like to see that happen.
Whether or not it'll gain traction in a given area is hugely dependent on the number of 11M-active folks in said area AND the number of those with FM-capable radios.
Further reduce that by those who aren't interested in broadcast-quality audio but instead want the thang to swang - which isn't going to happen with an FM transmitter.
Best bet for FM groups is going to be in the metro areas. However...I'm in earshot of Akron - itself a decent sized city - and there is only one active channel there apart from the Ch6 crowd and the Ch38 SSB DXers. That channel sees MAYBE 20 people during the course of a day.
Curious if this is the case elsewhere.
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And on Friday nights, the Ditchbank SSB net on channel 36 has been around for a long time as well.
Local highway traffic from the valley on both 17 and 19 can be found during the day.
There's a local group, the Central Valley CB'ers that hang out on 27.400 lsb that are active during the evenings...
As far as FM 26.805 seems to have become the default freeband frequency and that's the most activity I have seen for FM.
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Jeff
There are a couple CB nets in my area, Dennis has been doing the Old Tube Radio Network on Saturday nights for going on 40+years on channel 11 at 8pm Pacific,the longest running CB net on the west coast I am aware of.
And on Friday nights, the Ditchbank SSB net on channel 36 has been around for a long time as well.
Local highway traffic from the valley on both 17 and 19 can be found during the day.
There's a local group, the Central Valley CB'ers that hang out on 27.400 lsb that are active during the evenings...
As far as FM 26.805 seems to have become the default freeband frequency and that's the most activity I have seen for FM.
73
Jeff
In this neck of the woods we have Ch32 (Akron), Ch14 (Wooster/Orrville and surrounding areas), Ch21 (Massillon vicinity) and a bunch from Mansfield/Bellevue who occasionally park of Ch19 and piss off the truckers. I've just described a roughly 50mi radius circle.
No SSB to speak of except for the random Ch38 users. Used to be several small groups above and below the normal Class D allocation but these are few and far between nowadays. 26.805 has no users in the area.
I live within earshot of a couple truck stops. Used to be TONS of activity on Ch19 day or night around them. Nowadays...nada.
No SSB to speak of except for the random Ch38 users. Used to be several small groups above and below the normal Class D allocation but these are few and far between nowadays. 26.805 has no users in the area.
I live within earshot of a couple truck stops. Used to be TONS of activity on Ch19 day or night around them. Nowadays...nada.