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Skip on LSB 16 has been non-existent. LSB 35-40 hasn't been much better. I haven't heard it this quiet in years. The good side of that coin is that I am getting phenomenal local range on AM, FM and SSB. It obviously isn't going to work all of the time, but it has worked well often enough...

I did not hear a single LSB 16 station all afternoon. That Mexican dispatcher on AM 16 came and went, but that was about it. AM 6 generated some noise, as did AM 28. LSB 35-40 was surprisingly dead. I'm going to be on a marine mobile tomorrow afternoon. Hoping a little reflection off of...

I was on for 15 minutes starting at 2:00P.M. No LSB 16 traffic at all, but I did hear that Mexican dispatcher on AM. She's come in on several occasions in the past, so I have to assume AM 16 is the channel their taxi service is on somewhere down there. I'm going to take a break for a little...

I was calling CQ-DX for about 20 minutes. Not only did I not get a single response, I did not hear a single other station out there on LSB 16. Just to be sure, I scanned the band a few times. There was a little bit of activity coming through on LSB 38. AM 28 had some stations talking skip...

HF propagation prediction for 12-10 meter bands today is in the "GOOD" range for the daylight hours and "POOR" range for night time. I expect that we'll be hearing more skip as we move through the afternoon hours. My Starduster clone does skip well. It will be put to the test in about 10 minutes.

My neighbor has got some gardening florescent lamps that are wiping out my ears. I'm taking the SSB walkie talkie out on the boat tomorrow and will make the effort from the marine mobile.

Kick off for our Memorial Day "Reclaim LSB 16 Net" is in just under 5 hours!

Yes, sir. We'll do it Saturday, Sunday and Monday. That will give folks flexibility in their schedules. It'll also give us a chance to make up for any days where the skip gods aren't cooperating.

COUNTDOWN TO MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END NET: I just wanted to get this reminder out to everyone that we'll try our LSB 16 net again this Memorial Day week-end. We'll follow our usual protocols and start at noon eastern/11:00A.M. central/9:00A.M. pacific on Saturday, May 25th. After that, we'll...

I've run a bunch of searches for WC-151 and WC-152 wall chargers and have come up with nothing. Does anyone know where I can obtain these? Thanks.

I admittedly haven't been on CB much these last few months. Among other things, I've been working with two radio groups that have worked together to launch a GMRS repeater network that now covers from Palm Beach County all the way down to beyond Key West. It has been demanding, but the project...

We went back to LSB 16 for 2 main reasons. First, LSB 38 and the surrounding channels were a mess. Second, some of the guys here still have old 23 channel units. The QRM from 15 and 17 has been mentioned by a few folks here. On the other hand, we've had some week-ends where LSB 16 was just...

I go back and forth between a Midland 575MXT and a Retevis RA 86. As a base, I don't need a zillion repeater pairings. I have five (5) Florida Keys repeaters programmed, two (2) Miami ones and one (1) in Naples. The 50 watts on the Midland is a big plus, but the Retevis is more user friendly...

Kick-off time for our Memorial Day LSB 16 net will be noon eastern/11:00A.M. central/9:00A.M. pacific on Saturday, May 25th. Let's follow our established routine of aiming for every hour on the hour after that. We have a month to get the word out. Let's hope Mother Nature is listening.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END LSB 16 DX NET I've been away from CB for a while. Two GMRS groups I'm very actively involved with are diligently setting up a system of linked GMRS repeaters that go from Key West on up to Miami and continuing to Fort Lauderdale. The project has been quite a success, but...

To add a little spice to the SSB walkie talkie discussion, I had a Radio Shack headset mic that I use with the AH100. It has just a little bit of amplification. I'm surprised at how good it sounds. But I also have an old Turner +3 base mic wired for it. I have to keep it very low, but it...

I have two Cherokee AH100s and I've talked to several worldwidedx members with it. Most folks I communicate with are surprised to learn that they were talking to a walkie talkie. The AH100s are my "go to" CB radios that I take out on my boat, where I'll usually spend two or three nights...

Interesting. GMRS has a loyal crowd down here in South Florida. The South Dade GMRS club and the Conch Auxiliary Radio Emergency Services (CARES) group have joined forces and set up a chain of GMRS repeaters that covers from Key West all the way into Palm Beach county. Most of the...

I use CB and GMRS. As I've commented before, CB down here in the Keys never went through the insanity that crippled it in the big cities. It has served very well as a house to boat communication system that will outperform cell phones. The current GMRS set up - with extensive repeater...

Around 8:45A.M. today I could hear stations in England communicating with stations in New York and Massachussetts on LSB 38 and LSB 40. Not much happening on LSB 16, but I'll be monitoring it on and off throughout the day.