11 meter is very quiet?

[Tweetybird]

I live in rural area have not heard a soul in days?

 

[BammBamm]

All I got is local truckers and a scrap metal yard near me that uses channel 5 for the yard trucks.

 

[Tweetybird]

I've not heard a soul live next to interstate but it's usually quiet unless there is a backup

 

[Unit 75]

I talked to Belize and Trinidad on 38 LSB yesterday....but the condition came and went in 15 minutes. Then it was quiet again.....

 

[Woody-202]

I had a doctor appt. Thursday about 30 miles from the QTH. With the radio "on" all the way up there I only heard a couple truckers. After the appointment I got back in my car, keyed the mic on 38LSB and said "Hey! anyone on frequency?" Only seconds from unkeying I received a reply from someone who was also mobile and about 5 miles away. We talked for a few minutes and then I headed back home. Once at his QTH he called for me and we had a nice 15 minute QSO before I ran out of string, so you never know how silent it is or isn't until you key the mic and say something.

 

[Tweetybird]

I check once in a while

 

[secret squirrel]

Ok, I think I just accidentally made a date with a professional lady in TJ on Channel 9. Some guy squawking about his sister in Spanish.

 

[xm49north7]

Keep calling, same where I live, but you slowly find people. Upgrading my antenna to an array is helping as well, getting out much farther , and making some new contacts. Skip is just about over here, got out once today, but the skip has a fast roll now that the cooler weather is here. Keep track of the times you here people, and the channels, often people go on same time and channel every night, 7 or 8 in the evening, spin slowly through your channels, make notes.

 

[Woody-202]

I don't always have the 138 in this vehicle but suffice to say that if it wasn't for the seatbelt around me I might have fallen out of the seat when I actually got the reply...

 

[Tired Rooster]

I guess I'm very lucky to live where I do. Talk to anywhere from 4-6 local fellas every evening on channel 30 here. Some times more join in. There are two other channels where another couple of groups like to meet and talk regularly. I always hear that CB is dead......far from it. Just depends on where you happen to live.

 

[midnight special]

quiet when i check 16 today,,, this evening locals going at it on 19 like every night,,,

 

[Big Kahuna]

Dead in the NW - all the locals that were on the radio in the last couple of years have disappeared. No DX. Got the local gravel and dump trucks but they are all business.

Sucks because I've got new stuff I'm just itching to try out during a good day of DX. Got a new amp, equalizer/compressor, and just got my base antenna assembled again.

If this cycle doesn't hit bottom soon I may have to put everything back in storage.

 

[midnight special]

2 am 9/9 19 caught a station in new york 231 he said,,, very very weak but made the contact,,,we were just chatting on channel 17 when i heard the new york station in there,,,

 

[xm49north7]

I picked up a radio at a yard sale, and another guy gave me an antenna, so setting a young fella up with a free rig. I think cb has the potential to grow. Talk about it, help it along, One good thing where I live almost nobody running big power. So we have clear air to talk on when we do. One thing I have noticed is very few running base, alot of mobile, which does not translate into even radio. I suspect this is cost and maybe people new to cb find setting up a base intimidating. Money does not need to be a factor , my antennas are all home built, because they work better, and they cost me nothing, I started back in the day on a 5/8 wave. I suspect some of the new people into cb literally have very little idea on setting up a base. The other problem is up here where I am, there is no place to buy gear, 70 miles to a cb shop, and it is hard to find. Not like the old days , you just went to radio shack, they would set you up, explain what to do. Now it really is up to US, people who are enjoying it to, spread the word, and spread the knowledge..

 

[357magnum]

Been quiet a few weeks now here in the NE Corner ! Signed Getting Bored chatting w/ locals .