good point, I was more referring to if you weren't looking for people to
break in to the QSO as much, DX anyway, but that's a good point.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Staying on this list
> Well even running a hundred watts on C.B. is already way over 20 times the
> legal limit allowed so a thousand watts is definitely overkill. With that
> said it's a playground for non hams to use either as a work band or just
> to
> cause trouble. I like the idea of using it as a work band. It's a learning
> point and hopefully you can build from it and get on other bands so you're
> not just limited to one. Also about talking locally, I suppose there's
> valid
> points to leaving some of the other work bands for D.X, but here's a
> thought
> though. Every now and then when I can talk a few of these guys here to sit
> on some frequency on 15 meters we've often gotten some pleasant surprises.
> I
> remembered just recently I told 2 people to meet me on 15 meters for a
> short
> Q.S.O. and I was reasonably sure we would be alone. It was after midnight
> and as we talked for a while someone from California broke in and we
> talked
> to them and a few others for a while. So had we not have been active, we
> would have totally slept on a pretty good band opening. When the rest of
> them signed I heard some power stations from South America and had I been
> able to speak Spanish, I probably could have worked them at that strange
> hour. Oh and incidentally a lot of the conversations I've broken in on
> around 17 meters for instants were a few locals from some place just
> sitting
> there. So if they weren't there I would have skip passed and not given it
> a
> second thought. So regardless of openings, when you tune threw the bands,
> it
> kind of helps if people are there. Otherwise it's pointless to keep
> scanning
> for nothing. I don't know about you however in my case, I seldom put out
> C.Q. calls anymore on some random frequency. I might have 14 or so years
> ago
> but now it's just as easy for me to bust in on someone else's Q.S.O. Of
> course assuming that they're ok with it. As soon as I sense that I'm
> interrupting I leave and find something else. So I rely on hearing people
> talking. I supposed if I called and called C.Q. like thirty thousand times
> in a frequency noone monitors, I'd eventually get someone. Maybe I could
> do
> like those contesters with a recording of their C.Q. call over and over
> until someone answers. Naw. For me I spin the dial a few times and if I'm
> not successful getting someone's attention then off the radio goes and for
> me it's either back to the computer to read these messages, or it's time
> to
> go outside or something.----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 7:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Staying on this list
>
>
> We use 10 meters for local stuff around here and 75, we leave 20 and the
> bands likely to open free for the dx'ing. No point tying up those bands to
> talk locally when you don't have to. That's like I will never get why
> CB'ers
> run many thousands of watts to talk around town but having known most of
> them in this area at one time or another, I guess considering the source
> is
> key.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 1:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Staying on this list
>
>
>> If you were here in Ontario you'd find quite a few hams on C.B. and
>> F.R.S.
>> and G.M.R.S. and even the "not yet available MRS frequencies." At least
>> they
>> aren't yet here in Canada. People here tend to follow where the action is
>> at
>> and even though the low bands and the work bands are good for D.X. people
>> don't seem to use them locally. Instead they'd rather pile up on simplex
>> or
>> the other places I mentioned. In a way that sucks. I don't see why people
>> won't use 20 meters or 15 meters for local stuff but oh well!
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: Staying on this list
>>
>>
>> As for me? I'm burning my ham ticket and going to CB radio.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
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