11 meters

[WØTKX]

Exactly. It's not the frequency, it's the operators.

[KG4CGC]

Had the Mt. Mitchell repeater shutdown on a disabled ham and I one morning for mentioning the dreaded band.
Censorship, pure and simple.

[N8YX]

Had the Mt. Mitchell repeater shutdown on a disabled ham and I one morning for mentioning the dreaded band.
Censorship, pure and simple.

And this right here is why private, closed repeaters need to be de-coordinated and the pairs reassigned:

They are not serving the interests of the public, especially when the control operators of the machine will shut it down for such an asinine reason.

For a Part 97 violation, yes. Because they simply disagree with the content of a legal exchange between licensed operators? No - emphatically.

[N7WQY]

I use it for short range communications with family members who are not hams works good if one of the nephews has a flat tire or radiator boil over but it isint much good for anything else though there is a nice group on channel 28 once in awhile who try to use the 11 meter for what it was intended for as a kind of public service band. I ve heard them make phone calls for or offer to bring gas etc for people who need a little help. The band isint completely useless it is just the grade of people that use them. and thats on 80 meters too. just listen to 3.840+/- some night.

[PA5COR]

I never looked down on 11 meters, but never used it, did some repairs on radio's though.
Testing one or the other and use the 11 meter band as condx tester, if i hear italians pop up in SSB there i know 10 will be opening up too.

Here the 11 meter band is as good as dead, it is seldom i hear a peep from the Netherlands, and that is a pity, in summer there are mostly some tourists that have one in the car or some truckers i can hear.

Reading about your 75 meter band -3800-4000 KHz i seem i don't miss much here not having it ;)

[N8YX]

11M turned into a time machine of sorts for me last evening. When I was first becoming involved with all things radio and most things electronic I made a lot of friends in the area via CB...this right around the height of the stateside "boom" in the late 70s. Long about the time I really began to chase the opposite sex (by way of motorcycle) most of my on-air friends had slipped away and boxed their stations.

Several years later I set up another radio ensemble and made another group of friends...and along came another bike or three.

Etc.

Around 7PM yesterday I heard one voice from the first crowd and one from the second checking in to our local AM chat channel. To say I was surprised to hear these guys after almost 30 years is a mild understatement.

[N7WQY]

11M turned into a time machine of sorts for me last evening. When I was first becoming involved with all things radio and most things electronic I made a lot of friends in the area via CB...this right around the height of the stateside "boom" in the late 70s. Long about the time I really began to chase the opposite sex (by way of motorcycle) most of my on-air friends had slipped away and boxed their stations.

Several years later I set up another radio ensemble and made another group of friends...and along came another bike or three.

Etc.

Around 7PM yesterday I heard one voice from the first crowd and one from the second checking in to our local AM chat channel. To say I was surprised to hear these guys after almost 30 years is a mild understatement.

When i was a teenager met one of my first girlfriends on the cb she was the daughter of a local trucker and i had some wonderful conversations as well as "other things" :) I know some call it the chicken band or childrens band but i wouldnt talk down about it. it is kind of like an old friend to me though not used much anymore alot of us got our start or our first interest in radio with these radios you could go buy at the local sporting good stores and could be afforded with a summer of lawn mowing money. I will always remember it fondly. :)

[kb2vxa]

There for a time between serious and chaos my CB took on the mysterious quality of catnip. It attracted every cat in 3 counties, day and night for a few years each in turn came around looking to be fed like they were working shifts. It was sometimes hard to keep them all happy, the supply of cat food was not unlimited and I need rest once in a while between catnaps. Lucky me, I never had to go to the vet but all good things come to an end, it was fun while it lasted. No problem, along came that one special kitten, she was all I could handle and more.

I can't say what the attraction was but I suspect a combination of factors. Late nights I put on the phones and close talked the mic in a low voice giving my voice that breathy late night Jazz DJ quality, my well known (to you) sense of humor and my habit of reading obscure song lyrics beat poet style. (Zappa and Bolan were top of the list.) You know how you fantasize about that intriguing radio personality and wonder what he/she is all about in person? That must have been the catnip and since I don't have a radio face like Scott Muni or Alyson Steele (you WNEW-FM listeners know what I'm talking about) the combination led to... Kindness Kennels?

Yeah, those were the daze and then CB went to hell in a hand basket so after a few years hiatus my addiction became too much to bear. I finally took Dave Popkin's advice and with a bit of arm twisting by KB2SFH I took the plunge and here I am. Where the heck is Sue anyway?

[N2NH]

I gave up on 11 Meters when I couldn't mount a roof antenna after my move to Brooklyn (despite previous assurances that I could). That was in 1979. Best move I ever made.

[kb2vxa]

I think we had that conversation, something about stringing a dipole across the courtyard?