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How can i pirate radio on 11 Meters?
Northern Relay Service:
I am of the opinion that 11meters above 27.500 mhz is some of the best pirate territory to be had in a regular solar cycle. I have a few times in the past 6 months transmitted on or about 28.950 AM and got positive results. But this cycle has been a big let down so far. I was looking forward to doing a lot of broadcasting up there . I guess there is time yet for the cycle to improve.
When 11 meters is hot it is incredible . I have worked every part of the world on the free band above 27.5 mhz in cycles past . It would be open from early morning to late evening day in and day out. This cycle we are lucky to get an hours opening .
What you need to do is find yourself a older rig which has the 11m band on it that you can feed audio into.. Back in the day 11m used to be a amateur radio band until it was confiscated to conduct a social experiment that went terribly wrong. An attempt to placate all those people who didn't want to get their ham tickets and just wanted to talk around town. The only problem was that the idiots who thought up this hair brain idea hadn't taken into consideration skip during peak cycle. They should have just given them something like 72mhz or 49 mhz where skip is rare. Citizens band could have been useful then.
uhclem:
You need to school yourself on some very basic electronics. Even if we told you step-by-step, it wouldn't really help without that knowledge. I'm willing to bet that the pirates (and most everyone else in here) really know their radio and if they aren't closet hams they would very easily pass the test. It's because they love radio. I fell in love listening to my grandmothers giant tube 1936 Westinghouse set when I was 7. I've been taking things apart ever since, I put them back together sometimes. Successfully even. You obviously have the radio bug too, welcome! Now start taking things apart!
The Hokie:
--- Quote from: uhclem on September 29, 2011, 0037 UTC ---You need to school yourself on some very basic electronics. Even if we told you step-by-step, it wouldn't really help without that knowledge. I'm willing to bet that the pirates (and most everyone else in here) really know their radio and if they aren't closet hams they would very easily pass the test. It's because they love radio. I fell in love listening to my grandmothers giant tube 1936 Westinghouse set when I was 7. I've been taking things apart ever since, I put them back together sometimes. Successfully even. You obviously have the radio bug too, welcome! Now start taking things apart!
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I'd agree with this. Get your hands on as much beginning literature about ham radio as possible - you want to know why the band does what it does, how to keep your signal clean, what frequencies to avoid as a pirate, etc.
Armed with that knowledge, a good, used 100W ham rig might not be a bad investment, as ones that can be modified for all-band transmit are plentiful and cheap.
The Hokie:
--- Quote from: Northern Relay Service on September 29, 2011, 0033 UTC ---I am of the opinion that 11meters above 27.500 mhz is some of the best pirate territory to be had in a regular solar cycle. I have a few times in the past 6 months transmitted on or about 28.950 AM and got positive results. But this cycle has been a big let down so far. I was looking forward to doing a lot of broadcasting up there . I guess there is time yet for the cycle to improve.
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This past week has been amazing for DX on 10m, reminiscent of Cycle 23 (until we got the remains of a CME the past few days, the A index has shot up to 27 and alle ist kaput >:( )
Would love it if we got another 2-3 years of what last week was, though.
Dxer92:
Well thank you guys. What i have been doing to broadcast on 11 M. I have just been putting my Turner plus three power mic near the two speakers and i play audio and have a live show on my modified CB rig. I have the antenna up 41 ft in the air. It is all ready to go I am on 26.065 (Channel 1 on a CB.) I come in through the whole tri state pretty clear.
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