11m conditions

Max the Alpha Tango Groupe, who are a Italian club are one of ,if not the biggest club going and one of the oldest ,they was the club that actually organised what we have today ie: all the division numbers for countries plus they was the ones who set up the T5 (27:555 usb) in fact if my memory serves well that actually started out as the main calling competition channel for A.T. and as time went on it developed in to what it is now, this was all done back in the mid 80s and 90s ,if you want to join the Alpha Tango Groupe they do have some very strict rules for there members.

Nubster, thanks for that info. Yeah, I just looked at their rules - I won't be joining any time soon, if ever.

Yeah I know what you mean LOL ,I've have a couple of mates who are AT members they said to me join ,but when I looked at some of there rules ie:  you must copy so many stations within  a certain time frame, you cant join any  other club or use a different call sign, I thought nah cobblers to all that lol

I had a hour to spare this afternoon so had a flick around but all i heard was some 30 div stations on t5,also sat on ch 6 AM mids to see if 2 div were about but no luck...nice to fire up the DX 5000 again which has sat idle for a few months.

Nice to see you getting some radio time Sam.


Just saw Martin's 3 division contact, right place, right time.
(Heard Brazil on 11m a few weeks back and try as I might I could not get back to him! Just jealous )

Any action on the band today?

Heard nothing my way today John, 26 thru 28 not a jot

Cheers, Victor. Hopefully it will pick up at the weekend.

Not much action here in Finland, local ssb/ lsb working well, good range 15 km to 60 km evening / night, nice clear 11m band.

43 div has been heard and worked in the UK over the last two days.

43da001 was worked by a UK station earlier this morning between 8 and 9am.

All I've heard today is French speaking stations might have another listen this afternoon if I get time, too cold to get up early pre-7am and open the shack even for Australia lol but I might give it a go .

Sao Paulo, Brazil on 27.625 USB now.

Scotland and Netherlands drifting into Zurich Switzerland right now on T5

If any of you want to try, I'm QRV the next 30 minutes until 16.45 UK time, and sitting in the chatbox. It may be drifting away again, but who knows...

Been pretty dead as normal (LOL) today, I  could hear something very very faint on T5 dont know what it was that lasted 2min then nothing.,and that was being on air for a hour monitoring.

27.555, is closed here in Scandinavia, but local usb/am is very clear and can get good range during the evening, 20/ 50 KM

Anyone hearing anything interesting today?

I haven't even switched on today John TBH sorry mate , been playing about with the Cooper S lol

Silent in North Wales at the moment.

Nothing today here on T5 - nothing anywhere.

Its funny really when you consider most of us in the radio hobby are in the so called dangerous age bracket and we are are supposed to be in lockdown you would have thought there would be more on the radio of our age groups not just SSB but even on normal AM/FM local stuff every one thought these lockdowns would set off a big revival for CB but it dont really seem like it TBH ,I've even monitored Ham bands and it's not very lively either.

You've got a point Martin.
In the last year I've had more contacts on 'skip' conditions with CB than I ever had on local. The lockdown 'revival' seems to be a misnomer, if everyone did get a CB setup then where the heck are they?? (On 'nets' apparently.) I'm just glad I got my ticket as I made more contacts in the first couple of weeks than I ever did on CB, but as you pointed out it can even be a bit hit or miss there too.

Doesn't stop me trying though, so whenever I hear 'good' conditions on '11', I'll be sure to scream it out here on CT. With all the members reporting it's like having our very own hotspot indicator!

Plus with the tantalising sweet sound of Brazil and the like swinging through now and then it's enough 'bait' to keep me going!

Well, I can hear Australia on 27.335 lsb currently. The guy in Newcastle NSW had a clear QSO with a big DX'er here in Zurich.

Div 18 is very clear on 27.555 into Finland at the moment along with div 30 .

Bit on/off this morning. 

Italian AM flutters through mids, occasional French, Dutch & German FM mids. Italian LSB activity on 355.
Antonio 1SD107 good and strong as ever near the 555 but you ain't getting past the Euro pileups.
Some inter-Euro Alpha Tango rubber stamping.
Propagation fluttering between UK calls heard then fading out to Euro side calls although some Euro callbacks to 26 division and 108. None too stable, no firm contacts here.

Who knows, maybe it'll stabilise through the day?

At least it's not totally dead

That ends my report from sunny Bedfordshire.....