11m conditions

27.605 usb active with Spain and France in to south Finland now.

I can hear what sounds like Spanish on 27.325 LSB currently

Germany on FM Mids strong now in to Finland, could be a good night 

Think I just got my first DX to Scandinavia station,he acknowledged my call but then gone

ok, i can not copy any UK stations at the moment in South Finland.

I'm hearing a N.E. Swiss station talking to a UK station in Cornwall right now on 27.575

Just had a 161 division contact,it’s alive

South east of France contact now

JerryAlfaBrera wrote:

Think I just got my first DX to Scandinavia station,he acknowledged my call but then gone

I bet that gave you a buzz yes.

It sure did.I was thinking there was something wrong with my set up as I wasn’t getting any reply to numerous calls,then this confirmed it’s all working and a south France contact was just great .

Picking up a chat between Greece and N. France on 27.545 UBS currently. So I guess T5 is a bit open.
Maybe worth keeping an eye on it today?

Silent here in North Wales.

There is a Nick 29WT200 from Ireland making a few QSO's I can hear

JerryAlfaBrera wrote:

It sure did.I was thinking there was something wrong with my set up as I wasn’t getting any reply to numerous calls,then this confirmed it’s all working and a south France contact was just  great .

Well done on the contacts, Jerry.

Just picking up on 555 heard some 26div from south Devon and coming in from France.

Thanks

T5 open a bit right now into the South of the Country , France, Spain and Italy. Bit too much QRM her at the moment to be workable though. Lets hope it's the start of a bit of Dx time

Sounds like conditions have been good today.

Captain Fantastic wrote:

It's a shame you guys get little to no traffic, even local.

One would think that given folks are (supposed to be) sitting in home office it would be ideal to have the CB on next to you and jump in and out of a chat for a few minutes; a bit like someone walking by your desk or you going to the coffee machine/water cooler.

Maybe people don't actually work that much (at home vs. office) and do other stuff!?
Or, they use WhatsApp and other e-channels (most likely scenario)?
Given the number of requests for DX call-signs I wonder what they are all doing?

As I mentioned (I think?), here in Switzerland many CB operators are/were licensed (the requirement was only dropped 7 or 8 years ago) so to them it's simply another band to use. And they use it. Properly. With discipline.

I work a lot from home even without the virus so have T5 on. My only problem is my desk is now so full of radios, meters and power supplies !!

I was having a chinwag with a m8 testing out a radio he has just got on 27.555.
We where on there from 2pm till 3pm and not a sound from anybody.
It was only when i was going off that i realised we never did qsy lol.
You never know i might of helped many people setup the tuner and waterfall on a ft-991a lol.

We were getting the old 19 Muppet wollys on the T5 in London not so long back acting like it was the 19FM swearing playing a bit of music threatening everyone you know the normal cr@p  the idiots do , but thank goodness they have stopped it now ,we all make mistakes of talking on the T5 and not QSYing i wish I had a pound everytime I've done lol ,but because its quite on there I hope it dont turn in to a SSB version of the UKFM 19 full of Muppets.
I done the exact same thing Alan but on the 26:285 usb the other calling channel and the same thing not one person called out to me and my mate to get off the calling frequency not even a QSK which TBH surprised me when people say they monitor the 285 from this forum from all over.

French stations earlier on T5.Unable to make any QSO’s I’m afraid

A bit of DX into the South Coast today between 1600-1800 today. It started with France and then Spain started to come in before it ended.
Managed to work a few stations via a T2LT 40 feet of the ground 
14 PAT 397 Bordeaux,Aquitaine
14 PAT 276 Arras
30 PCB 966  Lleida, Catelonia

Nice contacts, Steve.