38 LSB Has Been Rolling

[Gerowen]

The past couple days I've hit up 38 LSB and it has been rolling really good. Here's some of the people I've talked to. If you're on this list, thanks for coming back to me, 323 in east Kentucky wavin', :-)

The one on the 24th with ?? in place of the DX number I was hesitant to include. I very clearly heard them call out my DX number and then fade out before I heard theirs, and couldn't tune them in over the other contacts. I decided to add them to my log book though because I did hear them call my DX # and location very clearly before they faded out.



24. May. 2014
127




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Paducah, KY


24. May. 2014
727




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
50 miles from Bumper Bluff, Missouri


24. May. 2014
860




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
New York


24. May. 2014
??




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
North Dakota


24. May. 2014



John
38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
San Antonio, TX


24. May. 2014
0059




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Texas


24. May. 2014
122




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Memphis, TN


25. May. 2014
222




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Daytona Beach, FL


25. May. 2014
883




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Northern Michigan


25. May. 2014
361




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Wisconsin


25. May. 2014
LV414




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Minneapolis, MN




Also, if you hear me on here, I realize I may seem a little off frequency to some people. My clarifier has not been unlocked, so it's a receive only clarifier and I'm stuck at whatever frequency the 148 GTL is set to out of the factory, so if you had to tune me in to respond, I apologize.

Edit: I've created a "CB Radios Hangout" group on Facebook. I've been a member of a few CB radio pages geared toward buying/selling/trading and a few other things, but I thought it might be nice to have a group to just post photos, say howdy, etc. You can check the group out at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430122073918254/1430130997250695

[222DBFL]

I spoke with ya 222 Daytona beach, FL. Glad to make the contact ah yes 323 in KY, remember you well. Great qso. Conditions are still going here at 3am Monday morning. Been like this for the last 24hrs. Good times.

[856]

Stupid newbie question. What is 38 LSB?

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[222DBFL]

38 lower side band. You need a radio with single side band mode to get these channels. Like the uniden 980. 38LSB is one of the more common channels on the cb band for dx'ing on SSB. The frequency is 27.385, lower side of the frequency. Hope this helps. God bless

[Gerowen]

Your station sounds really good on SSB. The SSB relay in my linear was wanting to act up and trying to kick out on me in between words so I turned my box off and back on again, it might be a little dirty cause' that fixed it. Anyway, thanks for coming back to me again 222, :-)

[222DBFL]

No worries man glad to make contact with you and thanks for the compliments. 222 Daytona Beach, FL, God Bless.

[222DBFL]

Conditions are just great for me right now. Nothing like starting a pile up of people trying to get back to me. Thanks go to Tallman for making the mobile work correctly. God bless all and have a great Memorial Day!!

[Gerowen]

222 you pretty much dominated my radio all afternoon on 38 LSB. I think almost every time you keyed down I could hear you and one other guy in Palm Beach very clearly.

Made a few more contacts, including a few very clear stations when conditions started to fade out. Sending a wave out to these guys I spoke to today.



26. May. 2014
222




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Daytona Beach, FL


26. May. 2014
355




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Ontario, Canada


26. May. 2014
101




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Gainseville, FL


26. May. 2014
505




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Ontario, Canada


26. May. 2014
708


Mike
38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Illlinois, about 25 miles from WI/IL state line


26. May. 2014
117


Al
37 LSB (27.375 Mhz)
Single Side Band
North Central Illinois


26. May. 2014
431




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Northwest Illinois

[Afred56]

Talked with 505 Ontario yesterday was only on 5 Min and Made my first out of country contact

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[222DBFL]

Afred56, keep trying!! More contacts will follow. I always sit and listen for a while and the strongest station in my receive is who I call. Usually works well that way. If you don't already have one, may I suggest a log book as well. Nothing better than logging all the contacts you make. Some days I can't keep up lol. Some days it's slow. Patience is a big helper though, like is said, wait for the loudest stations and call to them. JMO. Glad you are enjoying yourself. God bless.

[redwagon]

TN-99 here to report that in my neck of the woods I have heard DX on 27.385 kHz LSB from Solomon's Island, Okinawa. From my QTH in TN I could hear Calf.,Washington State respond back. These two locations I have never heard before. The weather had major storm over mid US so the bounce was in place with these conditions. Not long after Jamaica came in talking to NY. Todays report is TX talking back to TN as well AR station calling CQ. On the two long RX I hope there is some one who heard this call. The operator had trouble with his english but it was plain. And yes, I have tried to fake others out on calls but only stations in my own town who I knew. Those operators are silent keys now but their memory live's on.

[stang]

323 I heard you on there but didn't have the power to get through the train wreak that's crowding my receive.

[NY714]

Was CRAZY tonight on Long Island !!!

[Gerowen]

323 I heard you on there but didn't have the power to get through the train wreak that's crowding my receive.

Yeah it gets crowded sometimes. Past day or so I've gotten lots of really strong stations. Problem is they all key together so it gets hard to pick one out.

[Gerowen]

38 LSB is rollin' pretty good right now. Me and a half a dozen or so other guys seem to be dominating our little corner of the country right now.

Sending a wave out to these people so far:



31. May. 2014
247




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Philadelphia, PA


31. May. 2014
170




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Binghamton, NY


31. May. 2014
27




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Chesapeake Bay


31. May. 2014
914




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Delaware

[Gerowen]

Made a few more contacts and I'm probably done for the evening, got some chores to take care of. Wasn't on the radio an hour, :P



31. May. 2014
554




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Pennsylvania


31. May. 2014
2020




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
50 miles north of Baltimore, MD


31. May. 2014
78




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Delaware


31. May. 2014
24/7




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Illinois


31. May. 2014
169




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Wisconsin

[Gerowen]

I heard a few more people come in and call back to me, but Chesapeake Bay dominated my receive for a lot of the evening and they covered everybody up. One or two I even responded to, but then the channel turned into a giant clusterf***, so I couldn't hear them.

[Gerowen]

It always makes you feel good to get good reports from distant stations.

Have had several people tell me I sounded excellent. Had one guy tell me "Don't change a thing" and "You're walkin' the dog". Makes you feel good when I get reports like that because it makes me feel like all the time I spent buying the radio, trading for the linear, soldering my own coax connectors, rigging up the pole and properly grounding and setting up my antenna, it makes me feel like it was all worth it to be able to talk to somebody hundreds or thousands of miles away and have them tell me that what I did is working good.

Have had a good day so far, been on the radio about 30 minutes or so, most of the skip seems to be coming from Florida. Heard one guy from Barbados, but he was distant and seemed a bit muffled and I couldn't get back to him.

6. Jun. 2014 812 38 LSB (27.385 Mhz) Single Side Band North Florida
6. Jun. 2014 OP803 38 LSB (27.385 Mhz) Single Side Band Pensacola, FL
6. Jun. 2014 WT159 38 LSB (27.385 Mhz) Single Side Band Tallahassee, FL
6. Jun. 2014 159 38 LSB (27.385 Mhz) Single Side Band Florida Panhandle Using a Uniden Bearcat 980 with a 36” Lil' Wil' magnet mount antenna

I thought it was awesome that 159 in Florida was able to shoot skip back to me with a 36" Lil' Wil' antenna. That's pretty awesome. He was good and loud too. He would fade in and out a little, but I attribute that to it being a mobile, so he could have been moving around and had nearby obstructions, but overall he was good and loud with clear audio.

[222DBFL]

Im on. 38lsb now trying to call u man

[Gerowen]

Im on. 38lsb now trying to call u man

Just heard you faintly, conditions seem to be shifting for me from the pan-handle to the Daytona Beach area. Heard you once, but then faded out.

[222DBFL]

Heard you as well conditions are rough and tough here right now, it came and now it's gone lol.

[Gerowen]

Heard you as well conditions are rough and tough here right now, it came and now it's gone lol.

Yeah, seems like you guys have been getting hit harder than me. All I've really heard for the past week is Florida, but from listening to you guys it sounds like the people in Florida are hearing everybody and their cousin.

[222DBFL]

It's been Weird that is for sure, I have talked to Pensacola, FL from Daytona beach, FL, talk about short skip. And from there it's every state north and west pretty much lol. Australia has been coming in at night as well. Been rough though.

[Tallman]

It's been Weird that is for sure, I have talked to Pensacola, FL from Daytona beach, FL, talk about short skip. And from there it's every state north and west pretty much lol. Australia has been coming in at night as well. Been rough though.
I have seen your rig, you probably hit Pensacola with ground wave!

[Gerowen]

38 LSB was awesome today, and is still doing alright. Made lots of contacts up north today.



9. Jun. 2014
562




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Buffalo, NY


9. Jun. 2014
39




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Ontario, Canada


9. Jun. 2014
420




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Ontario, Canada


9. Jun. 2014
169




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Wisconsin


9. Jun. 2014
97




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Lakeville, MN


9. Jun. 2014
505




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Toronto, Canada


9. Jun. 2014
451




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Ontario, Canada


9. Jun. 2014
249


World Radio 249
38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
East Central Alabama


9. Jun. 2014
328




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Indiana


9. Jun. 2014
58




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Halfway between Chatanooga and Knoxville


9. Jun. 2014
444




38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Toronto, Canada


9. Jun. 2014
480


Sky Rocket
38 LSB (27.385 Mhz)
Single Side Band
Birmingham, AL

[222DBFL]

Good deal, glad you are having some dx'ing fun, I love it myself!! Nice to make contacts with some very nice people I must say!!! Will talk soon. I am in the Miami, FL area this week for work. I'll see what conditions are like tomorrow as today was spent traveling and using am 19 for monitoring. God bless and happy dx'ing!!! 73's my friend.

[Old Sailor]

Although new to DXJunkies, I've listened to LSB/38 for 3-4 months. Dx-ing has been sparce and seldom strong.

[222FL]

It's the end of the cycle. And lots of guys are either selling their equipment or just not turning on the radio. The one good thing I suppose is that the floor noise has been almost non existent here. Been able to speak with lots of long distance locals and to places locally that we don't normally hear due to the DX. Not saying I don't miss the DX. Maybe time to upgrade and get my license. It opens up a lot of other bands that still have a lot of action. But it's hard leaving my roots!! I've made some very good friends on SSB while traveling across the eastern US. At any rate, get it while you can as it will just get worse from here!!
73 and God Bless.

[doughboy]

nothing wrong with being a ham and enjoying cb to i love them both

[222FL]

Totally agree Doughboy!! Nothing wrong with being a CB'er and a HAM at all. It opens up a lot of frequencies if you get the General ticket, not to mention the Extra Class ticket. I am working on mine. It's been a slow painful process due to time, and not so much not knowing the info needed to pass. One day. Tallman has been a huge help to me as far as some things go and I will say thanks to him for all he has done!! Now I just need to get my arse in gear and get the license!!! It's hard when you are working full time and also a caretaker at home as well for a father with Alzheimer's!! But I'll manage and one day hopefully soon I'll be able to use my Icom 746 to its full potential, instead of just on 11m SSB! And yes I have CB radios as well for those that will say it's illegal. I know this and have that covered already. Anyways, for the 11m DX'ers, better get it while you can, because soon it will be completely gone!! It's already sporadic, so I can only imagine what it will be like when it is gone. Hopefully some of you have locals to speak with. Anyways, to all,
73 and God Bless
222 Daytona Beach, FL.
Sean.