Skip for Low wattage stock cb crowd. lsb 30

I like talking skip, mostly side band- lsb 38 seems to be where everyone wants to be, I run a stock radio 4/12 watts, a 980. I get out well but those cb's with the big amps make it hard. Why don't people use other channels. I have had luck calling on say 30, or 36. I am suggesting people with stock gear call out on 30. I am able to get out good to other stock radios, I don't really want to buy an amp, I enjoy what I have. So if your on the side band talking skip, I will be shouting out on lsb 30, I am """ North 7""""" do say hello!! Do encourage others to do this. I would like to see a bunch of us who enjoy the challenge of stock radio. No problem with people and there amps, there is room for all. I do think it is time for us low what stock people to carve out our own place on the dial. Anyone else with me? Thoughts appreciated.

 

I am in Lanark county Ontario, I pick up eastern USA North right down to Florida, great skip here lately. I am getting out once in a while, South Carolina and Wisconsin this week. The fellow in Wisconsin had a 980, I swear there is magic 980 to 980, These radios can work for sure. I run a full wave loop I built at about 42 feet to center. It has great ears, and gets out as well as any antenna I have used. I have done dipoles, j poles,and a moxon, the rectangle side fed full wave loop on a non conductive pole is my fave so far. A texas tornado v beam is on the bucket list.

 

People on other forums are voting for channel 16 lsb as a good go to for skip, yes 38 is the call out for sure here , and move off if you can, that is what I have been doing, but the big amps make it hard for us little guys to punch through. I like the challenge of working low watts. I just don't have an interest in big watts, and more complexity, the joy of cb radio for me is simplicity, and making antennas and adjusting.

 

A loop runs 1- to 2 db better than a dipole according to the web and who you read. Works good for me, or as good as anything I have used so far , as listed. I tested here locally against a jpole, and the loop was much better, I headed out in the car, had a buddy run my radio with both antennas up, at same height, and I went out about 10 miles in the car , we chatted and he switched back and forth , did this from a couple locations, the loop just worked. Now I get this is just my jpole on my house, so not science. But the jpole is in the scrap pile for me, with some dipoles, and a moxon, I could not get the moxon to tune up and stay tuned. The jpole tuning was a challenge as swr changes when you move it, the loop was easy, just hang about 6 feet off the ground trim the wire to suit, then hang her high, no changes, and even with the lop 6 feet off the ground it has good send. Texas tornado link to the pdf . = https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-S9/S9-1965-09.pdf

 

skip was crazy here last night, I got out on 36 and 38 to Virgina from here in Ontario Near Ottawa, every channel on my radio was lit with skip and hash for hours.