60 meters, is anybody out there?

I have been monitoring the 60 meter ham band for several months now and have yet to hear any activity.
does anybody use it at all?

 

Not sure what the fuss over allowing new modes was all about as I only occasionally hear anything during intermittent listening.

 

sure,... there is a group of us that often even run qrpp. my best is 1000 mi @250 Mw on fone

listen at about sun set/sun rise (local) and follow the grey line

 

The vast majority of the activity is on "channel 5", where the Brits have an allocation.

 

Bunch of regulars down here in the SE (AL, GA, FL) are on 60.

...DOUG
KD4MOJ

 

I have mad a few contacts on 60 in the last few weeks. I have heard activity there numerous times.

 

Is anybody able to be out there............

The answer is a qualified 'YES'.

However, when one considers its 'secondary' allocation status along with a constrained 'channelised' operation at very low power; we hams might best leave it to the sea based commercial radar interests that so covet the 5mHz region.......

 

If everyone is "monitoring" or "listening", you're never likely to hear anything, are you?