[tracedddd]

Ham bands are jammed with traffic? My experience is you can barely find anyone, except on repeaters, and even then it’s pretty quiet besides during scheduled check-ins in the evening (or similar events.)

I even travel with my radio. It seems to be this way across the United States. If you’d be open to sharing, I’d love to know where it’s so saturated.

That said, I don’t want commercial interests to take the amateur bands either, but I do believe they need to modernized. I think some of the space should be unallocated, and left that way, so people can experiment with minimal restriction.

[MandieD]

If you’re into digital stuff on HF like I am, 20 and 40 are particularly crowded, but I’ll agree that most of the VHF and UHF repeaters in Germany aren’t heavily used.

[hasmanean]

Yes, 20m and 40m are packed. Activity peaks in the evening and follows the ionospheric conditions. The other bands are mostly empty but may perk up during this solar cycle. VHF and UHF are less popular than HF.

Digital modes are active, as is 6m (50MHz) in the mornings.

[jcalvinowens]

Get into digital HF, it's where all the fun is :)