The charm of usedrange is that it is exactly what it's name indicates.
The problem however is that many users do not realise that non-used rows or columns (left from of above data) are not part of the usedrange.
But in the western world there's a strong tendency to work from the left upper corner to a right lower one. So more often than not cell A1 isn't empty.
An alternative could be:
Sub snb()
For j = 111 To Sheets(1).Cells.SpecialCells(11).Row Step 7
c01 = c01 & "," & Cells(j, 269).Address
Next
Range(Mid(c01, 2)) = Cells(104, 269).Formula
End Sub
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