I bet you have an alarm system or other phone device that has a panic
(call 911) function. RF is getting in and triggering this function.
No way your ham gear can dial 911 by itself!
73 Martin AA6E
--- Bob & Patricia <bobsw4@cox.net> wrote:
> I have had a strange thing happen on 3 different occasions spaced
> several weeks apart, always when on 80 meters and always at night (I
> don't know if it could happen on other bands or times, but it hasn't
> so far). It doesn't happen all the time just those 3 times, and I'm
> on about every evening.
>
> I am running either a ten tec corsair 2 or a Collins kwm2a ( it
> has happened with both rigs) and a Henry 1kd5 @ 700 watts to an
> inverted vee which is located about 20 feet from and running roughly
> parallel to, but above the incoming phone line.
>
> What happens is I get a call (or visit) from the police saying
> that a 911 hang up call was received from my phone # and that when
> they try to call back they get a loud and garbled sound. My
> telephones are all cordless and I have one slave set in the shack
> which sometimes beeps when I'm tuning up the Henry. I have no active
> phone lines running to the shack...I do have some rfi on the phones
> when I'm xmting..none on the cell phones...anyone have any ideas
> about how to fix the problem??? Not a very good situation as sooner
> or later the 911 service is going to request that I discontinue!
>
> Pse help. 73, de Bob, K9ING
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