OK thanks guys. Guess it was some lid because that is only time I heard
it. But someone else mention it too so thought the rules might have
changed. I'm retired so I have the weekdays to enjoy all bands, but
know some can only get on the weekends and 17 meters is most popular for
those that don't do contests.
Wish FCC would give us some more room on this band. It is a very good
band for DX & state side. I just got to come up with a better antenna
than a Windom/OCFD. Thinking about building a Moxon. Easy to build &
inexpensive. Anyone here used one before?
73,
Reed W4JZ
Reed,
There are no contests on 17 meters.
There are lids on 17 meters... and, sad to say, everywhere else... who get a
sadistic kick out of messing with other people. Such as calling "CQ
CONTEST" out of the blue on top of someone, and that's what I suspect
happened here.
It may not even have been aimed at you. There may have been a DX or Special
Event Station working split, whose receive frequency was very close to
you... and the lid was messing with the other station, not you. (The
stations he "worked"? Probably were working the other station, and never
heard him)
No harm, no foul. Just understand that there are no contests on 17 meters,
73, ron w3wn
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