[TenTec] Contesting Now On 17 Meters?

[Reed]

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