[VHFcontesting] [VHF] 902.010 for contests?

[Dexter McIntyre W4DEX]

Zack Widup wrote:
> 902 is a lot quieter. I notice the noise floor to be a lot less on 902 as 
> compared to 903.
>
>   
Zack,

I bought a LO crystal to make the change to 902 several years ago but 
haven't done so yet.  I use a DEMI xverter with a FT-221 IF and the IF 
radio will not tune down to 143.100 MHz.  However I have patched the 
xverter IF output into a FT-817 I recently bought used which has no TX 
output.  Since it will tune 143 MHz I have listened on 902.100 just to 
see how the noise was.  At my QTH the noise floor is the same as at 903 
but what I do hear right on 903.100 is a continuous FM signal on which I 
often hear something like "I'll take chicken nuggets and a Pepsi"  Are 
fast food joints allowed to use this frequency?

W4DEX