Hi Jeff,
Don't let a few rotten apples spoil the basket. What you encountered is common on FO-29 even with its generous passband.
As a general guideline I recommend portable and demo stations transmit outside 145.930-960 to play it safe.
73 Clayton W5PFG On Mar 14, 2014 4:10 PM, "Jeff KB2M" kb2m@comcast.net wrote:
Just tried a FO-29 pass for the first time in months. I don't get down here to operate at my main station much anymore. I put myself right around 435.850, a clear freq and proceeded to try and make a few contacts. Well, after one contact all of a sudden there were 3 or 4 stations calling CQ on 850, right on top of the station I was trying to work. I don't get it, there is plenty of bandwidth why do people call right in the middle of someone trying to make a contact. I gave up, unbelievable...
73 Jeff kb2m
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