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Old 7th Dec 2018, 10:24 am   #352
Phil G4SPZ
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Default Re: Users of 2 metre Amateur Band?

The empty nature of the SSB and CW (144.050) calling frequencies outside of contests or lift conditions is long-established. In the mid-1980s we went down to Devon on holiday, and I put out a CQ call on CW from the stationary car and was pleasantly surprised to receive a reply. The other station was equally surprised to hear my call! He was a keen CW operator and always left his 2m rig monitoring 144.050. He told me that my call was the first he had heard in over two years.

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