Are freeband signals able to skip into space and other planets? I
have b een lately hearing unusual coms on freeband between 27.555 and
28.030 up pers with what sounds like backwards talking with an echo.


Short answer yes, but not to other planets. They're too far. Any
aliens you hear are probably from the orbiting mothership or their moon
base.


PS: Communications on 28.00 MHz and above are in the amateur radio
band. "Free-banders" caught operating there are currently being cited and
often prosecuted by the FCC.


Ed