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^ Band ^ Daytime | ^ Band ^ Daytime | ||
- | | 160m | Ground wave (120km) | + | | 160m | Ground wave (120km) |
- | | 80m | Ground wave / NVIS | DX | Lots of long-winded chat. Massively busy during contests. | Everything, lots of SSB and CW and data | | + | | 80m | Ground wave / NVIS | DX | Lots of long-winded chat. Massively busy during contests. | Everything, lots of SSB, CW, AM and data | |
- | | 60m | Ground wave / NVIS | DX and local | Channelised, | + | | 60m | Ground wave / NVIS | DX and local | Channelised, |
| 40m | Often open worldwide | | 40m | Often open worldwide | ||
| 30m | Open worldwide | Generally closes after sunset | Very narrow HF band | Data/CW only, no voice allowed | | | 30m | Open worldwide | Generally closes after sunset | Very narrow HF band | Data/CW only, no voice allowed | | ||
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| 6m | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | "The magic band". Sporadic E propagation makes this band look like 20m for really short periods in the spring. | FT8, SSB, FM, repeaters! | | | 6m | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | "The magic band". Sporadic E propagation makes this band look like 20m for really short periods in the spring. | FT8, SSB, FM, repeaters! | | ||
| 4m | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop| Pockets of activity around the country. Similar to 2m. | Mostly FM, but more SSB now the IC7300 exists. | | | 4m | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop| Pockets of activity around the country. Similar to 2m. | Mostly FM, but more SSB now the IC7300 exists. | | ||
- | | 2m | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | Pretty much as high as sporadic E propagation ever gets. Tropospheric enhancements can open 2m up as far as southern Europe sporadically. | FM simplex, FM repeaters, APRS, FT8, SSB, pockets of AX.25 packet. There' | + | | 2m | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | Pretty much as high as sporadic E propagation ever gets. Tropospheric enhancements can open 2m up as far as southern Europe sporadically. | FM simplex, FM repeaters, APRS (including ISS), FT8, SSB, pockets of AX.25 packet. There' |
- | | 70cm | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | Shared with ISM / other users, some geographic restrictions on use, check your licence | FM repeaters, FM simplex, some amateur TV, lots of bleeps and bloops to decode | | + | | 70cm | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | Shared with ISM / other users, some geographic restrictions on use, check your licence | FM repeaters, FM simplex, some amateur TV, lots of bleeps and bloops to decode. Satellites in this band too. | |
| 23cm (1.2GHz) | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | Is present on IC-9700 | SSB, repeaters, beacons, ATV | | | 23cm (1.2GHz) | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop | Is present on IC-9700 | SSB, repeaters, beacons, ATV | | ||
| 13cm (2.4GHz) | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop| Used as the uplink band for QO-100 geostationary satellite ops. Unfortunately not open to Foundation licence holders | ATV, SSB | | | 13cm (2.4GHz) | Normally no atmospheric prop | Normally no atmospheric prop| Used as the uplink band for QO-100 geostationary satellite ops. Unfortunately not open to Foundation licence holders | ATV, SSB | | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
* All bands are open all the time within line of sight. This is different from " | * All bands are open all the time within line of sight. This is different from " | ||
- | * CW is Morse code | + | * CW is Continuous Wave. Morse code is the usual method of using CW. |
* Simplex is radio-to-radio | * Simplex is radio-to-radio | ||
* NVIS is " | * NVIS is " | ||
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* There are multiple bands above 13cm (9cm, 6cm, 3cm (the only microwave band available to Foundation licence holders), then 24GHz, 47GHz, 76GHz, 122GHz, 134GHz, 248GHz, then a series of Terahertz bands from 275GHz to 3THz available by NoV application). This is highly specialised territory. | * There are multiple bands above 13cm (9cm, 6cm, 3cm (the only microwave band available to Foundation licence holders), then 24GHz, 47GHz, 76GHz, 122GHz, 134GHz, 248GHz, then a series of Terahertz bands from 275GHz to 3THz available by NoV application). This is highly specialised territory. | ||
* Both of those sets of bands are largely accessible using homebrew equipment only | * Both of those sets of bands are largely accessible using homebrew equipment only | ||
+ | * It can be somewhat of a surprise to newcomers that chatting around the UK can be surprisingly difficult. If this is your goal, try 160m, 80m, 40m NVIS and/or ground/ | ||
====== Some interesting spot frequencies ====== | ====== Some interesting spot frequencies ====== |
bands-and-modes.txt · Last modified: 2022/01/30 16:54 by m0lte