Welcome to these pages where you will find information about my first
steps into 4 metre operation.

4 metres (70MHz) falls between the 2M (144MHz) and 6m (50MHz) band and appears to behave much as 2m.  In the short time of looking at this band I have discovered that the band is affected by tropospheric lifts and temperature inversions.  I have yet to experience any Sporadic E or Auroral enhancements. Under normal conditions I have found the band to be slightly awkward to use with deep fading at times, distances appear to range from a nominal 100 miles to 300 under normal conditions.

All modes are used on the band and although there are no space communications there is a good opportunity to work meteor scatter.

At the present moment the band is a primarily UK band with the exceptions of some operation from Cyprus. Gibraltar and rather strangely Slovenia.  Power levels are 22DBw (approx 160w) and the band edges are 70.000MHz to 70.500MHz.  More information is given in the band plan.