{"id":9002,"date":"2017-10-01T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T03:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/10\/01\/two-new-bands-for-us-amateurs\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T01:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:45:57","slug":"two-new-bands-for-us-amateurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/10\/01\/two-new-bands-for-us-amateurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new bands for US Amateurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Steve VE7SL reminded us via his blog<\/a> that US radio amateurs now have the use of two new radio frequency bands: the 2200 meter band and the 630 meter band. As always, Pete N6QW was way ahead of the game and is already working on a full-size 6 element quad for 2200. Good going Pete! Please send pictures (we may need a satellite photo to get the whole antenna in the shot). <\/b><\/div>\n

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As Steve points out there is already a lot of activity on the new bands — the attached pictures are snaps of just ten minutes of WSPR activity this morning. <\/b><\/div>\n

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I’m especially intrigued by 630 meters — it is so close to our beloved 455 kc IF frequency. Will some intrepid ham take advantage of this fact? Seems like some peaking and tweaking could do the trick… <\/b><\/div>\n
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Check our Steve’s blog post: http:\/\/ve7sl.blogspot.com\/2017\/09\/getting-started-on-new-lf-and-mf-bands.html<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n

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