4 metre Band

Hi, 
I was seduced by a little anytone 4m box on ebay and bit the bullet, is the band busy or very quiet?
I don't mind either way as i'm happy playing around trying to pick signals up.
Having never tried 4m, I'm unsure what to expect.

Tam

hi tam i live in teesside i have 70mhz an ascom fm and a spectrum 25 watt transverter i have a 4 band vertical and a hang up wire dipole not much local qso some locals prefer yagi for dx if you have a local net its very much like 145mhz fm i fitted my ascom with the rats 4 chip and the build of the ascom is very good ask local hams in your area as you will find them very helpfull my qso is very local with some stations on ssb i listen on 70.450 fm enjoy paul m0kbd 73s

Nice one Tam.  

I've played on almost every band allowed under the Foundation ticket but must admit I've never used 4m.

Hope you have a lot of fun with it and you'll have to let us know how you get on.

73
Victor

rabbi wrote:

hi tam i live in teesside i have 70mhz an ascom fm and a spectrum 25 watt transverter i have a 4 band vertical and a hang up wire dipole not much local qso some locals prefer yagi for dx if you have a local net its very much like 145mhz fm i fitted my ascom with the rats 4 chip and the build of the ascom is very good ask local hams in your area as you will find them very helpfull my qso is very local with some stations on ssb i listen on 70.450 fm enjoy paul m0kbd 73s

Thanks for the reply rabbi, I am very wet behind the ears with all this stuff but happy to play around and see where it takes me. I struggle for antenna possibilities so it will be a whip or dipole in the loft. Hey, what is there to lose?

Victor wrote:

Nice one Tam.  

I've played on almost every band allowed under the Foundation ticket but must admit I've never used 4m.

Hope you have a lot of fun with it and you'll have to let us know how you get on.

73
Victor

Thanks Victor, as I say I will play around with wires and maybe even get up my local hills in the car and see what happens, i'll certainly post how I get on.

Tam

When four goes it goes.
When I first got going on four I used a Spectrum transverter kit.
In the summer it was very easy to work Gibraltar with 10watts and a coaxial dipole in the loft.

There were very few countries on four back then but now a good portion of Europe is on four.
Look out after April and through to September for the Es, you will find there are Europeans on FM.