Talk:70cm Ham Radio Band

    * Yaesu FT-726R - 10W on 70cm with addon card (eham 4.5)
   ** Yaesu FT-736R - 25W on 70cm, Dual Digital VFO (eham 4.8)

(A) verify 110v AC internal power
(B) verify coverage band expansion

   ** Icom IC-471A - 25W 70cm only verison, dual digital VFO
 **** Icom IC-471H - 75W high power 70cm only verison (eham 3.7)
   ** Icom IC-475A - 25W 70cm only, dual digital VFO, LCD panel (eham 5.0)
 **** Icom IC-475H - 75W high power 70cm only, dual digital VFO, LCD panel (eham 5.0)
   ** Icom IC-820H - 30W 70cm dual band, dual digital VFO, LCD panel, modern (eham 4.4)
   ** Icom IC-821H - 40W 70cm dual band, dual digital VFO, LCD panel, modern
 **** Icom IC-910H - 75W 70cm dual band, Simultaneous dual digital VFO, LCD panel, ultra modern (eham 4.1)
   ** Icom IC-970H - 40W 70cm, LCD panel, ultra modern

    * Kenwood TS-780 - 10W on 70cm, dual VFO, digital panel (eham 4.6)
   ** Kenwood TS-790A - 40W on 70cm, dual digital VFO (eham 4.9)

Discontinued VHF-UHF Multi Mode Transceivers

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Interesting 70cm mobile rigs

• The Kenwood TM-455A is similar to the TM-255A but with 70cm coverage, rather than 2 meters. The TM-455A features 5 watts low and 35 watts high output.

• The Kenwood TS-811A operates from 430 to 450 MHz and is the 70 cm version of the Kenwood TS-711A.

(The TS-811B operates from 430 to 440 MHz.) BASE OR MOBILE???

• The Yaesu FT-780R is similar to the FT-480R but covers 70 cm instead of 2 meters. This version was available with either 430-439.99 MHz or 440-449.99 MHz coverage. The output power is 30 watts SSB PEP, 30 watts CW and 30 watts FM. Requires 4 amps.

In some countries, the band starts at 432 MHz. In the UK, repeaters are around 433MHz, and the band is only 430-440MHz. (And in some countries, there is no allocation at all.) The 2m band is sometimes referred to as the 144MHz band, and the 3rd harmonic of that is 432MHz. I have heard the 23cm band referred to as the 1296MHz band, too - for the same reason (3rd harmonic of 432MHz and 9th harmonic of 144MHz).