I was just looking closer than I normally do at the SOTA database and noticed that the 220 MHz band is included in the listings as well as the 900 MHz band.
On 220 MHz 18 EU chaser stations have claimed to have made QSOs. No USA stations have logged contacts een though it is legal to use that band in USA.
The EU stations claimed to be active on 220 MHz are:
It could be that some EU stations have access to 220 MHz but in the UK the use of this band is not permitted.
I also noticed that two English stations and one Slovenian chaser station have logged QSOs on 900 MHz. These are G1OHH G1KLZ and S57JJ. Isn’t 900 MHz a CB band?
No activator has logged contacts on either of these two bands I noticed.
Phil, If you check Graham’s (G4JZF’s)entry for 20 Sep 08 on 220MHz against the claimed activator’s log (M0JDK) you will find that the contact was on 144 MHz.
I suspect that Graham has suffered the same problem that I have had on the odd occasion when using the drop down menu in the add chaser entry sceen. If you are using a wheel mouse and accidently touch the wheel, the band changes without you noticing it. I always check my chaser log after entering a new entry, just in case I have had finger trouble.
I have checked my log and can’t find the entry you refer to but I assume it is as Mark points out it would have been a typo error, because I have no equipment that uses that frequency.
