UK HF Amateur Radio Bands - Quick Reference

160m (1.8MHz) 30m (10MHz) 15m (21MHz)

1.810 1.838 1.840 2.000 10.100 10.130 10.150 21.000 21.070 21.110 21.450
1.850 – 2.000
LSB 32W Limit LSB

1.836 10.116 21.060 21.180 21.285

QRP QRP QRP SSB QRP SSB

80m (3.5MHz) 20m (14MHz) 12m (24MHz)

3.500 3.570 3.600 3.800 14.000 14.070 14.101 14.350 24.890 24.915 24.931 24.990

LSB USB USB

3.700 Contest 14.125-

3.560 3.663 3.690 14.060 14.099 14.300 14.130 14.285 24.906 24.929 24.050
QRP UK QRP SSB QRP Beacons Contest SSB QRP SSB QRP Beacons QRP SSB
Emergency

40m (7.0MHz) 17m (18MHz) 10m (28MHz)

7.000 7.040 7.050 7.200 18.068 18.095 18.111 18.168 28.000 28.070 28.150 29.700

LSB USB USB

7.060- 7.130 29.510

7.030 7.100 7.070 Contest 18.086 18.150 28.060 28.190 28.360 FM 29.600
QRP Contest QRP SSB QRP SSB QRP Beacons QRP SSB Repeaters FM
Calling

200Hz = CW
500Hz = Narrow Band Modes
2.7kHz = All Modes / Telephony
UK Ham Bands v3 - Prepared by M0ODH (C)2022 Bandwidth = Centre of Activity
 UK VHF Amateur Radio Bands - Quick Reference
6m (50MHz) 2m (144MHz)
50.000 50.100 50.500 52.000 144.000 144.400 144.500 146.000
51.000 – 52.000
USB 100W Limit

50.090 50.110 50.400 51.510 51.530 144.250 144.400 144.6125 145.500

DX DX Propagation FM GB2RS GB2RS Beacons FM DV FM
Beacons Calling Calling Calling

4m (70MHz) 70cm (430MHz)

70.000 70.250 70.500 430.000 432.100 432.400 440.000
200Hz = CW
25KHz BW
CW/USB 160W Limit 40W Limit USB 500Hz = Narrow Band Modes
2.7kHz = All Modes / Telephony SSB
432.200 432.400 432.500 433.500 438.6125
70.090 70.260 70.425 70.450
SSB Propagation SSTV FM FM DV
12kHz = All Modes / Telephony FM
Beacons AM/FM GB2RS FM
Beacons Calling Calling
Calling Calling Bandwidth = Centre of Activity

The ITU Phonetic Alphabet + Morse Common Q Codes

 
A Alpha ●▬ N November ▬● 1 One ●▬▬▬▬ Q Code Meaning Q Code Meaning
B Bravo ▬●●● O Oscar ▬▬▬ 2 Two ●●▬▬▬ QRL Frequency busy? QRX Stand by.
C Charlie ▬●▬● P Papa ●▬▬● 3 Three ●●●▬▬ QRM Interference from other signals. QRZ Who is calling me?
D Delta ▬●● Q Quebec ▬▬●▬ 4 Four ●●●●▬
QRN Interference from static QSB Signal fading.
E Echo ● R Romeo ●▬● 5 Five ●●●●●
QRO Increase Power? QSL Did you receive / understand?
F Foxtrot ●●▬● S Sierra ●●● 6 Six ▬●●●●
G Golf ▬▬● T Tango ▬ 7 Seven ▬▬●●● QRP Decrease Power? QSO Abbreviation for a contact.
H Hotel ●●●● U Uniform ●●▬ 8 Eight ▬▬▬●● QRQ Send Faster? QST General call.
I India ●● V Victor ●●●▬ 9 Nine ▬▬▬▬● QRS Send Slower? QSX I am listening on ___ kHz.
J Juliet ●▬▬▬ W Whiskey ●▬▬ 0 Zero ▬▬▬▬▬
QRT Stop Transmitting? QSY Change to another frequency.
K Kilo ▬●▬ X X-Ray ▬●●▬
L Lima ●▬●● Y Yankee ▬●▬▬ QRU Anything more for me? QTH What is your location?
M Mike ▬▬ Z Zed/Zulu ▬▬●● QRV Are you ready?

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