If a handheld ham transceiver is 144-430 MHz FM does that mean it is 2 meters and 70 meters?

If a handheld ham transceiver is 144-430 MHz FM does that mean it is 2 meters and 70 meters?

pghpanthers2 said:

I am not a ham but trying to understand them and eventually get a license. What bands would a 144-430 MHz radio operate on?

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mw451 says:

July 1, 2009 at 11:53 pm

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If it’s 144-430MHz, it will operate on all wavelengths between.

gary_gd says:

July 4, 2009 at 1:42 pm

This would be a dual band transceiver. It operates on the 2 meter band and the 70 Centimeter band. The 2 meter and 70 centimeter refers to the wave length.. The 2 meter band covers 144 through 148 Mhz (Megahertz)

The 70 Centimeter Band covers 420 through 450 Mhz.

Megahertz (A new word for Megacycles) is the frequency of operation.

Most transceivers of this type will receive a wider coverage. The frequencies listed above are the transmit frequencies.
Hope this helps

gary167 says:

July 5, 2009 at 7:16 am

If you think about a radio signal as a wave (called a sine wave). The wave length is the physical amount of space a radio wave would take from the peak of one wave to the peak of the next wave.

In ham radio, we often refer to the band of frequencies in terms of meters.

There is a calculation of:
wavelength = 300 / frequency in MHz

So the 144-148 meghertz band is roughly 2 meters.
The 430-450 megahertz band is roughly 70 Centimeters (.7 meters) These lengths become very important when building radio antennas.

The radio you are talking about has both bands avail to it.

If a handheld ham transceiver is 144-430 MHz FM does that mean it is 2 meters and 70 meters?

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