Radio frequencies etc WW2 and after .

Thanks all….just a couple of comments……until Sept 58 , US amateurs (and some others)had an allocation 26.960 to 27.230 CW & phone. Current 10m band is 28.000 to 29.700(I am a licenced amateur)
OK about Pooley’s… unfortunately the airfield closed (officially) at end of 64 …ATC had departed July 63…so a bit unlikely that Pooley’s will have anything. Unfortunately I did not aquire a VHF-Air receiver until summer of 68.

You might well find the Christchurch civil VHF frequency in an old edition of Pooleys Flight Guide, (well known pilots publication). The first edition came out in 1964, maybe someone out there might have a dusty old copy?

Whilst not quite the era you are interested in, some of the frequencies tend to be long standing, e.g. Bembridge, here on the IOW has been on 123.25 since the early 1960s.

There has, in recent years, never been any amateur radio on 27 MHz (11 metre). The nearest amateur radio band begins at 28.0 MHz and goes up to 29.4 MHz.

Back in the days of the CB radio craze the govt said we couldn’t use the US band radios because they would interfere with military communication, it was then pointed out by some knowledgeable (or not) person that the frequency was last used by Lancaster bombers; that being 27.124 MHz AM.

I think it was more to do with the lack of duty paid on imported rigs, interference with televisions and the fact the frequency was already allocated to radio control models and amateur radio.

I seem to remember that in the late 70’s the Wessex helicopters we had at Shawbury were fitted with functional radios covering the 27 MHz band although I’m not sure if that was ever used operationally.

Hi Dave

It’s possible that you will get more response from this Vintage Radio site given the data you are after:

http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=13

They are a good bunch and I’m sure you will get a good response!

James

Thanks for all replies , but what has been offered so far, I was already mostly aware of.
To expand my questions a little….

Christchurch(Hants UK) , I am looking for the spot frequencies used by de Havilland(VHF/UHF), Airspeed (presumably HF/VHF/UHF), Christchurch as Bournemouth Airport in late 30s (HF?)…and the Flying Club in the 50/60s (VHF?).
Spot frequencies and callsigns used by USAAF/RAF/FAA etc during WW2 at Christchurch?

When did VHF become standard for Civil use….UHF for Military?

P-47s and all other USAAF fighters operating from the UK would have been fitted with the SCR-522-A VHF radio operating between 100-156 Mcs. It was based on the British TR1143 and was used by the RAF as the TR5043.

More information including downloadable manuals here;

http://radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-522

Anne

Back in the days of the CB radio craze the govt said we couldn’t use the US band radios because they would interfere with military communication, it was then pointed out by some knowledgeable (or not) person that the frequency was last used by Lancaster bombers; that being 27.124 MHz AM.

Somebody will probably answer you fully but for starters try this 1945-1950 search for an overview…there’s a page called Air Radio in there
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%200212.html?search=vhf%20radio%20wavelengths

Remember they talked more about wavelengths than frequencies back then and if they quoted frequencies it was in Megacycles/second (Mc/s) which became Megahertz
[wavelengthxfrequency= the speed of light if I recall 🙂 ]