It was later extended to today's allocation of 70.0 MHz to 70.5 Mhz.Allocations:A chart showing how Television channel frequencies in various countries relate to the 4 meter amateur band.In addition to the traditional users (United Kingdom, Gibraltar and the British Military Bases in Cyprus), an increasing number of countries in Europe and Africa have also allocated the 4-meter band to radio amateurs as a result of the decline in VHF television broadcasts on the 4-meter band. For several years the 4-meter band allocation was only 200 kHz wide-from 70.2 MHz to 70.4 MHz). This only lasted until 1949, as by then the 5-meter band had been earmarked for BBC Television broadcasts.In 1956, after several years of intense lobbying by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), the 4-meter band was allocated to British radio amateurs as a replacement for the old 5-meter band allocation.
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