the lower part of 70cm is for weak signal work aka sub and cw, also much of that area is for high speed data or amateur television, which your ht cannot do. If you really want to cover all of it, most radios can be modded with a mars/cap mod to extend the frequency coverage. i ahv been down there though nd you aren't missing anything especially with a ht

On May 23, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Dshawn Pearson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This may be "off-topic", but it's my understanding that the 70 cm band =
> plan for the U.S covers 420-450 Mhz yet, many so-called dual band =
> transceivers(Kenwood tmv-71a, Icom Ic-2820h) begin their tx coverage of =
> the 70 cm band at 430 Mhz.  Is there a reason for this apparent loss of =
> 10 mhz of this band?
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> 
> David S. Pearson-wa4dsp