BAND NOTES
40 Meters
7.000 – 7.300 MHz · LSB voice · 300 kHz wide
Key takeaways
Evening into early-morning band.
Most reliable band for DX, all seasons.
Dependable regional contacts in the day (~1500 km).
Less interference nowadays from commercial AM stations.
Band at a glance
- Data / CW
- 7.000 – 7.124
- Phone
- 7.125 – 7.300
- Band center
- 7.150
- Center voice
- 7.212.5
- Center voice — General
- 7.237.5
- Bandwidth
- 300 kHz · 100 × 3 kHz slots
Key frequencies
7.028.000 - FISTS Calling Freq. 1 (CW) 7.030.000 - QRP DX Calling Freq. (CW) 7.035.150 - QRP Calling Freq. 1 (CW) 7.038.600 - WSPR 7.040.000 - QRP Calling Freq. 2 (CW) OR DX Data/RTTY 7.047.500 - ARRL Pract., Qual. Runs, Bulletins (CW) / FT4 7.055.000 - SKCC Calling Freq. 1 (CW) 7.058.000 - FISTS Calling Freq. 2 (CW) 7.070.150 - PSK 7.074.000 - FT8 7.076.000 - JT65 7.078.000 - JT9 / JS8 7.080.150 - PSK 7.095.000 - ARRL (Baudot, PSK31, MFSK16) 7.120.000 - SKCC Calling Freq. 2 (CW) 7.171.000 - SSTV 7.285.000 - QRP Calling Freq. (LSB) 7.290.000 - Calling Freq. (AM) / ARRL Voice Bulletins (LSB)
Band plan
. Range | Advised Use ------------------------|--------------------- 7.040.000 | RTTY/Data DX 7.080.000 - 7.125.000 | RTTY/Data 7.171.000 | SSTV 7.290.000 | AM Calling Freq.
Last confirmed good · 2026-11-11