Most of the rigs bought in the UK are 'blocked' from TX on this band, but I've heard tell that some people are 'opening up' their radio to freeband (Heaven forbid

Just curious as to whether there is any activity on the 220MHz band in the UK.
As far as I know, the DAB broadcasts run right the way thru this allocation, so maybe it would be a waste of time, but there is a lot of kit out there, able to be used around those frequencies, and I KNOW that someone will have been 'curious' to see what the range is of their shiny new VX-7r is, with 1.5W on 222.
Is it just a sea of digital noise on 222, or is it usable, and if so, any results?
Seems that not many 'nosey' people would be scanning around there to intercept your transmission.
Alinco make a dedicated 220MHz , 25W mobile for this range:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1404
Just interested, that's all.
