R/C Frequencies in the UK for Model Flying

For full details of all model frequencies see the BMFA web site

The majority of glider flying in the UK is done on the channels shown below in the 35 Mhz band.

Channels 55 to 59 and 85 to 90 are fairly recent additions to the list and are less used than the other frequencies.

A convention from when the 35 Mhz band was first introduced but not now always observed, is that glider flyers use the even frequencies, power flyers the odd ones. National flat field soaring competitions do stick to the even channel convention.

Some flying is done on the coloured channels of the 27 Mhz band. These tend to be the smaller less "serious" models

Chan No. Frequency   Chan No. Frequency   Chan No. Frequency
55 34.950   67 35.070   80 35.200
56 34.960   68 35.080   81 35.210
57 34.970   69 35.090   82 35.220
58 34.980   70 35.100   83 35.230
59 34.990   71 35.110   84 35.240
60 35.000   72 35.120   85 35.250
61 35.010   73 35.130   86 35.260
62 35.020   74 35.140   87 35.270
63 35.030   75 35.150   88 35.280
64 35.040   76 35.160   89 35.290
65 35.050   77 35.170   89 35.290
65 35.050   78 35.180   90 35.300
66 35.060   79 35.190      

If your crystals show only the frequency and not the channel number a quick way of doing the conversion is to add .6 to the frequency.

Example 1   35.170 + .6 = 35.770   ie channel 77
Example 2   35.290 + .6 = 35.890   ie channel 89

 

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