In a recent paper [3], we developed a theory of fractional powers for the Hankel transform x in the Hilbert space L*(R + ). For v > 1, we constructed a C, group (&‘r, ‘AER} of unitary operators on L2(Rf) and showed that when n E Z, 2’:” is the n th iterate of 2”. It is now of interest to consider what happens if v 6 1 (i.e., when the classical Hankel transform is not defined on the whole of L*(R+)). Zemanian [S, 63 has constructed a family {H,, v E R} of Frechet spaces in such a way that for each VER, the Hankel transform 2” is a homeomorphism on H,. When vb $, H, is a subspace of L’(R + ) n L*(R + ) and x coincides with the classical transform. When v 1 (cf. [ 16, p. 1651). In our first two sections, we shall introduce our Frtchet spaces and look at the behaviour of some linear operators in them. Section 3 will be concerned with the case v > i although concepts which are valid for v E R will be included wherever possible. The operators { %F, CI E R, v 2 $} will be the restrictions of those in [3] to an appropriate subspace of L2(R+). We shall be interested mainly in the homeomorphic properties of { %‘z} and the property of strong continuity with respect to LX Finally, in Section 4, the fractional operators (2:) will be defined recursively for v < 4 and our earlier results will be shown to hold for the more general case v E R.