Left Navigation

Ultra High Frequency (UHF) 328.6 MHz-2.9 GHZ {0.9 meters-10 cm}

  • Aeronautical Glide Path Stations
  • Military
  • Radio Navigation Satellite
  • Mobile-satellite, Earth to Space
  • Mobile-satellite, Space to Earth
  • Medical Implant Communications
  • Emergency Position-Indicating Radio beacons (EPIRBs)
  • Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT)
  • Radio Astronomy 406.1-410 MHz
  • Amateur 70 Centimeter Band
  • Maritime Repeater Stations
  • Telemetry Operations in Hospitals
  • Business Radio
  • Television Channels 14-69
  • Cellular Telephone Mobile 824-849 MHz
  • Cellular Telephone Base 869-894 MHz
  • US Navy Radars 902-928 MHz
  • Multiple Address Systems
  • Paging Systems
  • Air Traffic Control Radar
  • Global Positioning System 1227.6; 1575.42 MHz
  • Amateur 23 Centimeter Band 1240-1300 MHz
  • Radio Astronomy 1400-1427 MHz {Hydrogen Line at 1420.406 MHz]
  • Flight Testing of Aircraft and Missiles
  • Radio Astronomy on a secondary basis 1610-1626.5 MHz
  • Radio Astronomy 1660.5-1668.4 MHz [Hydroxyl Spectral Line 1665 and 1667 MHz}
  • Radio Astronomy on a secondary basis 1718.8-1722.2 MHz
  • Broadband Personal Communications Service
  • TV Broadcast Auxiliary Service and Cable Television Relay Service
  • Government Fixed Bands
  • Bands to be Auctioned
  • Amateur 13 Centimeter Band 2300-2305 MHz
  • Terrestrial Repeaters
  • Satellite Operations
  • Radio Astronomy 2690-2700 MHz
  • Two Way Radio 470-512, 806-824, 851-869, 896-901, 935-940 MHz
  • Garage door openers, baby monitors, Wi-Fi networks, microwave ov

Super High Frequency (SHF) 2.9-30 GHz {10cm-1cm}

  • Government Radiolocation
  • Amateur 9 Centimeter Band 3300-3500 MHz
  • Radio Altimeter
  • Fixed Satellite Communications
  • Radio Astronomy 4825-4865, 4950-4990 MHz
  • Amateur 5 Centimeter Band 5785-5925 MHz
  • Cable Television Relay Service
  • Amateur 3 Centimeter Band 10,000-10,500 MHz
  • Local Television Transmission Service
  • Radio Astronomy Observations of Formaldehyde Line 14,470-14,500 MHz
  • Aural Broadcast Auxiliary Service
  • Point to Point Microwave Service and Private Operational Fixed Service
  • Fixed Satellite: Space to Earth
  • Amateur 1.2 Centimeter Band 24,075-24,250 MHz
  • Wi-Fi networks 5.5 GHz

Extremely High Frequency (EHF) 30 GHz and above {1cm and smaller}

  • Radio Astronomy 31.2-31.3, 36.43-36.5, 42.5-43.5, 48.94-49.04 GHz
  • Deep Space Communications
  • Amateur 6 mm Band 47.0-47.2, 59-64 GHz
  • Amateur 4 mm Band 75.5-81 GHz
  • Amateur 2.5 mm Band 119.98-120 GHz
  • Amateur 2 mm Band 142-149 GHz
  • Radio Astronomy 97.88-98.08, 140.69-140.98, 142-149 GHz
  • Amateur 1 mm Band 241-250 GHz
  • Radio Astronomy 262.24-262.76, 265-275 GHz
  • Amateur Radio above 300 GHz

Infrared 700 nm – 1000 microns (1mm)

None

Microwave 1-30 GHz {30-1cm} or 1-300 GHz {30cm-1mm}

None
 

Pictorial Overview of United States Amateur Radio Bands (from On the Air May/Jun 2021, page 32}

Overview of US Amateur Radio Bands

 


References:

International Telecommunications Union at: http://www.itu.int/aboutitu/overview/foreward.html

Schroeder N, Murray M. Radiofrequency spectrum allocations in the United States. Background paper. January 2004. At: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/chart_03.htm

 

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