THE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM AS ALLOCATED BY THE FCC By: John Johnson, KWV8BP description frequency range =========== =============== civilian govt. low band 30 - 50 mhz. 6 meter amateur radio 50 - 54 mhz. tv channels 2 - 4 54 - 72 mhz. industrial/rc paging/rptr.links 72 - 76 mhz. tv channels 5 - 6 76 - 78 mhz. fm broadcast 88 - 108 mhz. civilian aircraft vhf 108 - 136 mhz. weather - geo satellites 136 - 138 mhz. military aircraft - satellites 138 - 144 mhz. 2 meter amateur radio 144 - 148 mhz. military bases 148 - 150.8 mhz. civilian - govt. high band 150.8 - 174 mhz. tv channels 7 - 13 174 - 216 mhz. inland waterway navigation 216 - 220 mhz. land mobile/amateur/satellite 220 - 225 mhz. military aircraft uhf 225 - 400 mhz. weather balloons/satellite telemetry 400 - 406 mhz. federal govt. land mobile 406 - 420 mhz. amateur 420 - 450 mhz. civilian uhf band 450 - 512 mhz. tv uhf channels 512 - 806 mhz. cellular/microwave mobile 806 - 960 mhz. telemetry data 960 - 1200 mhz. business/mobile/aeronautical 1.0 - 1.2 ghz. amateur radio 1.215 - 1.3 ghz. " " 2.3 - 2.45 ghz. " " rptrs. 2.4 - 2.45 ghz. " " 3.3 - 3.5 ghz. L - band military radars 1.22 - 1.35 ghz. amateur dx, use a lna 1.296 ghz. " " " 2.304 ghz. " " " 3.456 ghz. " " " 5.65 - 5.925 ghz. radio astronomy 1.420 ghz. " " 2.69 - 2.7 ghz. hydrogen maser resonators 1.420 ghz. " " " 1.405 ghz. " " " 1.751 ghz. " " " 1.786 ghz. business/mobile/aeronautical 1.427 - 1.435 ghz. satellite telemetry 1.435 - 1.535 ghz. satellite communications 1.535 - 1.559 ghz. radio astronomy 1.612 - 1.727 ghz. satellite communications 1.635 - 1.66 ghz. weather sondes 1.66 - 1.69 ghz. meteorological satellites 1.69 - 1.7 ghz. goes satellite fm fax 1.6910 ghz. meteosat satellite fm fax 1.6945 ghz. n0aa8 satellite, on command only 1.698 ghz. space research 1.7 - 1.71 ghz. " " 2.29 - 2.3 ghz. noaa8 sat on command only 1.702 ghz. government 1.71 - 1.85 ghz. " " 2.2 - 2.29 ghz. usaf space shuttle uplinks 1.7757 - 1.8318 ghz. studio to transmitter links 1.99 - 2.11 ghz. media satellite downlinks 3.7 - 4.2 ghz. nasa space shuttle uplinks 2.0419 - 2.1064 ghz. " " " " fm 2.205 ghz. " " " " pulse 2.2175 ghz. public common carrier 2.110 - 2.18 ghz. ptp/omni/tv " " " ptp fixed 2.80 - 2.2 ghz. goes 4 satellite on command only 2.2090 ghz. goes 5,6 " " " 2.2090 ghz. goes 4,5,6 " " 2.214 ghz. nimbus 7 , tdrs 1 satellite 2.211 ghz. " " " 2.2325 ghz. " " " 2.2735 ghz. nasa space shuttle tv 2.215 ghz. isee 1 satellite on command 2.2155 ghz. iue satellite 2.2498 ghz. iras satellite 2.2530 ghz. isee2 satellite 2.2608 ghz. isee1 satellite 2.2648 ghz. landsat 2 satellite on command 2.2295 ghz. landsat 4 " " 2.2655 ghz. nasa space shuttle downlink fm 2.250 ghz " " " " pulse 2.2875 ghz. nasa beacon on the moon 2.2760 ghz. atv 2.375 ghz. oscar 9 satellite beacon 2.401 ghz. microwave ovens 2.450 ghz. radar 2.45 - 2.5 ghz. instructional tv 2.5 - 2.69 ghz. insat tv-1 dbs satellite 2.560 - 2.59 ghz. 10.7 cm solar flux noise 2.8 ghz. 10 cm radars 3.00 - 3.246 ghz. 6 cm radars 5.46 - 5.65 ghz. att multiplex and others 3.70 - 4.20 ghz. media satellites downlink 3.70 - 4.20 ghz. media satellites uplink 5.925 - 6.425 ghz. military systems - meteorological 4.4 - 5.1 ghz. " los systems 7.125 - 8.4 ghz. defense satellite comm. downlink 7.25 - 7.75 ghz. xband military radars 8.5 - 9.6 ghz. cesum atomic beam resonators 9.192 ghz. " " " " 9.631 ghz. " " " " 9.770 ghz. 3 cm marine radar 9.320 - 9.50 ghz. amateur radio 10.00 - 10.50 ghz. " " 24.0 - 25.25 ghz. " " 48.0 - 50.0 ghz. " " 71.0 - 76.0 ghz. communications satellite downlink 10.7 - 10.95 ghz. " " " 11.2 - 11.45 ghz. " " " uplink 12.5 - 12.75 ghz. direct broadcast tv 11.7 - 12.45 ghz. cars/catv link 12.7 - 12.95 ghz. satellite uplink 14.0 - 14.5 ghz. " " 17.7 - 21.2 ghz. 18 mm surveillance radar 16.0 - 16.5 ghz. 8 mm " " 36.0 - 39.0 ghz.