Spectrum allocation

VLF BAND LF BAND MF BAND HF BAND

1.0 kHz

30.0 kHz 1 Underground Cable Locating Equipment

3.0 MHz
300 kHz
1 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 7 5 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 5 6 7 6 7 6 7 5 6 6 7 6 7

(100m)
1606.5

2173.5

2190.5

10.003

10.005

11.175

11.275
2 Power Line Communications
19.95

20.05

117.6

135.7

137.8

148.5

283.5

526.5

3.025

3.155

4.063

4.438

4.995

5.003

5.005

6.525

6.685

6.765

8.195

8.815

8.965

9.995

10.10

10.15

11.40

11.60

11.65

12.05

12.10

12.23

13.20

13.26

13.36

13.41

13.57

13.60

13.80

13.87

14.00

14.25

14.35
1605

1625

1635

1705

1800

1810

1850

2000

2025

2045

2065

2107

2160

2170

2194

2300

2495

2498

2501

2502

2505

2625

2650

2850

3.20

3.23

3.40

3.50

3.75

3.80

3.90

3.95

4.00

4.65

4.70

4.75

4.85

5.06

5.25

5.45

5.48

5.68

5.73

5.90

5.95

6.20

7.00

7.10

7.20

7.30

7.40

7.45

8.10

9.04

9.40

9.50

9.90
110

112

115

126

129

130

160

190

200

255

275

285

315

325

335

405

415

435

495

505

510

525

535
14

70

72

84

86

90
9

3 ADF Non-Directional Beacons (NDB)

REGION 1
4 AM Radio Broadcast

5 WWV Time Standard Signals

REGION 2
6 Major World Air Route Areas (MWARA)

7 International Shortwave Broadcasters

REGION 3 8 Citizen Band Radios (CB)

9 VHF Television (TV)

HF BAND VHF BAND UHF BAND 10 FM Radio Broadcast

300 MHz
5 6 7 7 6 7 5 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 9 14 16 16 17 18 16 14 17 19 19 20

30 MHz

156.4875

156.5625

156.7625

156.8375
117.975

137.025

137.175

137.825
11 VHF Omni-Directional Range (VOR)

(10m)
15.005

18.052

18.068

18.168

19.995

21.924

22.855

25.005

26.175

27.508

30.005

39.986

41.015

143.65

150.05

400.05

400.15
(1m)
14.35

14.99

15.01

15.10

15.60

15.80

16.36

17.41

17.48

17.55

17.90

17.97

18.03

18.78

18.90

19.02

19.68

19.80

19.99

20.01

21.00

21.45

21.85

21.87

22.00

23.00

23.20

23.35

24.00

24.89

24.99

25.01

25.07

25.21

25.55

25.67

26.10

28.00

29.70

30.01

38.25

40.02

40.98

100.0

108.0

137.0

138.0

143.6

144.0

146.0

148.0

149.9

153.0

154.0

174.0

216.0

220.0

223.0

225.0

230.0

235.0

267.0

272.0

273.0

312.0

315.0

322.0

328.6

335.4

387.0

390.0

399.9

401.0

402.0

403.0

406.0

406.1

410.0

420.0

430.0

432.0

438.0

440.0

450.0

455.0

456.0

459.0

460.0

470.0

512.0

585.0

608.0

610.0

614.0

698.0

790.0
37.5

44.0

47.0

50.0

54.0

68.0

72.0

73.0

74.6

74.8

75.2

75.4

76.0

87.0

87.5

88.0
12 Instrument Landing System (ILS – LOC)

13 Civil Aircraft Communications Radio

14 Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)

15 International Maritime Channels

16 Garage Door Openers

17 Automobile Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)

18 Aircraft Landing Glide Slope (GS)

UHF BAND L BAND S BAND S BAND C BAND X BAND Ku BAND 19 UHF Television (TV)

12.0 GHz
20 20 20 23 23 21 22 23 20 20 20 24 25 26 20 20 27 28 29 30 31 30 32 33 34 35 35 35 36 32 37 35
1.0 GHz

2.0 GHz

3.0 GHz

4.0 GHz

8.0 GHz
20 Cellular Phone Bands

(0.1m)
1.6106

1.6138

1.6265

1.6605

1.6684

2.4835
790.0

806.0

862.0

890.0

902.0

928.0

942.0

960.0

1.164

1.215

1.240

1.300

1.350

1.400

1.427

1.429

1.452

1.492

1.518

1.525

1.530

1.535

1.559

1.610

1.660

1.668

1.670

1.675

1.690

1.700

1.710

1.930

1.970

1.980

2.010

2.025

2.110

2.120

2.160

2.170

2.200

2.290

2.300

2.450

2.500

2.520

2.535

2.655

2.670

2.690

2.700

2.900

5.091

5.250

5.255

5.725

5.925

7.075

7.145

7.235

8.025

8.175

8.215

10.00

10.45

10.50

10.55

10.60

10.68

10.70

11.70

12.10

12.20

12.50

12.70

12.75

13.25

13.40

13.75

14.00

14.25

14.30

14.40

14.47

14.50

14.80
3.10

3.30

3.40

3.50

3.60

3.70

4.20

4.40

4.50

4.80

4.99

5.00

5.01

5.03

5.15

5.35

5.46

5.47

5.57

5.65

5.83

5.85

6.70

7.25

7.30

7.45

7.55

7.75

7.85

7.90

8.40

8.50

8.55

8.65

8.75
8.85

9.00

9.20

9.30

9.50

9.80

9.90
21 Distance Measurement Equipment (DME)

22 Aircraft ATC Radar Transponders (Mode S)

23 Global Navigation Satellite Systems (L5, L2, L1)

24 Broadcast Satellite Radio Services

25 Wireless Local Area Networks 802.11b & g

26 Bluetooth Personal Area Networks (PAN)

27 ATC Surveillance Radar

28 Satellite Television Broadcast

Ku BAND K BAND Ka BAND Ka BAND V BAND W BAND G BAND

300 GHz
18.0 GHz

27.0 GHz

30.0 GHz

40.0 GHz

75.0 GHz

110 GHz
32 32 38 32 35 39 40 41 35 42 43 44 45 44 43 43 43 42 46 47 45 42 42 45
29 Aircraft Radar Altimeters

114.25

119.98

122.25
14.80

15.35

15.40

15.43

15.63

15.70

16.60

17.10

17.20

17.30

17.70

17.80

18.10

18.40

18.60

18.80

19.30

19.70

20.10

20.20

21.20

21.40

22.00

22.21

22.50

22.55

23.55

23.60

24.00

24.05

24.25

24.45

24.65

24.75

25.25

25.50

27.50

28.50

29.10

29.50

29.90

48.54

49.44

54.25

55.78

109.5

111.8

148.5

151.5

155.5

158.5

174.5

174.8

191.8

231.5
30 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) 802.11a
31.3

31.5

31.8

32.3

33.4

34.2

34.7

35.2

35.5

37.5

39.5

40.5

42.5

43.5

47.2

47.5

47.9

48.2

50.2

50.4

51.4

52.6

56.9

58.2

59.3

77.5

94.1

100

102

105

116

123

130

134

136

141

164

167

182

185

190

200

209

217

226

232

235

238

240

241

248

250

252

265

275
15.

31

32

33

36

37

38

41

47

57

59

64

65

66

71

74

76

78

79

81

84

86

92

94

95
31 Weather Radar – Large Aircraft

32 Point-to-Point Telecom Infrastructure

33 Weather Radar – Small Aircraft

34 Maritime Radar

35 Police Radar Speed Measurement

36 Radar Motion Detectors (Doors & Alarms)

37 Direct Broadcast Satellite

38 Fixed Satellite Service Space-to-Earth All Regions

Aeronautical Mobile Fixed Meteorological Aids Radionavigation 39 Inter-Satellite Radiolocation

Satellite link power budget illustration Atmospheric absorption
Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Fixed Satellite Meteorological Satellite Radionavigation Satellite 40 Inter-Satellite Frequency & Time Standard Reference
Equivalent isotropically
W radiated power (EIRP) dBW Wavelength in mm Aeronautical Radionavigation Inter-Satellite Mobile Space Operation 41 Fixed Satellite Service: Earth-to-Space All Regions

1010 100 42 Atmospheric Attenuation Windows

Amateur Land Mobile Mobile Satellite Space Research
30 20 15 100 80 60 50 40 30 20 15 1 0.8 43 Point-to-Point Data Links
Amateur Satellite Land Mobile Satellite Radio Astronomy Standard Frequency & Time Signal
108 80 100
Transmitting 44 Wireless Local Area Networks (802.11 ad)
antenna power gain Broadcasting Maritime Mobile Radiodetermination Satellite Standard Frequency & Time Signal Satellite
106 60 40 45 Millimeter Wave ISM Bands
Transmitting Broadcasting Satellite Maritime Mobile Satellite Radiolocation
antenna gain 20 REGION 2 REGION 1 REGION 3
46 EHF – Full Body Scanners
104 40 Earth Exploration Satellite Maritime Radionavigation Radiolocation Satellite
Waveguide Internal satellite Equivalent isotropically 10 47 Active Denial Systems (US DoD)
losses losses radiated power (EIRP)
Attenuation in dB/km

102 20
High power 4
amplifier Location of communication and weather satellites in a geostationary equatorial orbit ‘Selected Points of Interest’ are based on popular allocation applica-

1 0 2 tions, and may not be exhaustive or applicable for all nations. This chart
represents a single point in time of the International Telecommunications
Satellite Sea level UHF/Hybrid MSS Ku-Band C-Band Ka-Band S-Band L-Band
Union (ITU) worldwide spectral allocations summarized in the US FCC
Driver ampilfier gain 1 Code of Federal Regulations. As such, it does not completely reflect all
Audio signal out
Audio signal in

aspects such as footnotes and recent changes. Users should always

10–2 –20 consult their national regulatory body for current allocations. This chart
Modulator and Satellite to earth does not differentiate between Co-PRIMARY and Secondary allocations.
upconverter path losses 0.4 Allocations are listed from top to bottom in the order they appear in
table 2.106. Horizontal scale has been exaggerated on some very narrow

90 degrees East
10 –4
–40 bands for readability.
Downconverter 0.2 Asiasat 2 HOTBIRD Source: US FCC Online Table of Frequency Allocations, Code of Federal regulations
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Receiving antenna 0.01 Intelsat-701
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Signal at satellite power gain
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10 –14
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0.001
10–16 –160
Signal at 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 100 150 200 250 300 400
ground station TDRS-6
10–18 –180
INMARSAT terminal Satellite Receiving ground Frequency in GHz
(transmit) station
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