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USA Frequency Allocations Chart 2016 - The Radio Spectrum
USA Frequency Allocations Chart 2016 - The Radio Spectrum
USA Frequency Allocations Chart 2016 - The Radio Spectrum
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RADIO SERVICES COLOR LEGEND
RADIOLOCATION
SPACE RESEARCH
RADIODETERMINATION
STANDARD FREQUENCY
RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE
30.0 3.0 300.0 30.0 3.0 300 0
MARITIME FIXED MOBILE AERONAUTICAL
FIXED - MOBILE - RADIONAVIGATION RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation FIXED MOBILE 30.56 MOBILE (R)
SATELLITE SATELLITE 3.1 3.025
(Earth-to-space)
and
(Earth-to-space) 328.6 AERONAUTICAL
Satellite
Space research
0 kHz
Time Signal
31.0
Earth
Radiolocation AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
3MHz
(active)
MOBILE (OR)
satellite
(space-to-Earth)
exploration-
3 GHz
MARITIME
Standard Frequency
30GHz
Aeronautical
3.155
300 kHz
(radiobeacons)
(radiobeacons)
Radionavigation
30 MHz
3.3 32.0
3GHz
SPACE EARTH
31.3 FIXED MOBILE MOBILE
RADIONAVIGATION
300 MHz
RADIO except aeronautical mobile (R)
FIXED
RESEARCH EXPLORATION -
BY
ASTRONOMY (passive) SATTELLITE (passive) Radiolocation Radiolocation 399.9 FIXED MOBILE 3.23 325
Amateur MOBILE SATELLITE Maritime AERONAUTICAL
31.8 RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE Aeronautical
SPACE RESEARCH (Earth-to-space) 33.0 Radionavigation RADIONAVIGATION
(deep space) (space-to-Earth) RADIONAVIGATION 3.5 400.05 Mobile
32.3 AERONAUTICAL STANDARD FREQUECY AND TIME SIGNAL - SATELLITE (radiobeacons) (radiobeacons)
RADIONAVIGATION 335
mobile
Radiolocation
FIXED
3.6
except aeronautical
AERONAUTICAL MET. AIDS MOBILE SPACE RES. Space Opn. MET. SAT.
JUNE 1, 2011
33.0 (ground based) (space-to-Earth) Radiolocation 401.0
RADIONAVIGATION MET-SAT. EARTH Met-Satellite AERONAUTICAL
3.65 MET. AIDS SPACE OPN. EXPL Earth Expl Sat
33.4 FIXED-SATELLITE (Radiosonde) (S-E) (E-S) SAT. (E-S) (E-S) (E-S) FIXED MOBILE MOBILE (R)
RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation MOBILE** (space-to-Earth) FIXED 402.0
3.7 MET. AIDS MET-SAT. EARTH EXPL Met-Satellite Earth Expl Sat 35.0 3.5
34.2 (Radiosonde) (E-S) SAT. (E-S) (E-S) (E-S)
Space research
(deep space) Radio- SPACE RESEARCH RADIO- 403.0
(Earth-to-space) location (deep space) (Earth-to-space) LOCATION METEOROLOGICAL AIDS (RADIOSONDE) FIXED
34.7 406.0
LAND MOBILE
DELMON C. MORRISON
RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation MOBILE SATELLITE (Earth-to-space)
Mobile
FIXED MOBILE
Aeronautical
AMATEUR
EXPLORATION -
RADIONAVIGATION
exploration - ASTRONOMY
Radio
Space
FIXED MOBILE
LOCATION
(active)
location
RESEARCH
SATTELLITE (active) 410.0
research
sattellite (active)
SPACE EARTH EXPLORATION -
36.0 SPACE RESEARCH
FIXED MOBILE (space-to-space) 37.0
FIXED MOBILE RESEARCH SATELLITE 420.0 LAND MOBILE
FIXED
(passive) (passive)
SPACE RESEARCH
37.0 37.5
MOBILE FIXED Radio astronomy LAND MOBILE
(space-to-Earth)
(space-to-Earth) RADIOLOCATION Amateur 38.0
FIXED-SATELLITE
37.5 RADIO ASTRONOMY
FIXED SPACE RESEARCH FIXED-SATELLITE MOBILE FIXED 4.0
MOBILE (space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth) 450.0 38.25 FIXED MARITIME MOBILE 405
38.0 LAND MOBILE FIXED MOBILE 4.063 Aeronautical Mobile RADIONAVIGATION
454.0 39.0
NOT ALLOCATED
Satellite
satellite SATELLITE
4.4 LAND MOBILE
FIXED-
SPACE
MOBILE
467.7375
SATELLITE
SATELLITE
4.438
RESEARCH
Meteorological
(space-to-Earth) (Earth-to-space)
(space-to-Earth)
(space-to-Earth)
(Earth-to-space)
FIXED LAND MOBILE
(space-to-Earth)
40.5 FIXED MOBILE LAND MOBILE FIXED
470.0
BROADCASTING- 4.5 MOBILE FIXED
BROADCASTING except aeronautical mobile (R)
MOBILE-
SATELLITE
SATELLITE 43.69
(space-to-Earth)
(space-to-Earth)
FIXED-SATELLITE
Mobile
41.0 4.65
ISM - 40.68 ± .02 MHz
Maritime
Aeronautical
FIXED
(TELEVISION)
FIXED- BROADCASTING-
BROADCASTING
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R)
Radionavigation
LAND MOBILE
SATELLITE BROADCASTING
FIXED
SATELLITE LAND MOBILE 4.7
Fixed FIXED
MOBILE
(space-to-Earth)
Mobile MOBILE
(space-to-Earth)
512.0
FIXED-SATELLITE
42.0 AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
BROADCASTING SATELLITE BROADCASTING MOBILE FIXED 4.8 4.75
42.5 46.6 MOBILE
RADIO ASTRONOMY FIXED-SATELLITE FIXED
(Earth-to-space)
MOBILE** FIXED FIXED MOBILE FIXED MOBILE except aeronautical mobile (R) 495
43.5 4.94 47.0 4.85
MOBILE-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space)
MOBILE (distress and calling)
FIXED-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) FIXED MOBILE**
45.5 FIXED MOBILE 505
RADIONAVIGATION- 4.99 MARITIME MOBILE
SATELLITE MOBILE-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) MOBILE
46.9 RADIO ASTRONOMY Space Research (passive) LAND MOBILE 4.995 510
RADIO- 5.0
NAVIGATION- MOBILE-SATELLITE RADIONAVIGATION-SATELLITE STANDARD FREQUENCY AND TIME SIGNAL (5 MHz) AERONAUTICAL
MOBILE FIXED AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION 5.005 9
SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) (Earth-to-space) MARITIME MOBILE
47.0 5.01 49.6 FIXED RADIONAVIGATION
AMATEUR AMATEUR-SATELLITE AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
RADIONAVIGATION-SATELLITE (ships only)
47.2 (space-to-Earth)(space-to-space) FIXED MOBILE 5.06 (radiobeacons)
FIXED-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) MOBILE FIXED 5.03 50.0
48.2 525
(TELEVISION)
MOBILE
FIXED
MOBILE
FIXED-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) RADIOLOCATION 608.0
Earth
LAND MOBILE 54.0 AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R)
(active)
51.4
(active)
EARTH
(medical telemetry and
SATELLITE
exploration-
MOBILE FIXED medical telecommand)
RADIO ASTRONOMY
Radiolocation
satellite (active)
Space research
SPACE RESEARCH
52.6 614.0
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive) SPACE RESEARCH (passive) 5.255 5.68
SPACE RESEARCH
54.25 AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
(passive) INTER- SATELLITE EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
55.78 5.73
RADIOLOCATION
Earth
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
(active)
(active)
(active)
EARTH
INTER- MOBILE
exploration-
RADIONAVIGATION
SATELLITE
MOBILE FIXED
Radiolocation
except aeronautical mobile (R)
Space research
satellite (active)
SATELLITE SPACE RESEARCH (passive) 5.59
56.9 5.35
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
INTER-
SPACE RESEARCH (passive) SATELLITE
Earth
BROADCASTING
(active)
(active)
(active)
EARTH
exploration-
SATELLITE
57.0
AERONAUTICAL
RADIOLOCATION
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
Space research
satellite (active)
Radiolocation
RADIONAVIGATION
INTER-
(TELEVISION)
5.46 6.2 14
SATELLITE SPACE RESEARCH (passive)
BROADCASTING
SPACE
58.2
Earth
EARTH EXPLORATION-
(active)
(active)
(active)
EARTH
RESEARCH
exploration-
SATELLITE
SATELLITE (passive)
RADIONAVIGATION
EXPLORATION- EXPLORATION- EXPLORATION- EXPLORATION-
59.0 5.47 698.0
EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive)
RADIO- INTER- MARITIME BROADCASTING
LOCATION SATELLITE RADIONAVIGATION FIXED MOBILE
SPACE RESEARCH (passive)
MOBILE
FIXED
(TELEVISION)
6.525
Earth
(active)
(active)
EARTH
(active)
59.3 763.0
exploration-
SATELLITE
SPACE RESEARCH
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R)
EXPLORATION-
64.0 RADIOLOCATION
BROADCASTING
Earth)
6.525 STANDARD FREQUENCY AND TIME SIGNAL (20 kHz)
MOBILE
FIXED
Earth)
809.0
(space-to-
FIXED-
MOBILE
FIXED-SATELLITE
SATELLITE
72.0
(space-to-
(Earth-to-space) FIXED FIXED LAND MOBILE 7.3
74.0 6.7 849.0 FIXED MOBILE 20.05
BROADCASTING FIXED-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space)(space-to-Earth) AERONAUTICAL MOBILE 73.0 BROADCASTING
FIXED 851.0 7.4
BROADCASTING 6.875
Earth)
Space
Earth)
MOBILE FIXED-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space)(space-to-Earth) LAND MOBILE
research
FIXED-
FIXED RADIO ASTRONOMY
(space-to-
SATELLITE FIXED
MOBILE
(space-to-
854.0
SATELLITE
SATELLITE 7.025 74.6
76.0 MOBILE FIXED-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) FIXED FIXED LAND MOBILE FIXED MOBILE
Space research RADIO 7.075 894.0
(space-to-Earth)
RADIOLOCATION Amateur AERONAUTICAL MOBILE 74.8
ASTRONOMY MOBILE FIXED
77.0 896.0 AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
mobile (R)
7.125
FIXED
(space-to-Earth)
RADIOLOCATION Amateur-satellite Amateur FIXED FIXED LAND MOBILE MOBILE
ASTRONOMY FIXED
except aeronautical
Space
RADIO 7.3
BROADCASTING
FIXED-
research
FIXED
FIXED MOBILE
MOBILE-
MOBILE
SATELLITE
8.815
SATELLITE
(Earth-to-space)
(space-to-Earth)
931.0
ISM - 915.0± .13 MHz
84.0 METEOROLOGICAL
7.45 FIXED LAND MOBILE AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R)
Mobile-satellite 932.0 8.965
FIXED-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) FIXED
SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth) AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
RADIO 7.55 FIXED 9.04
935.0
FIXED-
FIXED
MOBILE
(Earth-to-space) (Earth-to-space)
(TELEVISION)
960.0
EARTH
(passive)
8.025 88.0
(passive)
Mobile-satellite
SATELLITE
RESEARCH
(active)
8.45
EARTH
(active)
SPACE
except
RADIONAVIGATION
ASTRONOMY
(FM RADIO)
RADIO-
SATELLITE
Mobile
LOCATION
EXPLORATION-
8.5
BROADCASTING
RADIOLOCATION
aeronautical mobile
94.1 Radiolocation
8.55 1164.0 11.175
RADIO
MARITIME MOBILE
(active)
satellite
Space
RADIO-
LOCATION ASTRONOMY
Radio-
SPACE
SATELLITE
(active)
(active)
(space-to-Earth)(space-to-space) RADIONAVIGATION
research
location
exploration -
LOCATION
EXPLORATION-
RESEARCH
(active)
EARTH
satellite
(active)
(active)
(active)
SPACE
RADIO-
9.0 (space-to-Earth)
SATELLITE
exploration-
RESEARCH
LOCATION
Space research
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
EXPLORATION-
RADIO-
RADIO-
FIXED
RADIO-
9.2
MOBILE
108.0 FIXED
SATELLITE
1240.0
ASTRONOMY
NAVIGATION-
LOCATION
MARITIME RADIONAVIGATION
NAVIGATION
Radiolocation 11.6
100.0 9.3
Earth
RADIONAVIGATION
(active)
(active)
RADIO -
(active)
RADIO-
EARTH
SPACE
Amateur
(active)
SATELLITE
exploration-
SPACE
NAVIGATION
BROADCASTING
LOCATION
Space research
AERONAUTICAL
EXPLORATION-
9.5
RESEARCH
EARTH
(active)
(active)
satellite
(passive)
Space
RADIO-
Radio-
SPACE
SATELLITE
(active)
(active)
location
exploration -
research
RESEARCH
102.0 1350.0
9.8 12.23
RADIO RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation FIXED MOBILE RADIOLOCATION
MOBILE FIXED 10.0 1390.0
ASTRONOMY RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation Amateur FIXED MOBILE ** Fixed-satellite (Earth-to-space)
MARITIME
105.0 10.45 1392.0
AERONAUTICAL
RADIO
10.5 1395.0
RESEARCH MOBILE FIXED RADIOLOCATION LAND MOBILE (medical telemetry and medical telecommand)
ASTRONOMY 10.55 1400.0 117.975 13.2
(passive) FIXED EARTH EXPLORATION - SATELLITE SPACE RESEARCH AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
109.5 10.6 (passive) RADIO ASTRONOMY (passive)
AERONAUTICAL
EARTH SPACE RESEARCH (passive) EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive) 1427.0 13.26
SPACE EXPLORATION-
FIXED MOBILE (R)
RADIO 10.68 LAND MOBILE LAND MOBILE Fixed AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R)
Non-Federal Travelers Information Stations (TIS), a mobile service, are authorized in the 535-1705 kHz band.
RESEARCH SATELLITE RADIO ASTRONOMY SPACE RESEARCH (passive) EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE (passive) (medical telemetry and 121.9375 13.36
ASTRONOMY 10.7 medical telecommand (telemetry and telecommand) (telemetry) AERONAUTICAL MOBILE
(passive) (passive) 123.0875 RADIO ASTRONOMY
111.8 FIXED-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) FIXED (telemetry and
1429.5 13.41
FIXED LAND MOBILE (telemetry & telecommand) AERONAUTICAL MOBILE Mobile
SPACE 11.7 telecommand) 123.5875 FIXED
RESEARCH
RADIO FIXED (telemetry and Fixed-satellite
1430.0 except aeronautical mobile (R)
FIXED MOBILE FIXED-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) LAND MOBILE
ASTRONOMY telecommand) (telemetry & telecommand) (space-to-Earth) 13.57
(passive) 12.2 1432.0 AERONAUTICAL BROADCASTING
114.25 BROADCASTING-SATELLITE FIXED FIXED MOBILE ** MOBILE (R)
SPACE EARTH 12.7 1435.0 13.87
RADIO EXPLORATION- FIXED-SATELLITE (Earth-to-space) MOBILE FIXED 59
RESEARCH 13.25 MOBILE (aeronautical telemetry) 128.8125 FIXED Mobile
ASTRONOMY SATELLITE 1525.0
(passive) Aeronatuical AERONAUTICAL except aeronautical mobile (R) STANDARD FREQUENCY AND TIME SIGNAL (60 kHz)
(passive)
Earth
116.0
EARTH
satellite
14.0
Space
SPACE
(active)
(active)
SATELLITE
exploration -
research
RESEARCH
AMATEUR
(active)
EARTH
136.0
(active)
satellite
SPACE
Radio-
Space
SATELLITE
location
1610.0
RADIO -
exploration -
research
EXPLORATION
122.25
RESEARCH
LOCATION
FIXED MOBILE INTER-SATELLITE Amateur RADIODETERMINATION- AERONAUTICAL MOBILE SATELLITE AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R) 14.35
ISM - 122.5± 0.500 GHz
RADIO
1610.6 (space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth)
FIXED
14.99
and time signal
Space
RADIONAVIGATION
RADIO -
FIXED-
137.025
(Earth-to-space)
Space
(Earth-to-space)
research
LOCATION
location
ASTRONOMY
research
MOBILE-
FIXED-
Standard frequency
Radio
RADIO-
RADIO-
SATELLITE
(Earth-to-space)
15.01
SATELLITE
(space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth)
SATELLITE
(space-to-Earth)
(space-to-Earth)
1613.8 (space-to-Earth)
NAVIGATION
astronomy
NAVIGATION-
FIXED
BROADCASTING
RADIOLOCATION
151.5 15.4 METEOROLOGICAL AIDS SATELLITE (Earth-to-space)
FIXED MOBILE RADIO ASTRONOMY METEOROLOGICAL MOBILE
155.5 AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) (radiosonde) 150.05
EARTH EXPLORATION- SPACE 15.43 17.41 90
RADIO SATELLITE AERONAUTICAL FIXED-SATELLITE 1695.0 FIXED MOBILE FIXED
MOBILE RESEARCH METEOROLOGICAL 150.8
(Earth-to-space) Fixed MOBILE ** 1705
FIXED
ASTRONOMY (passive) (passive) RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) FIXED LAND MOBILE 17.48
158.5 15.63 1710.0 152.855
MOBILE- FIXED- AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION LAND MOBILE
BROADCASTING
15.7 FIXED MOBILE 17.9
FIXED MOBILE SATELLITE SATELLITE Radiolocation RADIOLOCATION 1761.0 154.0 AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R)
(space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth)
16.6 SPACE OPERATION (Earth-to-space) MOBILE FIXED FIXED LAND MOBILE
Space research (deep space)(Earth-to-space)
FIXED
RADIO-
SPACE
(active)
(active)
SATELLITE
MOBILE FIXED
Radio-
research
exploration-
FIXED-
location
157.0375
LOCATION
EXPLORATION-
satellite (active)
RESEARCH
SPACE
174.8 18.3
SATELLITE
RESEARCH
MOBILE
(Earth-to-space)
EXPLORATION-
(space-to-space)
19.68
(Earth-to-space)
FIXED-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth)
(space-to-space)
20.2
EARTH
SPACE
2065
SPACE
FIXED-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth)
FIXED
RESEARCH
(ling of sight only
(space-to-Earth)
MOBILE
EXPLORATION-
OPERATION
(space-to-space)
21.85
(space-to-Earth)
(space-to-space)
including aeronautical
MARITIME MOBILE
(line of sight only)
ÀLJKWWHVWLQJRIPDQQHG
SPACE RESEARCH
telemetry, but excluding
(space-to-Earth)
and
(space-to-space)
(space-to-
MOBILE
MOBILE
209.0 RESEARCH
(passive)
ASTRONOMY
FIXED
EXPLORATION-
MOBILE**
FIXED MOBILE 2395.0 STANDARD FREQ. AND TIME SIGNAL (25 MHz)
MOBILE
ASTRONOMY
FIXED
LAND MOBILE
MARITIME
24.0 2417.0
RADIO AMATEUR AMATEUR-SATELLITE Amateur Radiolocation LAND MOBILE 25.21 190
24.05 2450.0
SPACE
25.33
EARTH
ASTRONOMY
(Passive)
(Passive)
FIXED
RESEARCH
MOBILE SATELLITE
satellite
FIXED
FIXED- 24.45 SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) (space-to-Earth) FIXED Land mobile FIXED aeronautical mobile FIXED MARITIME MOBILE
RADIONAVIGATION INTER-SATELLITE 2500.0 219.0 26.175
FIXED MOBILE SATELLITE Radiolocation 24.65 MOBILE except LAND MOBILE
SPECTRUM OCCUPIED.
FIXED
Radio
FIXED
238.0
Earth exploration-
MOBILE**
MOBILE
astronomy
25.25
FIXED INTER-SATELLITE MOBILE 2690.0 except aeronautical mobile 2505
RADIO- RADIO- 25.5 27.23
Mobile
FIXED-
NAVIGATION NAVIGATION-
ISM –FIXED
SPACE RESEARCH
ISM - 245.0± 1 GHz
SATELLITE
LOCATION
MOBILE
SATELLITE
(space-to-Earth)
EARTH
(passive)
RADIO
(passive)
27.41
ISM - 27.12 ± .163 MHz
SATELLITE
Aeronautical
EXPLORATION-
240.0
ASTRONOMY
EARTH
SPACE
RESEARCH
(Earth-to-space)
MOBILE
2700.0
AERONAUTICAL
(space-to-Earth)
MOBILE
time signal satellite
FIXED
(space-to-Earth)
27.54
EXPLORATION -
RADIOLOCATION
Standard frequency and
INTER-SATELLITE
FIXED
MOBILE
RADIONAVIGATION
Amateur-satellite
241.0 28.0
FIXED
(Earth-to-space) MOBILE
FIXED
ASTRONOMY
MOBILE
RADIO NAVIGATION
MARITIME
FIXED-SATELLITE
Radiolocation
FIXED-SATELLITE 265.0
RADIOLOCATION
3 GHz
300 MHz
NOT ALLOCATED
3 MHz
3000.0
30 MHz