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Frequency Band Color Codes

Public Service
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HAM
Broadcast
Miltary
Industrial
Radio Location
Business
   
Discription
Frequency 
   
Ac Europe/Asia 
50Hz
AC Western Hemisphere 
60Hz
Audio (typical middle aged male hearing)
20-12000Hz
Audio (excellent and absolutely perfect hearing)
20-20000Hz
LORAN-C(LOng RAnge Navigation)
100kHz
Radio Location (aviation) 
190-415kHz
VLF
50kHz - 500kHz
   
AM Broadcast Band
550 kHz to 1,650 kHz
   
HAM 160 Meters
1.8-2.0 MHz
CW, RTTY and other narrowband modes          
1.800-1.830
CW, RTTY and other narrowband modes, Intercontinental QSOs only          
1.830-1.840
CW, SSB, SSTV, other wideband modes, Intercontinental QSOs only          
1.840-1.850
CW, phone, SSTV and other wideband modes          
1.850-2.000
   
80 Meters 
3.5-4.0 MHz
           
3.5-3.525
           
3.525-3.58
RTTY DX          
3.590
RTTY          
3.580-3.620
Packet          
3.620-3.635
CW low power          
3.675-3.725
           
3.725-3.75
           
3.75-3.77
           
3.75 -3.79
DX window          
3.790-3.800
SSTV          
3.845
           
3.85 - 4.00
AM calling frequency          
3.885
             
WWV/WWVH
5MHz
HAM 40 Meters 
7.0-7.3 MHz
           
7.0-7.025
           
7.0-7.08
RTTY DX          
7.040
RTTY          
7.080-7.100
           
7.10-7.15
           
7.15-7.225
           
7.225-7.3
SSTV          
7.171
AM calling frequency          
7.290
WWV/WWVH
10.00MHz
HAM 30 Meters 
10.1-10.15 MHz
RTTY          
10.130-10.140
Packet          
10.140-10.150
   
HAM 20 Meters 
14.0-14.35 MHz
           
14.0-14.025
           
14.025-14.070
RTTY          
14.070-14.095
Packet          
14.095-14.0995
NCDXF Beacons          
14.100
Packet          
14.1005-14.112
           
14.112-14.150
           
14.150-14.175
SSTV          
14.230
AM calling frequency          
14.286
           
14.175-14.225
           
14.225-14.35
WWV/WWVH
15.00MHz
HAM 17 Meters 
18.068-18.168 MHz
RTTY          
18.100-18.105
Packet          
18.105-18.110
   
HAM 15 Meters 
21.0-21.45 MHz
           
21.0-21.025
           
21.025-21.070
RTTY          
21.070-21.100
Packet          
21.100-21.110
           
21.110-21.200
           
21.200-21.225
           
21.225-21.300
SSTV          
21.340
           
21.300-21.45
   
HAM 12 Meters 
24.89-24.99 MHz
RTTY          
24.920-24.925
Packet          
24.925-24.930
   
HAM 10 Meters 
28-29.7 MHz
CW          
28.000-28.070
RTTY          
28.100-28.100
RTTY          
28.070-28.150
CW          
28.150-28.190
Beacons          
28.200-28.300
. Phone          
28.300-28.500
Phone          
28.500-29
SSTV          
28.680
AM          
29.000-29.200
Satellite Downlinks          
29.300-29.510
Repeater Inputs          
29.520-29.590
FM Simplex          
29.600
Repeater Outputs          
29.610-29.700
   
HAM 6 Meters 
50-54 MHz
CW, beacons          
50.0-50.1
beacon subband          
50.060-50.080
SSB, CW          
50.1-50.3
DX window          
50.10-50.125
SSB calling          
50.125
All modes          
50.3-50.6
Nonvoice communications          
50.6-50.8
Digital (packet) calling          
50.62
Radio remote control (20-kHz channels)          
50.8-51.0
Pacific DX window          
51.0-51.1
Repeater inputs (19 channels)          
51.12-51.48
Digital repeater inputs          
51.12-51.18
Repeater outputs (19 channels)          
51.62-51.98
Digital repeater outputs          
51.62-51.68
Repeater inputs (except as noted; 23 channels)          
52.0-52.48
FM simplex          
52.02, 52.04
TEST PAIR (input)          
52.2
Repeater output (except as noted; 23 channels)          
52.5-52.98
Primary FM simplex          
52.525
Secondary FM simplex          
52.54
EST PAIR (output)          
52.7
Repeater inputs (except as noted; 19 channels)          
53.0-53.48
Remote base FM simplex          
53.0
Simplex          
53.02
Radio remote control          
53.1, 53.2, 53.3, 53.4
Repeater outputs (except as noted; 19 channels)          
53.5-53.98
Radio remote control          
53.5, 53.6, 53.7, 53.8
Simplex           
53.52-53.9
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Television Channel Number 2
54-60
Television Channel Number 3
60-66
Television Channel Number 4
66-72
Television Channel Number 5
76-82
Television Channel Number 6
82-88
 FM Broadcast Band
88 - 108 MHz
100Mhz  
   
Aircraft Band
122-144
2 Meters (144-148 MHz):  
EME (CW)          
144.00-144.05
General CW and weak signals          
144.05-144.10
EME and weak-signal SSB          
144.10-144.20
National calling frequency          
144.200
General SSB operation          
144.200-144.275
Propagation beacons          
144.275-144.300
New OSCAR subband          
144.30-144.50
Linear translator inputs          
144.50-144.60
FM repeater inputs          
144.60-144.90
Weak signal and FM simplex          
144.90-145.10
Are widely used for packet)          
145.01,03,05,07,09
Linear translator outputs          
145.10-145.20
FM repeater outputs          
145.20-145.50
Miscellaneous and experimental modes          
145.50-145.80
OSCAR subband          
145.80-146.00
Repeater inputs          
146.01-146.37
Simplex          
146.40-146.58
Repeater outputs          
146.61-146.97
Repeater outputs          
147.00-147.39
Simplex          
147.42-147.57
Repeater inputs          
147.60-147.99
   
 150Mhz  
Bussiness Band
152-153
   
Public Safety
154-156
Marine Band
156.-162
Television Channel Number 7
174-180
Television Channel Number 8
180-186
Television Channel Number 9
186-192
Television Channel Number 10
192-198
Television Channel Number 11
198-204
Television Channel Number 12
204-210
Television Channel Number 13
210-216
   
HAM 1.25 Meters 
222-225 MHz
Weak-signal modes          
222.0-222.150
EME          
222.0-222.025
Propagation beacons          
222.05-222.06
SSB & CW calling frequency          
222.1
Weak-signal CW & SSB          
222.10-222.15
Local coordinator's option; weak signal, ACSB, repeater inputs, control          
222.15-222.25
FM repeater inputs only          
222.25-223.38
FM simplex          
223.40-223.52
Digital, packet          
223.52-223.
Links, control          
223.64-223.
Local coordinator's option; FM simplex, packet, repeater outputs          
223.71-223.85
Repeater outputs only          
223.85-224.98
   
HAM 70 Centimeters 
420-450 MHz)
ATV repeater or simplex with
420.00-426.00
video carrier control links and experimental
421.25 MHz
ATV simplex with 427.250-MHz video carrier frequency
426.00-432.00
EME (Earth-Moon-Earth)
432.00-432.07
Weak-signal CW
432.07-432.10
70-cm calling frequency
432.10
Mixed-mode and weak-signal work
432.10-432.30
Propagation beacons
432.30-432.40
Mixed-mode and weak-signal work
432.40-433.00
Auxiliary/repeater links
433.00-435.00
Satellite only (internationally)
435.00-438.00
ATV repeater input with 439.250-MHz video carrier frequency and repeater links
438.00-444.00
Repeater inputs and outputs (local option)
442.00-445.00
Shared by auxiliary and control links, repeaters and simplex (local option)
445.00-447.00
National simplex frequency
446.00
Repeater inputs and outputs (local option)
447.00-450.00
 FRS channel 1
462.5625
 FRS channel 2
462.5875
 FRS channel 3
462.6125
 FRS channel 4
462.6375
 FRS channel 5
462.6625
 FRS channel 6
462.6875
 FRS channel 7
462.7125
 FRS channel 8
467.5625
 FRS channel 9
467.5875
 FRS channel 10
467.6125
 FRS channel 11
467.6375
 FRS channel 12
467.6625
FRS channel 13
467.6875
FRS channel 14
467.7125
   
Television Channel Number 14
470-476
Television Channel Number 15
476-482
Television Channel Number 16
482-488
Television Channel Number 17
488-494
Television Channel Number 18
494-500
Television Channel Number 19
500-506
Television Channel Number 20
506-512
Television Channel Number 21
512-518
Television Channel Number 22
518-524
Television Channel Number 23
524-530
Television Channel Number 24
530-536
Television Channel Number 25
536-542
Television Channel Number 26
542-548
Television Channel Number 27
548-554
Television Channel Number 28
554-560
Television Channel Number 29
560-566
Television Channel Number 30
566-572
Television Channel Number 31
572-578
Television Channel Number 32
578-584
Television Channel Number 33
584-590
Television Channel Number 34
590-596
Television Channel Number 35
596-602
Television Channel Number 36
602-608
Television Channel Number 37
608-614
Television Channel Number 38
614-620
Television Channel Number 39
620-626
Television Channel Number 40
626-632
Television Channel Number 41
632-638
Television Channel Number 42
638-644
Television Channel Number 43
644-650
Television Channel Number 44
650-656
Television Channel Number 45
656-662
Television Channel Number 46
662-668
Television Channel Number 47
668-674
Television Channel Number 48
674-680
Television Channel Number 49
680-686
Television Channel Number 50
686-692
Television Channel Number 51
692-698
Television Channel Number 52
698-704
Television Channel Number 53
704-710
Television Channel Number 54
710-716
Television Channel Number 55
716-722
Television Channel Number 56
722-728
Television Channel Number 57
728-734
Television Channel Number 58
734-740
Television Channel Number 59
740-746
Television Channel Number 60
746-752
Television Channel Number 61
752-758
Television Channel Number 62
758-764
Television Channel Number 63
764-770
Television Channel Number 64
770-776
Television Channel Number 65
776-782
Television Channel Number 66
782-788
Television Channel Number 67
788-794
Television Channel Number 68
794-800
Television Channel Number 69
800-806
 Cellular Radio Band
806 - 894 MHz
   
HAM 33 Centimeters 
902-928 MHz
Narrow-bandwidth, weak-signal communications
902.0-903.0
SSTV, FAX, ACSSB, experimental
902.0-902.8
Weak-signal calling frequency
902.1
Reserved for EME, CW expansion
902.8-903.0
Alternate calling frequency
903.1
Digital communications
903.0-906.0
FM repeater outputs
906-909
ATV
909-915
Digital communications
915-918
FM repeater inputs
918-921
ATV
921-927
FM simplex and links
927-928
1000MHz  
HAM 23 Centimeters 
1240-1300 MHz
ATV #1           
1240-1246
Narrow-bandwidth FM point-to-point links and digital, duplex with 1258-1260.          
1246-1248
Digital Communications          
1248-1258
ATV #2          
1252-1258
Narrow-bandwidth FM point-to-point links digital, duplexed with 1246-12521258-1260            
Satellite uplinks, reference WARC '79          
1260-1270
Wide-bandwidth experimental, simplex ATV          
1260-1270
Repeater inputs, FM and linear, paired with 1282-1288, 239 pairs every 25 kHz, e.g. 1270.025, .050, etc.          
1270-1276
Non-coordinated test pair          
1271-1283
ATV #3          
1276-1282
Repeater outputs, paired with 1270-1276          
1282-1288
Wide-bandwidth experimental, simplex ATV          
1288-1294
Narrow-bandwidth FM simplex services, 25-kHz channels          
1294-1295
National FM simplex calling frequency          
1294.5
Narrow bandwidth weak-signal communications (no FM)          
1295-1297
SSTV, FAX, ACSSB, experimental          
0-1295.81295.
Reserved for EME, CW expansion          
1295.8-1296.0
EME-exclusive          
1296.00-1296.05
CW beacons          
1296.07-1296.08
CW, SSB calling frequency          
1296.1
Crossband linear translator input          
1296.4-1296.6
Crossband linear translator output          
1296.6-1296.8
Experimental beacons (exclusive)          
1296.8-1297.0
Digital Communications          
1297-1300
   
HAM 2300-2310 MHz:
2300-2310
High-rate data 
2300.0-2303.0
Packet
2303.0-2303.5
TTY packet 
2303.5-2303.8
Packet, TTY, CW, EME
2303.9-2303.9
CW, EME
2303.9-2304.1
Calling frequency
2304.1
CW, EME, SSB
2304.1-2304.2
SSB, SSTV, FAX, Packet AM, Amtor
2304.2-2304.3
Propagation beacon network
2304.30-2304.32
General propagation beacons
2304.32-2304.40
SSB, SSTV, ACSSB, FAX, Packet AM, Amtor experimental
2304.4-2304.5
Crossband linear translator input
2304.5-2304.7
Crossband linear translator output
2304.7-2304.9
Experimental beacons
2304.9-2305.0
FM simplex (25 kHz spacing)
2305.0-2305.2
FM simplex calling frequency
2305.20
FM simplex (25 kHz spacing)
2305.2-2306.0
FM Repeaters (25 kHz) input
2306.0-2309.0
Control and auxiliary links
2309.0-2310.0
   
HAM 2390-2450 MHz:
2390-2450
Fast-scan TV
2390.0-2396.0
High-rate data
2396.0-2399.0
Packet
2399.0-2399.5
Control and auxiliary links
2399.5-2400.0
Satellite
2400.0-2403.0
Satellite high-rate data
2403.0-2408.0
Satellite
2408.0-2410.0
FM repeaters (25 kHz) output
2410.0-2413.0
High-rate data
2413.0-2418.0
Fast-scan TV
2418.0-2430.0
Satellite
2430.0-2433.0
Satellite high-rate data
2433.0-2438.0
WB FM, FSTV, FMTV, SS experimental
2438.0-2450.0
Microwave Ovens   2450 MHz
   
HAM 3300-3500 MHz:
3300-3500 MHz:
Propagation beacons
3456.3-3456.4
 5GHz  
HAM 5650-5925 MHz:
5650-5925 MHz:
Propagation beacons
5760.3-5760.4
   
HAM 10.00-10.50 GHz:
10.00-10.50 GHz:
Narrow band calling frequency
10.368
Propagation beacons
10.3683-10.3684
Calling frequency 
10.3640
   
HAM 24.0-24.25 GHz
24.0-24.25 GHz
   
HAM 47.0-47.2 GHz
47.0-47.2 GHz
 50GHz  
HAM 75.5-81.0 GHz
75.5-81.0 GHz
 100GHz  
HAM 119.98-120.02 GHz
119.98-120.02 GHz
   
HAM 142.0-149.0 GHz
142.0-149.0 GHz
   
HAM 241.0-250.0 GHz
241.0-250.0 GHz
   
HAM All above 300
300GHz and up

 
 
 
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Last modified: 5-12-2005.    E-Mail me at snoblen@ieee.org