Date: 27 Mar 89 05:33:20 GMT From: rh@well.UUCP (Robert Horvitz) Subject: Re: *REQUEST FOR INFO - BAND BREAKDOWNS* Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio Summary: Band allocations below 30 MHz Organization: Association of North American Radio Clubs (ANARC) The following file is over a year old, and so does not include some recent reallocations, such as the new ham band at 18 MHz. But it should otherwise answer your request. >Bob< Posted on Compuserve's Hamnet by user ID 75146,340 (name unknown): BAND.LST (6864 bytes) 23-Jan-88 This is a high frequency band guide detailing the various services throughout the HF band. Listed are such things as the SW broadcast, Amateur, Marine, Aircraft, Fixed, Mobile and CB services. SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES BAND GUIDE FREQ BAND KHZ CODE SERVICE COMMENTS --------------- ------- ----------------------- ----------------------------- 535 - 1705 LOCAL AM Broadcast Standard North America AM 1705 - 1800 FIXED Fixed Service Land/Mobile/Marine 1800 - 2000 HAM Amateur 160 Meters 2000 - 2107 MARINE Maritime Mobile 2107 - 2170 FIXED Fixed Service Land/Mobile/Marine 2170 - 2194 MOBILE Land Mobile Service 2194 - 2300 FIXED Fixed Service 2300 - 2495 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 120 Meters 2495 - 2505 TIME Time Standard 2505 - 2850 FIXED Fixed Service Land/Mobile/Marine 2850 - 3155 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 3155 - 3200 FIXED Fixed Service 3200 - 3400 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 90 Meters 3400 - 3500 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 3500 - 4000 HAM Amateur 80/75 Meters 3500 - 3750 CW Amateur 80 Meter CW Extra 3525 - 3750 CW Amateur 80 Meter CW Advanced, General 3700 - 3750 CW Amateur 80 Meter CW Novice, Technician 3750 - 4000 PHONE Amateur 75 Meter PHONE Extra 3775 - 4000 PHONE Amateur 75 Meter PHONE Advanced 3850 - 4000 PHONE Amateur 75 Meter PHONE General 3900 - 4000 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 75 Meters, Not in Region 2 4000 - 4000 TIME Time Standard New WARC Allocation Region 3 4000 - 4063 FIXED Fixed Service 4063 - 4438 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 4438 - 4650 FIXED Fixed Service 4650 - 4750 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 4750 - 5060 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 60 Meters 5000 - 5000 TIME Time Standard WWV 5005 - 5450 FIXED Fixed Service 5450 - 5730 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 5730 - 5950 FIXED Fixed Service 5950 - 6200 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 49 Meters 6200 - 6525 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 6525 - 6765 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 6765 - 7000 FIXED Fixed Service 7000 - 7300 HAM Amateur 40 Meters 7000 - 7150 CW Amateur 40 Meter CW Extra 7025 - 7150 CW Amateur 40 Meter CW Advanced, General 7100 - 7150 CW Amateur 40 Meter CW Novice, Technician 7150 - 7300 PHONE Amateur 40 Meter PHONE Extra, Advanced 7225 - 7300 PHONE Amateur 40 Meter PHONE General 7100 - 7300 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 41 Meters, Not in Region 2 7300 - 8195 FIXED Fixed Service 7335 - 7335 TIME Time Standard CHU Canada 8000 - 8000 TIME Time Standard New WARC Allocation Region 3 8195 - 8815 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 8815 - 9040 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 9040 - 9500 FIXED Fixed Service 9500 - 9900 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 31 Meters 9775 - 9995 FIXED Fixed Service 10000 - 10000 TIME Time Standard WWV 10005 - 10100 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 10100 - 10150 HAM Amateur 30 Meters CW Only 10100 - 10150 CW Amateur 30 Meters Extra, Advanced, General 10100 - 11175 FIXED Fixed Service 11175 - 11400 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 11400 - 11650 FIXED Fixed Service 11650 - 12050 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 25 Meters 12050 - 12330 FIXED Fixed Service 12330 - 13200 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 13200 - 13360 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 13360 - 13600 FIXED Fixed Service 13600 - 13800 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast New WARC Allocation 13800 - 14000 FIXED Fixed Service 14000 - 14350 HAM Amateur 20 Meters 14000 - 14150 CW Amateur 20 Meters Extra 14025 - 14150 CW Amateur 20 Meters Advanced, General 14150 - 14350 PHONE Amateur 20 Meters Extra 14175 - 14350 PHONE Amateur 20 Meters Advanced 14225 - 14350 PHONE Amateur 20 Meters General 14350 - 14995 FIXED Fixed Service 15000 - 15000 TIME Time Standard WWV 15010 - 15100 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 15100 - 15600 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 19 Meters 15600 - 16460 FIXED Fixed Service 16460 - 17360 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 17360 - 17550 FIXED Fixed Service 17550 - 17900 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 16 Meters 17900 - 18030 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 18030 - 18780 FIXED Fixed Service 18780 - 18900 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 18900 - 19680 FIXED Fixed Service 19680 - 19800 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 19800 - 21000 FIXED Fixed Service 21000 - 21450 HAM Amateur 15 Meters 21000 - 21200 CW Amateur 15 Meters Extra 21025 - 21200 CW Amateur 15 Meters Advanced, General 21100 - 21200 CW Amateur 15 Meters Novice, Technician 21200 - 21450 PHONE Amateur 15 Meters Extra 21225 - 21450 PHONE Amateur 15 Meters Advanced 21300 - 21450 PHONE Amateur 15 Meters General 21450 - 21850 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 13 Meters 21850 - 22000 AIR Aeronautical Mobile 22000 - 22720 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 22720 - 23200 FIXED Fixed Service 23200 - 23350 AIR Aeronautical Mobile 23350 - 24990 FIXED Fixed Service 24890 - 24990 HAM Amateur 12 Meters Shared with above Fixed Sve. 24890 - 24930 CW Amateur 12 Meter Extra, Advanced, General 24930 - 24990 PHONE Anateur 12 Meter Extra, Advanced, General 25000 - 25000 TIME Time Standard 25010 - 25330 INDUST Petroleum Industry 25330 - 25600 GOVERN Government Freq. 25600 - 26100 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 11 Meters 26100 - 26480 MOBILE Land Mobile Service 26480 - 26950 GOVERN Government 26950 - 26960 FIXED International Fixed Sve 26960 - 27410 CB Citizen's Band Channels start at 26965 by 10 27410 - 27540 MOBILE Land Mobile Service 27540 - 28000 GOVERN Government 28000 - 29700 HAM Amateur 10 Meters 28000 - 28300 CW Amateur 10 Meter Extra, Advanced, Genral 28100 - 28200 CW Amateur 10 Meter Novice, Technician 28300 - 28500 PHONE Amateur 10 Meter Novice, Technician 28300 - 29700 PHONE Amateur 10 Meter Extra, Advanced, General 29700 - 29800 INDUST Forestry Service 29800 - 29890 FIXED Fixed Service 29890 - 29910 GOVERN Government 29910 - 30000 FIXED Fixed Service -- ........... 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