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ZXH06616

Post subject: history of VHF BandIII

Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:28 am

Lieutenant

Joined: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:21 am
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Hi.

I have very basic and simple question.

I:ve frequently seen the description "VHF band III".

But I don't know of the origin of the description Why "III"? For what VHF band is classified to "III"...

If there is someone who know of this, please let me know.

Regards,
ZXH06616

nubbage

Post subject: History of VHF Band III

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:34 am

General

Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:07 pm
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Location: London UK

As far as I recall, some time in the 1960s some dudes, probably at ITU-R divided the VHF and UHF TV Bands into sections, I thru V

Band I was 30 thru 87 MHz
Band II was 88 thru 108 MHz
Band III was 190 ish thru 230 or thereabouts
Band IV was 490 thru something
Band V was all the rest up to 800 MHz or so.

I would like to be more precise but as I was apprenticed to Michael Faraday, my memory is failing.

Trev

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