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Copyright: 1996 - 2024 Webmaster:
Kirt Blattenberger,
BSEE - KB3UON
RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling
2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed
formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit
design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at
the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps
while typing up your telephone line, and a nice lady's voice announced "You've Got
Mail" when a new message arrived...
All trademarks, copyrights, patents, and other rights of ownership to images
and text used on the RF Cafe website are hereby acknowledged.
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U.S. Radio Frequency Allocations - 30 MHz to 300 GHz |
These are the United
States radio frequency allocations per the wall chart issued by RF Design magazine in 2005.
As with all
bureaucracies, the
FCC (Federal Communications Commission) rules are changed all the
time, so it behooves you to check the source for regulations on frequency allocations, power limits, modulation
techniques, etc., prior to planning any serious production design or implementation. The responsibility is
entirely yours to assure compliance.
Download the
2003 U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart
published by U.U. Department of Commerce.
Download the 2007 "Selected
U.S. Radio Frequency Allocations from 30 MHz to 300 GHz" wall chart PDF file from RF Design.
218-219 MHz Service (formerly interactive video & data service) |
218-219 |
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Advanced Wireless Services including 3G |
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1915-1920, 1995-2000, 2020-2025, 2175-2180 |
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Aeronautical Communications & Navigation |
74.8-75.2, 108-137, 328.6-335.4 |
849-851, 894-896, 960-1215, 1300-1350, 1435-1525, 1559-1626.5, 2700-2900 |
3.5-3.65, 4.2-4.4, 5.0-5.25, 5.35-5.65, 9.0-9.5, 13.25-13.4, 14.0-14.2, 15.4-15.7, 24.45-24.65,
24.75-25.05, 31.8-33.4 |
66-71, 252-265 |
Amateur Radio |
50-54, 144-148, 216-220, 222-225 |
420-450, 902-928, 1240-1300, 2300-2310, 2390-2450 |
3.3-3.5, 5.65-5.925, 10-10.5, 24-24.5 |
47-47.2, 76-81, 122.25-123, 134-141, 241-250 |
Auditory Assistance Devices |
72-73, 74.6-74.8, 75.2-76, 216.75-217 |
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Auxiliary Broadcasting |
54-72, 76-108, 152.855-154, 161.625-161.775, 162.0125-173.2, 174-216 |
450-456, 470-608, 614-806, 944-960, 2025-2110, 2450-2483.5 |
6.425-6.525, 6.875-7.125, 12.7-13.25, 17.7-18.3, 19.3-19.7 |
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Cable TV Relay |
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2025-2110 |
6.425-6.525, 6.875-7.125, 12.7-13.25, 17.7-18.3, 19.3-19.7 |
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Cellular Phone Service |
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824-849 |
869-894 |
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Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Telephone |
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849-851, 894-896 |
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Dedicated Short-Range Communications |
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5.85-5.925 |
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Digital Audio Broadcasting |
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2310-2360 |
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Digital Electronic Messaging Service |
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24.25-24.45, 25.05-25.25 |
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Differential GPS |
108-117.975 |
1559-1610 |
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Digital TV |
54-400 |
400-698, 698-806 (transition period) |
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Direct Broadcast Satellite |
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12.2-12.7, 17.3-24.75-25.25 |
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Family Radio Service |
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462.5625-467.7125 |
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Fixed Microwave |
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928-929, 932-935, 941-960, 1850-2000, 2110-2180, 2450-2483 |
4.94-4.99, 5.925-6.875, 10.55-10.68, 10.7-13.25, 14.2-14.4, 17.7-18.3, 19.3-19.7, 21.2-23.6, 24.25-24.45,
25.05-25.25, 27.5-29.5, 31-31.3 |
37-40, 42-42.5, 71-76, 81-86, 92-94, 94.1-95 |
Fixed Satellite |
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1390-1392, 1430-1432 |
3.6-4.2, 4.5-4.8, 5.85-7.075, 7.25-7.85, 7.9-8.4, 10.7-12.2, 12.7-13.25, 13.75-14.5, 15.43, 15.63,
17.3-21.2, 24.75-25.25, 27.5-31 |
37.5-42, 42.5-45.5, 47.2-50.2, 50.4-51.4, 71-76, 81-86, 123-130, 167-174.5, 209-226, 232-240, 238-241,
265-275 |
FM Broadcasting |
88-108 |
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General Aviation Air to Ground Telephone |
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454.675-454.975, 459.675-459.975 |
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General Mobile Radio Service |
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462.55-467.725 |
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Industrial/Business Radio Pool |
30-50, 72-76, 150-174, 216-220 |
406-413, 421-430, 450-470, 470-512, 800, 900 |
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Industrial Scientific & Medical |
40-42 |
902-928, 2400-2500 |
5.625-5.925, 24.0-24.25 |
59.3-64, 116-123, 241-248 |
Instructional TV Fixed Service |
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2500-2690 |
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Local Multipoint Distribution Service |
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27.5-29.5, 31-31.3 |
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Location & Monitoring Service |
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902-928 |
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Low Power Radio Service |
216.75-217.0 |
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Maritime Communications & Radar |
154-161.625, 161.775-162.0125, 216-220 |
454-455, 456-460, 1525-1559, 1626.5-1660, 2900-3100 |
5.47-5.65, 9.2-9.3, 14.00-14.2 |
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Medical Implant Communications Service |
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402-405 |
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Millimeter Wave 70-80-90 GHz Service |
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71-76, 81-86, 91-94, 94.1-95 |
Mobile Satellite |
137-138, 148-150.05, 399.9-400 |
400-400.05, 400.15-401, 406-406.1, 1525-1559, 1610-1660.5, 2000-2020, 2180-2200, 2483.5-2500 |
7.25-7.75, 7.9-8.4, 14-14.5, 19.7-21.2, 29.5-31 |
39.5-41, 43.5-47, 50.4-51.4, 66-74, 81-84, 123-130, 158.5-160, 191.8-200, 252-265 |
Multiple Address Systems |
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928-960 |
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Multipoint Distribution Service |
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2150-2162, 2596-2690 |
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Multi-Use Radio Service |
151.82, 151,88, 151.94, 154.57, 154.60 |
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PCS Broadband |
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1850-1910, 1930-1990 |
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PCS Narrowband |
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901-902, 930-931, 940-941 |
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PCS Unlicensed |
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1910-1930, 2390-2400 |
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Petroleum Radio Service |
36.25, 41.71, 150.980, 154.585, 158.445, 159.480 |
454. 459 |
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Public Mobile and Private Land Mobile |
30.56-32, 33-34, 35-36, 37-38, 39-40, 40-40.98, 42-46.6, 47-49.6, 72-73, 74.6-74.8, 75.2-76,
150.8-156.2475, 157.0375-173.4, 216-222 |
410-455, 456-462.5375, 462.7375-467.5375, 467.7375-512, 764-901, 902-930, 931-940, 941-960, 1427-1432,
2110-2155, 2160-21802450-2483.5, 2900-3000 |
3.0-3.6, 4.94-4.99, 5.25-5.65, 5.85-5.925, 10.0-10.55, 13.4-14, 15.7-17.2, 33.4-35 |
35-36 |
Radio Astronomy |
37.5-38.25, 73-74.6 |
406.1-410, 608-614, 1400-1427, 1610.6-1613.8, 1660-1670, 2690-2700 |
4.99-5, 10.68-10.7, 15.35-15.4, 22.21-22.5, 23.6-24, 31.3-31.8 |
42.5-43.5, 76-116, 123-158.5, 164-167, 182-185, 200-231.5, 241-275 |
Remote Control Models |
72-73, 75.4-76 |
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Space Operation and Space Research |
137-138 |
400.15-402, 410-420, 1215-1300, 1400-1427, 1660.5-1668.4, 2025-2110, 2200-2300, 2655-2700 |
3.1-3.3, 4.99-5.0, 5.25-5.57, 7.19-7.235, 8.4-8.65, 9.5-9.8, 10.6-10.7, 13.25-14.2, 14.5-15.4, 16.6-17.1,
17.2-17.3, 18.6-18.8, 21.2-21.4, 22.21-22.5, 23.6-24.0, 31.3-32.3, 34.2-34.7 |
40.0-50.5, 50.2-50.4, 52.6-59.3, 65-66, 74-84, 86-92, 94.0-94.1, 100-102, 105.0-122.5, 148.5-151.5,
155.5-158.5, 164-167, 174.8-191.8, 200-209, 217-231.5, 235-238, 250-252 |
Specialized Mobile Radio |
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806-821, 851-866, 896-901, 935-940 |
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Standard Frequency and Time Signal Satellite |
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400.05-400-15 |
13.4-14.0, 20.2-21.2, 25.25-27, 30-31 |
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Television |
54-72-76-88-174-216 |
470-608, 614-806, 2025-2110 |
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Terrestrial Direct Broadcast Service |
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12.2-12.7 |
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Ultra Wideband (UWB) |
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below 960 |
1.99-10.6 or 3.1-10.6 |
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Vehicle Radar Systems |
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22-29 |
46.7-46.9, 76-77 |
Weather Instruments/Radar /Satellites |
137-138 |
400.15-406, 449, 460-470, 1668.4-1710, 2700-3000 |
5.6-5.65, 10-10.025 |
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Wildlife Telemetry |
40.66-40.7, 162-174, 217-220 |
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Wireless Medical Telemetry Service |
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608-614, 1395-1400, 1427-1432 |
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Wireless Microphones |
54-72, 76-88, 169.445, 169.505, 170.245, 170.305, 171.045, 171.105, 171.845, 171.905, 174-216 |
470-608, 614-806 |
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Information derived from 2005 RF Design poster
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