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MINISTRATIO N
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE
BROADCASTING SATELLITE
BROADCASTING
FIXED SATELLITE
ACTIVITY CODE
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
AMATEUR SATELLITE
GOVERNMENT EXCLUSIVE
NON-GOVERNMENT EXCLUSIVE
UNITED STATES
This chart is a graphic single-point-in-time portrayal of the Table of Frequency Allocations used by the FCC and NTIA. As such, it does not completely reflect all aspects, i.e., footnotes and recent changes made to the Table of Frequency Allocations. Therefore, for complete information, users should consult the Table to determine the current status of U.S. allocations.
FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS
E RC
TIO
NA OM TIONAL TELEC
U.S .
ENT OF CO MM RTM PA E DE
Primary
SERVICE
Secondary
UN
IC RM ATIO NS & INF O
FIXED
EXAMPLE
Mobile
October 2003
DESCRIPTION
MOBILE
Capital Letters
LAND MOBILE
INTER-SATELLITE
MARITIME MOBILE
MARITIME RADIONAVIGATION
MOBILE SATELLITE
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS
3 kHz
3 MHz
3 GHz
MARITIME RADIONAVIGATION Radiolocation
30.56
30.0
3.0 3.025
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
300
MOBILE
FIXED
3.1
30 GHz 30 MHz
FIXED
MOBILE SATELLITE
300 kHz
300 MHz
MOBILE
3.155
Radiolocation
RADIOLOCATION
MOBILE*
33.0
FIXED
3.230
FIXED MOBILE
328.6
MOBILE
325
FIXED
MOBILE**
Radiolocation
Aeronautical Mobile
Amateur
RADIOLOCATION
RADIONAVIGATION
Radiolocation
MOBILE
FIXED
RADIONAVIGATION
3.5
RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation
33.0 33.4
MOBILE SATELLITE
FIXED
399.9
MOBILE
35.0
3.5
RADIOLOCATION
FIXED MOBILE 3.65
MET. AIDS (Radiosonde)
Radiolocation
36.0 3.6
RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S)
RADIOLOCATION
FIXED SAT. (S-E)
Radiolocation
37.0
Aeronautical Mobile
MOBILE** FIXED
(S-E)
FIXED
LAND MOBILE
36.0
AMATEUR
Earth Expl. Met-Satellite Earth Expl Sat (E-S) Satellite (E-S) (E-S)
FIXED
402.0
MOBILE
SPACE RES.
FIXED
FIXED-SATELLITE FIXED 39.5 420.0 FIXED MOBILE MOBILE F I X E D MOBILE SATELLITE SAT. 4.2
38.6
FIXED
39.0 40.0
FIXED
MARITIME MOBILE
4.0 4.063
Aeronautical Mobile RADIONAVIGATION
NOT ALLOCATED
405 415
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS (RADIOSONDE) 406.0 MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S) 406.1 RADIO FIXED MOBILE ASTRONOMY 410.0 SPACE RESEARCH FIXED MOBILE (S-S) RADIOLOCATION Amateur
MOBILE
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
MARITIME MOBILE
FIXED
MARITIME MOBILE
ACTIVITIES
40.0 Earth EARTH SPACE F I X E D MOBILE Expl. EXPL SAT SAT. RES. (E-S) Sat (s - e) SAT (E-S) 40.5 BROAD- FX-SAT Fixed Mobile BCST CASTING (S-E) SAT. 41.0 BROADBCST MOBILE FIXED CASTING SAT.
FREQUENCY 0
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
4.4
42.0
42.5
RADIO ASTRONOMY
FIXED
MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S)
MOBILE**
Infra-sonics
43.5 4.5
LAND MOBILE
FIXED
MOBILE
LAND MOBILE FIXED LAND MOBILE LAND MOBILE FIXED LAND MOBILE
FIXED
LAND MOBILE
43.69
4.438
FIXED
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R) AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
MARITIME MOBILE
Aeronautical Radionavigation
3 x 107m
45.5
10 Hz
RADIONAV. SATELLITE
FIXED
MOBILE
RADIONAV.SAT.
MOBILE MOBILE SAT (E-S). MOB. SAT(E-S) MOBILE FIXED 46.9 47.0 47.2 4.8 48.2 4.94 50.2 4.99 5.0 5.15 5.25 5.35 5.46 5.47 5.6 50.4 51.4 52.6 AERONAUTICAL RADIONAV.
FIXED LAND MOBILE LAND MOBILE FIXED LAND MOBILE LAND MOBILE FIXED LAND MOBILE FIXED
MOBILE* FIXED
512.0 49.6
FIXED
4.85 495
3 x 106m
100 Hz
MOBILE
MOBILE
STANDARD FREQ. AND TIME SIGNAL (5000 KHZ) Space Research STANDARD FREQ.
LAND MOBILE
FIXED MOBILE
SPACE RESEARCH
FX SAT(E-S)
RADIO ASTRONOMY Space Research (Passive) AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION AERO. RADIONAV. RADIOLOCATION FIXED SAT (S-E) Radiolocation
FIXED
MOBILE
1 kHz
50.0
FIXED
FIXED
MOBILE
5.45 54.0
MOBILE**
AMATEUR
535
FIXED FIXED
SPACE RES.
LF
RADIONAVIGATION
AM Broadcast Ultra-sonics
3,000 m
100 kHz
RADIORadioLOCATION location Radiolocation RADIONAVIGATION MARITIME Radiolocation RADIONAVIGATION MARITIME METEOROLOGICAL Radiolocation RADIONAVIGATION AIDS Amateur
RADIOLOCATION
5.65 5.83
MOBILE*
MOBILE* FIXED
FIXED
BROADCASTING
LAND MOBILE
5.85 5.925
EARTH MOBILE FIXED EXPLORATION SAT. (Passive) 58.2 SPACE EARTH MOBILE FIXED RESEARCH EXPLORATION (Passive) SAT. (Passive) 59.0 EARTH RADIOEXPLORATION F I X E D M O B I L E SPACE LOC. INTERRES.. SAT SAT. (Passive)
RADIO ASTRONOMY
MF
5.95
ISM 61.25 .250 GHz 59-64 GHz IS DESIGNATED FOR UNLICENSED DEVICES
1 MHz 300 m
59.3 FIXED MOBILE 64.0 65.0 66.0
INTERSATELLITE RADIOLOCATION INTERSATELLITE INTERSATELLITE INTERSATELLITE
FIXED
FIXED SATELLITE (E-S) FIXED SATELLITE (E-S)
FIXED SATELLITE (S-E)(E-S)
BROADCASTING
6.425 MOBILE 6.525 FIXED FIXED 6.70 6.875 6.2 14
HF
30 m
MOBILE** FIXED
TV BROADCASTING
FM Broadcast
10 MHz
EARTH SPACE EXPLORATION RESEARCH F I X E D M O B I L E * * SATELLITE
MARITIME MOBILE
MOBILE MOBILE MOBILE FIXED SATELLITE (E-S)
FIXED SAT (E-S)
VHF
MOBILE
MAGNIFIED ABOVE
P
71.0
Fixed
FIXED
FIXED
FIXED FIXED
MOBILE FIXED
SPACE RESEARCH (E-S) FIXED 7.19 7.235 7.25
BROADCAST
746
6.685 6.765
UHF
Mobile
MOBILE
MOBILE
FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) MOBILE SATELLITE (S-E)
FIXED
BROADCAST
764 Fixed FIXED 74.0
Mobile Satellite (S-E) AMATEUR AMATEUR SATELLITE
MARITIME MOBILE
S C
MOBILE
776
FIXED
BROADCAST
7.55
72.0 73.0
Mobile Mobile
AMATEUR
FIXED FIXED BROADCASTING BROADCASTING
SHF
3 cm
Microwaves
FIXED SATELLITE (E-S)
7.3 7.35
19.95
10 GHz
FIXED MET. FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) SATELLITE (S-E) FIXED FIXED SATELLITE (S-E)
Mobile
AMATEUR
0.3 cm
AMATEUR SATELLITE
FIXED
7.90
FIXED MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S) SATELLITE (E-S) FIXED EARTH EXPL. FIXED SATELLITE (E-S) SATELLITE(S-E)
794 806
100 GHz
20.05
FIXED
EHF
MARITIME MOBILE
FIXED FIXED
8.1 8.195
FIXED Mobile MET. SATELLITE FIXED SATELLITE Satellite (E-S) (E-S) (E-S) (no airborne) FIXED Mobile Satellite EARTH EXPL. SATELLITE FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) (E-S)(no airborne) (E-S)
FIXED
Sub-Millimeter Infrared
1 THz
8.4
FIXED SPACE RESEARCH (S-E) (deep space only)
MARITIME MOBILE
FIXED
8.45
FIXED
LAND MOBILE
8.5 MOBILE
RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation Radiolocation
76.0 Amateur 77.0 Amateur Amateur Sat. 77.5 AMATEUR AMATEUR SAT 78.0 Amateur Amateur Satellite 81.0 FIXED MOBILE MOBILE SATELLITE SATELLITE (S-E) (S-E) 84.0 BROADBROADMOBILE CASTING CASTING SATELLITE 86.0
FIXED FIXED
3 x 105
9.0 9.2
Radiolocation
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION MARITIME RADIONAVIGATION
821 824 849 851 866 869 894 896 901901 902
INFRARED
RADIOLOCATION FIXED
9.3
RADIONAVIGATION Meteorological Aids Radiolocation
Amateur
SPACE RESEARCH (Passive) EARTH EXPLORATION SATELLITE (Passive) RADIO ASTRONOMY
88.0
FIXED
VISIBLE
Visible Ultraviolet X-ray
1019Hz 1020Hz 1021Hz 1022Hz 1023Hz 1024Hz 1025Hz
FIXED
MOBILE
RADIOLOCATION
FIXED RADIOLOCATION
95.0 10.0
Radiolocation
FIXED
9.4
BROADCASTING
Radiolocation
FIXED FIXED
MOBILE
RADIOLOCATION Radiolocation
9.5
Amateur
EARTH EXPL. SATELLITE (Passive) FIXED 100.0 102.0
SPACE RESEARCH (Passive)
FIXED FIXED
RADIONAVIGATION
928 929 930 931 932 935 940 941 944 960
BROADCASTING
RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE MOBILE SATELLITE
Radiolocation Amateur Amateur Satellite
10.45
30
RADIOLOCATION
FIXED
EARTH EXPL. SAT. (Passive)
FIXED STANDARD FREQ. AND TIME SIGNAL (10,000 kHz) Space Research STANDARD FREQ. AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R) AMATEUR
10.68 10.7
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
ULTRAVIOLET X-RAY
Gamma-ray Cosmic-ray
FIXED
Mobile*
108.0
FIXED
FIXED
1215
MARITIME MOBILE
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
FIXED FIXED
RADIO ASTRONOMY
RADIOLOCATION RADIOLOCATION
FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) Mobile **
1240
Amateur
1300 119.98 12.2
BROADCASTING
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
3 x 10 -1 3 x 10 -2 3 x 10 -3 3 x 10 -4 3 x 10 -5
MOBILE
INTERSAT.
Radiolocation
1350 FIXED 126.0 12.7 FIXED SATELLITE (E-S)
INTERSATELLITE RADIOLOCATION
FIXED
BROADCASTING
12.05
MOBILE
MOBILE **
12.10
FIXED
LAND MOBILE
MOBILE FIXED 12.75
RADIO ASTRONOMY EARTH EXPL SAT (Passive)
SPA CE RESEARCH ( Passive)
MARITIME MOBILE
128.8125
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
SPACE RESEARCH (S-E) (Deep Space)
12.23
GAMMA-RAY COSMIC-RAY
FIXED 13.25
132.0125
MOBILE
136.0 Mobile **
Mobile*
Space Research (E-S) AERONAUTICAL RADIONAV. 13.4 RADIOStandard RadioLOCATION Freq. and location Time Signal 13.75 FIXED RADIORadioSatellite (E-S) SAT.(E-S) location LOCATION 14.0 RADIO Land Mobile FIXED Space NAVIGATION SAT. (E-S) Satellite (E-S) Research
FIXED
AMATEUR
FIXED
1545 1549.5 150.0 151.0 14.47 14.5 14.7145 15.1365 FIXED Mobile
Space Research
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE SATELLITE (R) (space to Earth) AMATEUR
MOBILE
13.2 13.26 13.36 13.41 13.57 13.6 13.8 13.87 14.0 14.25 14.35
MARITIME MOBILE
FIXED
AMATEUR SATELLITE AMATEUR MOBILE MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S) FIXED RADIONAV-SATELLITE MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S) FIXED MOBILE
Mobile*
STANDARD FREQ. AND TIME SIGNAL (15,000 kHz) Space Research STANDARD FREQ. AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR)
FIXED LAND MOBILE
FIXED Land Mobile Mobile SAT. (E-S) Satellite (E-S) FX SAT.(E-S) L M Sat(E-S) Mobile Space Research Mobile Space Research Fixed
70
LAND MOBILE
FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) FIXED
RADIO ASTRONOMY SPACE RESEARCH (Passive) EARTH EXPL. SAT. (Passive) FIXED LAND MOBILE
BROADCASTING
154.0
FIXED BROADCASTING
15.6 15.8
FIXED
Radiolocation
MARITIME MOBILE
3 x 10 -6 3 x 10 -7
FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED RADIOLOCATION FIXED FIXED
15.4 15.43 FIXED SAT (E-S) AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION RADIO ASTRONOMY FIXED MOBILE MOBILE
SPACE RESEARCH (Passive)
FIXED
16.36
Radiolocation
MOBILE SAT. (E-S)
168.0
Radiolocation Radiolocation
RADIOLOC.
MOBILE
RADIO ASTRONOMY RADIO ASTRONOMY SPACE RESEARCH (Passive)
BROADCASTING
RADIO ASTRONOMY
BCST SAT. FX SAT (E-S)
FIXED SATELLITE (E-S)
LAND MOBILE MARITIME MOBILE FIXED LAND MOBILE MARITIME MOBILE LAND MOBILE MARITIME MOBILE LAND MOBILE
MARITIME MOBILE
1670
FIXED
90
BROADCASTING
MOBILE**
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE (s-E)
FIXED
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS (Radiosonde)
1675 1700
FIXED
BROADCASTING
MOBILE
Fixed
FIXED FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) FIXED FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) FX SAT (S-E) EARTH EXPL. SAT. SPACE RES. FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) 185.0 MOBILE INTERSATELLITE 190.0
FIXED
FIXED
17.2 17.3 17.7 17.8 18.3 18.6 18.8 19.3 19.7 20.1 20.2 21.2
RADIOLOCATION
MOBILE
FIXED
FIXED
FIXED
BROADCASTING
1705
Land Mobile MOBILE
1800
AMATEUR
110
FIXED
FIXED
MOBILE SATELLITE MOBILE FIXED
RADIO ASTRONOMY
MOBILE
MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S) 200.0 MOBILE
SPACE RES. (Passive)
EARTH EXPLORATION SAT. (Passive)
RADIONAVIGATION Radiolocation
MARITIME MOBILE
2000 2020
RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE
RADIONAVIGATION MOBILE
MOBILE MOBILE MOBILE
Amateur Satellite
FIXED SPACE RES. SATELLITE(S-E) (Passive)
1900
RADIOLOCATION
FIXED FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) MOBILE SAT. (S-E) FIXED SATELLITE (S-E) FX SAT (S-E) MOBILE SATELLITE (S-E) FX SAT (S-E) MOBILE SAT (S-E) STD FREQ. & TIME FIXED SPACE RES. F I X E D MOBILE EARTH EXPL. SAT. FIXED MOBILE MOBILE** FIXED S P A C E R A D . A S T MOBILE** F I X E D EARTH EXPL. SAT. RES.
FIXED
SPACE RES. EARTH EXPL. (E-S)(s-s) SAT. (E-S)(s-s)
MOBILE
SPACE OP. (E-S)(s-s)
AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (R) AERONAUTICAL MOBILE (OR) FIXED AMATEUR AMATEUR SATELLITE Mobile FIXED MARITIME MOBILE BROADCASTING FIXED FIXED MARITIME MOBILE FIXED STAND. FREQ. & TIME SIG. Space Research STANDARD FREQUENCY & TIME SIGNAL (20,000 KHZ) Space Research STANDARD FREQ.
MOB. FX.
FIXED 22.55 MOBILE
INTER-SATELLITE
2025
130 2110
FIXED Mobile
2000
FIXED FIXED
23.55 MOBILE 23.6 SPACE RES. (Passive)
SPACE RESEARCH (Passive)
AMATEUR
EARTH EXPL. SAT. (Passive) FIXED (LOS)
MOBILE
S)
2155
21.0
AMATEUR AMATEUR SATELLITE
MOBILE
FIXED
MARITIME MOBILE
FIXED
MARITIME MOBILE
FIXED
MOBILE
MOBILE SATELLITE (S-E)
MOBILE (LOS) SPACE RESEARCH (s-E)(s-s) SPACE EARTH OPERATION EXPLORATION (s-E)(s-s) SAT. (s-E)(s-s)
MOBILE
LAND MOBILE
MARITIME MOBILE
MARITIME MOBILE
MARITIME MOBILE
MOBILE
FIXED
24.05
Earth Expl. Satellite (Active)
MOBILE
FIXED
RADIOLOCATION
Amateur
Radiolocation
FIXED MOBILE** Amateur Amateur RADIOLOCATION MOBILE** FIXED Radiolocation Mobile Fixed MOB FX R- LOC. B-SAT RadioBCST-SATELLITE Mobile Fixed
location
MARITIME MOBILE (TELEPHONY) MOBILE (DISTRESS AND CALLING) MARITIME MOBILE (TELEPHONY)
160
FIXED
MARITIME MOBILE
LAND MOBILE
MOB
RADIOLOCATION
FX
R- LOC. B-SAT
235.0 2360
Fixed
AMATEUR SATELLITE
190
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
AMATEUR SATELLITE SPACE RES. (Passive)
MOBILE
200
AMATEUR
250.0
EARTH EXPLORATION SATELLITE (Passive)
2495
Earth Expl. INTER-SATELLITE Satellite (Active)
RADIOLOCATION SATELLITE (E-S)
MOBILE
252.0 24.75 AMATEUR AMATEUR 25.05 265.0
Radiolocation
FIXED
STANDARD FREQ. AND TIME SIGNAL (2500kHz) STANDARD FREQ. Space Research STANDARD FREQ. AND TIME SIGNAL
MOBILE SATELLITE
Amateur
2417 2450
RADIOLOCATION INTER-SATELLITE F I X E D (E-S) SATELLITE RADIONAVIGATION SATELLITE Earth Standard (E-S) Exploration Frequency and MOBILE FIXED Satellite Time Signal F I X ED (S-S) F I X ESatellite (E-S) D
FIXED
MOBILE FIXED
Earth std Exploration freq e-e-sat Satellite (S-S) (s-s) & time e-e-sat
MOBILE
RADIODETERMINATION SAT. (S-E)
PLEASE NOTE: THE SPACING ALLOTTED THE SERVICES IN THE SPECTRUM SEGMENTS SHOWN IS NOT PROPORTIONAL TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF SPECTRUM OCCUPIED.
FIXED
Radiolocation
MOBILE SATELLITE (S-E)
MOBILE
Aeronautical Mobile
MOBILE
FIXED
MARITIME MOBILE
LAND MOBILE
MOBILE SATELLITE
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
FX-SAT (S - E)
FIXED
MOB** B- SAT. FX FX-SAT RADIO ASTRON. SPACE RESEARCH EARTH EXPL SAT
Space Research STANDARD FREQ. LAND MOBILE MARITIME MOBILE LAND MOBILE FIXED MOBILE** RADIO ASTRONOMY BROADCASTING MARITIME MOBILE LAND MOBILE MOBILE** FIXED FIXED MOBILE** FIXED MOBILE** LAND MOBILE FIXED FIXED MOBILE AMATEUR AMATEUR SATELLITE
25.01 25.07 25.21 25.33 25.55 25.67 26.1 26.175 26.48 26.95 26.96 27.23 27.41 27.54 28.0
2850
MOBILE
FIXED
29.5 FIXED SATELLITE (E-S) MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S) 29.9 FIXED SATELLITE (E-S) 300.0 MOBILE SATELLITE (E-S) 30.0
300 GHz
3 MHz
300 kHz
300 MHz
30 MHz
3 GHz
30 GHz
MARITIME RADIONAVIGATION
Radiolocation
FIXED
MOBILE
AERONAUTICAL RADIONAVIGATION
Aeronautical Mobile
275
MARITIME RADIONAVIGATION (RADIO BEACONS) Aeronautical Radionavigation (Radio Beacons)
3000
300