H IGH F REQUENCY

P RIVILEGES C HART 5 WPM

CODE TEST
LICENSE k Hz FOR ALL THESE
BANDS!
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9700EFFECTIVE APRIL
CLASS 280 281 282 283 285 293 296 2 15, 2000
EXTRA CW DIGITAL CW BEACONS PHONE SSB PHONE SATS FM

* ADVANCED

GENERAL
CW

CW
DIGITAL

DIGITAL
CW BEACONS

CW BEACONS
PHONE

PHONE
SSB PHONE

SSB PHONE
SATS

SATS
FM

FM
10
METERS
NOVICE/ DIGITAL CW BEACONS PHONE Best Days
* TECHNICIAN

kH
z
90 30 90
248 249 249
12
EXTRA

* ADVANCED

GENERAL
k Hz
CW DIGITAL PHONE

METERS
000 25 00 00 25 00 50 Best Days
21 210 211 212 212 213 214
EXTRA CW CW DIGITAL CW DX PHONE SSB PHONE SSB PHONE

* ADVANCED

GENERAL
CW

CW
DIGITAL

DIGITAL
CW

CW
SSB PHONE SSB PHONE

SSB PHONE
15
METERS
NOVICE/ Best Days
* TECHNICIAN NOV./TECH CW

EXTRA
18068
k Hz
181
00
181
10
181
68
17
METERS
* ADVANCED

GENERAL
CW

z
CW DIGITAL PACKET PHONE
Best Days
kH & Evenings
00 25 00 50 75 25 50
140 140 141 141 141 142 143

*
EXTRA

ADVANCED
CW CW DIGITAL

CW DIGITAL
DX PHONE

SSB PHONE
SSB PHONE
20
METERS
GENERAL CW DIGITAL SSB PHONE Best Days
z & Nights
kH
00 20 30 40 50
101 101 101 101 101
30
EXTRA

CW CW CW DATA CW DATA CW PACKET

* ADVANCED

GENERAL Hz
METERS
0k 5 0 0 5 0 CW & Data
700 702 710 715 722 730

40
EXTRA CW CW DIGITAL CW SSB PHONE PHONE

CW DIGITAL CW SSB PHONE PHONE

* ADVANCED

GENERAL CW DIGITAL CW PHONE METERS

NOVICE/ NOV./TECH CW
Best Days
* TECHNICIAN

Hz
& Evenings
0k 5 5 5 0 5 0 0
350 352 367 372 375 377 385 400

*
EXTRA

ADVANCED

GENERAL
CW CW

CW

CW
DIGITAL

DIGITAL

DIGITAL
CW

CW

CW
PHONE DX SSTV

SSTV
PHONE

PHONE

PHONE
80
METERS
Best Evenings
NOVICE/ NOV./TECH CW & Nights
* TECHNICIAN

Hz
0k 0 0 0 0

*
EXTRA

ADVANCED
180
CW
183
RTTY
184
CW DX
185
PHONE DX PHONE
200
160
METERS
GENERAL
Night Owl

* = GRANDFATHERED PRIVILEGES
By Gordon West For Kenwood Communications
# 062200
Maximum Power
200 Watts on
Novice/Tech+ Subbands
1000kHz = 1MHz (ie 7225kHz = 7.225MHz)
= No Privileges Until Upgrade!
Band
 VHF/UHF/Microwave
Band Plan EXTRA • ADVANCED • GENERAL
TECHNICIAN NO:CODE & TECH + CW
GRANDFATHERED • NOVICE RESTRICTED, AS INDICATED
z
MH
00 25 4155 92 50
240 241 2 241 242
“24GHz”
BAND
DATA

Hz
FM SSB ATV FM SPACE
1.0
CM
M
00 00 64 68 00
100 102 103 103 105
“10GHz”
X-BAND
H
WIDE BAND

z
SSB CW
W
WIDEBAND FM ATV
XW
SPACE TELECOMMAND
3
CM
0M 760 761 925
565 5 5 5

DATA FM

W
ATV SS

M
CW SSB DATA FM ATV
W
SPACE
6
CM
M Hz
3 300 3 456 3 457 3 500

“3456”
BAND
Hz
DATA FM

W
ATV

XW
CW & SSB DATA

N
FM

W
ATV

XW
9
CM
0 M 5 0 5 0 6 9 0 0 3 8 0 3 8 0
4
230 230 232 23 236 239 239 240 241 241 241 243 243 243 245
DATA

N
CW
CW
SSB
M
ATV

XW
DATA

N
LINK

W
SATS RPT
OUT
W
DATA ATV

XW
SATS DATA

W
FM
13
CM
z
0 MH 6 8 2 3 8 0 0 6 2 8 5 7 0
124 124 124 125 125 125 126 127 127 128 128 129 129 130

“1270”
BAND
ATV DATA DATA ATV DATA SATS RPT
IN AT V

NOVICE 5 WATTS FM & TELEVISION

RPT
OUT
ATV
FM
CW
SSB DATA
23
CM
z
MH
902 904 906 909 915 918 921 927 928
CW SSB DATA RPT IN ATV DATA RPT OUT ATV FM
33
CM
M Hz .3 .4
420 426 431 432 432 432 435 438 444 450
“440”
BAND
ATV ATV DATA CW SSB BCNS FM LINKS

NG
SATS DATA ATV
& FM FM REPEATERS
70
CM
z LLI
MH CA
.0 .05 .06 22.1 22.1 5 .25 .53 .64
219 220 222 222 222 2 2 222 223 223 225

“220”
BAND
POINT TO
POINT DATA CW BCN

CW BCN
SSB

SSB
SSB

SSB
SSB

SSB
FM DATA FM 25 WATT
1.2
METERS
z 5 3
MH 4.1 .27 . .5 .6 .9 .1 .2 .5 .8
4 144 144 144 144 144 145 145 145 145 146 147 148

2
1 4 14
“2” CW
ONLY
SSB BCN SATS RPT IN DATA RPT
OUT FM CW SSB
SATS
FM REPEATERS
FM SIMPLEX
METERS
METERS
Hz 5
.12 50.
3

6
M 1 6 8 1
50 50. 50 50. 50. 51 51. 52 53 54
“The DX” CW
ONLY
DX SSB AM FM DATA *R/C DX FM REPEATERS
FM SIMPLEX *R/C & FM
BAND METERS
AM - Amplitude Modulation FM Repeaters - FM relay stations SATS -Satellite & Space Shuttle Communication
BANDWIDTH ATV - Amateur Television FM Simplex - FM direct contacts Space - Satellite Operation
XW = 6MHZ + BW BCNS - Automatic Propagation Transmitter (Beacon) Link - relay stations for data & voice Space Telecommand - uplinks to control satellites
CW - Morse Code Phone DX - long distance voice transmission SS - Spread Spectrum
W = 1MHZ BW Data - packet, RTTY, Amtor Point to Point Data - automatic packet radio SSB - Single Sideband Weak-Signal Work
M = 100KHZ BW DX - Distant station contacts transfer stations SSB/CW - both Sideband & Morse Code
N = 50KHZ BW (longer range than usual) *R/C - radio control models SSTV - slow scan TV
FM - Frequency Modulation RPT/IN - your transmit frequency to a repeater Wide Band FM - television audio
FM Links - FM relay from one repeater to another RPT/OUT - output side of FM repeaters Wide Band - FM, AM, Spread Spectrum, Television