Frequency Spectrum Chart
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| BANDWIDTH DESCRIPTION |
FREQUENCY RANGE |
| Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) |
0 Hz - 3 KHz |
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| Very Low Frequency (VLF) |
3 KHz - 30 KHz |
| Radio Navigation & maritime/aeronautical mobile |
9 KHz - 540 KHz |
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| Low Frequency (LF) |
30 KHz - 300 KHz |
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| Medium Frequency (MF) |
300 KHz - 3000 KHz |
| AM Radio Broadcast |
540 KHz - 1630 KHz |
| Travellers Information
Service |
1610 KHz |
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| High Frequency (HF) |
3 MHz - 30 MHz |
| Shortwave Broadcast
Radio |
5.95 MHz - 26.1 MHz |
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| Very High Frequency (VHF) |
30 MHz - 300 MHz |
| Low Band: TV Band
1 - Channels 2-6 |
54 MHz - 88 MHz |
| Mid Band: FM Radio
Broadcast |
88 MHz - 174 MHz |
| High Band: TV Band
2 - Channels 7-13 |
174 MHz - 216 MHz |
| Super Band (mobile/fixed
radio & TV) |
216 MHz - 600 MHz |
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| Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) |
300 MHz - 3000 MHz |
| Channels 14-70 |
470 MHz - 806 MHz |
| L-band: |
500 MHz - 1500 MHz |
| Personal Communications
Services (PCS) |
1850 MHz - 1990 MHz |
| Unlicensed PCS Devices |
1910 MHz - 1930 MHz |
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| Superhigh Frequencies (SHF) (Microwave) |
3 GHz - 30 GHz |
| C-band: |
3600 MHz - 7025 MHz |
| X-band: |
7.25 GHz - 8.4 GHz |
| Ku-band: |
10.7 GHz - 14.5 GHz |
| Ka-band: |
17.3 GHz - 31.0 GHz |
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| Extremely High Frequencies (EHF) |
30 GHz - 300 GHz |
| Additional Fixed
Satellite |
38.6 GHz - 275 GHz |
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| Infrared Radiation |
300 GHz - 810 THz |
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| Visible Light |
810 THz - 1620 THz |
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| Ultraviolet Radiation |
1.62 PHz - 30 PHz |
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| X-Rays |
30 PHz - 30 EHz |
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| Gamma Rays |
30 EHz - 3000 EHz |
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