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A Tour of the Ham Bands DC to Daylight. VLF Bands NOT available in U.S. 73 Khz 135-137 Khz. 160-190 Khz. 500 Khz. All limited to very low power – generally.

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1 A Tour of the Ham Bands DC to Daylight

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3 VLF Bands NOT available in U.S. 73 Khz 135-137 Khz. 160-190 Khz. 500 Khz. All limited to very low power – generally Morse Code only -

4 160 Meter/ 1.8-2.0 Mhz General Class and higher Voice and CW Popular for regional communications at night Requires very large antennas (240 ft.) for efficient operation – most people use smaller

5 80 Meters/3.5-4.0 Mhz. CW 3.5-3.6 (3.525-3.600 Technician) Digital 3.5-3.6 Voice (SSB and AM, mostly) 3.6-4.0 Regional communication in daytime Long distance possible at night Dipole antenna 132 feet long

6 60 Meters / 5 Mhz. Our newest ham ‘band’ The only ‘channelized’ ham band 5 ‘spot frequencies’ shared with Federal government/ Coast Guard/ Homeland Security 50 watts / antenna limits Becoming a popular regional band

7 40 Meters/ 7.0-7.3 Mhz. CW 7.0 – 7.125 (7.025-7.125 Tech) Voice 7.125-7.3 Digital 7.0-7.125 Popular daytime regional band Long haul band at night This band has recently improved due to the removal of shortwave broadcasting

8 30 Meters/ 10.1-10.15 Mhz CW/Digital only – 200 watts max General Class and higher Excellent worldwide propagation most of the time

9 20 Meters/14-14.35 Mhz. General Class and higher 14-14.15 CW and Digital Only 14.15-14.35 Voice and SSTV Our PREMIER daytime HF band Open in daytime in winter/24 hrs in summer

10 17 Meters/18.068-18.168 General Class and higher 18.068 – 18.110 CW and digital 18.110-18.168 Voice Similar propagation to 20 meters

11 15 Meters/21- 21.450 Mhz 21-21.2 CW and digital 21.025-21.200 Technician CW 21.2-21.45 Voice Daytime DX band – worldwide propagation Dipole 22 feet long Not very useful when sunspots low

12 12 Meters/24.89-24.99 Mhz 24.89-24.93 CW and digital 24.93-24.99 Voice General and higher Worldwide communications when open Greatly affected by sunspots Eskip – short skip common

13 10 Meters/28-29.7 Mhz 28.0-28.3 CW/Digital (Techs, too!) 28.3 – 29.7 Voice (SSB, AM, limited FM) 28.3 – 28.5 Technician SSB 29.0-29.7 FM voice, satellites Very popular – low power/small antennas, work the world Eskip Severely impacted by sunspots

14 6 meters/50-54 Mhz. Technician band 50-50.1 CW only SSB calling frequency 50.125 Mhz. –50.110 ‘DX Window’ – stay out of here unless working stations overseas Primarily a local band –SSB range normally 200 miles Eskip common in summer, midwinter Meteor scatter popular here

15 2 meters/144-148 Mhz Technician band Repeaters common Primarily used for local FM voice Some use SSB –SSB range 2-300 miles typical Skip is very unusual Tropo scatter/ducting

16 1.25 Meters/222-225 Mhz Similar to 2 meters Also includes special 219-220 Mhz. high speed digital allocation Not as popular as 2 meters –Band not available worldwide –Limited commercial equipment available

17 ¾ Meter/420-450 Mhz. Our lowest UHF band FM 438-450 Mhz. 446.0 call frequency Part of band not available in north ATV SSB on 432.100 Dipole is about 12 inches long Band shared with many other services –we are SECONDARY here

18 33CM/902-928 Mhz U.S. only ham band No commercial equipment Many hams use converted commercial radios here Difficult to convert radios for ‘simplex’

19 Microwave bands 2.3 Ghz – weak signal, satellite, 802.11 networking 3.3 Ghz – 802.11 networks 5.6 Ghz.- weak signal, 802.11 10 Ghz. – weak signal 24 Ghz – weak signal Many higher bands – All are ‘line of sight’ -


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