Amateur radio

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hamateurszzz hamsexy dot com eham dot net et cetera hams don't like CBers. Hammies hamateurs HF frequencies listed below. Several VHF/UHF allocations worldwide. Exact band limits vary from country to country, with 2 meters generally being 144-146 MHz and 70cm generally being centered around 432 MHz or 440 MHz, the US bands of 144-148 MHz and 420-450 MHz are generally larger than allocations in other countries.

Amateur radio has secondary allocation in many bands.

Amateur Radio Bands

• 1800 kHz - 2000 kHz - 160 meter band/160 meters
• 3500 kHz - 4000 kHz - 80 meter band (top portion is often called 75 meters) and is shared with broadcasting
• 5330.5 kHz - 60 meter band (channelized, "center frequency" 5331.9 kHz)
• 5346.5 kHz - 60 meter band dial frequency (channelized, "center frequency" 5347.9 kHz)
• 5357.0 kHz - 60 meter band dial frequency (channelized, "center frequency" 5358.4 kHz)
• 5371.5 kHz - 60 meter band dial frequency (channelized, "center frequency" 5372.9 kHz)
• 5403.5 kHz - 60 meter band dial frequency (channelized, "center frequency" 5404.9 kHz)
• 7000 kHz - 7300 kHz - 40 meter band, 7100-7300 kHz is shared with shortwave broadcasting outside of the Americas
• 10100 kHz - 10150 kHz - 30 meter band (CW and digital modes only, no voice permitted)
• 14000 kHz - 14350 kHz - 20 meter band
• 18068 kHz - 18168 kHz - 17 meter band, shared with the fixed service in many countries
• 21000 kHz - 21450 kHz - 15 meter band
• 24890 kHz - 24990 kHz - 12 meter band
• 28000 kHz - 29700 kHz - 10 meter band
• 40 MHz - 8 meter band (only available in some countries)
• 50-54 MHz - 6 meter band (50-51 MHz or 50-52 MHz in some countries)
• 70 MHz - 4 meter band (69 MHz, 70 MHz band, only available in some countries)
• 144-148 MHz - 2 meter band (144-146 MHz only in many countries)
• 222-225 MHz - 1.25 meter band (220-225 MHz in some areas), only available in some countries
• 420-450 MHz - 70cm band (usually much smaller band allocation in most areas/countries, including all of Europe)
• 902-902 MHz - 33cm band (shared with Part 15 services in the US, not available in many areas)
• 1240-1300 MHz - 23cm band
• 2400-2500 MHz - 2.4 GHz or 2.45 GHz band, shared with Part 15, WiFi and about six dozen other services, including Part 18 ISM

See also

• Famous hams
• CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
• VHF and UHF radio

External links

• The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
• ARRL: The national association for Amateur Radio