U.S. Radio Frequency Allocations - 30 MHz to 300 GHz
These are the United
States radio frequency allocations per the wall chart issued by RF Design magazine in 2005. As with all
bureaucracies, the
FCC (Federal Communications Commission) rules are changed all the
time, so it behooves you to check the source for regulations on frequency allocations, power limits, modulation
techniques, etc., prior to planning any serious production design or implementation. The responsibility is
entirely yours to assure compliance. Download the
2003 U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart
published by U.U. Department of Commerce. Download the 2007 "Selected
U.S. Radio Frequency Allocations from 30 MHz to 300 GHz " wall chart PDF file from RF Design.
218-219 MHz Service (formerly interactive video & data service)
218-219
Advanced Wireless Services including 3G
1915-1920, 1995-2000, 2020-2025, 2175-2180
Aeronautical Communications & Navigation
74.8-75.2, 108-137, 328.6-335.4
849-851, 894-896, 960-1215, 1300-1350, 1435-1525, 1559-1626.5, 2700-2900
3.5-3.65, 4.2-4.4, 5.0-5.25, 5.35-5.65, 9.0-9.5, 13.25-13.4, 14.0-14.2, 15.4-15.7, 24.45-24.65,
24.75-25.05, 31.8-33.4
66-71, 252-265
Amateur Radio
50-54, 144-148, 216-220, 222-225
420-450, 902-928, 1240-1300, 2300-2310, 2390-2450
3.3-3.5, 5.65-5.925, 10-10.5, 24-24.5
47-47.2, 76-81, 122.25-123, 134-141, 241-250
Auditory Assistance Devices
72-73, 74.6-74.8, 75.2-76, 216.75-217
Auxiliary Broadcasting
54-72, 76-108, 152.855-154, 161.625-161.775, 162.0125-173.2, 174-216
450-456, 470-608, 614-806, 944-960, 2025-2110, 2450-2483.5
6.425-6.525, 6.875-7.125, 12.7-13.25, 17.7-18.3, 19.3-19.7
Cable TV Relay
2025-2110
6.425-6.525, 6.875-7.125, 12.7-13.25, 17.7-18.3, 19.3-19.7
Cellular Phone Service
824-849
869-894
Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Telephone
849-851, 894-896
Dedicated Short-Range Communications
5.85-5.925
Digital Audio Broadcasting
2310-2360
Digital Electronic Messaging Service
24.25-24.45, 25.05-25.25
Differential GPS
108-117.975
1559-1610
Digital TV
54-400
400-698, 698-806 (transition period)
Direct Broadcast Satellite
12.2-12.7, 17.3-24.75-25.25
Family Radio Service
462.5625-467.7125
Fixed Microwave
928-929, 932-935, 941-960, 1850-2000, 2110-2180, 2450-2483
4.94-4.99, 5.925-6.875, 10.55-10.68, 10.7-13.25, 14.2-14.4, 17.7-18.3, 19.3-19.7, 21.2-23.6, 24.25-24.45,
25.05-25.25, 27.5-29.5, 31-31.3
37-40, 42-42.5, 71-76, 81-86, 92-94, 94.1-95
Fixed Satellite
1390-1392, 1430-1432
3.6-4.2, 4.5-4.8, 5.85-7.075, 7.25-7.85, 7.9-8.4, 10.7-12.2, 12.7-13.25, 13.75-14.5, 15.43, 15.63,
17.3-21.2, 24.75-25.25, 27.5-31
37.5-42, 42.5-45.5, 47.2-50.2, 50.4-51.4, 71-76, 81-86, 123-130, 167-174.5, 209-226, 232-240, 238-241,
265-275
FM Broadcasting
88-108
General Aviation Air to Ground Telephone
454.675-454.975, 459.675-459.975
General Mobile Radio Service
462.55-467.725
Industrial/Business Radio Pool
30-50, 72-76, 150-174, 216-220
406-413, 421-430, 450-470, 470-512, 800, 900
Industrial Scientific & Medical
40-42
902-928, 2400-2500
5.625-5.925, 24.0-24.25
59.3-64, 116-123, 241-248
Instructional TV Fixed Service
2500-2690
Local Multipoint Distribution Service
27.5-29.5, 31-31.3
Location & Monitoring Service
902-928
Low Power Radio Service
216.75-217.0
Maritime Communications & Radar
154-161.625, 161.775-162.0125, 216-220
454-455, 456-460, 1525-1559, 1626.5-1660, 2900-3100
5.47-5.65, 9.2-9.3, 14.00-14.2
Medical Implant Communications Service
402-405
Millimeter Wave 70-80-90 GHz Service
71-76, 81-86, 91-94, 94.1-95
Mobile Satellite
137-138, 148-150.05, 399.9-400
400-400.05, 400.15-401, 406-406.1, 1525-1559, 1610-1660.5, 2000-2020, 2180-2200, 2483.5-2500
7.25-7.75, 7.9-8.4, 14-14.5, 19.7-21.2, 29.5-31
39.5-41, 43.5-47, 50.4-51.4, 66-74, 81-84, 123-130, 158.5-160, 191.8-200, 252-265
Multiple Address Systems
928-960
Multipoint Distribution Service
2150-2162, 2596-2690
Multi-Use Radio Service
151.82, 151,88, 151.94, 154.57, 154.60
PCS Broadband
1850-1910, 1930-1990
PCS Narrowband
901-902, 930-931, 940-941
PCS Unlicensed
1910-1930, 2390-2400
Petroleum Radio Service
36.25, 41.71, 150.980, 154.585, 158.445, 159.480
454. 459
Public Mobile and Private Land Mobile
30.56-32, 33-34, 35-36, 37-38, 39-40, 40-40.98, 42-46.6, 47-49.6, 72-73, 74.6-74.8, 75.2-76,
150.8-156.2475, 157.0375-173.4, 216-222
410-455, 456-462.5375, 462.7375-467.5375, 467.7375-512, 764-901, 902-930, 931-940, 941-960, 1427-1432,
2110-2155, 2160-21802450-2483.5, 2900-3000
3.0-3.6, 4.94-4.99, 5.25-5.65, 5.85-5.925, 10.0-10.55, 13.4-14, 15.7-17.2, 33.4-35
35-36
Radio Astronomy
37.5-38.25, 73-74.6
406.1-410, 608-614, 1400-1427, 1610.6-1613.8, 1660-1670, 2690-2700
4.99-5, 10.68-10.7, 15.35-15.4, 22.21-22.5, 23.6-24, 31.3-31.8
42.5-43.5, 76-116, 123-158.5, 164-167, 182-185, 200-231.5, 241-275
Remote Control Models
72-73, 75.4-76
Space Operation and Space Research
137-138
400.15-402, 410-420, 1215-1300, 1400-1427, 1660.5-1668.4, 2025-2110, 2200-2300, 2655-2700
3.1-3.3, 4.99-5.0, 5.25-5.57, 7.19-7.235, 8.4-8.65, 9.5-9.8, 10.6-10.7, 13.25-14.2, 14.5-15.4, 16.6-17.1,
17.2-17.3, 18.6-18.8, 21.2-21.4, 22.21-22.5, 23.6-24.0, 31.3-32.3, 34.2-34.7
40.0-50.5, 50.2-50.4, 52.6-59.3, 65-66, 74-84, 86-92, 94.0-94.1, 100-102, 105.0-122.5, 148.5-151.5,
155.5-158.5, 164-167, 174.8-191.8, 200-209, 217-231.5, 235-238, 250-252
Specialized Mobile Radio
806-821, 851-866, 896-901, 935-940
Standard Frequency and Time Signal Satellite
400.05-400-15
13.4-14.0, 20.2-21.2, 25.25-27, 30-31
Television
54-72-76-88-174-216
470-608, 614-806, 2025-2110
Terrestrial Direct Broadcast Service
12.2-12.7
Ultra Wideband (UWB)
below 960
1.99-10.6 or 3.1-10.6
Vehicle Radar Systems
22-29
46.7-46.9, 76-77
Weather Instruments/Radar /Satellites
137-138
400.15-406, 449, 460-470, 1668.4-1710, 2700-3000
5.6-5.65, 10-10.025
Wildlife Telemetry
40.66-40.7, 162-174, 217-220
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service
608-614, 1395-1400, 1427-1432
Wireless Microphones
54-72, 76-88, 169.445, 169.505, 170.245, 170.305, 171.045, 171.105, 171.845, 171.905, 174-216
470-608, 614-806
Information derived from 2005 RF Design poster
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