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HIGH FREQUENCY

PRIVILEGES CHART

Hz
00 k
280

EXTRA
ADVANCED
GENERAL
TECH&NOVICE
EXTRA

CW
Beacons

PHONE

SSB PHONE USB

CW & DATA

CW
Beacons

PHONE

SSB PHONE USB

SATS

FM

CW & DATA

CW
Beacons

PHONE

SSB PHONE USB

SATS

FM

CW & DATA

CW
Beacons

PHONE

H
90 k
248

Hz
00 k 1025
210
2

GENERAL

CW & DATA

TECH&NOVICE

CW 200 WATTS

GENERAL
EXTRA

CW

Hz
00
00 k 4025
141
1
140
CW
CW & DATA

50
141

10
181

68
181

25
142

SSB PHONE USB

ADVANCED

CW & DATA

GENERAL

CW & DATA

EXTRA

Hz
00 k
1
0
1

CW

ADVANCED
GENERAL

20
101

CW

30
101
CW & DATA

z
0 kH 025
700
7

5
712

METERS
Best Days
& Nights

SSB PHONE USB

40
101
CW PACKET

CW & DATA

50
101

0
730

5
717
SSB PHONE LSB

CW & DATA

EXTRA

20

SSB PHONE USB

DX PHONE

SSB PHONE LSB

ADVANCED

CW & DATA

GENERAL

CW & DATA

TECH&NOVICE

CW 200 WATTS

EXTRA

5330.5

5346.5

z
0 kH 525
350
3
CW & DATA

ADVANCED

CW & DATA

GENERAL

CW & DATA

TECH&NOVICE

CW 200 WATTS

EXTRA
ADVANCED

0 kH
180
CW

0
183
RTTY

0
184
CW DX

5
358
AUTO
DATA
AUTO
DATA
AUTO
DATA

0
360

5403.5

5371.5

5366.5
0
370

METERS
USBChannels
0
400

0
380
SSB PHONE LSB

80

SSB PHONE LSB

METERS
Best Evenings
& Nights

SSB PHONE LSB

0
185
PHONE DX

GENERAL

0
200

PHONE LSB

40

60

50 WATTS, ERP
GEN/ADV/EXTRA

30

METERS
CW & Data

METER
Best Days
& Evenings

SSB PHONE LSB

17

METERS
Best Days
&
Evenings
50
143

PHONE

75
141

METER
Best Days

METER
Best Days

SSB PHONE USB

00
181
DIGITAL
PACKET

12
15

SSB PHONE USB

CW & DATA

ADVANCED

50
214

SSB PHONE USB

CW & DATA

Hz
68 k
180
CW

METER
Best Days

PHONE

25
75
212 212

00
212

10

90
249

DIGITAL

CW

EXTRA

00
297

30
249

ADVANCED

EXTRA

00
00
296
293
SATS
FM

00
285

CW & DATA

ADVANCED
GENERAL

00
283

00
282

160

METERS
Night Owl band

KENWOOD U.S.A. CORPORATION

By Gordon West for Kenwood USA Corporation

1000 kHz = 1MHz (ie 7225 kHz = 7.225 MHz

= No Privileges Until Upgrade!

Communications Sector Headquarters

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VHF/UHF MICROWAVE Band Plan

EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL TECHNICIAN
NOVICE RESTRICTED AS INDICATED
00
240

z
MH

24GHz
BAND

10GHz

25
241

DATA

55
241

50
242

92
241

FM

FM

ATV

SSB

SPACE

1.0
3
5
9
13

CENTIMETERS

Hz
00
00 M
102
100
WIDE BAND

68
64
103
103
WIDE BAND FM
SSB CW

00
105

ATV

SPACE TELECOMMAND

X-BAND

CENTIMETERS
Hz
0M
565
DATA

FM

0
576
CW SSB

SS

ATV

1
576
DATA

5
592

FM

ATV

SPACE

CENTIMETERS

3456
BAND

Hz
0M
330
DATA

6
345

FM

7
345

0
350

DATA

CW SSB

ATV

ATV

FM

CENTIMETERS
Hz
0
0M 5
230 230 231
DATA CW

8
3
0
243 243 243 2450
SATS DATA FM

0
9
0
8
6
0
3
239 240 241 241 241
239 239
RPT DATA
ATV
ATV DATA LINK SATS OUT

CENTIMETERS

1270
BAND

Hz
0 M 246 248 252 253 258 260
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
ATV
DATA DATA ATV DATA

440

6
127
RPT
ATV
IN

SATS

z
MH
902
CW SSB

906
904
909
DATA RPT IN

z
MH
426
420
ATV
ATV

7
5
8
128 129 129 1300
ATV CW DATA
RPT
FM
SSB
OUT

0
127

NOVICE 5 WATTS FM & TELEVISION

915
DATA

ATV

2
128

918
921
RPT OUT

Hz

2
METERS

THE DX
BAND
XW
W
M
N

ATV

33
70

.3 32.4
4
431
432
432
435
438
DATA CW SSB BCNS FM LINKS SATS DATA

444
450
FM REPEATERS

ATV
& FM

CENTIMETERS
M
219

BAND

927
928
FM

23

CENTIMETERS

CENTIMETERS

BAND

220

POINT TO
POINT DATA

220

G
LIN
CAL .15
5
6
0
1
0
0
.25
.
.
.
.
222
222
222 222 222
222
FM
SSB
CW BCN SSB SSB

CW BCN

SSB

SSB

SSB

.53 23.64
223
2
DATA

225

FM 25 WATT

z
MH .1
.275 .3
.5 .6 44.9
.1 .2 5.5 145.8
144 144 144 144 144 144
1
145 145 14
146
RPT
CW
SSB
RPT
CW
DATA OUT
FM
IN
SATS
ONLY SSB BCN MIX

1.2
METERS

147

148

FM REPEATERS
FM SIMPLEX

2
6

METERS
Hz
25
50.6
50.3
50 M 50.1 50.1
CW
DATA
SSB AM FM
DX
ONLY

BANDWIDTH
= 6MHZ + BW
= 1MHZ BW
= 100KHZ BW
= 50KHZ BW

50.8
*R/C

51
51.1
DX

52
FM REPEATERS
FM SIMPLEX

53
54
*R/C & FM

METERS
AM - Amplitude Modulation
ATV - Amateur Television
BCNS - Automatic Propagation Transmitter (Beacon)
CW - Morse Code
Data - packet, RTTY, Amtor
DX - Distant station contacts (longer range than usual)
FM - Frequency Modulation
FM Links - FM relay from one repeater to another
FM Repeaters - FM relay stations

FM Simplex - FM direct contacts

Link - relay stations for data & voice
Phone DX - long distance voice transmission
Point to Point Data - automatic packet radio transfer stations
*R/C - radio control models
RPT/IN - your transmit frequency to a repeater
RPT/OUT - output side of FM repeaters
SATS -Satellite & Space Shuttle Communication
Space - Satellite Operation

Space Telecommand - uplinks to control satellites

SS - Spread Spectrum
SSB - Single Sideband Weak-Signal Work
SSB/CW - both Sideband & Morse Code
SSTV - slow scan TV
Wide Band FM - television audio
Wide Band - FM, AM, Spread Spectrum, Television