This is a high frequency band guide detailing the various services throughout the HF band. Listed are such things as the SW broadcast, Amateur, Marine, Aircraft, Fixed, Mobile and CB services. USATVS SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES BAND GUIDE FREQ BAND KHZ CODE SERVICE COMMENTS --------------- ------- ----------------------- ----------------------------- 535 - 1705 LOCAL AM Broadcast Standard North America AM 1705 - 1800 FIXED Fixed Service Land/Mobile/Marine 1800 - 2000 HAM Amateur 160 Meters 2000 - 2107 MARINE Maritime Mobile 2107 - 2170 FIXED Fixed Service Land/Mobile/Marine 2170 - 2194 MOBILE Land Mobile Service 2194 - 2300 FIXED Fixed Service 2300 - 2495 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 120 Meters 2495 - 2505 TIME Time Standard 2505 - 2850 FIXED Fixed Service Land/Mobile/Marine 3155 - 3200 FIXED Fixed Service 3200 - 3400 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 90 Meters 3400 - 3500 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 3500 - 4000 HAM Amateur 80/75 Meters 3500 - 3750 CW Amateur 80 Meter CW Extra 3525 - 3750 CW Amateur 80 Meter CW Advanced, General 3700 - 3750 CW Amateur 80 Meter CW Novice, Technician 3750 - 4000 PHONE Amateur 75 Meter PHONE Extra 3775 - 4000 PHONE Amateur 75 Meter PHONE Advanced 3850 - 4000 PHONE Amateur 75 Meter PHONE General 3900 - 4000 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 75 Meters, Not in Region 2 4000 - 4000 TIME Time Standard New WARC Allocation Region 3 4000 - 4063 FIXED Fixed Service 4063 - 4438 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 4438 - 4650 FIXED Fixed Service 4650 - 4750 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 4750 - 5060 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 60 Meters 5000 - 5000 TIME Time Standard WWV 5005 - 5450 FIXED Fixed Service 5450 - 5730 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 5730 - 5950 FIXED Fixed Service 5950 - 6200 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 49 Meters 6525 - 6765 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 6765 - 7000 FIXED Fixed Service 7000 - 7300 HAM Amateur 40 Meters 7000 - 7150 CW Amateur 40 Meter CW Extra 7025 - 7150 CW Amateur 40 Meter CW Advanced, General 7100 - 7150 CW Amateur 40 Meter CW Novice, Technician 7150 - 7300 PHONE Amateur 40 Meter PHONE Extra, Advanced 7225 - 7300 PHONE Amateur 40 Meter PHONE General 7100 - 7300 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 41 Meters, Not in Region 2 7300 - 8195 FIXED Fixed Service 7335 - 7335 TIME Time Standard CHU Canada 8000 - 8000 TIME Time Standard New WARC Allocation Region 3 8195 - 8815 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 8815 - 9040 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 9040 - 9500 FIXED Fixed Service 9500 - 9900 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 31 Meters 9775 - 9995 FIXED Fixed Service 10000 - 10000 TIME Time Standard WWV 10005 - 10100 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 10100 - 10150 HAM Amateur 30 Meters CW Only 10100 - 10150 CW Amateur 30 Meters Extra, Advanced, General 10100 - 11175 FIXED Fixed Service 11400 - 11650 FIXED Fixed Service 11650 - 12050 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 25 Meters 12050 - 12330 FIXED Fixed Service 12330 - 13200 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 13200 - 13360 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 13360 - 13600 FIXED Fixed Service 13600 - 13800 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast New WARC Allocation 13800 - 14000 FIXED Fixed Service 14000 - 14350 HAM Amateur 20 Meters 14000 - 14150 CW Amateur 20 Meters Extra 14025 - 14150 CW Amateur 20 Meters Advanced, General 14150 - 14350 PHONE Amateur 20 Meters Extra 14175 - 14350 PHONE Amateur 20 Meters Advanced 14225 - 14350 PHONE Amateur 20 Meters General 14350 - 14995 FIXED Fixed Service 15000 - 15000 TIME Time Standard WWV 15010 - 15100 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 15100 - 15600 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 19 Meters 15600 - 16460 FIXED Fixed Service 16460 - 17360 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 17360 - 17550 FIXED Fixed Service 17550 - 17900 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 16 Meters 18030 - 18780 FIXED Fixed Service 18780 - 18900 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 18900 - 19680 FIXED Fixed Service 19680 - 19800 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 19800 - 21000 FIXED Fixed Service 21000 - 21450 HAM Amateur 15 Meters 21000 - 21200 CW Amateur 15 Meters Extra 21025 - 21200 CW Amateur 15 Meters Advanced, General 21100 - 21200 CW Amateur 15 Meters Novice, Technician 21200 - 21450 PHONE Amateur 15 Meters Extra 21225 - 21450 PHONE Amateur 15 Meters Advanced 21300 - 21450 PHONE Amateur 15 Meters General 21450 - 21850 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 13 Meters 21850 - 22000 AIR Aeronautical Mobile 22000 - 22720 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 22720 - 23200 FIXED Fixed Service 23200 - 23350 AIR Aeronautical Mobile 23350 - 24990 FIXED Fixed Service 24890 - 24990 HAM Amateur 12 Meters Shared with above Fixed Sve. 24890 - 24930 CW Amateur 12 Meter Extra, Advanced, General 24930 - 24990 PHONE Anateur 12 Meter Extra, Advanced, General 25000 - 25000 TIME Time Standard 25330 - 25600 GOVERN Government Freq. 25600 - 26100 SWBC Shortwave Broadcast 11 Meters 26100 - 26480 MOBILE Land Mobile Service 26480 - 26950 GOVERN Government 26950 - 26960 FIXED International Fixed Sve 26960 - 27410 CB Citizen's Band Channels start at 26965 by 10 27410 - 27540 MOBILE Land Mobile Service 27540 - 28000 GOVERN Government 28000 - 29700 HAM Amateur 10 Meters 28000 - 28300 CW Amateur 10 Meter Extra, Advanced, Genral 28100 - 28200 CW Amateur 10 Meter Novice, Technician 28300 - 28500 PHONE Amateur 10 Meter Novice, Technician 28300 - 29700 PHONE Amateur 10 Meter Extra, Advanced, General 29700 - 29800 INDUST Forestry Service 29800 - 29890 FIXED Fixed Service 29890 - 29910 GOVERN Government 29910 - 30000 FIXED Fixed Service -- Service 29800 - 29890 FIXED Fixed Service 29890 - 29 TRANSMISSION LINE LOSS TABLE FOR COAXIAL LINE --------------------------------------------- (all values are DB per 100 feet) Frequency in MHZ ---------------- Cable type RG/U 10 50 100 200 400 1000 3000 ======================================================== 6A .04 1.90 2.70 4.10 5.90 9.80 23.00 8,8A,213 .55 1.30 1.90 2.70 4.10 8.00 16.00 Belden 9913 ** .64 1.00 1.60 2.50 4.50 ** Belden 9914 ** 1.10 1.60 2.40 3.50 6.00 ** Belden 9888 .60 1.20 1.70 2.70 4.20 7.80 14.20 Belden 8214 .60 1.20 1.70 2.70 4.20 7.70 14.20 8X 1.10 2.50 3.70 5.40 8.00 13.50 26.00 9,9A,9B,214 .66 1.50 2.30 3.30 5.00 8.80 18.00 11,11A .66 1.60 2.30 3.30 4.80 7.80 16.50 14,14A,217 .41 1.00 1.40 2.00 3.10 5.50 12.40 218,219 .24 .62 .95 1.50 2.40 4.40 9.50 34,34B .32 .85 1.40 2.10 3.30 5.80 16.00 55B,223 1.20 3.20 4.80 7.00 10.00 16.50 30.50 58 1.25 3.15 4.60 6.90 10.50 17.50 37.50 58A,58C 1.40 3.30 4.90 7.40 12.00 24.00 54.00 59,59B 1.10 2.40 3.40 4.90 7.00 12.00 26.50 62,62A .85 1.90 2.70 3.80 5.30 8.70 18.50 ** -- No data available ITU USA RADIO CALLSIGN ASSIGNMENT LIST Assembled by Harold G. Peach, Jr., N4FLZ Part of A, all of W & K & N are assigned to the USA by the ITU. The USA has in turn broken down what services can use which letters and in what combinations. Here is the the USA assignments for each service. From To Service ----- ----- -------- AA0A AI9Z Amateur AA0AA AL9ZZ Amateur AA0AAA AL9WZZ Amateur AA0YAA AL9ZZZ Amateur AAA AEZ Department of the Army AFA AKZ Department of the Air Force ALA ALZ Department of the Army K0001 K9999 Personal radio in trust territories K02AA K83ZZ Television broadcast translator K0AAA K9ZZZ Amateur K0Y K9Z Amateur K0YA K9ZZ Amateur KA0A KZ9Z Amateur KA0AA KZ9ZZ Amateur KA0AAA KZ9WZZ Amateur KA0YAA KZ9ZZZ Amateur KA2000 KZ9999 Land Mobile (Telephone); Marine Utility; Shipyard Mobile KA2XAA KZ9XZZ Experimental (Letter "X" follows the digit) KAA KZZ Coast (Class I) except Alaska; Broadcasting (Standard) KAA00000 KZZ99999 Personal radio, temporary permit KAA0001 KZZ9999 Personal radio KAA2 KZZ9 Aeronautical KAA20 KZZ99 Coast (Class I) telephone in Alaska; Fixed KAA200 KZZ999 Coast (Cls 2 & 3) & maritime rdo; Land Mob; Marine Rcv Test KAAA KZZZ Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Telephone and/or Telegraph KAAA-BT KZZZ-BT Cable-repair ship marker buoy KAAA-FM KZZZ-FM Broadcasting with suffix "FM" KAAA-TV KZZZ-TV Broadcasting with suffix "TV" KAAA0001 KZZZ9999 Personal radio KAAA2 KZZZ9 Disaster station, except US Govmt; Land Mobile (Mob Telgph) KAAA20 KZZZ99 Ship survival craft KAAAA2 KZZZZ9 Aircraft survival craft N0AA N9ZZ Amateur N0AAA N9ZZZ Amateur NA0A NZ9Z Amateur NA0AA NZ9ZZ Amateur NA0AAA NZ9WZZ Amateur NA0YAA NZ9ZZZ Amateur NAA NZZ Department of the Navy; US Coast Guard W02AA W83ZZ Television broadcast translator W0AA W9ZZ Amateur W0AAA W9ZZZ Amateur WA0A WZ9Z Amateur WA0AA WZ9ZZ Amateur WA0AAA WZ9WZZ Amateur (example: WA2ISE :-) WA0YAA WZ9ZZZ Amateur WA2000 WZ9999 Land mobile (telephone); Ship Radar and/or Telephone WA2XAA WZ9XZZ Experimental (Letter "X" follows the digit) WAA WWU Coast (Class I) except Alaska; Broadcasting (Standard) WWW WZZ Coast (Class I) except Alaska; Broadcasting (Standard) WAA0000 WZZ9999 Ship radar and/or Telephone WAA0001 WPZ9999 Personal radio WAA2 WZZ9 Aeronautical WAA200 WZZ999 Coast (Cl 2&3) & Martim Rdo; Lnd Mob; Marine Rcv Tst; Fixed WAAA WWUZ Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Telephone and/or Telegraph WWVA WWVA Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Telephone and/or Telegraph WWVJ WWVK Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Telephone and/or Telegraph WWVM WWVR Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Telephone and/or Telegraph WWVT WWVZ Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Telephone and/or Telegraph WAWA WZZZ Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Telephone and/or Telegraph WAAA-BT KZZZ-BT Cable-repair ship marker buoy WAAA-FM WZZZ-FM Broadcasting with suffix "FM" WAAA-TV WZZZ-TV Broadcasting with suffix "TV" WAAA2 WZZZ9 Disaster station, except US Govmt; Land Mobile (Telegrph) WAAA20 WZZZ99 Ship survival craft WAAAA WZZZZ Aircraft Telegraph and/or Telephone WAAAA2 WZZZZ9 Aircraft survival craft WT2200000WT9999999 Business radio, Gen Mob Rdo Svc, & Part 90 Temp. Permits WWV WWV Std Freq; Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Tele ph a/o grph WWVB WWVI Std Freq; Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Tele ph a/o grph WWVL WWVL Std Freq; Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Tele ph a/o grph WWVS WWVS Std Freq; Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Tele ph a/o grph WZZ200 WZZ999 Coast telephone in Alaska WVS WWVS Std Freq; Broadcasting (Std, FM, TV); Ship Tele ph a/o grph U.S. AMATEUR FREQUENCIES, MODE & RF POWER LEVELS (As of January 1989) All powers are PEP output. * means all modes are OK. NOVICE CLASS: 3700-3750KHz CW 200 watts 7100-7150KHz CW 200 watts 21100-21200KHz CW 200 watts 28100-28300KHz CW/RTTY 200 watts 28300-28500KHz CW/SSB 200 watts 222.1-223.91MHz * 25 watts 1270-1295MHz * 5 watts TECHNICIAN CLASS: Above privileges plus: 50-50.1MHz CW 1500 watts 144-144.1MHz CW 1500 watts 144.1-148MHz * 1500 watts 220-225MHz * 1500 watts 420-450MHz * 1500 watts Note 1 902-928MHz * 1500 watts 1240-1300MHz * 1500 watts plus several microwave bands. GENERAL CLASS: Above privileges plus: 1800-2000KHz * 1500 watts 3525-3750KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts Note 2 3850-4000KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 7025-7150KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts Note 2 7225-7300KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 10100-10150KHz CW/RTTY 200 watts 14025-14150KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts 14225-14350KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 18068-18110KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts 18110-18168KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 21025-21200KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts Note 2 24890-24930KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts 24930-24990KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 28000-28300KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts 28300-29700KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts ADVANCED CLASS: Above privileges plus: 3775-3850KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 7150-7225KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 14175-14225KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 21225-21300KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts EXTRA CLASS: Above privileges plus: 3500-3525KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts 3750-3775KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 7000-7025KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts 14000-14025KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts 14150-14175KHz CW/SSB 1500 watts 21000-21025KHz CW/RTTY 1500 watts Note 1: This band is only 430-450MHz above Line A. (roughly, within 50 miles of the Canadian border) Also, power is limited to 50 watts near certain military radars. Note 2: Power in these bands is limited to 200 watts when operating in the Novice segments. Note that this limitation does *NOT* apply on the 28MHz band! Comparison chart of 2m/70cm dual-band HTs -- 26 Mar 1991 by Phil Benchoff Radios included: Alinco DJ-560T, DJ-500T Kenwood TH-77A Icom IC-24AT,IC-32AT Yaesu FT-470, Reviewed in Sept 90 QST Radio DJ-560T DJ-500T TH-77A IC24-AT IC-32AT FT-470 ------------------------------------------------------ RxCov 136-165 138-174 138-174 130-180 438-450 440-450 440-450 430-450 RxSens 0.18 0.25 0.158 TxCov 140-150 140-150 144-148 440-450 440-450 430-450 FDX Yes Yes Yes Yes X-Band Yes Mod DualDsp Yes Yes No Yes CTCSS Yes Opt Yes Yes ToneSq Yes Opt Opt DTMFmem 10x15 4x15 None 10x15 FacPwr 2.5 2.5 5W 2.3W PwrSet 2 4 2 2 Scan BM BSML BML BML Clock Yes No Saver Yes Yes Yes Yes APO Yes Yes No Yes MSR 629 629 576 RCUSA 380 464 HRO 400 519 474 AES 520 480 549 EEB 560 580 399 Acc Charg Charg Charg Case BeltClp BeltClp BeltClp Charger KbCov BeltClip Features: - Scan: B - band S - skip during band scan M - scan memory channels L - Lock out memory channels during scan - APO: Automatic power off - Tone Sq: DTMF operated tone squelch - Mem Chan: channels x freq/channel + calling channels - FDX: Cross-band full duplex - X-Band: cross-band repeat - DualDisp: Dual frequency Display - FacPwr - Transmit ppower from factory, all of these units are 5W with 13.6V - PwrSet - Number of transmit power settings - MSR - Manufacturer's Suggested Retail - RCUSA - Radio Cebter USA - HRO - Ham Radio Outlet - AES - Amateur Electronics Supply - EEB - Electronic Equipment Bank Other features: The following information is based on things I have seen on the net and may not necessarily work. I have also put comments that don't fit in the chart in this section. - Kenwood TH-77A 2m section is modifiable for MARS/CAP can be modified for 118-165MHz Rx - Icom IC-24AT A diode will extend UHF transmit range to 410-485 A diode will extend VHF transmit range to 138-168 Keyboard entry can enable 100-1000MHz Receive (diode has to be removed on older models). A diode can be removed to allow cross-band repeat Icom IC-32AT Simple mods for RX on 138-168 and 418-458. Tx on those ranges with a bit more work. - Yaesu 470 There is a mod for transmit on 140-174 Several people have mentioned that the backlit keyboard is a nice feature. Phil Benchoff