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 2850 - 3155 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 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 6200 - 6525 MARINE Maritime Mobile Ship / Shore 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 11175 - 11400 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 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 17900 - 18030 AIR Aeronautical Mobile Transoceanic Flights 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 25010 - 25330 INDUST Petroleum Industry 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, General 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