Ham Radio Frequencies
The Playground!

Ah! The ham radio frequencies. This is where exciting things happen for most of us. It's our main playing field ... and it's huge!

This Page Covers
1. HF Bands
2. HF Bands Download
3. VHF Bands
4. UHF Bands
5. VHF-UHF Bands Download

Some, like me, also get a kick from experimenting with homemade antennas, equipment modification and kits.

But, that's off topic. I have other pages on this site that cover the many other playgrounds of ham radio!

Getting back to amateur radio frequencies ...

The allocation of frequency bands is coordinated by the member countries of the IARU - International Amateur Radio Union.

There are slight differences, between IARU regions, in the allocated ham radio frequencies, and the modes that each will allow.

LF MF & HF Frequency Bands

The table below gives a summary of the bands for LF (low frequencies), MF (medium frequencies) and HF (high frequencies).

For documents containing a detailed description of each IARU region band plan, see the downloads section below.

Click Below To Download Detailed Allocation of HF Ham Radio Frequencies For Your Region Of Interest
Region 1 (PDF 194 KB)	Region 2 (PDF 48 KB)	Region 3 (PDF 90 KB)

VHF BAND (Name)	REGION 1 (MHz)	REGION 2 (MHz)	REGION 3 (MHz)
6 meters	47 - 68 Amateurs share 50 - 54 with commercial services which have primary use.	50 - 54	50 - 54
2 meters	144 - 146	144 - 146	144 - 146
2 meters	none	146 - 148	146 - 148 Shared with commercial users with amateurs as primary users.
1.3 meters	none	220 - 225	none Shared with commercial users with amateurs as primary users.

UHF BAND (Name)	REGION 1 (MHz)	REGION 2 (MHz)	REGION 3 (MHz)
70 cm	430 - 440	430 - 440 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.	430 - 440 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.
33 cm	none	902 - 928 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.	none
23 cm	1240 - 1300 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.	1240 - 1300 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.	1240 - 1300 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.
12 cm	2300 - 2450 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.	2300 - 2450 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.	2300 - 2450 Shared. Amateurs are secondary users.