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.

IARU Region 1 includes: Europe, Africa, Middle East and Northern Asia.
IARU Region 2 includes: The Americas (North, Central & South)
IARU Region 3 includes: Asia-Pacific.

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.

BAND (Name)	REGION 1 (KHz)	REGION 2 (KHz)	REGION 3 (KHz)
2000 meters	135.7 - 137.8	none	none
160 meters	1810 - 2000	1800 - 2000	1800 - 2000
80 meters	3500 - 3800	3500 - 4000	3500 - 3900
40 meters	7000 - 7200	7000 - 7300	7000 - 7300
30 meters	10100 - 10150	10100 - 10150	10100 - 10157.3
20 meters	14000 -14350	14000 -14350	14000 -14350
17 meters	18068 - 18168	18068 - 18168	18068 - 18168
15 meters	21000 - 21450	21000 - 21450	21000 - 21450
12 meters	24890 - 24990	24890 - 24990	24890 - 24990
10 meters	28000 - 29700	28000 - 29700	28000 - 29700

Click Below To Download Detailed Allocation of HF Ham Radio Frequencies For Your Region Of Interest
Region 1 (Web page)	Region 2 (PDF file)	Region 3 (DOC file)

VHF - Very High Frequency Bands

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
4 meters	70 - 70.5 See note below.	none	none
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.

Note on 70.0-70.5 MHz ham radio frequencies:
The following countries in Region-1 are already authorized to use all or part of the band 70-70.5 MHz, mostly on a secondary basis: Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sweden and United Kingdom. Such authorizations are rare outside Region 1 but include Greenland and Pakistan.

UHF - Ultra High Frequency Bands

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.