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The Electromagnetic Spectrum

The document describes the electromagnetic spectrum and the frequency bands within it. It lists the standard radio frequency bands from Extremely Low Frequency to Extremely High Frequency, along with their range in kilohertz or megahertz and some common applications that use each band. The document notes that the entire usable electromagnetic spectrum has been allocated to various applications and that radio engineers must design systems that can select desired signals from thousands occurring simultaneously across the spectrum.

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The Electromagnetic Spectrum

The document describes the electromagnetic spectrum and the frequency bands within it. It lists the standard radio frequency bands from Extremely Low Frequency to Extremely High Frequency, along with their range in kilohertz or megahertz and some common applications that use each band. The document notes that the entire usable electromagnetic spectrum has been allocated to various applications and that radio engineers must design systems that can select desired signals from thousands occurring simultaneously across the spectrum.

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1/20/2005 The Electromagnetic Spectrum.

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The Electromagnetic
Spectrum
Below is a description of standard Radio Frequency “Bands”, as
well as the applications that use them.

Band Frequency
Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) 0 to 3 KHz
Very Low Frequency (VLF) 3 KHz to 30 KHz
Radio Navigation &
9 KHz to 540 KHz
maritime/aeronautical mobile
Low Frequency (LF) 30 KHz to 300 KHz
Medium Frequency (MF) 300 KHz to 3000 KHz
AM Radio Broadcast 540 KHz to 1630 KHz
Travelers Information Service 1610 KHz
High Frequency (HF) 3 MHz to 30 MHz
Shortwave Broadcast Radio 5.95 MHz to 26.1 MHz
Very High Frequency (VHF) 30 MHz to 300 MHz
Low Band: TV Band 1 - Channels 2-6 54 MHz to 88 MHz
Mid Band: FM Radio Broadcast 88 MHz to 174 MHz
High Band: TV Band 2 - Channels 7-13 174 MHz to 216 MHz
Super Band (mobile/fixed radio & TV) 216 MHz to 600 MHz
Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) 300 MHz to 3000 MHz
Channels 14-70 470 MHz to 806 MHz
L-band: 500 MHz to 1500 MHz
Canada DARS 1452 MHz to 1492 MHz
Personal Communications Services (PCS) 1850 MHz to 1990 MHz
Unlicensed PCS Devices 1910 MHz to 1930 MHz

Jim Stiles The Univ. of Kansas Dept. of EECS


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S-band for DARS 2310 MHz to 2360 MHz


microwave TV 2500 MHz to 2700 MHz
Superhigh Frequencies (SHF) 3 GHz to 30.0 GHz
C-band & big-dish 6-10' 3600 MHz to 7025 MHz
X-band: 7.25 GHz to 8.4 GHz
Ku-band & small-dish 1-4' 10.7 GHz to 14.5 GHz
Ka-band 17.3 GHz to 31.0 GHz
Extremely High Frequencies (EHF)
30.0 GHz to 300 GHz
(Millimeter Wave Signals)
Additional Fixed Satellite 38.6 GHz to 275 GHz
Infrared Radiation 300 GHz to 810 THz
Visible Light 810 THz to 1620 THz
Ultraviolet Radiation 1.62 PHz to 30 PHz
X-Rays 30 PHz to 30 EHz
Gamma Rays 30 EHz to 3000 EHz
This chart derived from ADEC and FCC charts
© 1999 by Steven E. Schoenherr. All rights reserved.

The point here is basically, all of the “usable” electromagnetic


spectrum has been allocated to some application—and new
applications are being developed all the time!

Thus, as radio engineers, we must assume that there is—or at


least could be—a significant signal at any and all possible
frequencies.

This is the challenge of a radio engineer. Effectively, there are


thousands of people all whispering very softly—all at the same
time. The radio engineers job is to amplify one of these voices,
while suppressing all the others, so that single voice can be
clearly understood!

Jim Stiles The Univ. of Kansas Dept. of EECS

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