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Miscellaneous
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Microwave Band Chart
Table 1.
Frequency band designation
| Frequency band | Designation | Typical service |
| 3-30 kHz |
Very low frequency (VLF) |
Navigation, sonar |
| 30-300 kHz |
Low frequency (LF) |
Radio beacons, navigational aids |
| 300-3,000 kHz |
Medium frequency (MF) |
AM broadcasting, marintime radio,
Coast Guard communication, direction
finding |
| 3-30 MHz |
High frequency (HF) |
Telephone, telegraph, and facsimile;
shortwave international broadcasting;
amature radio; citizen's band;
ship-to-coast and ship-to-aircraft
communication |
| 30-300MHz |
Very high frequency (VHF) |
Television, FM broadcast, air-traffic
control, police, taxicab mobil radio,
navigational aids |
| 300-3,000MHz |
Ultrahigh frequency (UHF) |
Television, satellite communication,
radiosonde, surveillance radar,
navigational aids |
| 3-30 GHz |
Superhigh frequency (SHF) |
Airborne radar, microwave links, common-
carrier land mobile communication,
satellite communication |
| 30-300 GHz |
Extreme high frequency (EHF) |
Radar, experimental |
Table 2.
Microwave frequency band designation
| Frequency | Old band designation | New band designation |
| 500-1,000 MHz | VHF | C |
| 1-2 GHz | L | D |
| 2-3 GHz | S | E |
| 3-4 GHz | S | F |
| 4-6 GHz | C | G |
| 6-8 GHz | C | H |
| 8-10 GHz | X | I |
| 10-12.4 GHz | X | J |
| 12.4-18 GHz | Ku | J |
| 18-20 GHz | K | J |
| 20-26.5 GHz | K | K |
| 26.5-40 GHz | Ka | K |
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