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    Posted: 14/August/2008 at 15:31

Radio & Satellite Frequency Bands

If you hear Ku Band, C Band and L band being discussed and wonder what on earth people are talking about then fear not, it isn't some special code. Radio & Satellite frequency bands are both Historic Radar bands and ITU definitions and they are given letters to represent bands of frequencies.

Satellite Frequency Bands
 
L BAND 1 - 2 GHZ MOBILE SERVICES [ Mostly used for Intermediate (IF) frequencies ]
( 950 - 1750 MHz is the Tx Band and 950 - 1900 MHz is the Rx Band )
 
S BAND 2.5 - 4 GHZ MOBILE SERVICES
( Not used apart from satellite control links & HAM radio. )
 
C BAND 3.7 - 8 GHZ FIXED SERVICES
( 5.7-6.725 GHz is the Tx Band [Linear] and 3.625-4.2 GHz is the Rx Band [circular] also 5.85-6.425 GHz is the Tx Band [cirular] )
 
X BAND 7.25 - 12 GHZ MILITARY
( 7.25 to 7.75 is the Rx Band and 7.9 to 8.4 is the Tx Band all circular )
 
Ku BAND 12 - 18 GHZ FIXED SERVICES
( 13.75  - 14.5 GHz is the linear Tx Band and 10.7 - 12.75 GHz is the linear Rx Band )
 
Ka BAND 18 - 30.4 GHZ FIXED SERVICES
( 27.5 - 31 GHz is the Tx Band [linear] and 19.7 -  20.2 GHz is the Rx Band [circular] also 29.5 - 30 GHz is the Tx Band [circular] )
 
V BAND 37.5 - 50.2 GHZ FIXED SERVICES
( New - not widely used yet - maybe used instead of Ka Band in the future. )
 
 

Historic Radar Frequency Bands:

Band:
Frequency: (GHz)
Wavelength: (cm)
VHF
0.03 - 0.3 
1000 - 100 
UHF
0.3 - 1 
 100 - 30
L
 1 - 2
30 - 15 
S
2 - 4
15 - 7.5 
C
 4 - 8
7.5 - 3.75 
X
8 - 12 
3.75 - 2.5 
Ku
12 - 18 
2.5 - 1.6 
K
 18 - 27
1.6 - 1.1 
Ka
 27 - 40
1.1 - 0.75 
MM
 40 - 100
 0.75 - 0.3

ITU Definitions for Frequency Bands:

Band:
Frequency: (Hz)
Wavelength: (km)
ELF
 3 - 30
100,000 - 10,000 
SLF
 30 - 300
10,000 - 1000 
ULF
 300 - 3000
1000 - 100 
VLF
 3000 - 30k
100 - 10 
LF
 30k - 300k
10 - 1 
MF
 300k - 3M
1 - 0.1 
HF
 3M - 30M
 0.1 - 0.01
VHF
 30M - 300M
 0.01 - 0.001
UHF
 300M - 3G
 0.001 - 0.0001
SHF
 3G - 30G
 0.0001 - 0.00001
EHF
 30G - 300G
 0.00001 - 0.000001
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