Offsets / Bandwidth

Offsets / Bandwidth

borrowed from The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual

Bandwidth by Mode

Mode Bandwidth Note
CW 150 HZ  
AM 6 kHZ  
AM Broadcast 10 kHZ  
SSB Voice 3 kHz USB on > 10 MHz (20 through 10 meter)
LSB on < 10 MHz (except 60 meter)
SSB Digital 500-3000 HZ  
VHF/UHF   USB
VHF/UHF Digital up to 100 kHZ Packet, D-STAR
FM Voice 10-15 kHZ  
FM Broadcast 150 kHZ  
Commercial Video Broadcast 6 MHZ NTSC, HDTV
Narrow Bandwidth HF Digital up to 500 Hz kHZ RTTY, PSK31, JT65, or JT9
Wide Bandwidth HF Digital up to 2.3 kHZ PACTOR, WINMOR
Narrow Bandwidth Image 3 kHZ SSTV

Digital Bandwidths

Mode Bandwidth (Hz)
PSK31 50
RTTY 200
MFSK16 300
JT65 350
DominoEX 524
Olivia 1000
WIBMOR 1600
MT63 2000
PACTOR-III 2300
PACTOR-4 2300

Repeater Offsets

Band Offset
10 meter -100 KHz
6 meter -500 kHz, -1 MHz, -1.7 MHz
By region
2 meter +/- 600 kHZ
1.25 meter -1.6 MHz
70 cm +/- 5 MHz
902 MHz 12 MHz
1296 MHz 12 MHz

Range / Bands / Offset / Frequencies

Range Name Frequency Range Repeater Offset Band / Frequencies
VLF 3-30 kHz    
LF 30-300 kHZ    
MF 300 kHZ – 3 MHz     160 meter – 1.8-2.00 MHz
HF 3-30 MHz  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-100 kHz
  80/75 meter / 3.5-3.6 MHz and 3.6-4.0 MHz
  60 meter / 5.3305, 5.3465, 5.3570, 5.3715, and 5,4035 MHz (USB)
  40 meter / 7.0-7.3 MHz
  30 meter / 10.1-10.150 MHz
  20 meter / 14-14.350 MHz
  17 meter / 18.068-18.168 MHz
  15 meter / 21-21.450 MHz
  12 meter / 24.890-24.990 MHz
  10 meter / 28-29.7 MHz
VHF 30-300 MHZ   -500 kHz, -1 MHz, -1.7 MHz
+/-600 kHz
-1.6 MHz
  6 meter / 50-54 MHz
  2 meter / 144-148 MHz
  1.25 meter / 222-225 MHz
UHF 300 MHz – 3 GHz   +/-5 MHz
12 MHz
12 MHz
 
  70 cm / 420-450 MHz
  33 cm / 902-928 MHz
  23 cm / 1240-1300 MHz
  13 cm / 2300-2310 MHz and 2390-2450 MHz
SHF 3-30 GHz     9 cm / 3300-3500 MHz
  5 cm / 5650-5925 MHz
  3 cm / 10000-10500 MHz
EHF 30-300 GHz