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 |
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EHF | 30-300 GHz |