Ham Bands


The bands available to radio amateurs are different in each world region. There are also further rules at a national level, mainly about higher frequencies.

In Italy we have at the the moment the following bands (updated on January 2002):

Status: Exclusive, Primary, Secondary
Band MHz Notes

from

to

LF 0.1357 0.1378 Max 1 W ERP
160 m 1.830 1.850  
80 m 3.500 3.800  
40 m 7.000 7.100 Also by satellite
30 m 10.100 10.150  
20 m 14.000 14.350 Also by satellite (up to 14.250)
17 m 18.068 18.168 Also by satellite
15 m 21.000 21.450 Also by satellite
12 m 24.890 24.990 Also by satellite
10 m 28.000 29.700 Also by satellite
6 m 50.000 51.000  
2 m 144.000 146.000 Also by satellite
70 cm 430.000
435.000
436.000
434.000
436.000
438.000
 
Also by satellite
Also by satellite
Band GHz Notes
from to
23 cm 1.240
1.260
1.270
1.245
1.270
1.298
 
Only by satellite
12 cm 2.300
2.440
2.440
2.450
 
Also by satellite
6 cm 5.650
5.760
5.830
5.670
5.770
5.850
Only by satellite
 
Also by satellite, space to earth
3 cm 10.300
10.450
10.450
10.500
 
Also by satellite
12 mm 24.000 24.050 Also by satellite
6 mm 47.000 47.200 Also by satellite
4 mm 76.000
77.500
78.000
77.500
78.000
81.000
Also by satellite
Also by satellite
Also by satellite
2.5 mm 122.500 123.000  
2 mm 134.000
136.000
136.000
141.000
Also by satellite
Also by satellite
1.2 mm 241.000
248.000
248.000
250.000
Also by satellite
Also by satellite

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