Allocations

 
U.S. Non-Federal-Government Allocations
1675 - 1695 MHz
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS (radiosonde)
METEOROLOGICAL-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) US88


U.S. Federal Government Allocations
1675 - 1695 MHz
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS (radiosonde)
METEOROLOGICAL-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth) US88


ITU Region 1 Allocations
1690 - 1700 MHz
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS
METEOROLOGICAL-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth)
Fixed
Mobile except aeronautical mobile


ITU Region 2 Allocations
1690 - 1700 MHz
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS
METEOROLOGICAL-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth)


ITU Region 3 Allocations
1690 - 1700 MHz
METEOROLOGICAL AIDS
METEOROLOGICAL-SATELLITE (space-to-Earth)


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Footnotes

5.289   Earth exploration-satellite service applications, other than the meteorological-satellite service, may also be used in the bands 460-470 MHz and 1 690-1 710 MHz for space-to-Earth transmissions subject to not causing harmful interference to stations operating in accordance with the Table.

5.341   In the bands 1 400-1 727 MHz, 101-120 GHz and 197-220 GHz, passive research is being conducted by some countries in a programme for the search for intentional emissions of extraterrestrial origin.

5.381   Additional allocation: in Afghanistan, Cuba, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Pakistan, the band 1 690-1 700 MHz is also allocated to the fixed and mobile, except aeronautical mobile, services on a primary basis. (WRC 12)

5.382   Different category of service: in Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Congo (Rep. of the), Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Russian Federation, Guinea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Uzbekistan, Poland, Qatar, the Syrian Arab Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Yemen, the allocation of the frequency band 1 690-1 700 MHz to the fixed and mobile, except aeronautical mobile, services is on a primary basis (see No. 5.33), and in the Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea, the allocation of the frequency band 1 690 1 700 MHz to the fixed service is on a primary basis (see No. 5.33) and to the mobile, except aeronautical mobile, service on a secondary basis. (WRC 19)

US88   In the bands 1675-1695 MHz and 1695-1710 MHz, the following provisions shall apply:

    (a) Non-Federal use of the band 1695-1710 MHz by the fixed and mobile except aeronautical mobile services is restricted to stations in the Advanced Wireless Service (AWS). Base stations that enable AWS mobile and portable stations to operate in the band 1695-1710 MHz must be successfully coordinated prior to operation as follows: (i) all base stations within the 27 protection zones listed in paragraph (b) that enable mobiles to operate at a maximum e.i.r.p. of 20 dBm, and (ii) nationwide for base stations that enable mobiles to operate with a maximum e.i.r.p. greater than 20 dBm, up to a maximum e.i.r.p. of 30 dBm, unless otherwise specified by Commission rule, order, or notice.

    (b) Forty-seven Federal earth stations located within the protection zones listed below operate on a co-equal, primary basis with AWS operations. All other Federal earth stations operate on a secondary basis.

        (1) Protection zones for Federal earth stations receiving in the band 1695-1710 MHz:

StateLocationLatitudeLongitudeRadius (km)
AK Barrow71° 19' 22'' 156° 36' 41''35
AK Elmendorf AFB61° 14' 08'' 149° 55' 31''98
AK Fairbanks64° 58' 22'' 147° 30' 02''20
AZ Yuma32° 39' 24'' 114° 36' 22''95
CA Monterey36° 35' 34'' 121° 51' 20''76
CA Twenty-Nine Palms34° 17' 46'' 116° 09' 44''80
FL Miami25° 44' 05'' 080° 09' 45''51
HI Hickam AFB21° 19' 18'' 157° 57' 30''28
MD Suitland38° 51' 07'' 076° 56' 12''98
MS Stennis Space Center 30° 21' 23'' 089° 36' 41''57
SD Sioux Falls43° 44' 09'' 096° 37' 33''42
VA Wallops Island37° 56' 45'' 075° 27' 45''30
GU Andersen AFB13° 34' 52'' 144° 55' 28''42

        (2) Protection zones for Federal earth stations receiving in the band 1675-1695 MHz:

StateLocationLatitudeLongitudeRadius (km)
CA Sacramento38° 35' 50'' 121° 32' 34''55
CO Boulder39° 59' 26'' 105° 15' 51''02
ID Boise43° 35' 42'' 116° 13' 49''39
IL Rock Island41° 31' 04'' 090° 33' 46''19
MO Kansas City39° 16' 40'' 094° 39' 44''40
MO St. Louis38° 35' 26'' 090° 12' 25''34
MS Columbus Lake33° 32' 04'' 088° 30' 06''03
MS Vicksburg32° 20' 47'' 090° 50' 10''16
NE Omaha41° 20' 56'' 095° 57' 34''30
OH Cincinnati39° 06' 10'' 084° 30' 35''32
OK Norman35° 10' 52'' 097° 26' 21''03
TN Knoxville35° 57' 58'' 083° 55' 13''50
WV Fairmont39° 26' 02'' 080° 11' 33''04
PR Guaynabo18° 25' 26'' 066° 06' 50''48

    Note: The coordinates are specified in the conventional manner (North latitude, West longitude), except that the Guam (GU) entry is specified in terms of East longitude.

US211   In the bands 1670-1690, 5000-5250 MHz and 10.7-11.7, 15.1365-15.35, 15.4-15.7, 22.5-22.55, 24-24.05, 31.0-31.3, 31.8-32.0, 40.5-42.5, 116-122.25, 123-130, 158.5-164, 167-168, 191.8-200, and 252-265 GHz, applicants for airborne or space station assignments are urged to take all practicable steps to protect radio astronomy observations in the adjacent bands from harmful interference; however, US74 applies.

US289   In the bands 460-470 MHz and 1690-1695 MHz, the following provisions shall apply:

    (a) In the band 460-470 MHz, space stations in the Earth exploration-satellite service (EESS) may be authorized for space-to-Earth transmissions on a secondary basis with respect to the fixed and mobile services. When operating in the meteorological-satellite service, such stations shall be protected from harmful interference from other EESS applications. The power flux density produced at the Earth’s surface by any space station in this band shall not exceed −152 dBW/m²/4 kHz.

    (b) In the band 1690-1695 MHz, EESS applications, other than the meteorological-satellite service, may also be used for space-to-Earth transmissions subject to not causing harmful interference to stations operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations.


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Engineering Data

Lower Frequency Center Frequency Upper Frequency
Frequency 1675 MHz 1687.5 MHz 1700 MHz
Wavelength 17.9 cm 17.8 cm 17.6 cm
Band designator(s) UHF; L-band (IEEE) UHF; L-band (IEEE) UHF; L-band (IEEE)
Isotropic collecting area 25.5 cm2 25.1 cm2 24.7 cm2
Free space loss (1 m) 37.0 dB 37.0 dB 37.1 dB
Free space loss (1 km) 97.0 dB 97.0 dB 97.1 dB
Free space loss (10 km) 117.0 dB 117.0 dB 117.1 dB
Free space loss (100 km) 137.0 dB 137.0 dB 137.1 dB
Free space loss (1000 km) 157.0 dB 157.0 dB 157.1 dB
Free space loss
(35,786 km = GEO orbit)
188.1 dB 188.1 dB 188.1 dB
Free space loss (378,370 km = Moon) 208.6 dB 208.6 dB 208.6 dB
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