Allocations

 
U.S. Non-Federal-Government Allocations
1800 - 2000 kHz
AMATEUR


U.S. Federal Government Allocations
1800 - 2000 kHz


ITU Region 1 Allocations
1800 - 1810 kHz
RADIOLOCATION


ITU Region 2 Allocations
1800 - 1850 kHz
AMATEUR


ITU Region 3 Allocations
1800 - 2000 kHz
AMATEUR
FIXED
MOBILE except aeronautical mobile
RADIONAVIGATION
Radiolocation


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Footnotes

5.93   Additional allocation: in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Poland, Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Chad, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, the frequency bands 1 625 1 635 kHz, 1 800-1 810 kHz and 2 160-2 170 kHz are also allocated to the fixed and land mobile services on a primary basis, subject to agreement obtained under No. 9.21. (WRC 15)

5.97   In Region 3, the Loran system operates either on 1 850 kHz or 1 950 kHz, the bands occupied being 1 825 1 875 kHz and 1 925-1 975 kHz respectively. Other services to which the band 1 800-2 000 kHz is allocated may use any frequency therein on condition that no harmful interference is caused to the Loran system operating on 1 850 kHz or 1 950 kHz.

NG92  The band 1900-2000 kHz is also allocated on a primary basis to the maritime mobile service in Regions 2 and 3 and to the radiolocation service in Region 2, and on a secondary basis to the radiolocation service in Region 3. The use of these allocations is restricted to radio buoy operations on the open sea and the Great Lakes. Stations in the amateur, maritime mobile, and radiolocation services in Region 2 shall be protected from harmful interference only to the extent that the offending station does not operate in compliance with the technical rules applicable to the service in which it operates.


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Amateur Radio 160 m Band (ITU Region 1)
Amateur Radio 160 m Band (ITU Regions 2 & 3)
Access Broadband over Power Line (Access BPL)


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Engineering Data

Lower Frequency Center Frequency Upper Frequency
Frequency 1800 kHz 1900 kHz 2000 kHz
Wavelength 166.6 m 157.8 m 149.9 m
Band designator(s) MF MF MF
Isotropic collecting area 2,207.4 m2 1,981.2 m2 1,788.0 m2
Free space loss (1 m) N/A (near field) N/A (near field) N/A (near field)
Free space loss (1 km) 37.6 dB 38.0 dB 38.5 dB
Free space loss (10 km) 57.6 dB 58.0 dB 58.5 dB
Free space loss (100 km) 77.6 dB 78.0 dB 78.5 dB
Free space loss (1000 km) 97.6 dB 98.0 dB 98.5 dB
Free space loss
(35,786 km = GEO orbit)
128.6 dB 129.1 dB 129.5 dB
Free space loss (378,370 km = Moon) 149.1 dB 149.6 dB 150.0 dB
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