Where are the amateur radio bands located?
The FCC has allocated 26 bands to amateur radio services. These bands are spaced from 1.8 Megahertz to 275 Gigahertz of the radio communications spectrum. While many hams simply enjoy talking to friends, others pursue a wide variety of specialized interests, such as: • Amateur television; • Amateur radio emergency communications; • Communicating via amateur satellites; • High speed multimedia and TCP/IP; • Packet radio; • Portable, fixed, mobile and handheld operation; • Severe weather spotting (National Weather Service – Skywarn); • Tracking tactical information using the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS), which may integrate with the GPS; • Using the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) to connect radio repeaters via the Internet.
