= Frequency Range = The Frequency ranges of radio are broken into several bands that are named and standardized. They appear below | Name | Abbreviation | Range | Notes | --------------------------------------- | Very Low Freq | VLF | 3khz - 30khz | | | Low Freq | LF | 30khz - 300khz | | | Medium Freq | MF | 300khz - 3mhz | AM Radio | | High Freq | HF | 3mhz - 30mhz | Shortwave, 10m to 1m | | Very High Freq | VHF | 30mhz - 300mhz | VHF TV, FM radio, 1000cm to 100cm | | Ultra High Freq | UHF | 300mhz - 3ghz | UHF TV, 3G/4G, 100cm to 30cm | | Super High Freq | SHF | 3ghz - 30ghz | | | Extreme High Freq | EHF | 30ghz - 300ghz | | To calculate a wavelength from a frequency WL = c / f Where WL is wavelength, c is speed of light (3 * 10^8 m/s) f is frequency A shorthand is WL = 300 / f Where f is in Mhz == Frequency to Wavelength == Below are the common wavelength and frequencies | Frequency (Mhz) | Wavelength | ---------------------------------------- | HF/MF | HF/MF | | 1.8 | 160m | | 3.5 | 80m | | 5 | 60m | | 7 | 40m | | 10 | 30m | | 14 | 20m | | 18 | 17m | | 21 | 15m | | 24 | 12m | | 28 | 10m | | VHF | VHF | | 50 | 6m | | 144 | 2m | | 222 | 1.25m | | UHF | UHF | | 440 | 70cm | | 902 | 33cm | | 1240 | 23cm | | 2300 | 13cm |