RSGB Band Plan January 2024

Date Description 2015 1-Jan-15 Notes Tab - MGM and WSPR notes added 1-Jan-15 Notes Tab - revised text for 472 kHz, 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz due to licence changes 1-Jan-15 146-147MHz: New band plan added copied from October 2014 1-Jan-15 2300-2302MHz: New band plan added, as per RadCom Jan-2014 1-Jan-15 600M: Licensing notes now refer to new licence terms, not NoV 1-Jan-15 600M: Inserted new usage note for 472-475 and 475-479 1-Jan-15 60M: Licensing notes amended to refer to new licence terms, not NoV 1-Jan-15 10M: 29,000-29,100 amended to 6kHz all modes and acccomodate AM usage 1-Jan-15 4M: WSPR designation corrected to 70.091, from 70.090 MHz 1-Jan-15 4M: RTTY designation removed from 70.300 MHz 1-Jan-15 2M: Added new 144.000-144.025 All modes / Satellite segment 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.050 MHz Telegraphy calling renamed to Centre 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.300 MHz SSB calling now Centre 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.500 MHz SSTV calling now Image Modes centre 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.525 MHz ATV SSB Talk-back deleted 1-Jan-15 2M: Note-8 simplified for 144.550 AM usage 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.600 RTTY renamed to Data centre of activity (MGM, RTTY, etc.,)’ 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.700 MHz FAX deleted 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.875-144.9125 packet deleted 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.925-144.950 packet updated 1-Jan-15 2M: 144.975 wideband packet deleted, future usage tbd 1-Jan-15 2M: 145.2125 FM Internet Gateways deleted, Note-13 blanked 1-Jan-15 2M: 145.300 RTTY deleted 1-Jan-15 2M: 145.5875 included for Note-11 1-Jan-15 2M: Note-15 deleted following Packet review 1-Jan-15 13cm: Removed 2350-2390 MHz and Note-4 1-Jan-15 13cm: Realigned usage and Note-1 in 2321-22 to FM/DV as per IARU-R1 plan and to act as a narrowband guardband 1-Jan-15 13cm: Removed EME and altered usage to all modes in 2390-2400 1-Jan-15 13cm: Reduced designationsl in 2310-2320 MHz 1-Jan-15 13cm: Reset 2322-2350 to generic wideband modes 1-Jan-15 9cm: Removed 3410-3475 MHz and Note-4 1-Jan-15 9cm: Added bandwidth column 1-Jan-15 9cm: Revised usage notes, including addition of DATV repeater outputs 1-Jan-15 3cm: Added bandwidth column 1-Jan-15 3cm: Deleted Note-1 as wideband usage is to be aligned based on Note-2 1-Jan-15 3cm: Removed obsolete linear tranponder, repeater and datalink usage 1-Jan-15 3cm: Added current TV and Voice Repeater usage 1-Jan-15 3cm: Revised 10-10.125 GHz - including yellow highlight and new Note-4 for Primary User issues 2-Jan-15 Notes Tab - eSSB note added, yellow highlights updated 2-Jan-15 70cm: Note-3 re FAX deleted and removed from 433.700 MHz 2-Jan-15 70cm: 432.700 MHz FAX deleted 2-Jan-15 70cm: 432.600 and 433.600 RTTY deleted 2-Jan-15 70cm: Added missing Licence power restriction for 430-432 MHz 2-Jan-15 70cm: Fixed typo in Note-1 for case of 'i.e.' 2-Jan-15 2300-2302MHz: Power limit corrected 3-Jan-15 70cm: Updated Note-8 for all Internet Gateways as 12.5kHz Channels, 5W (7dBW) max, attended-only 3-Jan-15 70cm: Updated 430.0125-430.0750 MHz Gateways to refer to Note-8 3-Jan-15 70cm: Updated 431.0750-431.1750 MHz Gateways to refer to Note-8 3-Jan-15 70cm: Updated 433.9500-434.0500 MHz Gateways to refer to Note-8 3-Jan-15 70cm: Updated 434.4750-434.5250 MHz Gateways to refer to Note-8 3-Jan-15 70cm: 432.3500 MHz shortened description to Microwave talkback as per 2m, as its not an official calling channel 3-Jan-15 70cm: 432.800 -432.900 UK Beacon band deleted as new frequencies are in the IARU segment 3-Jan-15 70cm: Note-9 re UK beacon band deleted 2016 30-Nov-15 10M: 29.530 Internet Gateways deleted from IARU Repeater segment 30-Nov-15 10M: 29.630 Internet Gateways deleted from IARU Repeater segment 30-Nov-15 10M: 29.210 Internet Gateways moved to 29.280 30-Nov-15 10M: 29.270 Internet Gateways Channel added 30-Nov-15 160M: Added 32W (15dBW) max Licence Power limit note for 1850-2000 kHz 30-Nov-15 4M: Added 160W (22dBW) Power limit edit 30-Nov-15 6M: Added 100W (20dBW) Power limit to 51-52 MHz Licence note 30-Nov-15 70cm: Neutralised direction for RAYNET 7.6MHz talkthrough on 430.800 / 438.400 MHz 30-Nov-15 Notes: AM bandwidth in all-modes segments clarified 30-Nov-15 70cm: 430.0125-430.0750 MHz Internet voice gateways clarified as FM 30-Nov-15 70cm: 431.0750-431.1750 MHz Internet voice gateways clarified as DV 8-Jan-16 70cm: 432.4000-432.5000 Beacons - Remove obsolete Note-9 reference 28-Jan-16 70cm: 430.400-430.775 MHz UK DV 9 MHz split repeaters - Inputs (Added frequencies) 28-Jan-16 70cm: 439.400-439.775 MHz UK DV 9 MHz split repeaters - Outputs (Added frequencies) 1-Jun-16 30M: Narrowband modes amended to start at 10,130 (was 10,140) 1-Jun-16 80M: 200Hz Narrowband modes segment added at 3,570-3,580 - was Telegraphy only 1-Jun-16 80M: Clarified 3,700-3,775 and 3,775-3,800 (editorial changes only) 1-Jun-16 10M: Clarified 28,320-29,000 (editorial changes only) 1-Jun-16 6M: Deleted 50.401 MHz WSPR beacons +/- 500Hz 1-Jun-16 4M: Deleted 70.091 MHz WSPR beacons +/- 500Hz 1-Jun-16 2M: Deleted 144.4920 MHz +/- 500Hz WSPR beacons 1-Jun-16 146 MHz: Updated NoV expiry wording (editorial) 2017 17-Jan-17 60M: Note-4 added - Contacts within the UK should avoid the WRC-15 allocation (5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz) if possible 2018 15-Dec-17 60M: Note-4 has WRC-15 Frequencies added and WRC notes added in Usage column 15-Dec-17 60M: WSPR removed from 5290 kHz 15-Dec-17 60M: 5362-5370 UK Data usage note removed to avoid WRC-15 overlap, WSPR added 15-Dec-17 60M: 5403 USB usage deleted 15-Dec-17 2300 MHz: Updated Licence note as Channel Isles operation is now permitted under latest NoV terms 15-Dec-17 6M: Updated SBP description - deleted 'future' 15-Dec-17 6M: Deleted 50.6 RTTY 15-Dec-17 6M: Added new Note-6 for Digital Experimentation 15-Dec-17 2M: CW Band now starts at 144.100 not 144.110 15-Dec-17 2M: 144.138 PSK31 deleted 15-Dec-17 2M: Unified segments so SSB/MGM etc now runs rom 144.150-144.400 15-Dec-17 2M: Removed unnecessary extra line 144.195-144.205 MHz Random MS SSB as part of simplification 15-Dec-17 2M: Added Personal Weak Signal Beacons (144.491-144.493) in Beacon Guard band 15-Dec-17 2M: Removed 'centre' for Image modes as they are near a band edge 15-Dec-17 2M: Slight changes/clarifications to usage English for RAYNET, MS Calling, Note-7 etc 16-Dec-17 70cm: Beacon band upper limit corrected to IARU 432.490, from 432.500 16-Dec-17 70cm: Added 432.491-432.493 MHz Personal Weak Signal MGM Beacons (BW: 500 Hz max) 16-Dec-17 70cm: 434.4750-434.5250 MHz Internet voice gateways now DV only 16-Dec-17 70cm: 433.8000-434.2500 MHz Digital communications - ADDED '& Experiments' 16-Dec-17 70cm: Added 434.0000 Low Power Non-NoV Personal Hot-Spot usage 16-Dec-17 70cm: Added 438.8000 Low Power Non-NoV Personal Hot-Spot usage 16-Dec-17 70cm: Editorial - Merged usage for 433.7000-433.7750 MHz (Note 10) 16-Dec-17 70cm: 430.250-430.300 MHz UK DV 9 MHz reverse-split repeaters - Outputs 16-Dec-17 70cm: Added 439.250-439.300 MHz UK DV 9 MHz reverse-split repeaters - Inputs 16-Dec-17 70cm: Deleted 432.0880 MHz PSK31 centre of activity 16-Dec-17 23cm: Added 1296.741-1296.743 MHz Personal Weak Signal MGM Beacons 16-Dec-17 13cm: Updated Note-2 to add 2400-2402 alternative narrowband use in other countries 16-Dec-17 6cm: Introduce BW Column and reformat 16-Dec-17 6cm: Remove 5668 beacons and clarify names for preferred and alternative narrowband centres 16-Dec-17 Notes: Added 5MHz to 'No contests' bands 8-Jan-18 Highlighted Full Licensees Only on 600m, 60m, 146MHz, 2300MHz 8-Jan-18 60M: Clarify it is UK Usage Plan only. Further info - http://rsgb.org/main/operating/band-plans/hf/5mhz/ 8-Jan-18 146MHz: Updated Power Limit from 25 to 50W 2019 3-Dec-2018 2M: Removal of old Microwave talkback from 144.175 3-Dec-2018 2M: More generic Digital Usage term in place of AX25 or TCPIP usage on 144.925, 144.9375, 144.950 3-Dec-2018 2M: Correction to Simplex Channel designation to V16-V47, (was V16-V48) 3-Dec-2018 2M: Correction to Simplex Channel designation in Footnote-3 to V47 (was V46)