RSGB Band Plan January 2024

Date Description 2008 18-Dec-07 Changes to 75,500 – 76,000MHz allocation, deletion of usage between 142,000 – 144,000MHz 24-Dec-07 Notes moved from "4mm down" worksheet to the new "Notes" worksheet. Notes from the IARU Region 1 Band Plan added to this new worksheet. 2009 23-Nov-08 Changed the effectivity date for 40m band plan to 29/3/09 and amended all other to 1/1/09 23-Nov-08 Changed the note re date of conference from which the band plan is taken - note that this change is made on each worksheet 23-Nov-08 Complete change to 40m band plan, inc notes on the same worksheet 23-Nov-08 Added in QRP CoA at 18,130kHz and 18,150kHz digital voice centre of activity to 17m plan 23-Nov-08 Added in QRP CoA at 24,950kHz and 24,960kHz digital voice centre of activity to 12m plan 23-Nov-08 Added 3,630kHz - digital voice Center of Activity to 80m plan 23-Nov-08 Added 14,130kHz - digital voice centre of activity to 20m plan 23-Nov-08 Added 21,180kHz - digital voice centre of activity to 15m plan 23-Nov-08 Added 28,330kHz - digital voice centre of activity to 10m plan 23-Nov-08 Complete change to 136kHz plan 25-Nov-08 6M Band Plan: added 50.400MHz WSPR beacons 25-Nov-08 6M Band Plan: 50.710-50.910MHz: added DV to FM repeater outputs 25-Nov-08 6M Band Plan: 51.210-51.410MHz: added DV to FM repeater inputs + (Note 4) 25-Nov-08 6M Band Plan: 51.430-51.590MHz: added DV to FM simplex channels + (Note 4) also added simplex for clarification 25-Nov-08 6M Band Plan: added 'IARU common channels' designation to Internet gateways 25-Nov-08 6M Band Plan: added Note 4 26-Nov-08 4M Band Plan: 70.030MHz: added WSPR beacons 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: DELETED 144.000-144.035 MHz Moonbounce (EME) exclusive 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: DELETED 144.120-144.150 MHz Moonbounce (EME) MGM (JT65) 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: DELETED 144.150-144.160 MHz FAI and Moonbounce (EME) activity SSB 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: added EME MGM activity (Note 7) 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: 144.000-144.110MHz: added Telegraphy (including EME CW) to Usage column 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: 144.110-144.150MHz: added Telegraphy and MGM to Usage column 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: 144.150-144.180MHz: added Telegraphy, MGM and SSB to Usage column 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan 144.490-144.500MHz: added 144.4905MHz +/- 500Hz WSPR beacons and beacon guard band 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: 144.900-145.1935MHz: added DV to FM repeater inputs + (Note 5) 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: 145.5935-145.7935MHz: added DV to FM repeater outputs 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: 145.200-145.5935MHz: added DV to FM simplex channels + (Note 5)(Note-6) 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: added 144.6125 MHz UK Digital Voice (DV) calling + (Note 5) (Note 6)(Note-9) 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: added 'IARU Common Channels' designation to 145MHz Internet Gateways 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: added Note 5 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: added Note 6 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: added Note 7 26-Nov-08 2M Band Plan: added Note 8 27-Nov-08 70cm Band Plan: 432.9940-433.3810: added DV to FM repeater outputs 27-Nov-08 70cm Band Plan: 434.5940-434.9810: added DV to FM repeater outputs + (Note 12) 27-Nov-08 70cm Band Plan: 433.3940-433.5810MHz added DV to FM simplex channels + (Note 12), (Note 13) 27-Nov-08 70cm Band Plan: 433.450MHz added Note 5 and 438.6125 for Digital Voice (DV) calling 27-Nov-08 70cm Band Plan: added Note 12 27-Nov-08 70cm Band Plan: added Note 13 29-Nov-08 23cm Band Plan: added Notes 5, 6 29-Nov-08 23cm Band Plan: added Notes 7, 8 29-Nov-08 23cm Band Plan: amended 1296.500-1296.800 - Image/ Data Centres & Transponder Outputs 29-Nov-08 23cm Band Plan: added DV to FM Repeater and Simplex segments (Notes-5, 6) plus reformatting 29-Nov-08 23cm Band Plan: added 'IARU common channels' designation to 1297 FM Gateways 29-Nov-08 23cm Band Plan: added 1296.750-1296.800 Local Beacons, 10W erp max 29-Nov-08 13cm Band Plan: added 2320.750-2320.800 Local Beacons, 10W erp max 30-Nov-08 9cm band Plan: added migration of EME activity from 3456 to 3400MHz + (Note 1) 30-Nov-08 9cm Band Plan: added 3400.750-3400.800 and designations for Local & Propagation Beacons 30-Nov-08 9cm Band Plan: DELETED 3456 MHz designation 30-Nov-08 9cm Band Plan: added 3400.750-3400.800 and designations for Local & Propagation Beacons 30-Nov-08 9cm Band Plan: added new 3402-3410 & 3410-3475MHz segments (Notes-2,3) 30-Nov-08 9cm Band Plan: added Note 2 and Note 3 30-Nov-08 6cm Band Plan: added 5760 MHz designations for Local & Propagation Beacons and 5668.8 usage 30-Nov-08 3cm Band Plan: added 10368.750-10369.800 and designations for Local & Propagation Beacons 30-Nov-08 12mm Band Plan: added 24048.750-24048.800 and designations for Local & Propagation Beacons 30-Nov-08 Formatting corrections on most microwave bands for Service/User descriptions 30-Nov-08 Added Digital Voice DV note to main Notes page 1-Dec-08 40m Band Plan: Clarified Amateur Satellite Service Licence Note for 7.1-7.2 MHz 1-Dec-08 Added 50.630MHz for Digital Voice 15-Dec-08 Change to the frequencies in the 7MHz note 17-Dec-08 70cm Band Plan: removed reference to 20 kHz necessary bandwidth at 435.000-438.000MHz 23-Dec-08 Added note "Where no DX traffic is involved, the contest segment should not include 7,175 - 7,200kHz." 9-Jan-09 Editorial changes to sub-header and some cell formatting changes. 14-Jan-09 Typo corrections on 2.3GHz Note-2 and 3.4 GHz Note-1 6-Mar-09 Corrected QRP freq on 17m band to 18086kHz 2010 12-Dec-09 Added 51.510MHz FM calling frequency 21-Dec-09 Amended Notes 3&8 in the 23cm Band Plan (esp for 1240/1MHz & 1298/9MHz areas) to emphasise replanning 21-Dec-09 Added new Note 4 to 3410-3475MHz range 21-Dec-09 Corrected Narrowband BW to 500Hz on Notes page 21-Dec-09 Added Beacons and 1.3GHz to Notes Page 2-Jan-10 Added words "Propagation Beacons only" to 432.4000-432.5000 MHz record 2-Jan-10 Highlighted 432.8000-432.9900 MHz line in RED and made the words read "UK Beacons (Note 9)" 8-Jan-10 Changed the word "Bandplan" to "Band Plan" 26-Jan-10 In "Notes" worksheet "Experimentation with NBFM Packet Radio on 29 MHz": 20.210 changed to 29.210 & "included" changed to "inclusive" 2012 16-Dec-11 40M: Added Note 2 on Data and PSK31 at 7040kHz+ since the 2009 re-plan 16-Dec-11 40M: Deleted CW contest preferred segment; reformatted 7,060-7,100 MHz 16-Dec-11 10M: Amended FM/Repeater channels as per Sun City 2011 16-Dec-11 6M: 50.000-50.500 MHz major changes as per Sun City 2011 16-Dec-11 6M: 50.700-52.000 MHz changes for RAYNET, 25kHz and added IARU Repeater Outputs 16-Dec-11 4M: Changes to narrowband and beacon frequencies 16-Dec-11 2M: Footnote 10 added for RAYNET Changes 16-Dec-11 2M: Footnote 11 added for 144.975/145.575 16-Dec-11 70cm: Footnote 10 amended for RAYNET Changes 16-Dec-11 70cm: 437MHz designated for DATV centre of activity 16-Dec-11 70cm: Deleted MPT1327 designations, Added DV 9MHz split repeaters (approx freqs) 16-Dec-11 23cm: Widespread changes to data and repeater allocations -inc new Note 9 16-Dec-11 23cm: deleted 1296.370 FSK441 as per Sun City 2011 16-Dec-11 23cm: replaced 1298-1300 MHz with Sun City 2011 recommendations 16-Dec-11 13cm: Amended narrowband BW, replaced packet, updated formatting 16-Dec-11 76GHz: Other bands info moved to bottom of new 134GHz tab 16-Dec-11 134GHz: Added new bandplan tab inc new 134.928 MHz narrowband segment 5-Apr-12 Corrected Telegraphy typos for 80 and 20m band 5-Apr-12 Clarify VHF calling freqs, DV vs FM operating (added Note-12) 5-Apr-12 Removed redundant AM footnote from 30m 16-Jul-12 4M: Corrected WSPR beacons frequency typo (from 70.091 to 70.090 MHz) 16-Jul-12 2M: Updated band plan for Digiital Communications in 144.8-145.0 MHz (esp for DV & FM Internet Gateways) 16-Jul-12 2M: 145.2125 specifically for FM Gateways (though assignments may be reduced to protect 145.200 MHz E-S uplinks) 2013 9-Dec-12 Added Intro Tab 9-Dec-12 Amendments Tab split into Latest and Older Changes Tabs 9-Dec-12 Amended Notes Tab for clarifications for AM Operation, 472kHz, 5MHz, 2.3GHz, 3.4GHz 9-Dec-12 136kHz: Updated countries in Radio Reg note - removed Libya, added South Sudan 9-Dec-12 2M: amended 144.600 RTTY to Centre of Activity, DELETED superfluous second 144.600 RTTY line 9-Dec-12 13cm: Added Note-4 and highlight due to spectrum release expected in 2350-2390 MHz 9-Dec-12 9cm: Highlighted 3410+ spectrum release area (Note-4) 9-Dec-12 10GHz: replaced 10,080 MHz packet links 12-Dec-12 600M: Added tab for new WRC-12 band - 472-479 kHz 12-Dec-12 60M: Added tab for UK 5MHz (experimental) frequencies 19-Dec-12 80M: Added missing 2.7kHz Bandwidth text at 3,775-3,800kHz. 19-Dec-12 600M: Amended Note-3 to clarify AM usage/bandwidth 19-Dec-12 2M: Added Note-13 for withdrawal of 145.2125 FM Gateways 19-Dec-12 70cm: Note-14 added for 437MHz DATV 19-Dec-12 23cm: Note-10 added for 23cm DATV 19-Dec-12 Finalised Notes Tab and new 60m tab 16-Jan-13 Updated Intro Tab, page margins 22-Jul-13 10M: Removed downlink-only restriction on 29.3-29.5 MHz Amateur Satellites 22-Jul-13 60M: Highlighted line added for 5290 kHz Beacons and WSPR 22-Jul-13 4M: Fax designation removed from 70.300 MHz 22-Jul-13 2M: WSPR Changed from 144.4905 to 144.4920 MHz 22-Jul-13 2M: Note-14 added to highlight NBFM, to faciliate move of DV Gateway use from 144.875 to 144.8125 22-Jul-13 2M: 'IARU Common Channel' designation added to most 144.8 DV Gateway frequencies 22-Jul-13 70cm: Deletion of 439.9875 POCSAG Centre 22-Jul-13 70cm: Deletion of 432.5-432.6 Linear Transponder Inputs 22-Jul-13 70cm: Deletion of 432.6-432.8 Linear Transponder Outputs 29-Jul-13 136kHz - Power limit text amended to 'erp' as per UK license, from 'eirp' 29-Jul-13 60M: Added UK Frequency Usage notes for CW QRP, Emergency Comms and Data modes 29-Jul-13 60M: Moved all-modes/bandwidth note to below table 29-Jul-13 6M: Added Note-6 re migration of Gateways from 51.9 MHz, to 50.5 MHz IARU Common Channels 2014 27-Nov-13 6M: 51.9 MHz Gateways and Note-6 deleted, following migration to 50.5 MHz IARU Common channels 27-Nov-13 6M: Merged IARU-aligned Repeater Outputs at 51.9MHz to a single block following Gateway migrations to 50.5MHz 27-Nov-13 2M: 144.8125 MHz now IARU Common channel for DV gateways (moved from 144.875) 27-Nov-13 2M: 144.875 MHz vacant channel now 'tbd' following completion of IARU DV Gateway alignments 27-Nov-13 2M: Updated Note-14 to emphasise NBFM use of 144.800 27-Nov-13 2M: Added Note-15 to indicate 144.875 - 144.975 designations are subject to review and potential change 15-Dec-13 60M: Added 5,317 kHz - AM 6kHz max. bandwidth 15-Dec-13 60M: Added 5,403.5kHz - USB common international frequency