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Wavebands, as parts of the electromagnetic spectrum

ByGarf created2016-09-19 18:592026-09-04 23:33 updated2026-09-04 23:33

This is a simple table showing how the electromagnetic spectrum is divided up into groups of frequencies. Frequencies are shown in MHz and bandwidths in kHz, as these are the units commonly used by radio scanners and receivers.

Name	Code	Lower	Upper	Type	Comment
Low Frequency	LF	0.0300	0.3000	spectrum	ITU radio spectrum band: 30–300 kHz.
Medium Frequency	MF	0.3000	3.0000	spectrum	ITU radio spectrum band: 300 kHz–3 MHz.
High Frequency	HF	3.0000	30.0000	spectrum	ITU radio spectrum band: 3–30 MHz.
Very High Frequency	VHF	30.0000	300.0000	spectrum	ITU radio spectrum band: 30–300 MHz.
Ultra High Frequency	UHF	300.0000	3000.0000	spectrum	ITU radio spectrum band: 300 MHz–3 GHz.
Super High Frequency	SHF	3000.0000	30000.0000	spectrum	ITU radio spectrum band: 3–30 GHz.

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