Wavebands, shortwave broadcast (worldband)

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This is a simple table showing designated shortwave (aka worldband, aka HF) wave bands and their associated frequencies. Note frequencies are displayed in MHz rather than kHz because this is standard with most modern radio scanners.


Metre Band
From (MHz)
To (MHz)
120 metre
2.300
2.495
90 metre
3.200
3.400
75 metre
3.900
4.000
60 metre
4.750
5.060
49 metre
5.900
6.200
41 metre
7.100
7.350
31 metre
9.400
9.900
25 metre
11.600
12.100
22 metre
13.570
13.870
19 metre
15.100
15.800
16 metre
17.480
17.900
15 metre
18.900
19.020
13 metre
21.450
21.850
11 metre
25.600
26.100

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