US Amateur Radio Band Plan

Every band, every license class

Frequencies in MHz. Where a band grants different privileges to different license classes, each row is one segment. The citation column gives the rule that grants it.

Band	Segment (MHz)	License class	Modes	Power	Cite
160 meters 1.8–2 MHz	1.8–2	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
80 meters 3.5–4 MHz	3.5–3.6	Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	3.6–4	Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	3.525–3.6	Advanced (legacy)	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	3.7–4	Advanced (legacy)	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	3.525–3.6	General	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	3.8–4	General	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	3.525–3.6	Technician, Novice (legacy)	CW	200 W	97.301(e), 97.305, 97.313(c)
60 meters 5.3305–5.4064 MHz	5.3515–5.3665	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, RTTY, Data	9.15 W	97.301(d), 97.303(h), 97.313(i) — FCC 25-60 (adopted 9 Dec 2025)
	5.3305–5.3333	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, RTTY, Data	100 W	97.303(h), 97.313(i) — FCC 25-60
	5.3465–5.3493	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, RTTY, Data	100 W	97.303(h), 97.313(i) — FCC 25-60
	5.3715–5.3743	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, RTTY, Data	100 W	97.303(h), 97.313(i) — FCC 25-60
	5.4035–5.4063	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, RTTY, Data	100 W	97.303(h), 97.313(i) — FCC 25-60
40 meters 7–7.3 MHz	7–7.125	Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	7.125–7.3	Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	7.025–7.125	Advanced (legacy)	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	7.125–7.3	Advanced (legacy)	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	7.025–7.125	General	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	7.175–7.3	General	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	7.025–7.125	Technician, Novice (legacy)	CW	200 W	97.301(e), 97.305, 97.313(c)
30 meters 10.1–10.15 MHz	10.1–10.15	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	200 W	97.301(d), 97.305, 97.313(c)(1)
20 meters 14–14.35 MHz	14–14.15	Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	14.15–14.35	Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	14.025–14.15	Advanced (legacy)	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	14.175–14.35	Advanced (legacy)	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	14.025–14.15	General	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	14.225–14.35	General	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
17 meters 18.068–18.168 MHz	18.068–18.11	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
17 meters 18.068–18.168 MHz	18.11–18.168	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
15 meters 21–21.45 MHz	21–21.2	Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	21.2–21.45	Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	21.025–21.2	Advanced (legacy)	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	21.225–21.45	Advanced (legacy)	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	21.025–21.2	General	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	21.275–21.45	General	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	21.025–21.2	Technician, Novice (legacy)	CW	200 W	97.301(e), 97.305, 97.313(c)
12 meters 24.89–24.99 MHz	24.89–24.93	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
12 meters 24.89–24.99 MHz	24.93–24.99	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
10 meters 28–29.7 MHz	28–28.3	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	28.3–29.7	General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, Phone, Image	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
	28–28.3	Technician, Novice (legacy)	CW, RTTY, Data	200 W	97.301(e), 97.305, 97.313(c)
	28.3–28.5	Technician, Novice (legacy)	CW, Phone	200 W	97.301(e), 97.305, 97.313(c)
6 meters 50–54 MHz	50–50.1	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
6 meters 50–54 MHz	50.1–54	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data, Phone, Image, MCW, Test	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
2 meters 144–148 MHz	144–144.1	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
2 meters 144–148 MHz	144.1–148	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data, Phone, Image, MCW, Test	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
1.25 meters 219–225 MHz	219–220	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	Data	50 W	97.301(a), 97.305, 97.313(f)
1.25 meters 219–225 MHz	222–225	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data, Phone, Image, MCW, Test	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
70 centimeters 420–450 MHz	420–450	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data, Phone, Image, MCW, Test	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
33 centimeters 902–928 MHz	902–928	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data, Phone, Image, MCW, Test	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305
23 centimeters 1240–1300 MHz	1240–1300	Technician, General, Advanced (legacy), Amateur Extra	CW, RTTY, Data, Phone, Image, MCW, Test	1,500 W	97.301, 97.305

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Questions, answered

What frequencies can a Technician use?

A Technician licensee has all amateur privileges above 30 MHz, plus CW on portions of 80, 40 and 15 metres, and CW, RTTY, data, phone and image on 10 metres between 28.3 and 28.5 MHz. The table above lists each segment exactly as 47 CFR §97.301 grants it.

How much power is an amateur allowed to run?

1,500 watts PEP output is the general limit under §97.313, with lower limits on specific bands — 200 W on 30 metres and on the Novice segments, and 100 W ERP on the 60 metre channels. The power column shows the limit for each segment.

Is this the FCC allocation or the ARRL band plan?

Both, kept apart. The table is the legal allocation from 47 CFR Part 97 — what you may transmit. The band plan conventions listed under each band are the voluntary ARRL plan — where operators have agreed to put each mode. Only the first has the force of law.

Does this cover 60 metres?

Yes. The 60 metre band is listed as the five channels of 47 CFR §97.303(h), at 100 W ERP relative to a half-wave dipole, upper sideband, CW and data.

Sources

Where this comes from

47 CFR Part 97 — Amateur Radio Service — eCFR current as of 5 September 2026; §97.301 frequency privileges, §97.303 restrictions, §97.305 emission privileges, §97.313 power limits · source
FCC 25-60, Report and Order — 60 meter band and WRC-15 implementation — Adopted 9 December 2025 · source
ARRL voluntary band plan (mode segments and calling frequencies) — Encoded from the published band plan as of 2026; voluntary conventions, not regulations · source

The Code of Federal Regulations is a work of the United States Government and is not subject to copyright (17 U.S.C. §105). This page reproduces the allocation as a table; where a segment's wording matters, read the rule itself.

Every band, every license class

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