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The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide

The document provides a guide to recommended frequencies for various amateur radio operating modes and activities on the HF bands. It lists frequency ranges for modes such as CW, SSB, RTTY, data and digital transmissions. The guide notes that no one has exclusive rights to any frequency and operators should check if a frequency is in use before operating.

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The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide

The document provides a guide to recommended frequencies for various amateur radio operating modes and activities on the HF bands. It lists frequency ranges for modes such as CW, SSB, RTTY, data and digital transmissions. The guide notes that no one has exclusive rights to any frequency and operators should check if a frequency is in use before operating.

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The Considerate Operator’s

Frequency Guide
A guide to where on the HF bands various modes and activities
are generally found. All frequencies are in MHz.
The following frequencies are generally recognized for certain modes or activities (all frequencies are in MHz).
Nothing in the rules recognizes a net’s, group’s or any individual’s special privilege to any specific frequency. Section 97.101(b) of
the Rules states that “Each station licensee and each control operator must cooperate in selecting transmitting channels and in
making the most effective use of the amateur service frequencies. No frequency will be assigned for the exclusive use of any
station.” No one “owns” a frequency.
It’s good practice — and plain old common sense — for any operator, regardless of mode, to check to see if the frequency is in use
prior to engaging operating. If you are there first, other operators should make an effort to protect you from interference to the extent
possible, given that 100% interference-free operation is an unrealistic expectation in today’s congested bands.

Frequencies Modes/Activities Frequencies Modes/Activities


1.800-2.000 CW 14.100 IBP/NCDXF beacons
1.800-1.810 Digital 14.1005-14.112 Automatically controlled data stations
1.810 QRP CW calling frequency 14.230 SSTV
1.843-2.000 SSB, SSTV and other wideband modes 14.285 QRP SSB calling frequency
1.910 SSB QRP 14.286 AM calling frequency
1.995-2.000 Experimental
1.999-2.000 Beacons 18.100-18.105 RTTY /Data
18.105-18.110 Automatically controlled data stations
3.500-3.510 CW DX window 18.110 IBP/NCDXF beacons
3.560 QRP CW calling frequency
3.570-3.600 RTTY/Data 21.060 QRP CW calling frequency
3.585-3.600 Automatically controlled data stations 21.070-21.110 RTTY/Data
3.590 RTTY/Data DX 21.090-21.100 Automatically controlled data stations
3.790-3.800 DX window 21.150 IBP/NCDXF beacons
3.845 SSTV 21.340 SSTV
3.885 AM calling frequency 21.385 QRP SSB calling frequency
3.985 QRP SSB calling frequency
24.920-24.925 RTTY/Data
7.030 QRP CW calling frequency 24.925-24.930 Automatically controlled data stations
7.040 RTTY/Data DX 24.930 IBP/NCDXF beacons
7.080-7.125 RTTY/Data
7.100-7.105 Automatically controlled data stations 28.060 QRP CW calling frequency
7.171 SSTV 28.070-28.120 RTTY/Data
7.285 QRP SSB calling frequency 28.120-28.189 Automatically controlled data stations
7.290 AM calling frequency 28.190-28.225 Beacons
28.200 IBP/NCDXF beacons
10.106 QRP CW calling frequency 28.385 QRP SSB calling frequency
10.130-10.140 RTTY/Data 28.680 SSTV
10.140-10.150 Automatically controlled data stations 29.000-29.200 AM
29.300-29.510 Satellite downlinks
14.060 QRP CW calling frequency 29.520-29.580 Repeater inputs
14.070-14.095 RTTY/Data 29.600 FM simplex
14.095-14.0995 Automatically controlled data stations 29.620-29.680 Repeater outputs

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