USA GENERAL CLASS FREQUENCY PRIVILEGES IN HAM RADIO

USA GENERAL CLASS FREQUENCY PRIVILEGES IN HAM RADIO

Soon, if you haven’t done so already, you’ll be thinking about upgrading. You have many more frequencies to use on the high-frequency (HF) bands, as shown in the following table. A complete chart of the U.S. frequency and mode privileges for all license classes is available from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).

Band	Frequencies (in MHz)	Mode
160, 60, 30 meters		All amateur privileges
80 meters	3.525–3.600	CW, RTTY, data
	3.800–4.000	CW, phone, image
40 meters	7.025–7.125	CW, RTTY, data
	7.175–7.300	CW, phone, image
20 meters	14.025–14.150	CW, RTTY, data
	14.225–14.350	CW, phone, image
15 meters	21.025–21.200	CW, RTTY, data
	21.275–21.450	CW, phone, image
17, 12, 10 meters		All amateur privileges
Above 50 MHz		All amateur privileges

CW = Morse code; RTTY = radioteletype.