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October 8, 2025
Wednesday   12:44 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 So what's the difference between bands and frequencies?
The picture on the left side of this page is the complete amateur band map. It details the frequency definitions, power exceptions, and the type of broadcast allowed in each part of each band and by what level of license. Click on it to see the full-sized picture. Here is the latest version as a PDF

The smaller picture on the right is an enlarged section of the band map just covering the 80M band. There are some key things in the picture.

1.The green sections are phone (voice, in ham-speak) and image.
2.The red areas are where RTTY and data are allowed.
3.The white background containing a sine wave defines the portion of the band where CW (Morse Code) is allowed.
4.The initials vertically arranged along the right side of the map show which rows describe which type of license; 'T' for Technician, 'G' for General, 'E' for Extra, and two legacy licenses, Novice and Advanced.
5.The more area in the row, the more of the band that type of license can access. The numbers are the frequencies (in MegaHertz for this example) at the extreme edge of the band limits.
6.The 200W means Novices and Technicians are only allowed to use 200 watts of transmit power. It may not seem like much, but that is potentially capable of very long range using CW.

On a related note, amateurs are 'limited' to using 1500W on all bands except for certain specific limitations. These will be good to know on the exams. Not many limitations, but there are a few.

 Radio Bands and Frequency Assignments
From RadioReference.com:  
Texas Counties:
Bastrop
Bell
Blanco
Burnet
Falls
Hays
Lampasas
Lee
Llano
Milam
Travis
Williamson

Oklahoma

Washington Counties:
Snohomish
King

InterceptRadio.com   Cle Elum, Kittitas County   ###   FCC database search results for Kittitas County   ###  
Repeaterbook   Repeaterbook - RACES Repeaters in Washington   ###   Repeaterbook - All Washington Amateur Radio Repeaters
KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF  -  155.655 (151.4)
KITTITAS COUNTY FIRE     -  154.205 (151.4)
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