Radio spectrum allocations

Footnotes

• 5.340   All emissions are prohibited in the following bands:
  1 400-1 427 MHz,
  2 690-2 700 MHz, except those provided for by No. 5.422,
  10.68-10.7 GHz, except those provided for by No. 5.483,
  15.35-15.4 GHz, except those provided for by No. 5.511,
  23.6-24 GHz,
  31.3-31.5 GHz,
  31.5-31.8 GHz, in Region 2,
  48.94-49.04 GHz, from airborne stations
  50.2-50.4 GHz*,
  52.6-54.25 GHz,
  86-92 GHz,
  100-102 GHz,
  109.5-111.8 GHz,
  114.25-116 GHz,
  148.5-151.5 GHz,
  164-167 GHz,
  182-185 GHz,
  190-191.8 GHz,
  200-209 GHz,
  226-231.5 GHz,
  250-252 GHz. (WRC 03)

• 5.483   Additional allocation: in Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Colombia, Korea (Rep. of), Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mongolia, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, the Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Yemen, the frequency band 10.68-10.7 GHz is also allocated to the fixed and mobile, except aeronautical mobile, services on a primary basis. Such use is limited to equipment in operation by 1 January 1985. (WRC 19)

• US74   In the bands 25.55-25.67, 73-74.6, 406.1-410, 608-614, 1400-1427, 1660.5-1670, 2690-2700, and 4990-5000 MHz, and in the bands 10.68-10.7, 15.35-15.4, 23.6-24.0, 31.3-31.5, 86-92, 100-102, 109.5-111.8, 114.25-116, 148.5-151.5, 164-167, 200-209, and 250-252 GHz, the radio astronomy service shall be protected from unwanted emissions only to the extent that such radiation exceeds the level which would be present if the offending station were operating in compliance with the technical standards or criteria applicable to the service in which it operates. Radio astronomy observations in these bands are performed at the locations listed in US385.

• US131   In the band 10.7-11.7 GHz, non-geostationary satellite orbit licensees in the fixed-satellite service (space-to-Earth), prior to commencing operations, shall coordinate with the following radio astronomy observatories to achieve a mutually acceptable agreement regarding the protection of the radio telescope facilities operating in the band 10.6-10.7 GHz:

  Observatory	North latitude	West longitude	Elevation (in meters)
  Arecibo Observatory, PR	18° 20` 37"	66° 45` 11"	497
  Green Bank Telescope (GBT), WV	38° 25` 59"	79° 50` 23"	807
  Very Large Array (VLA), Socorro, NM	34° 04` 44"	107° 37` 06"	2115
  Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) Stations:
  Brewster, WA	48° 07` 52"	119° 41` 00"	250
  Fort Davis, TX	30° 38` 06"	103° 56` 41"	1606
  Hancock, NH	42° 56` 01"	71° 59` 12"	296
  Kitt Peak, AZ	31° 57` 23"	111° 36` 45"	1902
  Los Alamos, NM	35° 46` 30"	106° 14` 44"	1962
  Mauna Kea, HI	19° 48` 05"	155° 27` 20"	3763
  North Liberty, IA	41° 46` 17"	91° 34` 27"	222
  Owens Valley, CA	37° 13` 54"	118° 16` 37"	1196
  Pie Town, NM	34° 18` 04"	108° 07` 09"	2365
  St. Croix, VI	17° 45` 24"	64° 35` 01"	16

• US246   No station shall be authorized to transmit in the following bands: 73-74.6 MHz, 608-614 MHz, except for medical telemetry equipment¹ and white space devices,² 1400-1427 MHz, 1660.5-1668.4 MHz, 2690-2700 MHz, 4990-5000 MHz, 10.68-10.7 GHz, 15.35-15.4 GHz, 23.6-24 GHz, 31.3-31.8 GHz, 50.2-50.4 GHz, 52.6-54.25 GHz, 86-92 GHz, 100-102 GHz, 109.5-111.8 GHz, 114.25-116 GHz, 148.5-151.5 GHz, 164-167 GHz, 182-185 GHz, 190-191.8 GHz, 200-209 GHz, 226-231.5 GHz, 250-252 GHz.

  ¹Medical telemetry equipment shall not cause harmful interference to radio astronomy operations in the band 608-614 MHz and shall be coordinated under the requirements found in 47 CFR 95.1119.

  ²White space devices shall not cause harmful interference to radio astronomy operations in the band 608-614 MHz and shall not operate within the areas described in 47 CFR 15.712(h).