Allocations

 
U.S. Non-Federal-Government Allocations
75.4 - 76 MHz
FIXED
MOBILE


U.S. Federal Government Allocations
75.4 - 88 MHz


ITU Region 1 Allocations
75.2 - 87.5 MHz
FIXED
MOBILE except aeronautical mobile


ITU Region 2 Allocations
75.4 - 76 MHz
FIXED
MOBILE


ITU Region 3 Allocations
75.4 - 87 MHz
FIXED
MOBILE


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Footnotes


5.175 Alternative allocation: in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, the bands 68-73 MHz and 76-87.5 MHz are allocated to the broadcasting service on a primary basis. In Latvia and Lithuania, the bands 68-73 MHz and 76 87.5 MHz are allocated to the broadcasting and mobile, except aeronautical mobile, services on a primary basis. The services to which these bands are allocated in other countries and the broadcasting service in the countries listed above are subject to agreements with the neighbouring countries concerned. (WRC-07)

5.179 Additional allocation: in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, the bands 74.6-74.8 MHz and 75.2-75.4 MHz are also allocated to the aeronautical radionavigation service, on a primary basis, for ground-based transmitters only. (WRC-07)

5.182 Additional allocation: in Western Samoa, the band 75.4-87 MHz is also allocated to the broadcasting service on a primary basis.

5.183 Additional allocation: in China, Korea (Rep. of), Japan, the Philippines and the Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea, the band 76-87 MHz is also allocated to the broadcasting service on a primary basis.

5.187 Alternative allocation: in Albania, the band 81-87.5 MHz is allocated to the broadcasting service on a primary basis and used in accordance with the decisions contained in the Final Acts of the Special Regional Conference (Geneva, 1960).

5.188 Additional allocation: in Australia, the band 85-87 MHz is also allocated to the broadcasting service on a primary basis. The introduction of the broadcasting service in Australia is subject to special agreements between the administrations concerned.

NG3 Control stations in the domestic public mobile radio service may be authorized frequencies in the band 72-73 and 75.4-76 MHz on the condition that harmful interference will not be caused to operational fixed stations.

NG49 The following frequencies may be authorized for mobile operations in the Manufacturers Radio Service subject to the condition that no interference is caused to the reception of television stations operating on channels 4 and 5 and that their use is limited to a manufacturing facility:

MHz
72.02 72.10 72.18 72.26 72.34
72.04 72.12 72.20 72.28 72.36
72.06 72.14 72.22 72.30 72.38
72.08 72.16 72.24 72.32 72.40

Further, the following frequencies may be authorized for mobile operations in the Special Industrial Radio Service, Manufacturers Radio Service, Railroad Radio Service and Forest Products Radio Service subject to the condition that no interference is caused to the reception of television stations operating on channels 4 and 5; and that their use is limited to a railroad yard, manufacturing plant, logging site, mill, or similar industrial facility.

MHz
72.4472.5272.6075.4875.56
72.4872.5675.4475.5275.60


NG56 In the bands 72-73 and 75.4-76 MHz, the use of mobile radio remote control of models is on a secondary basis to all other fixed and mobile operations. Such operations are subject to the condition that interference will not be caused to common carrier domestic public stations, to remote control of industrial equipment operating in the band 72-76 MHz, or to the reception of television signals on channels 4 (66-72 MHz) or 5 (76-82 MHz). Television interference shall be considered to occur whenever reception of regularly used television signals is impaired or destroyed, regardless of the strength of the television signal or the distance to the television station.

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Engineering Data

Lower Frequency Center Frequency Upper Frequency
Frequency 75.2 MHz 81.6 MHz 88 MHz
Wavelength 4.0 m 3.7 m 3.4 m
Band designator(s) VHF VHF VHF
Isotropic collecting area 12,647.2 cm2 10,741.2 cm2 9,235.6 cm2
Free space loss (1 m) 10.0 dB 10.7 dB 11.2 dB
Free space loss (1 km) 70.0 dB 70.7 dB 71.2 dB
Free space loss (10 km) 90.0 dB 90.7 dB 91.2 dB
Free space loss (100 km) 110.0 dB 110.7 dB 111.2 dB
Free space loss (1000 km) 130.0 dB 130.7 dB 131.2 dB
Free space loss
(35,786 km = GEO orbit)
161.1 dB 161.8 dB 162.3 dB
Free space loss (378,370 km = Moon) 181.6 dB 182.2 dB 182.8 dB