ITU Radio Band Numbers 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ITU Radio Band Symbols ELF SLF ULF VLF LF MF HF VHF UHF SHF EHF NATO Radio bands A B C D E F G H I J K L M IEEE Radar bands HF VHF UHF L S C X Ku K Ka Q V W edit

The ITU radio bands are designations defined in the ITU Radio Regulations. Provision No. 2.1 states that "the radio spectrum shall be subdivided into nine frequency bands, which shall be designated by progressive whole numbers in accordance with the following table. ^[1]

These bands are:

Table of ITU Radio Bands

Band Number	Symbols	Frequency Range	Wavelength Range	Typical sources
1	ELF	3 to 30 Hz	10,000 to 100,000 km	deeply-submerged submarine communication
2	SLF	30 to 300 Hz	1000 to 10,000 km	submarine communication, ac power grids
3	ULF	300 to 3 kHz	100 to 1000 km	earth quakes, earth mode communication
4	VLF	3 to 30 kHz	10 to 100 km	near-surface submarine communication,
5	LF	30 to 300 kHz	1 to 10 km	AM broadcasting, aircraft beacons
6	MF	300 to 3000 kHz	100 to 1000 m	AM broadcasting,
7	HF	3 to 30 MHz	10 to 100 m	Skywave long range radio communication
8	VHF	30 to 300 MHz	1 to 10 m	FM radio broadcast, television broadcast, DVB-T, MRI
9	UHF	300 to 3 GHz	10 to 100 cm	microwave oven, television broadcast, GPS, mobile phone communication (GSM, UMTS, 3G, HSDPA), cordless phones (DECT), WLAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth
10	SHF	3 to 30 GHz	1 to 10 cm	DBS satellite television broadcasting, WLAN (Wi-Fi), WiMAX, radars
11	EHF	30 to 300 GHz	1 to 10 mm	directed-energy weapon (Active Denial System), Security screening (Millimeter wave scanner), intersatellite links, WiMAX, high resolution radar

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