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* Register with [http://www.qrz.com/ qrz.com] | * Register with [http://www.qrz.com/ qrz.com] | ||
* Start a log book. Use a spreadsheet with the columns shown on page 20 of the Foundation Licence Now! book. | * Start a log book. Use a spreadsheet with the columns shown on page 20 of the Foundation Licence Now! book. | ||
=== Bands === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Freq. range!!Abbr.!!Name!!RSGB Bands | |||
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|3–30 kHz||VLF||Very low frequencies|| | |||
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|3–300 kHz||LF||Low frequencies, AM longwave broadcasting|| | |||
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|300 kHz–3 MHz||MF||Medium frequencies, AM medium broadcasting||472 kHz (600 m), 1.8 MHz (160 m), | |||
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|3 MHz–30 MHz||HF||High frequencies or HF band, Shortwave broadcasts||3.5 MHz (80 m), 5 MHz (60 m), 7 MHz (40 m), 10 MHz (30 m), 14 MHz (20 m), 18 MHz (17 m), 21 MHz (15 m), 24 MHz (12 m), 28 MHz (10 m) | |||
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|30 MHz–300 MHz||VHF||Very high frequencies or VHF band, FM radio||50 MHz (6 m), 70 MHz (4 m), '''144 MHz (2 m)''', 146-147 MHz (2 m extension) | |||
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|300 MHz–3 GHz||UHF||Ultra high frequencies or UHF band, Television broadcasts||'''430 MHz (70 cm)''', 1.3 GHz (23 cm), 2.3 GHz (13 cm) | |||
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|3 GHz–30 GHz||SHF||Super high frequencies||3.4 GHz (9 cm), 5.7 GHz (6 cm), 10 GHz (3 cm), 24 GHz (12 mm) | |||
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|30 GHz–300 GHz||EHF||Extremely high frequencies||47 GHz (6 mm), 76 GHz (4 mm), 134 GHz (2 mm) | |||
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|300 GHz–3 THz||THz or THF||Terahertz or Tremendously high frequency|| | |||
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== Make that first QSO == | == Make that first QSO == | ||
