What does VHF stand for in VHF-band radar?
Ultra high frequency
225–420MHz: Government use, including meteorology, military aviation, and federal two-way use[10]
420–450MHz: Government radiolocation and amateur radio (70 cm band)
433MHz: Short range consumer devices including automotive, alarm systems, home automation, temperature sensors
450–470MHz: UHF business band, General Mobile Radio Service, and Family Radio Service 2-way "walkie-talkies", public safety
470–512MHz: Low-band TV channels 14–20 (shared with public safety land mobile 2-way radio in 12 major metropolitan areas scheduled to relocate to 700MHz band by 2023[11])
512–608MHz: Medium-band TV channels 21–36
608–614MHz: Channel 37 used for radio astronomy and wireless medical telemetry[12]
614–698MHz: Mobile broadband shared with TV channels 38–51 auctioned in April 2017. TV stations will relocate by 2020.
617–652MHz: Mobile broadband service downlink
652–663MHz: Wireless microphones (higher priority) and unlicensed devices (lower priority)
663–698MHz: Mobile broadband service uplink
698–806MHz: Was auctioned in March 2008; bidders got full use after the transition to digital TV was completed on June 12, 2009 (formerly high-band UHF TV channels 52–69)
806–816MHz: Public safety and commercial 2-way (formerly TV channels 70–72)
817–824MHz: ESMR band for wideband mobile services (mobile phone) (formerly public safety and commercial 2-way)
824–849MHz: Cellular A & B franchises, terminal (mobile phone) (formerly TV channels 73–77)
849–851MHz: Commercial aviation air-ground systems (Gogo)
851–861MHz: Public safety and commercial 2-way (formerly TV channels 77–80)
862–869MHz: ESMR band for wideband mobile services (base station) (formerly public safety and commercial 2-way)
869–894MHz: Cellular A & B franchises, base station (formerly TV channels 80–83)
894–896MHz: Commercial aviation air-ground systems (Gogo)
896–901 MHz: Commercial 2-way radio
901–902 MHz: Narrowband PCS: commercial narrowband mobile services
902–928MHz: ISM band, amateur radio (33 cm band), cordless phones and stereo, radio-frequency identification, datalinks
928–929 MHz: SCADA, alarm monitoring, meter reading systems and other narrowband services for a company internal use
929–930MHz: Pagers
930–931 MHz: Narrowband PCS: commercial narrowband mobile services
931–932MHz: Pagers
932–935 MHz: Fixed microwave services: distribution of video, audio and other data
935–940MHz: Commercial 2-way radio
940–941 MHz: Narrowband PCS: commercial narrowband mobile services
941–960MHz: Mixed studio-transmitter fixed links, SCADA, other.
960–1215MHz: Aeronautical radionavigation
1240–1300MHz: Amateur radio (23 cm band)
1300–1350 MHz: Long range radar systems
1350–1390 MHz: Military air traffic control and mobile telemetry systems at test ranges
1390–1395 MHz: Proposed wireless medical telemetry service. TerreStar failed to provide service by the required deadline[13].
1395–1400 MHz: Wireless medical telemetry service
1400–1427 MHz: Earth exploration, radio astronomy, and space research
1427–1432 MHz: Wireless medical telemetry service
1432–1435 MHz: Proposed wireless medical telemetry service. TerreStar failed to provide service by the required deadline[13].
1435–1525MHz: Military use mostly for aeronautical mobile telemetry (therefore not available for Digital Audio Broadcasting, unlike Canada/Europe)
1525–1559MHz: Skyterra downlink (Ligado is seeking FCC permission for terrestrial use[14])
1526–1536 MHz: proposed Ligado downlink
1936–1559 MHz: proposed guard band
1559–1610MHz: Radio Navigation Satellite Services (RNSS) Upper L-band
1563–1587MHz: GPS L1 band
1593–1610MHz: GLONASS G1 band
1559–1591MHz: Galileo E1 band (overlapping with GPS L1[15])
1610–1660.5MHz: Mobile Satellite Service
1610–1618: Globalstar uplink
1618–1626.5MHz: Iridium uplink and downlink[14]
1626.5–1660.5MHz: Skyterra uplink (Ligado is seeking FCC permission for terrestrial use[14])
1627.5–1637.5 MHz: proposed Ligado uplink 1
1646.5–1656.5 MHz: proposed Ligado uplink 2
1660.5–1668.4 MHz: Radio astronomy observations. Transmitting is not permitted.
1668.4–1670 MHz: Radio astronomy observations. Weather balloons may utilize the spectrum after an advance notice.
1670–1675MHz: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite transmissions to three earth stations in Wallops Island, VA; Greenbelt, MD and Fairbanks, AK. Nationwide broadband service license in this range is held by a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp. who is trying to provide service in cooperation with Ligado Networks.[16]
1675–1695MHz: Meteorological federal users
1695–1780MHz: AWS mobile phone uplink (UL) operating band
1695–1755MHz: AWS-3 blocks A1 and B1
1710–1755MHz: AWS-1 blocks A, B, C, D, E, F
1755–1780MHz: AWS-3 blocks G, H, I, J (various federal agencies transitioning by 2025[17])
1780–1850MHz: exclusive federal use (Air Force satellite communications, Army's cellular-like communication system, other agencies)
1850–1920MHz: PCS mobile phone—order is A, D, B, E, F, C, G, H blocks. A, B, C = 15MHz; D, E, F, G, H = 5MHz
1920–1930MHz: DECT cordless telephone
1930–2000MHz: PCS base stations—order is A, D, B, E, F, C, G, H blocks. A, B, C = 15MHz; D, E, F, G, H = 5MHz
2000–2020MHz: lower AWS-4 downlink (mobile broadband)
2020–2110MHz: Cable Antenna Relay service, Local Television Transmission service, TV Broadcast Auxiliary service, Earth Exploration Satellite service
2110–2200MHz: AWS mobile broadband downlink
2110–2155MHz: AWS-1 blocks A, B, C, D, E, F
2155–2180MHz: AWS-3 blocks G, H, I, J
2180–2200MHz: upper AWS-4
2200–2290 MHz: NASA satellite tracking, telemetry and control (space-to-Earth, space-to-space)
2290–2300MHz: NASA Deep Space Network
2300–2305MHz: Amateur radio (13 cm band, lower segment)
2305–2315MHz: WCS mobile broadband service uplink blocks A and B
2315–2320MHz: WCS block C (AT&T is pursuing smart grid deployment[18])
2320–2345MHz: Satellite radio (Sirius and XM)
2345–2350MHz: WCS block D (AT&T is pursuing smart grid deployment[18])
2350–2360MHz: WCS mobile broadband service downlink blocks A and B
2360–2390MHz: Aircraft landing and safety systems
2390–2395MHz: Aircraft landing and safety systems (secondary deployment in a dozen of airports), amateur radio otherwise
2395–2400MHz: Amateur radio (13 cm band, upper segment)
2400–2483.5MHz: ISM, IEEE 802.11, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n wireless LAN, IEEE 802.15.4-2006, Bluetooth, radio-controlled aircraft (strictly for spread spectrum use), microwave ovens, ZigBee
2483.5–2495MHz: Globalstar downlink and Terrestrial Low Power Service suitable for TD-LTE small cells[19]
2495–2690 MHz: Educational Broadcast and Broadband Radio Services[20]
2690–2700 MHz: Receive-only range for radio astronomy and space research