Band Plans

A collection of some band plans describing the frequency allocations for each ham band.

United States (ARRL)

An image created by the ARRL describing the United States amateur radio frequency allocations per band and per class.

In the USA, spectrum allocations for non-Federal users are made by the Federal Communications Commission The US Band plan consists of frequency allocations for amateurs on bands from 2200 meters to 23 centimeters.

Original document

Canada

Holders of a Canadian Amateur Radio Operator Certificate with the Basic qualification have all band and mode privileges on and above the 6-m band. Certificate holders who scored higher than 80% on the Basic exam ("Basic with Honours") also gain all band and mode privileges on and below the 10-m band. Certificate holders can also gain access to those HF bands by obtaining a Morse Code qualification (5 wpm) or by taking and passing the Advanced amateur exam. The Advanced qualification allows higher transmitter power and other non-operating privileges (e.g., trustee of repeater stations and club stations. All exams are conducted by an Accredited Examiner.

Canada HF

An image created by the RAC describing the Canadian amateur radio frequency allocations per band.

Original Document

Canada VHF/UHF

There is no singular offical chart for bands above 30MHz, instead there are charts per band.

New Zealand

The NZART provides a very detailed plan that is not possible to embed here.