THE RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM
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       FREQUENCY RANGE              CLASSIFICATION

              3 - 30 kilohertz                                            Very low frequencies (VLF)

              30 - 300 kilohertz                                        The long wave band (LW)

              300 - 3000 kilohertz (3 megahertz)           The medium wave band (MW)

              3  - 30 megahertz                                       The short wave band (SW)

              30 - 300 megahertz                                    Very high frequency band (VHF)

              300 - 3000 (3 gigahertz)                             Ultra high frequency band (UHF)

              3 gigahertz - 30 gigahertz                         Super high frequency band (SHF)

                 300 - 3000 gigahertz                                   Microwave frequencies
 
 

Higher in frequency than this are infra red, visible light, ultra violet, X rays etc which are all forms of Electro Magnetic radiation.


Copyright Graham Knott 1999