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Radio band details for Spain. At the moment practically a bare template that could apply to most Euro countries. So - I would be most grateful for your assistance filling in the gaps... if you can help improve this page (detail-wise, I LIKE the colour scheme!), please e-mail to the EuroScanner mailing list at euro-scanner@grid9.net addressing your comments to my good friend Rf-man - thanks.
0.13675 Ham 2km band (135.7-137.8 kHz) ** new Euro band, 1998 **
--0.1485------------------------
0.153.. LW AM Broadcasting, to 0.279 - 9kHz channels (ITU Region1) + some Nav. (NDB)
153 Germany, Romania, Algeria
162 France, Turkey
171 Russia, Morocco,
177 Germany
183 Germany
189 Italy
198 UK BBC Radio 4
207 Germany, Morocco
216 France, Norway
225 Poland, spare UK allocation
234 Luxembourg, Russia
243 Denmark
252 EIRE Atlantic 252, Algeria
261 Moscow
270 Czech
279 Belarus, Isle of Man (soon)
--0.2835------------------------
Marine/Aero Navigation (NDB beacons) + Maritime Mobile (CW)
0.500 Calling, Distress (CW)
0.518 Navtex, (& 490 & 4209.5 kHz)
--0.5265--MF--------------------
0.531.. MW AM Broadcasting, to 1.602 - 9 kHz channels (10kHz to 1.700 in USA)
--1.6065-------------------------
MF mobile, Maritime and Aero. (OR)
Amateur Radio 160m "Top Band" (1.81-2.0) (SSB used is mainly LSB)
2.182 Calling, Distress
--2.85----HF-------------------- the "reeal shortwave bands"!
mobile, fixed, military, ISM, SRD, and... "numbers stations". More.
AM Broadcasting
(around 2.4, 3.3, 3.975, 5, 6, 7.2, 9.7, 11.8, 13.7, 15.3, 17.8, 21.6, 25.8)
Amateur Radio
80m ( 3.5 - 3.8) (SSB mainly LSB)
40m ( 7.0 - 7.1) (SSB mainly LSB)
30m (10.1 - 10.15) (SSB not recommended) (WARC)
20m (14.0 - 14.35)
16.5m (18.068-18.168) (WARC)
15m (21.0 - 21.45)
12m (24.89- 24.99) (WARC)
Standard Frequency references, and Time signals
(at 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0)
Maritime (3kHz SSB channels) more more
2046+ 2049 intership (kHz)
2053+ 2056 intership
4146+ 4149 intership
4357- 4435 shore chs 401- 427 ( -292kHz split: 4065- 4143) 4417/ 4125 calling
6224- 6230 intership
6501- 6522 shore chs 601- 608 ( -301kHz split: 6200- 6221) 6516/ 6215 calling
8291 ch 833 GMDSS
8294+ 8297 intership
8707- 8716 chs 834-837
8719- 8812 shore chs 801- 832 ( -524kHz split: 8195- 8288) 8779/ 8255 calling
12353-12365 intership
13077-13197 shore chs 1201-1241 ( -847kHz split: 12230-12350) 13137/12290 calling
16528-16546 intership
17242-17410 shore chs 1601-1656 ( -882kHz split: 16360-16525) 17302/16420 calling
18825-18843 intership
19755-19797 shore chs 1801-1815 ( -975kHz split: 18780-18822) 19770/18795 calling
22159-22177 intership
22696-22852 shore chs 2201-2253 ( -696kHz split: 22000-22156) 22756/22060 calling
25100-25118 intership
26145-26172 shore chs 2501-2510 (-1075kHz split: 25070-25097) 26172/25097 calling
Aeronautical R or ER (En-Route on fixed airways; so mainly civil) (3kHz SSB channels) more
2851- 3019 kHz
3401- 3497
4651- 4696
5481- 5676
6526- 6682
8816- 8960
10006-10096
11276-11396
13261-13357
17901-17967
21925-21997
Aeronautical OR (Off-Route; so mainly military) (3kHz SSB channels) GHFS
3023- 3152 kHz
4700- 4995
5680- GMDSS SAR
5684- 5726
6685- 6763
8965- 9037
11175-11271
13200-13257
15010-15097
17970-18027
23200-23350
---26.175-------------------
Fixed & Mobile (not aero)
26.515... CB, to 26.955
26.965... CB, to 27.405 (legal - CEPT)
26.965 01
26.975 02 +"Black" (Models code)
26.985 03
26.995 "Brown" / 3A
27.005 04
27.015 05 +27.020 "Brown/Red" (5a)
27.025 06
27.035 07
27.045 "Red" +Test/Dev / 7A
27.055 08
27.065 09 +27.070 "Red/Orange" (9a)
27.075 10
27.085 11
27.095 "Orange" +Railway SRDs / 11A
27.105 12
27.115 13 +27.120 "Orange/Yellow" (13a)
27.125 14
27.135 15
27.145 "Yellow" / 15A
27.155 16
27.165 17 +27.170 "Yellow/Green" (17a)
27.175 18
27.185 19
27.195 "Green" / 19A
27.205 20 from 20 to 40 channel num = first two decimals except 23 to 25...
27.215 21 +27.220 "Green/Blue" (21a)
27.225 22
27.235 24 !
27.245 25 ! +"Blue"
27.255 23 !
27.265 26 +27.270 "Blue/Grey" or sometimes "White" (26a)
to
27.405 40
27.415... CB, to 27.855
27.865... CB, to 27.985
28.0 ... Amateur 10m band
---29.7-------VHF-------------
Mobile. Military.
"30-70 MHz (NFM, 25 KHz channel step) is only
used here by the spanish army. You can browse around 35 MHz in daylight
and, perhaps, can find something (except in large field exercises, there's
few traffic on the band)." - email list posting
31.025... Cordless phone base, to 31.325 (duplex, split +8.9: 39.925-40.225) 12 x 25kHz channels
37.5 ... Radio Astronomy, to 38.25
39.0= MBC Meteor Burst Comms, to 39.2= (8x 25kHz : 39.0125 to 39.1875) 500-1600km range
39.925... Cordless phone handset, to 40.225 (split -8.9: 31.0375-31.2125)
40.500 Mil. Distress, Rescue (often wrongly listed as 40.050) 40.5 x 3 = 121.5
40.66... ISM, to 40.7 (40.68 +/- 20kHz) ** proposed new Euro amateur beacons band **
41= ... Harmonised Military Band (EU1)
---47.0-----------------------
Broadcasting Band I (TVE1)
Euro TV 7MHz ch.: E2 47-54, E3 54-61, E4 61-68
System B - PAL and Nicam used, FM sound at +5.5 MHz
"In respect to the Madrid's E2 VHF TV transmitter (situated, by the
way, atop a mountain called Bola del Mundo (World's Ball), last time
I saw its transmission was about three months ago (in 2000) (I use the UHF
transmitter in Madrid city downtown, Torrespana, to watch the five
terrestrial analoge TV chains here)." - email list posting
48.25 TV, ch2 vis.
50.0 ... Amateur 6m band, to 51
53.75 TV, ch2 sound
55.25 TV, ch3 vis.
60.75 TV, ch3 sound
62.25 TV, ch4 vis.
67.75 TV, ch4 sound
There is a Euro plan (25-08) to re-organise 54-68: (boundaries)
61... Base, to 68 (split -7: 54-61)
---68.0-----------------------
Mobile. Military.
"The most interesting part of this band is between 70 and 87.5 MHz.
There are lots of services there (most of them private companies, working
simplex or, sometimes, semi-duplex). There's also an emergency service of
our National Health Service (ambulances)
The most important service in this part of the band is the Guardia
Civil (a kind of rural police, performing also some special services) Low
VHF mobile comms. They use a quite complicated system, sometimes in
simplex, sometime duplex or semi-duplex, using 41 channels both in the 75
MHz segment and the 84 MHz one. If I was sure (I'm not) no Guardia Civil's
personnel monitors this list, I could describe you an interesting system
of doing comms here, in Madrid, by them." - email list posting
There is a Euro plan (25-08) to re-organise this band: (boundaries)
77.8 ... Base, to 87.5 (split -9.8: 68-77.7) single: 77.7-77.8 and 74.8-75.2 & 84.6-85
74.8 ... Aero (radiolocation), to 75.2
75.0 Runway marker beacons
---87.3------------------------
Paging, 25 kHz
87.34 Eurosignal A
87.365 Eurosignal B
87.39 Eurosignal C
87.415 Eurosignal D
---87.5------------------------
Broadcasting Band II
87.6 ... FM Broadcasting, to 107.9
--108.0------------------------
Aero Navigation, Military
108.050... ILS/VOR/ATIS, to 117.95 (50 kHz channels)
--117.975----------------------
"Airband"
100kHz spacing (original) - 1 decimal place 118.0, 118.1 etc. on air : 1 decimal
50kHz spacing (1954) - 2 decimals, new 118.05, 118.15 etc. on air : 2 decimals
25kHz spacing (1974) - 3 decimals, new 118.025, 118.075 etc. on air : 2 decimals
8.33 spacing (1999/2000) - infinite recurring decimals! new 118.00833. etc on air : 3 decimals
The newer 25kHz spaced channels are rounded to only 2 decimal places when referred to, i.e. 118.02 or
118.07 because the second decimal is only ever 2 or 7 and so there is no ambiguity.
For "8.33", rounded 3 decimal place Channel Names are used :
--NAME-- -step- -MHz--- --rounded--
(1xx.x) 25 1xx.x00 \
"1xx.x05" 8.33 1xx.x00 / up 5
"1xx.x10" 8.33 1xx.x08333 NEW up
"1xx.x15" 8.33 1xx.x16667 NEW down
"1xx.x2" 25 1xx.x25 \ down 5
"1xx.x30" 8.33 1xx.x25 / up 5
"1xx.x35" 8.33 1xx.x33333 NEW up
"1xx.x40" 8.33 1xx.x41667 NEW down
(1xx.x5) 25 1xx.x50 \
"1xx.x55" 8.33 1xx.x50 / up 5
"1xx.x60" 8.33 1xx.x58333 NEW up
"1xx.x65" 8.33 1xx.x66667 NEW down
"1xx.x7" 25 1xx.x75 \ down 5
"1xx.x80" 8.33 1xx.x75 / up 5
"1xx.x85" 8.33 1xx.x83333 NEW up
"1xx.x90" 8.33 1xx.x91667 NEW down
Any 8.33 NAME just 5kHz higher than a normal 25kHz channel is the same freq.,
otherwise tune to the NAMED freq. in 5kHz steps and you'll only be 1.666kHz off...
... then :
If a NEW channel name is 10kHz ABOVE an old 25kHz channel, tune DOWN 1.666
If a NEW channel name is 10kHz BELOW an old 25kHz channel, tune UP 1.666
118.0 ... AM comms, to 136.975
121.5 Distress, EPIRBs
132.0 ... 8.33 sub-band for over FL245
--137.0------------------------
137=... Aero (OR) to 144=
137=... Satellite, to 138=
Weather Satellites, 137.3, 137.4, 137.5, 137.62, 137.85 etc. Tracking.
FM picture data not only too wide for most scanners (50kHz) but mind the Doppler shift too!
More. Good AmSat Keplers tutorial.
LEO MSS Sat. downlinks, to 138= (up at 148-149.9) Orbcomm (4800 bps FSK)
137.000= - 137.025= Primary
137.025= - 137.175= Secondary
137.175= - 137.825= Primary
137.825= - 138.000= Secondary
Orbcomm 25kHz 12dBW RHCP channels, 1 per sat.
137.200 S1
137.225 S2
137.250 S3
137.2875 S11
137.3125 S12
137.435 S4
137.460 S5
137.560 Gateway (50kHz)
137.6625 S6
137.678 S7
137.7125 S8
137.7375 S9
137.800 S10
--138.0------------------------
Aero (OR) - Military
138.2 ... future Euro. SRD band, to 138.45
143.625 Space - MIR station (also 121.75 & 130.165 FM)
--144.0------------------------
144... Amateur 2m band, to 146 Primary - IARU Bandplan:
EME (Moonbounce)...
144.035..CW
144.150..SSB - calling 144.3
144.4... Beacons, to 144.49
144.5... All modes
144.8... Digital, to 144.99
145.0... Repeater inputs, to 145.1875
145.2... FM Simplex, to 145.5875 (12.5 kHz channels) older 25kHz channels listed:
145.2 S8, V16 MIR (with 145.8)
145.225 S9, V18
145.25 S10, V20
145.275 S11, V22
145.3 S12, V24
145.325 S13, V26
145.35 S14, V28
145.375 S15, V30
145.4 S16, V32
145.425 S17, V34
145.45 S18, V36
145.475 S19, V38
145.5 S20, V40 Mobile
145.525 S21, V42
145.55 S22, V44
145.575 S23, V46
145.5875 V47
(Repeaters 145.6 - 145.7875, split -0.6)
145.600 R0, RV48
145.6125 R0x, RV49
145.625 R1, RV50
145.6375 R1x, RV51
145.650 R2, RV52
145.6625 R2x, RV53
145.675 R3, RV54
145.6875 R3x, RV55
145.700 R4, RV56
145.7125 R4x, RV57
145.725 R5, RV58
145.7375 R5x, RV59
145.750 R6, RV60
145.7625 R6x, RV61
145.775 R7, RV62
145.7875 R7x, RV63
145.8... Satellite Service, to 146
--146-------------------------
Mobile
There is a Euro plan (25-08) to re-organise 146-156: (boundaries)
151.4 ... Base, to 156 (split -7: 146.8-151.4) single: 146-146.8 and 149.9-150.05 & 154.5-154.65
149.9 ... Satellite Navigation, to 150.05
156.0250... Marine mobile (see +4.6: 160.625) and ch 6 (156.3 single)
156.375... Marine single : ch 8-17 and 67-77
156.9 ... Marine mobile (see +4.6: 161.5)
160.625... Marine base, to 160.950 (split -4.6: 156.025-160.950)
160.9750... private single, to 161.475
161.5 ... Marine base, to 162.025 (split -4.6: 156.900-157.425)
Let's track the Marine VHF channels in two columns 4.6 MHz apart...
** dual freq. pairs
Shore/Base Ship/mobile 4.6 MHz lower
--------------------------------------
160.625---156.025 60
160.650---156.050 1
160.675---156.075 61
160.700---156.100 2
160.725---156.125 62
160.750---156.150 3
160.775---156.175 63
160.800---156.200 4
160.825---156.225 64
160.850---156.250 5
160.875---156.275 65
160.900 private 156.300 6 intership1 and SAR
160.925---156.325 66
160.950---156.350 7
** Now single freq.s Base/Mobile
---------------------------- -------
160.975 private 156.375 67 intership9
156.400 8 intership2
156.425 68
156.450 9 intership5
156.475 69 intership8
... 156.500 10 intership3
156.525 70 DSC Digital SelCall ONLY, GMDSS NO VOICE
156.550 11
156.575 71
156.600 12
to 156.625 72 intership6
156.650 13 intership4 + International Nav Safety Comms
156.675 73 intership7
156.700 14
156.725 74
... 156.750 15 intership11 1W on-board
156.775 75 1W
156.800 16 Calling, Distress
156.825 76 1W
156.850 17 intership12 1W on-board
161.475 private 156.875 77 intership10
** Now dual freq. pairs again
Shore Ship
--------------------------------------
161.500---156.900 18
161.525---156.925 78
161.550---156.950 19
161.575---156.975 79
161.600---157.000 20
161.625---157.025 80
161.650---157.050 21
161.675---157.075 81
161.700---157.100 22
161.725---157.125 82
161.750---157.150 23
161.775---157.175 83
161.800---157.200 24
161.825---157.225 84
161.850---157.250 25
161.875---157.275 85
161.900---157.300 26
161.925---157.325 86
161.950---157.350 27
161.975---157.375 87 old, paired use
161.975 AIS1 157.375 87
162.000---157.400 28
162.025---157.425 88 old, paired use
162.025 AIS2 157.425 88
169.4250 ERMES-01 (ERMES Paging (25kHz, continuous, 6.25kbps, 4level FSK) [Hear it here!])
16 channels, with each country having 4 "preferred" channels
169.8000 ERMES-16
There is a Euro plan (25-08) to re-organise 157.45-174: (boundaries)
162.05 ... Base, to 165.2 (split -4.6: 157.45 -160.6)
169.825 ... Base, to 174 (split -4.6: 165.225-169.4)
--174-------------------------
Broadcasting Band III, mobile
Euro TV (7MHz) E5 174-181, E6 181-188, ... E11 216-223, E12 223-230
System B - PAL and Nicam used, FM sound at +5.5 MHz
175.25 TV ch5, vis.
182.25 TV ch6, vis.
189.25 TV ch7, vis.
196.25 TV ch8, vis.
203.25 TV ch9, vis.
210.25 TV ch10, vis.
217.25 TV ch11, vis.
224.25 TV ch12, vis. ??
--225---------UHF-------------
Military: NATO band
Air-Ground-Air, Air-Air AM comms (25 kHz channels)
Radio Relay, Satellite
243 Distress, EPIRBS 2 x 121.5 = 243
390=... TETRA, to 393=
--399.9-----------------------
Mobile. Satellite. Military
399.9 ... Satellite Nav., Meteo sondes, Sat. mobile, EPIRBS, to 406.1
There is a Euro plan (25-08) to re-organise 410-430: (boundaries)
420 ... Base, to 430 (split -10: 410-420)
430.0 ... Amateur 70cm band, to 440
445.2... Civil TETRA DMO Direct Mode (Euro standard), to 445.3
446.00625...PMR446 (Euro SRBR), to 446.093 (8x 12.5kHz - within 446-446.1, 6.25kHz offsets)
Spanish UN-110, 500mW Status in Europe
446.00625 1 (446.005 to nearest 5kHz, 1.25kHz error)
446.01875 2 (446.020)
446.03125 3 (446.030)
446.04375 4 (446.045)
446.05625 5 (446.055)
446.06875 6 (446.070)
446.08125 7 (446.080)
446.09375 8 (446.095)
There is a Euro plan (25-08) to re-organise 450-470: (boundaries)
460 ... Base, to 470 (split -10: 450-460)
457.525... Marine on-board, to 457.575 single OR dual:+10
467.525... Marine on-board, to 467.575 single OR dual: see -10
--470--------------------------
Broadcasting Bands IV and V, land mobile (secondary - SAB)
TV in 8 MHz channels - System G - PAL and Nicam used, FM sound at +5.5 MHz
470-478 21 476.75 sound
478-486 22 484.75
486-494 23 492.75
494-502 24 500.75
502-510 25 508.75
510-518 26 516.75
518-526 27 524.75
526-534 28 532.75
534-542 29 540.75
542-550 30 548.75
550-558 31 556.75
558-566 32 564.75
566-574 33 572.75
574-582 34 580.75
582-590 35 588.75
590-598 36 596.75
598-606 37 604.75
606-614 38 612.75
614-622 39 620.75
622-630 40 628.75
630-638 41 636.75
638-646 42 644.75
646-654 43 652.75
654-662 44 660.75
662-670 45 668.75
670-678 46 676.75
678-686 47 684.75
686-694 48 692.75
694-702 49 700.75
702-710 50 708.75
710-718 51 716.75
718-726 52 724.75
726-734 53 732.75
734-742 54 740.75
742-750 55 748.75
750-758 56 756.75
758-766 57 764.75
766-774 58 772.75
774-782 59 780.75
782-790 60 788.75
--790----------------
TV, mobile
790-798 61 796.75
798-806 62 804.75
806-814 63 812.75
814-822 64 820.75
822-830 65 828.75
830-838 66 836.75 ???
838-846 67 844.75 ???
846-854 68 852.75 ???
854-862 69 860.75 ???
--862--------------------------
Mobile.
921 ... future UIC, to 925 (by 2005) Euro. Railways GSM system
925.2 ... future EGSM, to 935 base (split -45: 880-890)
919.1=... Telefonica Moviles, to 943.7= (Analogue) until 2007
919.1 - 934.9
942.9 - 943.7
935.2 ... GSM 900 RadioTelephones, to 959.8 continuous base (split -45: 890-915)
935.2 ... TM, to 942.8
948.0 ... AirTel, to 959.8
--960--------------------------
Aero Navigation
978... DME Ground reply X channels, to 1087 (paired with 1xx.x0 MHz) (to +63)
1025... DME Air mobile channels, to 1150 (1-126 x 1 MHz channels; 1-16 and 60-69 not used)
Selected in aircraft by tuning to a paired channel between 108 and 118 MHz
Pulses transmitted by the aircraft, returned by the ground station & time difference measured.
1104... DME Ground reply Y channels, to 1213 (paired with 1xx.x5 MHz) (to -63)
1030 SSR/IFF (Squalk) Ground (secondary radar - rotating), air reply on 1090
-1215--------------------------
RADIONAVIGATION
1240... Amateur 23cm band
-1300--------------------------
1,400=...Transmission Prohibited
Astronomy, Space Research, SETI, Hydrogen Line. Certain frequencies around here
propagate very well through the universe, so the boffins listen here for extra-
terrestial transmissions. But surely the little grey men are doing the same thing?
1420 SETI@Home (+/-1.25MHz)
1,467=... Worldspace digital satellite broadcasting, to 1492 (7025-7075 MHz uplinks) more
3 sat.s, each with 3 beams of 2 TDM carriers (one left, one right circular pol.)
TDMs are QPSK modulated, overall rate of 3.68 Mbit/s - 96 so called Prime Rate Channels
(PRCs) having 16 kbit/s each. MP3 audio coding. 2.3MHz TDM sep. detail
Receivers cover 1453.384 to 1490.644 MHz (52 centers currently: 1467.184-1490.644, 0.460 MHz steps)
Orbital positions :
AfriStar 21 East - 1469R 1471L 1478R 1481L (MHz & Pol) details
AsiaStar 105 East - 1473R 1475L 1478L 1480R 1488R 1490L details
AmeriStar 95 West - (2001) (details)
1,525=...Satellite comms downlinks - Inmarsat GMDSS etc (uplinks 1626.5-1660.5) (+101.5) more
1535-1544 FM comms, 25kHz steps
1,559=...Radionavigation, to 1626.5=
1,575.42 Navstar GPS Nav L1 C/A (military accuracy with 1227.6 L2 +/-14MHz) spread
The L1 carrier is modulated by all three GPS data streams, C/A, P and Nav/System Data.
The L2 carrier is modulated by two GPS data streams, P-code and Nav/System Data.
The L3 carrier 1381.05 MHz is a non-navigation signal associated with nuclear burst detection.
One frequency explored for the L4 carrier is 1841.4 MHz.
1,602... Russian GLONASS L1, 0-12: 1602+n(0.5625) spread spectrum
1,610=...Mobile-satellite systems, uplinks (down at -101.5)
1,610=...LEO MSS, to 1626.5= (up&down) CDMA i.e. Globalstar, Iridium (TDMA, 780km up)
1,645.5..Distress EPIRBs, to 1646.5 (Inmarsat E) 1645.6-1645.8?
1,670=...TFTS ground stations
1,675=...Meteo satellite, to 1710
1,690=...Weather Satellite HRPT (Hi-res pics), to 1710= NOAA, GOES, MeteoSat
1,710=...links, radioastronomy, GSM 1800 mobile phones, to 1880= :
1,800.30.TFTS in-flight digital phones (air-ground), to 1804.969 (164 x 30.303 kHz channels : ground at -130)
1,805=...GSM 1800 mobile phone system, to 1880= (split -95: 1710-1785) (ERO doc about usage)
Standard : 1805.2 to 1879.8 (374x TDMA 200kHz channels) Digital duplex. Scrambled. Base continuous. info.
1836.2 ... TM, to 1849.4
1849.8 ... Airel, to 1863.0
1863.4 ... Amena, to 1876.6
1,880=...DECT Digital Euro. Cordless Telephones, to 1900=
1881.792..ch1, to 1897.344 ch10 (steps of 1.728 MHz) encrypted, base continuous (pulses), less than 250mW
Single Freq. Duplex (Digital TDMA) - supporting 12 conversations at once per channel
Frequency multiplied by wavelength gives 300,000,000 m/s - the speed of light...
or 299,792,458 to be more exact.
300 mHz > 3000 mHz 1Gm > 100Mm easier to count s/cycle than c/s !
3 Hz > 30 Hz 100Mm > 10Mm VERY long waves! Natural 'Earth' waves
30 Hz > 300 Hz ELF 10Mm > 1Mm Bass!
300 Hz > 3000 Hz ILF 1000km > 100km Voice frequencies (sound)
3 kHz > 30 kHz VLF 100km > 10km
30 kHz > 300 kHz LF 10km > 1km
300 kHz > 3000 kHz MF 1km > 100m
3 MHz > 30 MHz HF 100m > 10m
30 MHz > 300 MHz VHF 10m > 1m
300 MHz > 3000 MHz UHF 1m > 10cm
3 GHz > 30 GHz SHF 10cm > 1cm
30 GHz > 300 GHz EHF 1cm > 1mm mainly experimental
300 GHz > 30 THz THF 1mm > 10um limits of radio / far infra-red
30 THz > 300 THz 10um > 1um infra-red light
300 THz > 3000 THz 1um > 100nm infra red > visible > ultra violet (near & far)
3 PHz > 30 PHz 100nm > 10nm extreme ultra violet
30 PHz > 30 EHz 10nm > 10pm x-rays
30 EHz > 10pm > Gamma rays