A band (NATO)

The NATO A band is the obsolete designation given to the radio frequencies from 0 to 250 MHz (equivalent to wavelengths from 1.2 m upwards) during the cold war period. Since 1992 frequency allocations, allotment and assignments are in line to NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement.[1] However, in order to identify military radio spectrum requirements, e.g. for crises management planning, training, Electronic warfare activities, or in military operations, this system is still in use.

NATO A band
Frequency range
0 to 250 MHz
Wavelength range
≥ 1.2 m
Radio bands
ITU
1 (ELF) 2 (SLF) 3 (ULF) 4 (VLF)
5 (LF) 6 (MF) 7 (HF) 8 (VHF)
9 (UHF) 10 (SHF) 11 (EHF) 12 (THF)
EU / NATO / US ECM
IEEE
Other TV and radio

NATO Radio spectrum designation
NATO LETTER BAND DESIGNATION BROADCASTING
BAND
DESIGNATION
NEW NOMENCLATURE OLD NOMENCLATURE
BANDFREQUENCY (MHz) BANDFREQUENCY (MHz)
A0 – 250 I100 – 150 Band I
47 – 68 MHz (TV)
Band II
87.5 – 108 MHz (FM)
G150 – 225 Band III
174 – 230 MHz (TV)
B250 – 500 P225 – 390
C500 – 1 000 L390 – 1 550 Band IV
470 – 582 MHz (TV)
Band V
582 – 862 MHz (TV)
D1 000 – 2 000
S1 550 – 3 900
E2 000 – 3 000
F3 000 – 4 000
G4 000 – 6 000 C3 900 – 6 200
H6 000 – 8 000 X6 200 – 10 900
I8 000 – 10 000
J10 000 – 20 000 Ku10 900 – 20 000
K20 000 – 40 000 Ka20 000 – 36 000
L40 000 – 60 000 Q36 000 – 46 000
V46 000 – 56 000
M60 000 – 100 000 W56 000 – 100 000
US- MILITARY / SACLANT
N100 000 – 200 000
O100 000 – 200 000
Examples to military frequency utilisation in this particular band

References
  1. "NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement (NJFA)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-05.


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