Band V

Band V (meaning Band 5) is the name of a radio frequency range within the ultra high frequency part of the electromagnetic spectrum.[1][2] It is not to be confused with the V band in the extremely high frequency part of the spectrum.

Sources differ on the exact frequency range of UHF Band V. For example, the Broadcast engineer's reference book[1] and the BBC[2] define the range as 614 to 854 MHz. The IPTV India Forum define the range as 582 to 806 MHz[3] and the DVB Worldwide website refers to the range as 585 to 806 MHz.[4] Band V is primarily used for analogue and digital (DVB-T & ATSC) television broadcasting, as well as radio microphones and services intended for mobile devices such as DVB-H. With the close-down of analog television services most countries have auctioned off frequencies from 694 MHz and up to 4G cellular network providers.

Television

Australia

In Australia UHF channel allocations are 7 MHz wide. Band V includes channels 36 to 69, with base frequencies of 585.5 MHz to 816.5 MHz. More details are available on the television frequencies page.

New Zealand

In New Zealand UHF channel allocations are 8 MHz wide. Band V includes digital channels 36 to 49, with base frequencies of 594.0 MHz to 698.0 MHz. More details are available on the television frequencies page.


United Kingdom

In the UK, Band V allocations for television are 8 MHz wide, traditionally consisting of 30 channels from UHF 39 to 68 inclusive. There is also a channel 69, but in the UK, this is allocated to radio microphones.[5] Semi-wideband aerials of the group E type cover this entire band.[6] However, aerials of types group B and group C/D will cover the lower and upper halves of Band V respectively with higher gain than a group E.[6]

The following table shows TV channel allocations in Band V in the UK.

  • Rows with a yellow background (channels 6168 inclusive) indicate channels cleared for 4G mobile broadband services following an auction run by the UK spectrum regulator Ofcom in January 2013 and the subsequent award of spectrum (which also included channel 69) to the winning mobile operators on 1 March 2013.[7]
  • Rows with an orange background (channels 4960 inclusive) indicate channels that are due to be cleared so that from 2022 they can be used by mobile data services. The decision to reallocate these channels was published by Ofcom on 19 November 2014.[8]
Channel Frequency Range
39614622 MHz
40622630 MHz
41630638 MHz
42638646 MHz
43646654 MHz
44654662 MHz
45662670 MHz
46670678 MHz
47678686 MHz
48686694 MHz
49694702 MHz
50702710 MHz
51710718 MHz
52718726 MHz
53726734 MHz
54734742 MHz
55742750 MHz
56750758 MHz
57758766 MHz
58766774 MHz
59774782 MHz
60782790 MHz
61790798 MHz
62798806 MHz
63806814 MHz
64814822 MHz
65822830 MHz
66830838 MHz
67838846 MHz
68846854 MHz

United States

  • 698806 MHz: Was auctioned in March 2008; bidders got full use after the transition to digital TV was completed on June 12, 2009 (formerly UHF TV channels 5269). T-Mobile USA, licensee of "block A" (channels 52 and 57), began using its frequency allotment in 2015, in media markets where TV stations on 51 either did not exist or relocated early.
  • 614-698MHz (TV 38 to 51) will be auctioned in March 2016.

References

  1. Tozer, Edwin Paul J. (2004). Broadcast engineer's reference book. Focal Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-240-51908-6. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  2. "Television aerials factsheet" (PDF). British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. "Regulatory Intervention for IPTV and Mobile TV" (PDF). IPTV India Forum. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  4. "Draft recommendations for mobile TV services issued". DVB Worldwide. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  5. "UK legal radio mic frequency guide" (PDF). Canford Audio plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  6. "Aerial Groups / Widebands". A.T.V. (Aerials and Television). Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  7. "800 MHz & 2.6 GHz Combined Award". The Office of Communications. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  8. "Decision to make the 700 MHz band available for mobile data - statement" (PDF). The Office of Communications. Retrieved 21 November 2014.


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