HF and VHF systems


HF (High frequency) radio frequencies are between 3 and 30 MHz. Frequencies
immediately below HF are denoted Medium-frequency (MF), and the next higher
frequencies are known as Very high frequency (VHF). Shortwave (2.310 - 25.820
MHz) overlaps and is slightly lower than HF.
VHF (Very high frequency) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz.
Currently VHF is at the low-end of practical frequency usage, new systems
tending to use frequencies in SHF and EHF above the UHF range. Common uses for
VHF are FM radio broadcast, television broadcast, land mobile stations
(emergency, business, and military), long range data communication with radio
modems, Amateur Radio, marine communications, air traffic control
communications and air navigation systems (e.g. VOR, DME & ILS).
UHF (Ultra high frequency) designates a range of electromagnetic waves with
frequencies between 300 MHz and 3 GHz (3,000 MHz), also known as the decimetre
band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres (10
cm to 1 metre). Radio waves with frequencies above the UHF band fall into the
SHF (super high frequency) and EHF (extremely high frequency) bands, all of
which fall into the microwave frequency range
Please contact us for more details.