The NATO A band is the obsolete designation given to the radio frequencies from 0 to 250 MHz (equivalent to

wavelength In physics, the wavelength is the spatial period of a periodic wave—the distance over which the wave's shape repeats. It is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase on the wave, such as two adjacent crests, tr ...

s 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 __NOTOC__ NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement (NJFA) and is the universal NATO common civil/military treaty to regulate the military access to the radio frequency spectrum in the range of 14 kHz to 100 GHz in peacetime, during ...

. However, in order to identify military radio spectrum requirements, e.g. for crises management planning, training,

Electronic warfare Electronic warfare (EW) is any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent ...

activities, or in military operations, this system is still in use.

NATO Radio spectrum designation

; Examples to military frequency utilisation in this particular band: *HF long distance

radio communications Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmi ...

*tactical UHF radio communications * aeronautical mobile service

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