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COMMISSION'S RULES · - General class control operator frequency privileges; primary and secondary allocations

G1A01§ 97.301(d)G1A →

On which HF and/or MF amateur bands are there portions where General class licensees cannot transmit?

  1. A60 meters, 30 meters, 17 meters, and 12 meters
  2. B160 meters, 60 meters, 15 meters, and 12 meters
  3. C80 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters, and 15 meters
  4. D80 meters, 20 meters, 15 meters, and 10 meters
Why Under 97.301(d) and the band charts, Extra class licensees have exclusive sub-bands at the bottom of 80, 40, 20 and 15 meters (both CW/data and phone segments on 75/40/20/15), so a General operator must stay out of those slices. Every other HF/MF band open to Generals - 160, 60, 30, 17, 12 and 10 meters - is available to Generals across its whole width, with no Extra-only portion. The four bands with Extra-only segments are exactly the traditional 80/40/20/15 meter bands.
Watch out The choice listing 30, 17 and 12 meters is tempting because those are the WARC bands, but those bands have no Extra-only segment (they are simply closed to Novice/Technician); 60 meters is channelized and identical for General, Advanced and Extra.
Extra-only slices live on the four classic bands: 80, 40, 20, 15. WARC bands (30/17/12) are all-or-nothing.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
47 CFR 97.301(d) Authorized frequency bands.

The following transmitting frequency bands are available to an amateur station located within 50 km of the Earth's surface, within the specified ITU Region, and outside any area where the amateur service is regulated by any authority other than the FCC.

(a) For a station having a control operator who has been granted a Technician, General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra Class operator license or who holds a CEPT radio-amateur license or IARP of any class:

(b) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an Amateur Extra Class operator license, who holds a CEPT radio amateur license, or who holds a Class 1 IARP license:

(c) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of Advanced Class:

(d) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of General Class:

(e) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of Novice Class or Technician Class:

eCFR text as of 1 Sep 2026 · read on ecfr.gov
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