A brief summary of some UHF frequency usage:
* 300–420 MHz: government use, including meteorology and Military/Federal two-way use.
* 420–450 MHz: Government radiolocation and Amateur radio (ham - 70 cm band).
* 450–470 MHz: UHF business band, General Mobile Radio Service, and Family Radio Service 2-way "walkie-talkies", Public Safety Use.
* 470–512 MHz: TV channels 14–20, public safety
* 512–698 MHz: TV channels 21–51 (channel 34 used for radar[citation needed], channel 37 used for radio astronomy)
* 698–806 MHz: TV channels 52–69 (to be auctioned for other uses once conversion to digital TV has been accomplished)
* 806–824 MHz: pocket pagers and Nextel SMR band (formerly TV channels 70–72)
* 824–849 MHz: Cellular phones, A & B franchises, mobile phone (formerly TV channels 73–77)
* 849–869 MHz: public safety 2-way (fire, police, ambulance - formerly TV channels 77–80)
* 869–894 MHz: cellular phones, A & B franchises, base station (formerly TV channels 80–83)
* 902–928 MHz: ISM band: cordless phones and stereo, Radio Frequency Identification, datalinks, Amateur radio (33 cm band)
* 928–960 MHz: mixed Studio-Transmitter Links, mobile 2-way, 929/931MHz Paging, other.
* 1240–1300 MHz: Amateur radio (ham - 23 cm band)
* 1850–1910 MHz: PCS mobile phone—note below
* 1920–1930 MHz: DECT Cordless telephone
* 1930–1990 MHz: PCS base stations—note below
* note: order is A, D, B, E, F, C blocks. A, B, C = 15 MHz; D, E, F = 5 MHz
* 2310–2360 MHz: Satellite radio (Sirius and XM)
* 2390–2450 MHz: Amateur radio (ham - 13 cm band)
* 2400–2483.5 MHz: ISM, IEEE 802.11, 802.11b, 802.11g Wireless LAN, IEEE 802.15.4
* around 2450 MHz: Microwave oven
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