Wireless Mic Frequencies
Created Saturday 01 February 2020
This is a listing of frequencies where a wireless mic can be used in current or former TV bands, based on what's in use locally (Schenectady, NY / FN32).
This listing does not cover mics that operate in the ISM band or in the VHF band reserved for such devices.
Let's start with the bottom line. Wireless microphones may be used on these frequencies:
54-72 MHz Channels 2-4 76-88 MHz Channels 5-6 186-204 MHz Channels 9-11 210-216 MHz Channel 13 470-488 MHz Channels 14-15 506-518 MHz Channels 20-21 548-596 MHz Channels 27-34 602-608 MHz Channel 36 614-616 MHz LTE guard band 657-663 MHz LTE duplex gap
It is strongly advised to stay at least 0.125 MHz away from the band edge. For instance, the lowest frequency you should use in 506-518 should be 506.125, to avoid interference with WYPX, and the highest in that range should be 517.875 to avoid interference with WCWN.
See Local TV frequencies for some of the details.
Starting point: The TV bands are as follows:
2 54 60 Available 3 60 66 Available 4 66 72 Available 5 76 82 Available 6 82 88 Available 7 174 180 WNYA, Channel 51, Pittsfield 8 180 186 WXXA, Channel 23, Albany 9 186 192 Available 10 192 198 Available 11 198 204 Available 12 204 210 WNYT, Channel 13, Albany 13 210 216 Available 14 470 476 Available 15 476 482 Available 16 482 488 WFNY, Channel 16, Gloversville 17 488 494 WYBN, Channel 25, Greenwich 18 494 500 WNYT, Channel 13, Albany 19 500 506 WYPX, Channel 55, Amsterdam 20 506 512 Available 21 512 518 Available 22 518 524 WCWN, Channel 45, Schenectady 23 524 530 WZPJ, Channel 5, Albany 24 530 536 WTEN, Channel 10, Albany 25 536 542 WMHT, Channel 17, Schenectady 26 542 548 WYBN, Channel 14, Coxsackie 27 548 554 Available 28 554 560 Available 29 560 566 Available 30 566 572 Available 31 572 578 Available 32 578 584 Available 33 584 590 Available 34 590 596 Available 35 596 602 WRGB, Channel 6, Albany 36 602 608 Available
Additionally, there is an FCC tech note that says:
This indicates that we have the additional use of 614-616 and 657-663.