• Home
  • NZART
    • About NZART
      • Join NZART
      • Objectives
      • Constitution
      • Radioscience Trust
      • Milestones - The history of NZART
      Council
      • Council Minutes Archive
      • Election
      • Policies
      Annual conference
      • Conference Awards
      • Conference Locations
      Reference Information
      • Forms & Logos
  • AREC
    • About AREC
      • Contact AREC
      • Join AREC
      • AREC Cyclone Gabrielle
      • AREC History
      • AREC Future Structure
      Your Local contacts
      • Branch / Club map
  • Learn
    • Becoming an Amateur Radio Operator
      • Start here!
      • Study Guides
      Examination information
      • Exam overview
      • Exam Supervisors map
      • Exam Generator
      • Callsign Application form
      Learning Morse Code
      • CW Learning Tools
      • Morse test procedure
  • News
    • Break-In
      • Advertising in Break-In
      • Break-In Awards
      • Break-In Index
      • Call Book
      • Guidelines for Authors
      InfoLine
      • Submission
      • Calendar
      • Archives
      Official Broadcast
      • Listen On Air
      • Podcast
      • Calendar
      • Broadcast Archives
      Email mailing lists
      • InfoLine
      • Branch Newsletters list
      • NZART Members list
      Recent Online Updates
      • InfoLine 491 has just been published
      • InfoLine 492 has just been published
      • Infoline 493 has just been published
      • Infoline 494 has just been published
      • Infoline 495 has just been published
      • InfoLine 490 has just been published
  • Info
    • Reference Information
      • Band Plans
      • Repeater maps
      • ZL Amateur Radio Beacons
      • ELG - Engineering and Licensing Group
      Visiting and Travelling information
      • Visiting New Zealand
      • Kiwis travelling overseas
      External and regulatory
      • RSM
      • IARU
      • GURL
      • 60 m Band Access
      • Licence to Supply Radio Transmitters
      • Unrestricted two way radio Notice 2018

      • RMA Act Replacement
      • Inquiry on the Natural and Built Environments Bill: Parliamentary Paper
      Records and historical information
      • VHF/UHF/SHF Records
      • Milestones - The history of NZART
      • Honorary Life Members of NZART
      • Presidents of NZART
  • Activities
    • NZART Activities
      • Awards
      • Contests
        • Contest Calendar
      • QSL Bureau
      Special Interest Groups
      • FISTS - Promoting Morse Code
      • OTC - Old Timers Club
      • SPAM - Amplitude Modulation
      • WARO - Women Amateur Radio Operators
      • NZ QRPers Group - Low power
      Amateur community activities
      • SOTA - Summits on the Air
      • DVNZ - Digital Voice New Zealand
  • Contact
    • NZART Contacts
      • NZART Headquarters
      • Councillors
      • NZART Officers
      Your Local contacts
      • Branch / Club map
      • Exam Supervisors Map
      • Site Feedback
close×
  • Home
  • Information
  • VHF/UHF/SHF Records
  • Changes to UHF bands

Changes to UHF bands since 1979

Changes to the UHF and up bands over the years have changed the relevance of some records, below is a list of changes since 1979 that may have affected some records.

Year Band cm Change
1979 70 ***Reduced from 420-450 MHz to 430-450 MHz
1983 50 Introduced 610-620 MHz
1987 50 Extended from 610-620 MHz to 610-622 MHz
1990 50 Reduced from 610-622 MHz to 614-622 MHz
1990 32 Introduced 922-927 MHz
2002 70 Reduced from 430-450 MHz to 430-440 MHz
2002 13 Reduced from 2300-2450 MHz to 2396-2450 MHz

***Amateurs were allowed to use 420-430 MHz for ATV until 1983, when an alternative band, 610-620 MHz was introduced

Information Links

  • Band Plans
    • HF Band Usage
    • Impact on 70 cm SRD
  • 60m Sub Licence
    • 60m Sub-licence holders
  • ELG - Engineering and Licensing Group
  • Repeater Maps
  • ZL Amateur Radio Beacons
  • VHF and up Records
    • 2024 NZ Records
    • 2023 NZ Records
    • 2022 NZ Records
    • 2021 NZ Records
    • 2020 NZ Records
    • 2019 NZ Records
    • 2018 NZ Records
    • 2017 NZ Records
    • 2016 and Earlier
    • Changes to UHF bands
    • Record Claim Rules
    • Record Claim Form
  • Travelling
  • Visitors
  • IARU
  • RSM
    • GURL
  • Honorary Life Members
  • NZART Presidents

Keep up to date

  • InfoLine Official Email Newsletter
  • NZART Offical Broadcast

Information

  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Copyright

Contact NZART

  • NZART Headquarters
  • Local branches and clubs

Follow Us

Copyright © NZART Inc. 2025
Call Us: +64 4 939 2189
or (04) 939 2189
Level 1, 15 Geange Street
Upper Hutt 5018
New Zealand