Terrestrial and Cable TV frequencies (CATV)

Terrestrial and Cable TV  frequencies (CATV)

As discussed earlier a television Radio Frequency (RF) channel is allocated 6 MHz bandwidth for over-the-air transmission in the in the VHF or UHF frequency band.

VHF Band

VHF-band is the frequency spectrum between 30 and 300 MHZ. It covers the broadcast television channels 2 (54 MHz) to 13 (216 MHz) and cable TV channels 2 (54 MHz) to 36 (300 MHz)

VHF-Lo (54 - 88 MHz) 

RF Channel	MHz	Band- width
Government and Public Service		30-50
Amateur Radio		50-54
2	57	54-60
3	63	60-66
4	69	66-72
Shared Use		72-76
5	79	76-82
6	85	82-88

 VHF-Hi (174-216 MHz) 

RF Channel	MHz	Band- width
7	177	174-180
8	183	180-186
9	189	186-192
10	195	192-198
11	201	198-204
12	207	204-210
13	213	210-216
Radar		216-225
Government		225-300

UHF Band

The UHF-band for television is the frequency spectrum between 300 to 1000 MHz. UHF covers over the air channels 14 (470MHz) to 69 (806 MHz) and analog cable TV channels 37(300 MHz) to 158 (1002 MHz). Digital Cable TV channels do not follow the standard analog channel allocation.

Television UHF Band (470 - 806 MHz) 

RF Channel	MHz	Band- width	RF Channel	MHz	Band- width	RF Channel	MHz	Band- width
14	473	470-476	33	587	584-590	52	701	698-704
15	479	476-482	34	593	590-596	53	707	704-710
16	485	482-488	35	599	596-602	54	713	710-716
17	491	488-494	36	605	602-608	55	719	716-722
18	497	494-500	37	611	608-614	56	725	722-728
19	503	500-506	38	617	614-620	57	731	728-734
20	509	506-512	39	623	620-626	58	737	734-740
21	515	512-518	40	629	626-632	59	743	740-746
22	521	518-524	41	635	632-638	60	749	746-752
23	527	524-530	42	641	638-644	61	755	752-758
24	533	530-536	43	647	644-650	62	761	758-764
25	539	536-542	44	653	650-656	63	767	764-770
26	545	542-548	45	659	656-662	64	773	770-776
27	551	548-554	46	665	662-668	65	779	776-782
28	557	554-560	47	671	668-674	66	785	782-788
29	563	560-566	48	677	674-680	67	791	788-794
30	569	566-572	49	683	680-686	68	797	794-800
31	575	572-578	50	689	686-692	69	803	800-806
32	581	578-584	51	695	692-698

CA TV Channel Distribution Chart

  In Analog cable tv network , Channels are Rf modulated using Modulator and fed through RF cables . chart shown below describes the  frequency allocation . 

VHF CATV Channel		Frequency (MHz)	UHF CATV Channel	Frequency (MHz)	UHF CATV Channel	Frequency (MHz)
2	V H F L O W	54 - 60	65	468 - 474	104	672 - 678
3		60 - 66		470 - 476		674 - 680
4		66 - 72	66	474 - 480	105	678 - 684
5		76 - 82		476 - 482		680 - 686
6		82 - 88	67	480 - 486	106	684 - 690
95	L O W M I D	90 - 96		482 - 488		686 - 692
96		96 - 102	68	486 - 492	107	690 - 696
97		102 - 108		488 - 494		692 - 698
98		108 - 114	69	492 - 498	108	696 - 702
99		114 - 120		494 - 500		698 - 704
14	M I D B A N D	120 - 126	70	498 - 504	109	702 - 708
15		126 - 132		500 - 506		704 - 710
16		132 - 138	71	504 - 510	110	708 - 714
17		138 - 144		506 - 512		710 - 716
18		144 - 150	72	510 - 516	111	714 - 720
19		150 - 156		512 - 518		716 - 722
20		156 - 162	73	516 - 522	112	720 - 726
21		162 - 168		518 - 524		722 - 728
22		168 - 174	74	522 - 528	113	726 - 732
7	V H F H I	174 - 180		524 - 530		728 - 734
8		180 - 186	75	528 - 534	114	732 - 738
9		186 - 192		530 - 536		734 - 740
10		192 - 198	76	534 - 540	115	738 - 744
11		198 - 204		536 - 542		740 - 746
12		204 - 210	77	540 - 546	116	744 - 750
13		210 - 216		542 - 548		746 - 752
23	S U P E R B A N D	216 - 222	78	546 - 552	117	750 - 756
24		222 - 228		548 - 554		752 - 758
25		228 - 234	79	552 - 558	118	756 - 762
26		234 - 240		554 - 560		758 - 764
27		240 - 246	80	558 - 564	119	762 - 768
28		246 - 252		560 - 566		764 - 770
29		252 - 258	81	564 - 570	120	768 - 774
30		258 - 264		566 - 572		770 - 776
31		264 - 270	82	570 - 576	121	774 - 780
32		270 - 276		572 - 578		776 - 782
33		276 - 282	83	576 - 582	122	780 - 786
34		282 - 288		578 - 584		782 - 788
35		288 - 294	84	582 - 588	123	786 - 792
36		294 - 300		584 - 590		788 - 794
37	H Y P E R B A N D	300 - 306	85	588 - 594	124	792 - 798
38		306 - 312		590 - 596		794 - 800
39		312 - 318	86	594 - 600	125	798 - 804
40		318 - 324		596 - 602		800 - 806
41		324 - 330	87	600 - 606	126	804 - 810
42		330 - 336		602 - 608	127	810 - 816
43		336 - 342	88	606 - 612	128	816 - 822
44		342 - 348		608 - 614	129	822 - 828
45		348 - 354	89	612 - 618	130	828 - 834
46		354 - 360		614 - 620	131	834 - 840
47		360 - 366	90	618 - 624	132	840 - 846
48		366 - 372		620 - 626	133	846 - 852
49		372 - 378	91	624 - 630	134	852 - 858
50		378 - 384		626 - 632	135	858 - 864
51		384 - 390	92	630 - 636	136	864 -870
52		390 - 396		632 - 638	137	870 - 876
53		396 - 402	93	636 - 642	138	876 - 882
54		402 -408		638 - 644	139	882 - 888
55		408 - 414	94	642 - 648	140	888 - 894
56		414 - 420		644 - 650	141	894 -900
57		420 - 426	100	648 - 654	142	900 - 906
58		426 - 432		650 - 656	143	906 - 912
59		432 - 438	101	654 - 660	144	912 - 919
60		438 - 444		656 - 662	145	919 - 924
61		444 - 450	102	660 - 666	146	924 - 930
62		450 - 456		662 - 668	147	930 - 936
63		456 - 462	103	666 - 672	148	936 - 942
64		462 - 468		668 - 674	149	942 - 948

Note : Now almost all the cable networks are digital and obviously the digital cable network uses entirely deferent technique to reach the subscribers