C BAND

Communications Systems Glossary

Communications Systems — C band

Information on C band

The C band is a band of frequencies used for terrestrial radio relay and satellite transmissions. The band is commonly called 6/4 GHz to illustrate that the uplink frequencies are around 6 GHz and the downlink frequencies are around 4 GHz. The band of frequencies are between 5.925-6.425 GHz for uplinks and 3.7-4.2 GHz for downlinks.

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