NYC RF Environment UHF & VHF

20OCT2022

The data in this graph represents the NYC RF environment on October 20th 2022 in Times Square


As of July 13th, 2020 Band 71 617-653 & 663-698 MHz will be Prohibited by all but the new owners of the spectrum band. There are three areas of the 614-698 that we are still able to use with sone restrictions. They are as follows.

614-616 MHz - Guard Band - Unlicensed and limited to 20mW

653-657 MHz - Duplex Gap - 653-657 requires a part 74 license, & 657-663 is available for unlicensed, both limited to 20 mW transmitter power.


Items of Note:

Channel 21 will begin transmission from the Empire State Building at 200kW I the first quarter of 2023

In Times Square there are many transmitters present in this scan be aware of frequencies that need to be avoided.

UHF 470-608 MHz

Ch.14 470-476

New York 14

Public Safety

Ch.15  476-482

New York 15

Public Safety

Ch.16  482-488

New York 16

Public Safety

Ch.17  488-494

Ch.18  494-500

WMBC-TV IND

One WTC

ERP 250kW

Ch.19  500-506

LMR

NJ

Ch.20  506-512

W20EF-D

Trump World Tower

ERP 6.02kW

Ch.21  512-518

WEDW - PBS

ESB - ERP 200kW

New Early 2023

Ch.22  518-524

WDVB-CD IND

Empire State Bld.

ERP 15kW

Ch.23  524-530

WTBY-TV

Empire State Bld.

ERP 7kW

Ch.24  530-536

WNYE-TV ETV

4 Times SQ

ERP 180kW

Ch.25  536-542

WWOR FOX

 One WTC

ERP 57.8kW

Ch.26  542-548

WFUT-DT UNI

Empire State Bld.

ERP 275kW

Ch.27  548-554

WNYW FOX

One WTC

ERP 92.8kW

Ch.28 554-560

Ch.29  560-566

WNYN

Trump World Tower

ERP 2.56kW

Ch.30  566-572

Ch.31  572-578

WHTV-LD

Trump World Tower

ERP 15kW

Ch.32  578-584

WLIW PBS

One WTC

ERP 72kW

Ch.33  584-590

Ch.34  590-596

WPXN-TV ION

One WTC

ERP 170kW

Ch.35  596-602

WNBC NBC

One WTC

ERP 575kW

Ch.36  602-608

WCBS CBS

ONE WTC

ERP 548kW

VHF 54-88, 174-216 MHz

Ch. 2  54-60

W02CY-D

Trump World Tower

ERP .5kW

Ch. 3  60-66

WJLP METV

4 Times SQ

ERP 26.5kW

Ch. 4  66-72

72-76

Ch. 5  76-82

Ch. 6  82-88

WNYZ-LP

Long Island City

ERP 3kW

88-174

Ch. 7  174-180

WABC-ABC

Empire State Bld.

ERP 34kW

Ch. 8 180-186

WNJN

Waren, NJ - 41 km

ERP 40.82 kW

Ch. 9  186-192

Ch.10  192-198

Ch.11  198-204

WPIX - WB

Empire State Bld.

ERP 26kW

Ch.12  204-210

WNET - PBS

One WTC

ERP 6.5kW

Ch.13  210-216

WKOB

One WTC - ERP3 k