solarwind wrote:
> I've been looking at the Radio Amateurs of Canada band plans here:
> http://www.rac.ca/en/rac/services/bandplans/allband.php and I see them
> listing the 5 GHz - 248 GHz. Do people actually use these bands?
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google Amateur microwave records
http://www.microwavers.org/papers/Microwave-Distance-Records.pdf

UK records
=95 1.3GHz 2617km
=95 2.3GHz 1083km
=95 3.4GHz 980km
=95 5.7GHz 1244km
=95 10GHz 1275km
=95 24GHz 391km
=95 47GHz 203km
=95 76GHz 79.6km
=95 134GHz 17.7km
=95 145GHz 1.29km
=95 Light (red) 76km - free-space link

145 GHz world record is 79km
12 JAN 2003 CW FM07FM W2SZ/4 EM96WX WA1ZMS/4 79.6 145 WORLD

you see up to 47GHz is quite good :-)
> What's the highest frequency that a radio amateur can practically use?
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Ultraviolet :)

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