NZ Band Plan NZART
Ham radio band plans are voluntary agreements within the amateur radio community that divide specific frequency bands into smaller segments dedicated to particular types of communication. While national regulators (like the RSM in NZ) set the broad legal boundaries of where hams can operate, band plans provide a more granular “gentleman’s agreement” to ensure order. They specify exactly where different modes—such as Morse code (CW), digital data (like FT8), and voice (SSB or FM)—should reside within a band to prevent them from overlapping and interfering with one another.