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Cable channel allocation

(The following is from: (kruskal@watson.ibm.com (Vincent Kruskal).)

The following table gives the definitions of the numeric cable channels defined in the EIA (Electronic Industries Association) Interim Standards, IS-6 (CP), May 1983 and associated information that has been gathered. Definitions appear at the end.

          HRC
        Picture
Channel  Carrier Cable Band  Other Names
-------- ------- ----------- --------------------------

1 72 MHz Low (VAR) A-8, C54, J54, G64, 4+, 5A 2 54 Low 3 60 Low 4 66 Low 5 78 Low A-7, C55, J55, G65 6 84 Low A-6, C56, J56, G66

7 174 High 8 180 High 9 186 High 10 192 High 11 198 High 12 204 High 13 210 High

14 120 Mid A 15 126 Mid (ATC) B 16 132 Mid (ATC) C 17 138 Mid (VAR) D 18 144 Mid (VAR) E 19 150 Mid (VAR) F 20 156 Mid (VAR) G 21 162 Mid (VAR) H 22 168 Mid (VAR) I 23 216 Super (VAR) J 24 222 Super (VAR) K 25 228 Super L 26 234 Super M 27 240 Super N 28 246 Super O 29 252 Super P 30 258 Super Q 31 264 Super R 32 270 Super S 33 276 Super T 34 282 Super U 35 288 Super V 36 294 Super W 37 300 Hyper AA, W+1 38 306 Hyper BB, W+2 39 312 Hyper CC, W+3 40 318 Hyper DD, W+4 41 324 Hyper EE, W+5 42 330 Hyper FF, W+6 43 336 Hyper GG, W+7 44 342 Hyper HH, W+8 45 348 Hyper II, W+9 46 354 Hyper JJ, W+10 47 360 Hyper KK, W+11 48 366 Hyper LL, W+12 49 372 Hyper MM, W+13 50 378 Hyper NN, W+14 51 384 Hyper OO, W+15 52 390 Hyper PP, W+16 53 396 Hyper QQ, W+17 54 402 Hyper RR, W+18, C62 55 408 Hyper SS, W+19, C63 56 414 Hyper TT, W+20, C64 57 420 Hyper (HAM) UU, W+21, C65 58 426 Hyper (HAM) VV, W+22, C66 59 432 Hyper (HAM) WW, W+23, C67 60 438 Hyper (HAM) AAA, W+24, C68 61 444 Hyper (HAM) BBB, W+25, C69 62 450 Hyper (HAM) CCC, W+26, C70 63 456 Hyper DDD, W+27, C71 64 462 Hyper EEE, W+28 65 468 Ultra U14, FFF, W+29 66 474 Ultra U15, GGG, W+30 67 480 Ultra U16, HHH, W+31 68 486 Ultra U17, III, W+32 69 492 Ultra U18, JJJ, W+33 70 498 Ultra U19, KKK, W+34 71 504 Ultra U20, LLL, W+35 72 510 Ultra U21, MMM, W+36 73 516 Ultra U22, NNN, W+37 74 522 Ultra U23, OOO, W+38 75 528 Ultra U24, PPP, W+39 76 534 Ultra U25, QQQ, W+40 77 540 Ultra U26, RRR, W+41 78 546 Ultra U27, SSS, W+42 79 552 Ultra U28, TTT, W+43 80 558 Ultra U29, UUU, W+44 81 564 Ultra U30, VVV, W+45 82 570 Ultra U31, WWW, W+46 83 576 Ultra U32, AAAA, W+47 84 582 Ultra U33, BBBB, W+48 85 588 Ultra U34, CCCC, W+49 86 594 Ultra U35, DDDD, W+50 87 600 Ultra U36, EEEE, W+51 88 606 Ultra (RA) U37, FFFF, W+52 89 612 Ultra U38, GGGG, W+53 90 618 Ultra U39, HHHH, W+54 91 624 Ultra U40, IIII, W+55 92 630 Ultra U41, JJJJ, W+56 93 636 Ultra U42, KKKK, W+57 94 642 Ultra U43, LLLL, W+58 95 90 Low (FM) A-5, C57, J57 96 96 Low (FM) A-4, C58, J58 97 102 Low (FM) A-3, C59, J59 98 108 Low A-2, C60, J60, G60 99 114 Low A-1, C61, J61, G61 100 648 Ultra U44, MMMM, W+59 101 654 Ultra U45, NNNN, W+60 102 660 Ultra U46, OOOO, W+61 103 666 Ultra U47, PPPP, W+62 104 672 Ultra U48, QQQQ, W+63 105 678 Ultra U49, RRRR, W+64 106 684 Ultra U50, SSSS, W+65 107 690 Ultra U51, TTTT, W+66 108 696 Ultra U52, UUUU, W+67 109 702 Ultra U53, VVVV, W+68 110 708 Ultra U54, WWWW, W+69 111 714 Ultra U55, AAAAA, W+70 112 720 Ultra U56, BBBBB, W+71 113 726 Ultra U57, CCCCC, W+72 114 732 Ultra U58, DDDDD, W+73 115 738 Ultra U59, EEEEE, W+74 116 744 Ultra U60, FFFFF, W+75 117 750 Ultra U61, GGGGG, W+76 118 756 Ultra U62, HHHHH, W+77 119 762 Ultra U63, IIIII, W+78 120 768 Ultra U64, JJJJJ, W+79 121 774 Ultra U65, KKKKK, W+80 122 780 Ultra U66, LLLLL, W+81 123 786 Ultra U67, MMMMM, W+82 124 792 Ultra U68, NNNNN, W+83 125 798 Ultra U69, OOOOO, W+84


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