Frequency range advice for Germany 2026 ?

[alanscully]

Hi all, 

I might be doing a job in Germany over the coming months, and I am looking for advice of German RF situation, what's good and what's bad.

 

The gear I have:

Lectrosonics in the 606 band (606-630)

Sennheiser IFBs in E band 

Audio ltd A10's 470-547

 

Many thanks.

 

 

 

[karlw]

The standard UHF TV frequencies are available there, mainly 470-608 MHz, 614-698 MHz. Since block 606 covers 606-631 MHz, the bottom 8 MHz are not legal for use in Germany. 

 

From: https://apwpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Handout_Version-2025_September-1.pdf

[borjam]

For the record, the information about Spain in that document (September 2025) is outdated now.

 

The 700 MHz band (694 - 790 MHz) has been assigned to mobile phones since October 2020 and the allowed segment for PMSE is now 470 - 694 MHz). 

 

Not sure about other European contries, but in was supposed to be reassigned all over the EU.

 

[Mungo]

Hi from Germany,

 

I guess it's more or less the same as in Ireland. You may use the (edit: almost, see paragraph below) entire band 470 to 698 MHz. Legal and free of charge to "professional use" using transmitters up to 50mW which are carrying the CE label. 

There are several 8 MHz Digital TV transmitters all over this band, depending on the location. Especially in urban areas they are so strong that you can't just use these frequencies - for example try 502-510 MHz in the city of Berlin and you will get just an armlength of range 😄  So you have to do a scan, or a walk test, in each city or place you shoot. There are also some undocumented transmitters around, occupied by armed forces or whoever, so a test in advance of the shoot is definitely necessary.

 

608-614 is reserved to radio astronomy all over continental Europe, so you aren't allowed to use these. Eventually, during big events, the authorities are on site and monitoring it, so you really will be fined if you're transmitting there.