rf-info 0.7.2

Python library and command line tool to get Information about a Radio Frequency

rf-info

Command line & Python library for obtaining details about a radio frequency

• Free software: MIT license

• Documentation: https://rf-info.readthedocs.io.

• Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 & pypy3 tested

• Linux & Windows with color & interactive terminal support

Features

Returns information about a radio frequency.

• “Radio Display” format (Dotted notaton)

• hz, khz, Mhz and Ghz representations of the frequency

• Frequency Wavelength

• ITU Band Description

• ITU Band Abbreviation

• ITU Band Number

• ISM Band Type & Description

• IEEE Band Name

• NATO Band Name

• Waveguide Band Name

• Microwave Band Name & Description

• Fixed Station & Mobile Station Designations

• IEEE Primary Band Allocations

• IEEE Secondary Band Allocations

• Detailed IEEE footnotes for each band allocation

• All active & upcomming satellite frequencys & details (406 Satellites as of 1/18/20)

• Amateur Radio Modes, License Class, Max Power (US Only)

• Broadcasting Band Number & Details (US Only)

• WIFI Frequency Details (US Only)

• Other Services CB, GMRS, Aircraft Band, Etc (US Only)

Currently supported band allocations for countries: United States (US), Canada (CA), Brazil (BR), Spain (ES), United Kingdom (GB), Russian Federation (RU), Ukraine (UA), Japan (JP), India (IN), Korea, Republic of (KR), Thailand (TH), Switzerland (CH), Chile (CL), Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), France (FR), Hungary (HU), Indonesia (ID), Iceland (IS), Italy (IT), Mexico (MX), Netherlands (NL), New Zealand (NZ), Norway (NO), Poland (PL), South Africa (ZA), Sweden (SE), Venezuela (VE), Australia (AU), Slovenia (SI), Ireland (IE), Belgium (BE), Austria (AT), Argentina (AR), Israel (IL), Romania (RO), China (CN), Uruguay (UY), Greece (GR), Panama (PA), Peru (PE)

I can easily add support for more countries upon request

Command line supports color, raw parsable, and json output

Includes man pages and texinfo documentation

Install

$ pip3 install rf-info

Command Line Usage

$ rf-info <frequency> [<units>] [<country>]

Frequency format examples:

$ rf-info 89910000
$ rf-info 23,450,000
$ rf-info 12,634.534
$ rf-info 12_000_000
$ rf-info 344_500.100

Also supports “Radio Display” frequency representation (Dotted notation):

$ rf-info 124.125.000
$ rf-info 1.500.125.000
$ rf-info 000.012.500

Unit examples: hz, khz, Mhz, Ghz (Case Insensitive):

$ rf-info 123.100 mhz
$ rf-info 4.5 ghz

Country examples (2 digit abbriviation, 3 digit abbriviation, 3 digit number, or full name) US, USA, 040, JPN, Spain (Case Insensitive):

$ rf-info 144.400.000 hz US
$ rf-info 88 mhz JPN

Python Library Usage

>>> from rf_info import Frequency
>>> freq = Frequency('112.434.000')
>>> freq.details()

Returns a dictionary:

>>> {'display': '144.100.000', 'hz': 144100000, 'khz': 144100.0, 'mhz': 144.1, 'ghz': 0.1441, 'wavelength': '2m', 'itu_band': 'Very High Frequency', 'itu_abbr': 'VHF', 'itu_num': 8, 'ieee_band': 'VHF', 'ieee_description': 'Very High Frequency', 'nato_band': 'A', 'waveguide_band': None, 'country_abbr': 'US', 'country_name': 'United States of America', 'amateur': True, 'fixed_station': False, 'mobile_station': False, 'broadcast': False, 'primary_allocation': ['Amateur', 'Amateur-Satellite'], 'secondary_allocation': [], 'allocation_notes': ['[5.216]: Additional allocation: in China, the band 144-146 MHz is also allocated to the aeronautical mobile (OR) service on a secondary basis.']}

Or you can get individual items directly:

>>> freq.itu_band
>>> freq.wavelength
>>> freq.primary_allocation

Also supports adding and subtracting frequencies. Either a frequency object, int, or string representation of a frequency, returns a new frequency object:

>>> new_freq_object = Frequency('001.123.000') + Frequency('7', 'khz')  # Adds 7 khz to 1.123 mhz
>>> new_freq_object = Frequency('1', 'mhz') + 15000  # Adds 15 khz to 1 mhz
>>> new_freq_object = Frequency('123,000') - '000.007.000'  # Subtracts 7 khz from 123 khz

Output Example

$ rf-info 144.100.000 hz US

Display: 145.825.000
Hz: 145825000
Khz: 145825.0
Mhz: 145.825
Ghz: 0.145825
Wavelength: 2m
ITU Band: Very High Frequency
ITU Abbr: VHF
ITU Num: 8
IEEE Band: VHF
IEEE Description: Very High Frequency
NATO Band: A
Microwave Details: ()
Country Abbr: JP
Country Name: Japan
Fixed Station: False
Mobile Station: False
Broadcasting: False
Sattelite: True
Satellite Details:
    Name: USNAP1 (BRICSAT2 NO-103)
    Sat-Id: 44355
    Link: Downlink
    Modes: 1k2/9k6* FSK
    Callsign: USNAP1-1
    Status: Active
Amateur: True
Primary Allocation:
    Amateur
    Amateur-Satellite
Allocation Notes:
    [5.216]: Additional allocation: in China, the band 144-146 MHz is also allocated to the aeronautical mobile (OR) service on a secondary basis.

Todo

• Add interactive terminal mode

Credits

M. Ian Perry ([e-mail]) AD8DL

History

0.7.1b (2020-01-23)

• First Stable Pre-release