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Cellular phones use radio waves to transmit voice communication in the _________ band.

Asked in GUJCET 2024 · Uses and atmospheric effects

Answer: (2) UHF

Step-by-step solution

Idea: name the band from the frequencies cellular networks actually work at.

Mobile handsets transmit near 900 MHz and 1800 MHz and above -- hundreds of megahertz up to a few gigahertz.

The range 300 MHz to 3000 MHz is called the ultra high frequency band, UHF.

A short aerial is enough there, because the wavelength is only centimetres to tens of centimetres.

So cellular phones use the UHF band.

Why the other options are wrong

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