FCC Emission Designators (See Forumla Below)
Description Old New
Frequency modulated (FM) voice 13.6F3 13K6F3E
Frequency modulated digitized voice 20F3Y 20K0F1E
Frequency modulated (FM) voice 20F3 20K0F3E
Frequency modulated digitized non-voice 20F9Y 20K0F1D
Amplitude modulated single sideband voice 3A3J 3K00J3E
Amplitude modulated (AM) voice 8A3 8K00A3E
MOTOTRBO Digital (VOICE)   7K60FXE
MOTOTRBO Digital (DATA)   7K60FXD
Bomb Squad Robot (DATA)   9K30F1D
Bomb Squad Robot (VOICE)   11K0F3E
Bomb Squad Robot (Dual Ch Data)   2M40W7D
Voice   16K0F3E
 
[BBBB]MNI[DM],
where [ ] means optional when writing emission specs.
[BBBB] = Necessary Bandwidth
Uses a letter and three numbers.

The letter goes where the decimal
point should be placed, and denotes a magnitude:

H Hz
K kHz
M MHz
G GHz

Some common bandwidths are:

400 Hz "400H"
2.4 kHz "2K40"
12.5 kHz "12K5"
6 MHz "6M00"
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M = Modulation Type
N None
A AM (Amplitude Modulation), double sideband, full carrier
H AM, single sideband, full carrier
R AM, single sideband, reduced or controlled carrier
J AM, single sideband, suppressed carrier
B AM, independent sidebands
C AM, vestigial sideband (commonly analog TV)
F Angle-modulated, straight FM
G Angle-modulated, phase modulation (common; sounds like FM)
D Carrier is amplitude and angle modulated
P Pulse, no modulation
K Pulse, amplitude modulation (PAM, PSM)
L Pulse, width modulation (PWM)
M Pulse, phase or position modulation (PPM)
Q Pulse, carrier also angle-modulated during pulse
W Pulse, two or more modes used
X All cases not covered above
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N = Nature of modulating signal
0 None
1 Digital, on-off or quantized, no modulation
2 Digital, with modulation
3 Single analog channel
7 Two or more digital channels
8 Two or more analog channels
9 Composite, one or more digital channel, one or more analog
X All cases not covered above
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I = Information type
N None
A Aural telegraphy, for people (Morse code)
B Telegraphy for machine copy (RTTY, fast Morse)
C Analog fax
D Data, telemetry, telecommand
E Telephony, voice, sound broadcasting
F Video, television
W Combinations of the above
X All cases not covered above
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[DM] = additional details, not used by FCC, optional elsewhere

D = Detail

RTTY/modems:

A Two condition code, differing numbers or durations (Morse)
B Two condition code, same number and duration, no error check
C Two condition code, same num & dur, error check
D Four condition code, 1 or more bits per condition
E Multi condition code, 1 or more bits per condition
F Multi condition code, conditions may combine

Audio:
G Broadcast quality (mono)
H Broadcast quality (stereo/multichannel)
J Commercial quality
K Commercial quality, analog freq inversion or band scrambling
L Commercial quality, FM pilot tone (i.e. Lincomprex)

Video:
M Monochrome
N Color
W Combination
X All cases not covered above
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M = Multiplex type
N None
C Code division
F Frequency division
T Time division
W Combination of above
X All other types
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