diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/TBB_Dipole.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/TBB_Dipole.cc
index d60aee1ba64034f196ad544a67b8d52fec198b7a..29f3ec4cb5ae1135fe8f60d496ceb3b48771163f 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/TBB_Dipole.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/OutputProc/src/TBB_Dipole.cc
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ namespace LOFAR
             currentSubBand.dataSet->bandNumber().value = bandNr;
             currentSubBand.dataSet->sliceNumber().value = sliceNr;
             currentSubBand.dataSet->centralFrequency().value =
-                currentSubBand.centralFrequency;
+                currentSubBand.centralFrequency * 1e6;
             currentSubBand.dataSet->centralFrequencyUnit().value = "Hz";
             currentSubBand.dataSet->timeResolution().value =
                 static_cast< double >(SPECTRAL_TRANSFORM_SIZE) /