PRO-2045 200-Channel Weather Alert Home Scanner
(200-0418)                 Band Allocation            Faxback Doc. # 33687

To help decide which frequency ranges to scan, use the following listing of
the typical services that use the frequencies your scanner receives.  These
frequencies are subject to change, and might vary from area to area.  For a
more complete listing, refer to the "Police Call Radio Guide including Fire
and Emergency Services," available at your local Radio Shack store.

Abbreviations

AIR...............................................................Aircraft

BIFC.....................................Boise (ID) Interagency Fire Cache

BUS...............................................................Business

CAP.......................................................Civil Air Patrol

CB...........................................................Citizens Band

CCA.........................................................Common Carrier

CSB...................................................Conventional Systems

CTSB..........................................Conventional/Trunked Systems

FIRE.......................................................Fire Department

HAM....................................................Amateur (Ham) Radio

GOVT....................................................Federal Government

GMR...................................................General Mobile Radio

GTR........................................................General Trunked

IND....................................................Industrial Services
                   (Manufacturing, Construction, Farming, Forest Products)

MAR.................................................Military Amateur Radio

MARI................................................Maritime Limited Coast
        (Coast Guard, Marine telephone, Shipboard Radio, Private stations)

MARS.......................................Military Affiliate Radio System

MED.............................................Emergency/Medical Services

MIL..........................................................U.S. Military

MOV..........................................Motion Picture/Video Industry

NEW......................................................New Mobile Narrow

NEWS...........................................................Relay Press
                                                     (Newspaper reporters)

OIL.................................................Oil/Petroleum Industry

PFSP.........................................Private Fixed Services/Paging

POL......................................................Police Department

PUB........................................................Public Services
                  (Public Safety, Local Government, Forestry Conservation)

PSB..........................................................Public Safety

PTR........................................................Private Trunked

ROAD............................................Road & Highway Maintenance

RTV.......................................Radio/TV Remote Broadcast Pickup

TAXI.........................................................Taxi Services

TELB......................................................Mobile Telephone
                      (Aircraft, Radio Common Carrier, Landline companies)

TELC.......................................................Cordless Phones

TELM.................................................Telephone Maintenance

TOW.............................................................Tow Trucks

TRAN...............................................Transportation Services
                              (Trucks, Tow Trucks, Buses, Railroad, Other)

TSB........................................................Trunked Systems

TVn................................................FM-TV (Audio Broadcast)

USXX.................................................Government Classified

UTIL...............................................Power & Water Utilities

WTHR...............................................................Weather

High Frequency (HF) (29 MHz-30 MHz)

10-Meter Amateur Band (29.0-29.7 MHz)

28.000-29.700..........................................................HAM

Very High Frequency (VHF) (30 MHz-300 MHz)

Low Band (29.7-50 MHz-in 5 kHz steps)

29.700-29.790..........................................................IND

29.900-30.550....................................................GOVT, MIL

30.580-31.980.....................................................IND, PUB

32.000-32.990....................................................GOVT, MIL

33.020-33.980.................................................US, IND, PUB

34.010-34.990....................................................GOVT, MIL

35.020-35.980..........................................BUS, PUB, IND, TELM

36.000-36.230....................................................GOVT, MIL

36.250..................................................Oil Spill Clean up

36.270-36.990....................................................GOVT, MIL

37.020-37.980.....................................................PUB, IND

38.000-39.000....................................................GOVT, MIL

39.020-39.980..........................................................PUB

40.000-42.000..............................................GOVT, MIL, MARI

42.020-42.940..........................................................POL

42.960-43.180..........................................................IND

43.220-43.680...............................................TELM, IND, PUB

43.700-44.600.........................................................TRAN

44.620-46.580.....................................................POL, PUB

46.600-46.990...................................................GOVT, TELC

47.020-47.400..........................................................PUB

47.420..................................................American Red Cross

47.440-49.580.....................................................IND, PUB

49.610-49.990....................................................MIL, TELC

6-Meter Amateur Band (50-54 MHz)

50.00-54.00............................................................HAM

Aircraft Band (108-136 MHz)

108.000-121.490........................................................AIR

121.500......................................................AIR Emergency

121.510-136.000........................................................AIR

U.S. Government Band (138-144 MHz)

137.000-144.000..................................................GOVT, MIL

2-Meter Amateur Band (144-148 MHz)

144.000-148.000........................................................HAM

VHF-Hi BAND (148-174 MHz)

148.050-150.345..............................................CAP, MAR, MIL

150.775-150.790........................................................MED

150.815-150.965........................................................TOW

150.980.................................................Oil Spill Clean up

150.995-151.130.......................................................ROAD

151.145-151.475........................................................POL

151.490-151.955...................................................IND, BUS

151.985...............................................................TELM

152.0075...............................................................MED

152.030-152.240.......................................................TELB

152.270-152.465..................................................IND, TAXI

152.480................................................................BUS

152.510-152.840.......................................................TELB

152.870-153.020...................................................IND, MOV

153.035-153.725.............................................IND, OIL, UTIL

153.740-154.445..................................................PUB, FIRE

154.490-154.570...................................................IND, BUS

154.585.................................................Oil Spill Clean up

154.600-154.625........................................................BUS

154.655-156.240........................................MED, ROAD, POL, PUB

156.255................................................................OIL

156-275-157.425.......................................................MARI

157.450................................................................MED

157.470-157.515........................................................TOW

157.530-157.725..................................................IND, TAXI

157.740................................................................BUS

157.770-158.100.......................................................TELB

158.130-158.460..................................BUS, IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL

158.490-158.700.......................................................TELB

158.730-159.465.............................................POL, PUB, ROAD

159.480................................................................OIL

159.495-161.565.......................................................TRAN

161.580................................................................OIL

161.600-162.000..................................................MARI, RTV

162.0125-162.35............................................GOVT, MIL, USXX

162.400-162.550.......................................................WTHR

162.5625-162.6375..........................................GOVT, MIL, USXX

162.6625...............................................................MED

162.6875-163.225...........................................GOVT, MIL, USXX

163.250................................................................MED

163.275-166.225............................................GOVT, MIL, USXX

166.250....................................................GOVT, RTV, FIRE

166.275-169.400.................................................GOVT, BIFC

169.445.....................................................Wireless Mikes

169.500...............................................................GOVT

169.505.....................................................Wireless Mikes

169.55-169.9875............................................GOVT, MIL, USXX

170.000...............................................................BIFC

170.025-170.150............................................GOVT, RTV, FIRE

170.175-170.225.......................................................GOVT

170-245-170.305.............................................Wireless Mikes

170.350-170.400..................................................GOVT, MIL

170.425-170.450.......................................................BIFC

170.475................................................................PUB

170.4875-173.175.................................GOVT, PUB, Wireless Mikes

173.225-173.375............................................MOV, NEWS, UTIL

173.3875-173.5375......................................................MIL

173.5625-173.5875......................................................MIL

Medical/Crash Crews

173.60-173.9875.......................................................GOVT

New Mobile Narrow Band (220-222 MHz)

220.000-222.000........................................................NEW

1 1/4-Meter Amateur Band (222-225 MHz)

222.000-225.000........................................................HAM

Military Aircraft Band (237.9-287.8 MHz)

237.900........................................Coast Guard Search & Rescue

239.800........................................................FAA Weather

241.000...............................................................Army

243.000..........................................................Emergency

255.400.................................................FAA Flight Service

257.800....................................................Civilian Towers

287.800.........................................Coast Guard Air/Sea Rescue

Ultra High Frequency (UHF) (300 MHz-3GHz)

Military Aircraft Band (319.1-383.9 MHz)

319.100............................................FAA Air Traffic Control

321.000-336.600..................................................Air Force

342.500-344.600................................................FAA Weather

346.400-364.200..............................Air Force Air Traffic Control

381.800-383.900................................................Coast Guard

U.S. Government Band (406-450 MHz)

406.125-419.975.................................................GOVT, USXX

70-Centimeter Amateur Band (420-450 MHz)

420.000-450.000........................................................HAM

Low Band (450-470 MHz)

450.050-450.925........................................................RTV

451.025-452.025.......................................IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL

452.0375-453.00.................................IND, TAXI, TRAN, TOW, NEWS

453.0125-453.9875......................................................PUB

454.000................................................................OIL

454.025-454.975.......................................................TELB

455.050-455.925........................................................RTV

457.525-457.600........................................................BUS

458.025-458.175........................................................MED

460.0125-460.6375...........................................FIRE, POL, PUB

460.650-462.175........................................................BUS

462.1875-462.450..................................................BUS, IND

462.4625-462.525......................................IND, OIL, TELM, UTIL

462.550-462.725........................................................GMR

462.750-462.925........................................................BUS

462.9375-463.1875......................................................MED

463.200-467.925........................................................BUS

FM-TV Audio Broadcast, UHF Wide Band (470-806 MHz)
(Channel 14 through 69 in 6 MHz steps)

475.750.........................................................Channel 14

481.750.........................................................Channel 15

487.750.........................................................Channel 16

805.750.........................................................Channel 69

NOTE:  Some cities use the 470-512 MHz band for land/mobile services.

Conventional Systems Band Locally Assigned

851.0125-855.9875......................................................CSB

Conventional/Trunked Systems Band Locally Assigned

856.0125-860.9875.....................................................CTSB

Trunked Systems Band Locally Assigned

861.0125-865.9875......................................................TSB

Public Safety Band Locally Assigned

866.0125-868.9875......................................................PSB

33-Centimeter Amateur Band (902-928 MHz)

902.000-928.000........................................................HAM

Private Trunked

935.0125-939.9875......................................................PTR

General Trunked

940.0125-940.9875......................................................GTR

Fixed Services

941.000-944.000.......................................................GOVT

Studio-to-Transmitter Broadcast Links

944.000-952.000........................................................TVn

Private Fixed Services, Paging

952.000-960.000.......................................................PFSP

Aeronautical Navigation

960.000-1000.000.......................................................AIR

FREQUENCY CONVERSION

The tuning location of a station can be expressed in frequency (kHz or Mhz)
or in wavelength (meters).  The following information can help you make the
necessary conversions.

1 MHz (million)=1,000 kHz (thousand)

To convert MHz to kHz, multiply by 1,000.

    30.62 MHz x 1000=30620 kHz

To convert from kHz to MHz, divide by 1,000.

    127,800/1000 kHz=127.8 MHz

To convert MHz to meters, divide 300 by the number of megahertz.

    300/171 MHz=1.75 meters


(BR/EB 6/20/96)

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