User's Manual

20-523 Owner’s Manual
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Low Range 29.700-50.000 MHz
6-Meter Amateur 50.000-54.000 MHz
U.S. Government 137.000-144.000 MHz
2-Meter Amateur 144.000-148.000 MHz
High Range 148.000-174.000 MHz
New Mobile Narrow Band 220.000-222.000 MHz
1 1/4-Meter Amateur 222.000-225.000 MHz
UHF Band
U.S. Government 406.000-420.000 MHz
70-cm Amateur 420.000-450.000 MHz
Low Range 450.000-470.000 MHz
FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band470.000-512.000 MHz
800 band Law Enforcement 806.000-824.000 MHz
Conventional Systems 851.000-856.000 MHz
Conventional/Trunked Systems 856.000-861.000 MHz
Public Safety 866.000-869.000 MHz
Trunked Private/General 894.000-960.000 MHz
25-cm Amateur 1240.000-1300.000 MHz
Primary Usage
As a general rule, most of the radio activity is concentrated on the following frequencies:
VHF Band
Activities Frequencies
Government, Police, and Fire 153.785-155.980 MHz
Emergency Services 158.730-159.460 MHz
Railroad 160.000-161.900 MHz
Land-Mobile “Paired” Frequencies 220.000-222.000 MHz
UHF Band
Activities Frequencies
Land-Mobile “Paired” Frequencies 450.000-470.000 MHz
Base Stations 451.025-454.950 MHz
Mobile Units 456.025-459.950 MHz
Repeater Units 460.025-464.975 MHz
Control Stations 465.025-469.975 MHz
Note: Remote control stations and mobile units operate at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations
and relay repeater units.