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60 A General Guide to Scanning
UHF Band
Note:
Remote control stations and mobile units operate
at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations and
relay repeater units.
BAND ALLOCATION
Use the following listing of the typical services within
your scanner’s frequency coverage to assist you to de-
cide which frequency ranges to scan. These frequencies
are subject to change, and might vary from area to area.
For a more complete listing, refer to the Police
Call Ra-
dio Guide including Fire and Emergency Services
, avail-
able at your local RadioShack store.
Abbreviations Services
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
POL ............................................................. Police Department
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
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