Radio Shack PRO-72 Guide to the Action Bands, United States Broadcast Bands, Typical Band Usage

VHF Band

Low Range

29.00–50.00 MHz

6-Meter Amateur

50.00–54.00 MHz

U.S. Government

137.00–144.00 MHz

2-Meter Amateur

144.00–148.00 MHz

High Range

148.00–174.00 MHz

UHF Band

Military Aircraft

380.00–384.00 MHz

U.S. Government

406.00–420.00 MHz

70-cm Amateur

420.00–450.00 MHz

Low Range

450.00–470.00 MHz

FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide

470.00–512.00 MHz

Band

800 Band Law Enforcement

806.00–824.00 MHz

Conventional Systems

851.00–856.00 MHz

Conventional/Trunked Systems

856.00–866.00 MHz

Public Safety

866.00–869.00 MHz

Trunked Private/General

894.00–960.00 MHz