BAND ALLOCATION
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 Beyond Police Call, available at your local RadioShack store.
Abbreviations | Services |
AIR | Aircraft |
BIFC | Boise (ID) Interagency Fire Cache |
BUS | Business |
CAP | Civil Air Patrol |
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 |
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) |
TELM | Telephone Maintenance |
TOW | Tow Trucks |
TRAN | Transportation Services |
| (Trucks, Tow Trucks, Buses, Railroad, Other) |
TSB | Trunked Systems |
TVn | |
USXX | Government Classified |
UTIL | Power & Water Utilities |
WTHR | Weather |
HIGH FREQUENCY (HF)— (3 MHz– 30MHz)
10 m Amateur Band |
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HAM |
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