BAND ALLOCATION

To help decide which frequency ranges to scan, use the following listing of the typi- cal 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,” avail- able at your local RadioShack 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

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