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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