Note: Remote control stations and mobile units operate at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations and relay re- peater units.
BAND ALLOCATION
To help decide which frequency ranges to scan, use the follow- ing 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 Police Call Radio Guide including Fire and Emergency Services, available at your local RadioShack store.
Abbreviations | Services |
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 |
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) | |
TELC | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cordless Phones |
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