GUIDE TO THE ACTION
BANDS
Typical Band Usage
VHF Band
Low Range
6-Meter Amateur
Aircraft
U.S. Government
2-Meter Amateur
High Range
UHF Band
U.S. Government
70-cm Amateur
Low Range
FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band
Public Service
Conventional Systems
Conventional/Trunked Systems
Trunked Systems
Public Safety
High Range
33-Centimeter Amateur
Private Trunked
General Trunked
Fixed Services
Studio-to-Transmitter Broadcast Links
Private Fixed Services, Paging
Aeronautical Navigation
29.00–50.00 MHz
50.00–54.00 MHz
108.00–136.00 MHz
137.00–144.00 MHz
144.00–148.00 MHz
148.00–174.00 MHz
406.00–420.00 MHz
420.00–450.00 MHz
450.00–470.00 MHz
470.00–512.00 MHz
806.00–823.93 MHz
851.00–856.00 MHz
856.00–861.00 MHz
861.00–866.00 MHz
866.00–868.93 MHz
896.11–902.00 MHz
902.00–928.00 MHz
935.00–940.00 MHz
940.00–941.00 MHz
941.00–944.00 MHz
944.00–952.00 MHz
952.00–960.00 MHz
960.00–1000.00 MHz
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