Band Allocation - Radio Shack HANDHELD TRUNKING 20-521 Owner's Manual

UHF Band
Activities
Land-Mobile "Paired" Fre-
quencies
Base Stations
Mobile Units
Repeater Units
Control Stations
Note: Remote control stations and mobile units operate
at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations and
relay repeater units.

BAND ALLOCATION

To help decide which frequency ranges to scan, use the
following listing of the typical services that use the fre-
quencies 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 Ra-
dio Guide including Fire and Emergency Services,"
available at your local RadioShack store.
Abbreviations
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
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( P u b
lic Safety, Local Government, Forestry Conservation)
PSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Public Safety
PTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private Trunked
Frequencies
450.000–470.000 MHz
451.025–454.950 MHz
456.025–459.950 MHz
460.025–464.975 MHz
465.025–469.975 MHz
Services
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