A General Guide To Scanning; Guide To Frequencies; National Weather Service Frequencies; Ham Radio Frequencies - Radio Shack Pro-2045 Owner's Manual

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A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING

Reception of the frequencies covered
by your scanner is mainly "line-of-
sight." That means you usually cannot
hear stations that are beyond the hori-
zon.
During the summer months, you might
be able to hear stations in the 30–50
MHz range located several hundred or
even thousands of miles away. This is
because of summer atmospheric con-
161.650 MHz
161.775 MHz
162.400 MHz

Ham Radio Frequencies

Ham radio operators often broadcast
emergency information when other
means of communication break down.
The following chart shows the voice
frequencies that you can monitor.
Wavelength Voice Frequency (MHz)
10-meter 29.000
6-meter 50.100
2-meter 144.100
1
1 / -meter 222.000
4
70-centimeter 420.000
33-centimeter 902.000
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ditions. This type of reception is unpre-
dictable but often very interesting!
GUIDE TO
FREQUENCIES
National Weather Service
Frequencies
162.425 MHz 162.475 MHz
162.440 MHz 162.500 MHz
162.450 MHz 162.525 MHz
29.700
54.000
148.000
225.000
450.000
928.000
162.550 MHz
163.275 MHz