Band Allocation - Radio Shack PRO-2037 Owner's Manual

Landline companies)
TELC Cordless Phones
TELM Telephone Maintenance
TOW Tow Trucks
TRAN Transportation Services
(Trucks, Tow Trucks, Buses, Railroad, Other)
TSB Trunked Systems
TVn FM-TV Audio Broadcast
USXX Government Classified
UTIL Power & Water Utilities
WTHR Weather
BAND ALLOCATION
To help decide which frequency ranges to scan, use the following listing of the
typical services that use the frequencies your scanner receives. These frequen-
cies are subject to change, and might vary from area to area. For a more com-
plete listing, refer to the "Police Call Radio Guide including Fire and Emergency
Services," available at your local Radio Shack store.
Abbreviations
AIR Aircraft
BIFC Boise (10) Interagency Fire Cache
BUS Business
CAP Civil Air Patrol
CR Citizens Band
CCA Common Carrier
CSB Conventional Systems
CTSB ConventionaVTrunked Systems
FIRE Fire Department
HAM Amateur (Ham) Radio
GOVT Federal Govemment
GMR General Mobile Radio
GTR General T runked
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 PictureNideo 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
ROAD Road & Highway Maintenance
RTV RadiolTV Remote Broadcast Pickup
TAXi Taxi Services
TELB Mobile Telephone
(Aircraft, Radio Common Carrier,
Very High Frequency (VHF) - (30 MHz - 300 MHz)
Low Band
(29.7-50
MHz - in
5
kHz steps)
30.550
GOVT, MIL
30.580-31.980
IND, PUB
32.000-32.990
GOVT, MIL
33.020-33.980
US, IND, PUB
34.010-34.990
GOVT,MIL
35.020-35.980
BUS, PUB, IND, TELM
36.000-36.230
GOVT, MIL
36.250
0il Spill Clean up
36.270-36.990
GOVT, MIL
37.020-37.980
PUB, IND
38.000-39.000
GOVT, MIL
39.020-39.980
PUB
40.000-42.000
GOVT, MIL, MARl
42.020-42.940
POL
42.960-43.180
IND
43.220-43.680
TELM, IND, PUB
43.700-44.600
TRAN
44.620-46.580
POL, PUB
46.600-46.990
GOVT, TELC
47.020-47.400
PUB
47.420
American Red Cross
47.440-49.580
IND, PUB
49.610-49.990
MIL, TELC
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