SCANNERS - General Usage Commerical Scanner Frequency List Cellular Telephone Chs Freqs (base) System 800-832 869.040 - 870.000 RCC - voice 1-312 870.030 - 879.360 RCC - voice 313-333 879.390 - 879.990 RCC - data 334-354 880.020 - 880.620 Telco - data 355-666 880.650 - 889.980 Telco - voice 667-716 890.010 - 891.480 RCC - voice 717-799 891.510 - 893.970 Telco - voice Mobiles transmit 45 MHz below the base (824.040-848.970) and are usually repeated by the base. Channels are 30 kHz apart. Channels 800-832 are also identified as Chs 991-1023. Cordless Telephone Channel Base Handset 1 43.72 48.76 2 43.74 48.84 3 43.82 48.86 4 43.84 48.92 5 43.92 49.02 6 43.96 49.08 7 44.12 49.10 8 44.16 49.16 9 44.18 49.20 10 44.20 49.24 11 44.32 49.28 12 44.36 49.36 13 44.40 49.40 14 44.46 49.46 15 44.48 49.50 16 46.61 49.67 17 B 46.63 49.845 18 C 46.67 49.86 19 46.71 49.77 20 D 46.73 49.875 22 E 46.83 49.89 23 46.87 49.93 24 46.93 49.99 25 46.97 49.97 Effective 05 June 95, an additional 15 channels are authorized and the original 10 channels are renumbered 16-25. Mobile Telephone VHF - 30 kHz spacing Base: 152.030 - 152.210 RCC 152.510 - 152.810 telco Mobile: 157.770 - 158.070 telco 158.490 - 158.670 RCC UHF - 25 kHz spacing Base: 454.025 - 454.350 RCC 454.375 - 454.650 telco Mobile: 459.025 - 459.350 RCC 459.375 - 459.650 telco Many of these channels may now be used for paging, specifically 152.78, which is a nationwide page. Air to Ground Telephone Ch Ground Airborne Signaling 454.675 (459.675) 6 454.700 459.700 7 454.725 459.725 5 454.750 459.750 8 454.775 459.775 4 454.800 459.800 9 454.825 459.825 3 454.850 459.850 10 454.875 459.875 2 454.900 459.900 11 454.925 459.925 1 454.950 459.950 12 454.975 459.975 Transmissions are FM. Ground stations repeat the airborne half of the conversation, and transmit a continuous tone when idle. From one to four channels are assigned in a particular area. 800 MHz Air to Ground Telephone - - Airborne - - Blk Ch 1 - Ch 29 10 894.0055 - 894.1735 9 894.2055 - 894.3735 8 894.4055 - 894.5735 Guard Band - 7 894.6055 - 894.7735 .x765-.x797 6 894.8055 - 894.9735 5 895.0055 - 895.1735 Control Channels - 4 895.2055 - 895.3735 .x813-.x973 3 895.4055 - 895.5735 2 895.6055 - 895.7735 1 895.8055 - 895.9735 Transmissions are AM. Channels are spaced 6 kHz apart. A specific block of 29 channels is assigned to each geographical area. Ground frequencies are 45 MHz lower and do not echo the airborne half of the conversation. Service is used on passenger airlines. Television Ch Range Video Audio 2 54 - 60 55.250 59.750 3 60 - 66 61.250 65.750 4 66 - 72 67.250 71.750 5 76 - 82 77.250 81.750 6 82 - 88 83.250 87.750 7 174 - 180 175.250 179.750 8 180 - 186 181.250 185.750 9 186 - 192 187.250 191.750 10 192 - 198 193.250 197.750 11 198 - 204 199.250 203.750 12 204 - 210 205.250 209.750 13 210 - 216 211.250 215.750 14 470 - 476 471.250 475.750 15 476 - 482 477.250 481.750 .. ... - ... ....... ....... 68 794 - 800 795.250 799.750 69 800 - 806 801.250 805.750 Note the gaps between chs 4/5, 6/7, and 13/14. Freqs in the 470-512 MHz range (Ch 14-20) may be assigned to Public Service mobile use in major metro areas. No transmitters are allowed on 608-614 MHz (Ch 37). Each TV channel is 6 MHz wide. The video carrier is 1.25 MHz above the start of the range. The audio carrier is 0.25 MHz below the end of the range. Television audio is wideband FM. Some TV stations may be offset +/- 10 kHz. Cable TV [76.605] [EIA IS-132] Ch MHz 2 - 13 54 - 216 (same as broadcast VHF) 14 - 22 120 - 174 Mid band Ch. A-I 23 - 36 216 - 300 Super band J-W 37 - 53 300 - 402 (Hyper band) AA-QQ ( 54 - 65 402 - 474 ) ( 95 - 99 90 - 120 ) Citizens Band Ch Freq Ch Freq Ch Freq Ch Freq 1 26.965 11 27.085 21 27.215 31 27.315 2 26.975 12 27.105 * 22 27.225 32 27.325 3 26.985 13 27.115 23 27.255 - 33 27.335 4 27.005 * 14 27.125 24 27.235 - 34 27.345 5 27.015 15 27.135 25 27.245 - 35 27.355 6 27.025 16 27.155 * 26 27.265 36 27.365 7 27.035 17 27.165 27 27.275 37 27.375 8 27.055 * 18 27.175 28 27.285 38 27.385 9 27.065 19 27.185 29 27.295 39 27.395 10 27.075 20 27.205 * 30 27.305 40 27.405 * 26.995, 27.045, 27.095, 27.145, 27.195 => Remote Control - note break in sequence (27.255 shared with R/C) GMRS - General Mobile Radio Service Base/mobile repeater I/P 462.5500 467.5500 462.5625 462.5750 467.5750 462.5875 462.6000 467.6000 462.6125 462.6250 467.6250 462.6375 462.6500 467.6500 462.6625 462.6750 467.6750 462.6875 462.7000 467.7000 462.7125 462.7250 467.7250 In addition to the station's licensed channel, 462.675 may be used for emergency and traveler's aid by all stations. Interstitial channels (462.xxx5) may be used only in simplex mode with voice transmissions of no more than 5 watts. Railroads Ch Freq 2 159.810 3 159.930 4 160.050 5 160.185 6 160.200 7 160.215 8 160.230 .. ....... 96 161.550 97 161.565 The channel designation is that assigned by the Association of American Railroads. Chs 2 thru 6 are used only in Canada. Above channel 6, spacing is 15 kz. Marine VHF Ch Ship Ch Ship 60 156.025 1 156.050 61 156.075 2 156.100 62 156.125 3 156.150 63 156.175 4 156.200 64 156.225 .. ....... .. ....... 25 157.250 85 157.275 26 157.300 86 157.325 27 157.350 87 157.375 28 157.400 88 157.425 Shore stations are 4.600 MHz above the ship frequency. In U.S. waters the shore frequency may be used on Chs 20, 24-28 & 84-87. Chs 1-5 & 60-64 are shared with other services. Chs 75 & 76 are reserved as guard bands for ch 16. Specific assignments include: 06 156.300 Intership Safety 13 156.650 Bridge-to-Bridge 15 156.750 Weather, notices, etc 16 156.800 General Calling / Distress 22 157.100 Coast Guard Liaison On-board Communications: Ch mobile repeater 1 467.750 457.525 2 467.775 457.550 3 467.800 457.575 4 467.825 457.600 Ambulances Hospital Ambulance Med-9 462.950 467.950 Med-1 463.000 468.000 Med-2 463.025 468.025 Med-3 463.050 468.050 Med-4 463.075 468.075 Med-5 463.100 468.100 Med-6 463.125 468.125 Med-7 463.150 468.150 Med-8 463.175 468.175 Weather - NOAA broadcasts Ch Freq. 1 162.550 2 162.400 3 162.475 4 162.425 5 162.450 6 162.500 7 162.525 161.650 } Environment Canada 161.775 } (marine weather) Broadcast Remote Pickup 25.87 - 26.45 @ 20/40 kHz intervals 152.87 - 153.35 @ 60 kHz intervals 161.64 - 161.76 @ 30 kHz intervals 450.050 - 450.850 } @ 50/100 kHz 455.050 - 455.850 } intervals Film and Video Production 152.87 152.90 152.93 152.96 152.99 153.02 173.225 173.275 173.325 173.375 Wireless mikes 169.445 169.505 170.245 170.305 171.045 171.105 171.845 171.905 plus unused FM/TV broadcast channels Dot Frequencies Dot color Other Red 151.625 "J" Dot 467.7625 Purple 151.955 "K" Dot 467.8125 Green 154.600 Gold Star 467.875 White 462.575 Red Star 467.900 Black 462.625 Blue Star 467.925 Orange 462.675 Brown 464.500 Yellow 464.550 "Dot" stickers are used by the manufacturer or distributer to indicate the frequency of otherwise identical transceivers. They are often found in rental inventories and on construction sites. Note that the 462.xxx frequencies are for GMRS.