User's Manual

20-527 Owner’s Manual Draft
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GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS
Typical band Usage (in MHz)
HF Band
HF Range 25.000–26.960
Citizen’s Band 26.965–27.405
10-Meter Amateur 28.000–29.700
VHF Band
Low Range 29.700–50.000
6-Meter Amateur 50.000–54.000
2-Meter Amateur 144.000–148.000
High Range 148.000–174.000
New Mobile
Narrow Band 220.000–222.000
1 1 /4 –Meter Amateur 222.000–225.000
UHF Band
U.S. Government 406.000–420.000
70-cm Amateur 420.000–450.000
Low Range 450.000–470.000
FM-TV Audio Broadcast,
Wide Band 470.000–512.000
800 band Law
Enforcement 806.000–824.000
Conventional Systems 851.000–856.000
Conventional/Trunked
Systems 856.000–861.000
Public Safety 866.000–869.000
Trunked Private/General 894.000–960.000
25-cm Amateur 1240.000–1300.000
Primary Usage
As a general rule, most of the radio activity is concentrated on the following frequencies:
VHF Band