A General Guide to Scanning
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HIGH FREQUENCY (HF)
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(3 MHz-30 MHz)
10-Meter Amateur Band (28.0-29.7 MHz)
29.000-29.700 ......................................................................... HAM
VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF)
—
(30 MHz-300 MHz)
VHF Low Band (29.7-50 MHz-in 5 kHz steps)
29.700-29.790.............................................................................IND
29.900-30.550................................................................. GOVT, MIL
30.580-31.980................................................................... IND, PUB
32.000-32.990................................................................. GOVT, MIL
33.020-33.980..........................................................BUS, IND, PUB
34.010-34.990................................................................. GOVT, MIL
35.020-35.980.............................................. BUS, PUB, IND, TELM
36.000-36.230................................................................. GOVT, MIL
36.230-36.990.....................................Oil Spill Cleanup, 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, MARI
42.020-42.940............................................................................POL
MOV Motion Picture/Video Industry
NEW New Mobile Narrow
NEWS Relay Press (Newspaper Reporters)
OIL Oil/Petroleum Industry
POL Police Department
PUB Public Services
(Public Safety, Local Government, Forestry
Conservation)
PSB Public Safety
PTR Private Trunked
ROAD Road & Highway Maintenance
RTV Radio/TV Remote Broadcast Pickup
TAXI Taxi Services
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
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