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Guide to the Action Bands
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 frequencies are subject to change, and
might vary from area to area. For a more complete listing, refer to the Beyond Police Call,
available at your local RadioShack store.
Abbreviations
Services
AIR ................................................................................................................................... Aircraft
BIFC .................................................................................... Boise (ID) Interagency Fire Cache
BUS ............................................................................................................................. Business
CAP ..................................................................................................................... Civil Air Patrol
CCA ................................................................................................................. Common Carrier
CSB ........................................................................................................ Conventional Systems
CTSB ........................................................................................ Conventional/Trunked Systems
FIRE ................................................................................................................. Fire Department
HAM ........................................................................................................ Amateur (Ham) Radio
GOVT ........................................................................................................ Federal Government
GMR ........................................................................................................ General Mobile Radio
GTR ................................................................................................................. General Trunked
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 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
TELB .............................................................................................................. Mobile Telephone
(Aircraft, Radio Common Carrier, Landline Companies)
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
HIGH FREQUENCY (HF)
—
(3 MHz
–
30MHz)
10 m Amateur Band (28.0–29.7 MHz)
29.000–29.700 ................................................................................................................... HAM
