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bravo14

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I live in Panama City FL area. I am not able to find no freq's for TV Media like to the choppers and so on. I've did a search on google and yahoo found nothing I even try FCC. I have 2 stations I know 1 is like less than a mile from me the other is on the beach side.
 

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Much of the communication is passed via cell phone, and microwave or satellite links once the remote truck is set-up. That said, search: 25.870-26.470 (FM), 152.8625-153.3575, 160.860-161.775, 450.000-451.000 and 455.000-456.000.
 

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Being less than a mile from the station you might be able to nab them with the 396's close-call feature .. maybe get a bit closer and hang out without doing anything weird..

The 396 also has a built-in "news" service search you can try for the most likely media freqs.
 
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UHF broadcast auxiliary frequencies

Try this:

eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations

I used to live in a major city and I would listen to TV/ Radio reporters on these frequencies:

UHF segments: 450.03125, 450.0375, 450.04375, 450.050, 450.05625, 450.0625, 450.06875, 450.075, 450.08125, 450.0875, 450.09375, 450.100, 450.10625, 450.1125, 450.11875, 450.125, 450.13125, 450.1375, 450.14375, 450.150, 450.15625, 450.1625, 450.16875, 450.175, 450.18125, 450.1875, 450.19375, 450.200, 450.20625, 450.2125, 450.21875, 450.225, 450.23125, 450.2375, 450.24375, 450.250, 450.25625, 450.2625, 450.26875, 450.275, 450.28125, 450.2875, 450.29375, 450.300, 450.30625, 450.3125, 450.31875, 450.325, 450.33125, 450.3375, 450.34375, 450.350, 450.35625, 450.3625, 450.36875, 450.375, 450.38125, 450.3875, 450.39375, 450.400, 450.40625, 450.4125, 450.41875, 450.425, 450.43125, 450.4375, 450.44375, 450.450, 450.45625, 450.4625, 450.46875, 450.475, 450.48125, 450.4875, 450.49375, 450.500, 450.50625, 450.5125, 450.51875, 450.525, 450.53125, 450.5375, 450.54375, 450.550, 450.55625, 450.5625, 450.56875, 450.575, 450.58125, 450.5875, 450.59375, 450.600, 450.60625, 450.6125, 450.61875, 455.03125, 455.0375, 455.04375, 455.050, 455.05625, 455.0625, 455.06875, 455.075, 455.08125, 455.0875, 455.09375, 455.100, 455.10625, 455.1125, 455.11875, 455.125, 455.13125, 455.1375, 455.14375, 455.150, 455.15625, 455.1625, 455.16875, 455.175, 455.18125, 455.1875, 455.19375, 455.200, 455.20625, 455.2125, 455.21875, 455.225, 455.23125, 455.2375, 455.24375, 455.250, 455.25625, 455.2625, 455.26875, 455.275, 455.28125, 455.2875, 455.29375, 455.300, 455.30625, 455.3125, 455.31875, 455.325, 455.33125, 455.3375, 455.34375, 455.350, 455.35625, 455.3625, 455.36875, 455.375, 455.38125, 455.3875, 455.39375, 455.400, 455.40625, 455.4125, 455.41875, 455.425, 455.43125, 455.4375, 455.44375, 455.450, 455.45625, 455.4625, 455.46875, 455.475, 455.48125, 455.4875, 455.49375, 455.500, 455.50625, 455.5125, 455.51875, 455.525, 455.53125, 455.5375, 455.54375, 455.550, 455.55625, 455.5625, 455.56875, 455.575, 455.58125, 455.5875, 455.59375, 455.600, 455.60625, 455.6125, 455.61875

channels would be paired like 450.03125 with 455.03125, rather like the old wireless phones on 49 mHz
 

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I suggest using the FCC database search function on http://interceptradio.com/fcc.php.

I should also point out (yeah) that it's technically "illegal" (air-quotes) to monitor the 450-460 MHz block, because about 20-25+ years ago there were actually terrestrial and air-to-ground cell phone and I/MTS radiophone services that operated in this spectrum. These services are (in all likelihood) long, long gone, yet this hopelessly obsolete law still remains on the books for some reason or other.

That said, will you get abducted by the Gumbint if you listen to 450-460? EXTREMELY unlikely; you'd probably stand a greater chance of getting hit by lightning within the next half-hour or being elected President of the United States. But that's how it still is.
 
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The mobile phone band was ONLY in the 454-455 & 459-460 spectrum. And they are long gone. It is not, and never was, illegal to monitor the 450-460 band as a whole, as you seem to be saying. Public safety and business users are quite legal to listen to.
 
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I should also point out (yeah) that it's technically "illegal" (air-quotes) to monitor the 450-460 MHz block, because about 20-25+ years ago there were actually terrestrial and air-to-ground cell phone and I/MTS radiophone services that operated in this spectrum.

No it isn't.

It is illegal to monitor certain radio services in whatever bands they use. The only frequencies that cannot be monitored lawfully are the 800+ MHz cellular telephone bands.
 

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I stand corrected!

<hijack>Article about the long-obsolete 400 MHz cell phone services (written when that was still current tech): http://mistman.pdp10.org/pub/radio/450mhz.txt

Frankly, my take on these arbitrary and fundamentally unenforceable &quot;laws&quot; (air-quotes again) is that if it enters my yard and it's in the clear, it's subject to being monitored my moi. They were basically a cop-out by companies with lots of money and little desire to spend it on measures to actually secure their communications infrastructure from outside eavesdropping. It's easier (and really makes more of a statement) if you're a bigwig CEO to just use your corporate political clout to get it legislated away than to be proactive.

Basically, if you don't want your conversation to be heard, don't transmit it such that I can hear it. Kind of a moot point these days since AMPS and (in most areas) I/MTS are dead, but that's the idea.</hijack>
 
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