If I wanted to set my scanner to search between two freqs that encompass the Fed band, what would they be? I know it's like 160Mhz or something like that..
Fed freq spectrum?
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The ones that we used were always from 136-144 & 148-151. I know that some agencies have a small segment up in the 160/170 range, but we never used those.
162.000 - 174.000
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406.000 - 420.000
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406.000 - 420.000
173.2000 - 173.4000 can and will be assigned for Film and Water departments. Just a heads up. Often any telemetry heard in this range is a local gov water dept.
ETA: Corrected the range
ETA: Corrected the range
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rescue161 said:
136-144 and 148-151 would be military land mobile (FM) or aircraft ops (AM).
Federal agencies primarily operate in the 162-174 VHF range. As already mentioned, fed agencies (i.e. DEA, USPS law enforcement, etc.) also use a lot of UHF.
Mick
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My logs in SoCal for 173-174 MHz
173.0375 “Command” “Santiago Comm” w/170.4125/170.6875/417.30
173.0500 167.9/DES FBI
173.0750 LoJack
173.1250 167.9 FBI L.A.
173.1500 P25 encoded FBI
173.1750 P25 encoded FBI
173.2500 146.2 L.A. Water & Power
173.3000 173.8 San Gabriel Co. Water District
173.3000 179.9 Lake Arrowhead Comm. Services District
173.3750 85.4 Disneyland Camermen
173.4500 P25 encoded
173.4750 P25 encoded
173.6375 167.9 FBI
173.6750 Air attack October 2007
173.7125 167.9/DES FBI
173.7375 167.9 FBI L.A./Santa Ana
173.7750 Fire, Santiago Air Ops, Or. Co.
173.8125 167.9/P25 FBI L.A.
173.9125 USFS Region 5 Tac 4
173.9750 P25 encoded
173.9875 USFS Region 5 Tac 6
173.0375 “Command” “Santiago Comm” w/170.4125/170.6875/417.30
173.0500 167.9/DES FBI
173.0750 LoJack
173.1250 167.9 FBI L.A.
173.1500 P25 encoded FBI
173.1750 P25 encoded FBI
173.2500 146.2 L.A. Water & Power
173.3000 173.8 San Gabriel Co. Water District
173.3000 179.9 Lake Arrowhead Comm. Services District
173.3750 85.4 Disneyland Camermen
173.4500 P25 encoded
173.4750 P25 encoded
173.6375 167.9 FBI
173.6750 Air attack October 2007
173.7125 167.9/DES FBI
173.7375 167.9 FBI L.A./Santa Ana
173.7750 Fire, Santiago Air Ops, Or. Co.
173.8125 167.9/P25 FBI L.A.
173.9125 USFS Region 5 Tac 4
173.9750 P25 encoded
173.9875 USFS Region 5 Tac 6
wayne_h said:
benrussellpa said:
I thought military was federal. Sorry for the confusion.
In S.E. Michigan we also have a lot of Federal Law Enforcement between 407~419MHz.
I have not made comparisons and done research in quite awhile. But " Back When" when I was seriously a die-hard " Commo Junkie "....This is what "I" had noticed.
Late 80's - Early 90's.....Most Federal Agency mobiles were VHF , and portables were UHF. I only knew of few instances in crossbanding.
Agencys in which had guards / police , that used commo, and had no vehicles or exterior patrol and worked - "In house" used UHF freqs ( Ex = Public Debt - Small VA centers - US Military Ammo and Maintenance Depots ).
Agencys that had a large area to police / patrol had both UHF and VHF radios. All the maintanence / mechanical gurus inside the perimeter ...again used UHF radios ; on both simplex and duplex. Mostly simplex...and it was not encrypted.
VHF, as I noticed sometime ago, was more common with base, fixed and mobile repeaters.
I'll have to recheck..I don't have it committed to memory now, But I believe all the federal Inter-Agency freqs are VHF ( I'll look at Wiki later ).
Like I said...back when = 80's and early 90's ; there was a patttern to Federal Freqs. One thing I belive is certain.
US Marshalls are always on 163.200
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Late 80's - Early 90's.....Most Federal Agency mobiles were VHF , and portables were UHF. I only knew of few instances in crossbanding.
Agencys in which had guards / police , that used commo, and had no vehicles or exterior patrol and worked - "In house" used UHF freqs ( Ex = Public Debt - Small VA centers - US Military Ammo and Maintenance Depots ).
Agencys that had a large area to police / patrol had both UHF and VHF radios. All the maintanence / mechanical gurus inside the perimeter ...again used UHF radios ; on both simplex and duplex. Mostly simplex...and it was not encrypted.
VHF, as I noticed sometime ago, was more common with base, fixed and mobile repeaters.
I'll have to recheck..I don't have it committed to memory now, But I believe all the federal Inter-Agency freqs are VHF ( I'll look at Wiki later ).
Like I said...back when = 80's and early 90's ; there was a patttern to Federal Freqs. One thing I belive is certain.
US Marshalls are always on 163.200 FF-Medic - - - - -
ETA: my range was off. It starts at 173.2000, so that jives with your list.Mick said:
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Just try this site for up to date info http://www.qth.net/
BaLa
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406-420brandon said:The real good stuff is between 167-168 MHz
Also don't forget the UHF fed band. I mostly search 417-420 MHz but you could extend it from 413 or so.
380-386? not sure on how high that goes..
BaLa said:
The new FM UHF band would cover anywhere from 380-420 MHz.
nd5y
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except you won't find any voice traffic from 400 - 406.1
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