advise you of the current weather conditions, weather predictions, and
also contain information about any threatening weather. These stations
use three frequencies - 162.40, 162.475, and 162.55 MHz. In most areas of
the country, you can receive one or more of these frequencies.
GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS
With the right frequencies programmed into the scanner, you can monitor
exciting events. With a little investigation, you can find active
frequencies in your community. We can give you some general pointers, and
you can take it from there. Please use caution and common sense when
you hear an emergency call. Never go to the scene of an emergency - it
could be the most dangerous thing you could ever do.
Find out if there is a local club that monitors these frequencies.
Perhaps a local electronics repair shop that works on similar equipment
can give you the frequencies used by local radio services. A volunteer
police or fire employee can also be a good source of this information.
As a general rule on VHF, most activity is between 153.73 and 159.46 MHz.
Here you find local government, police, fire, and most such emergency
services. If you are near a railroad yard or major railroad tracks, look
between 160.0 and 161.9 MHz for signals.
In some larger cities, there has been a move to the UHF bands for these
emergency services. Here, most of the activity is between 453.025 and
453.95 MHz and again between 456.025 and 459.95 MHz.
In the UHF band, the range between 456.025 and 459.95 MHz and again
between 465.025 and 469.975 MHz is used by mobile units and control
stations associated with base and repeater units that operate 5 MHz lower
(that is, between 451.025 and 454.95 and between 460.025 and 464.975 MHz).
This means that if you find an active channel inside one of these
spreads, you can look 5 MHz lower (or higher, as the case may be) to find
the major base station/repeater for that radio service.
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