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Ham radio frequencies, National weather frequencies – Radio Shack PRO-63 User Manual

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Note: Some cities use the 470-512 MHz band for land/mobile ser-
vices.

HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES

Ham radio operators often broadcast emergency information
when other means of communications break down.

The following chart shows the voice frequencies you can monitor.

NATIONAL WEATHER FREQUENCIES

All of the following frequencies except 162.440 are programmed
into your scanner’s weather band.

Note: You can still manually tune to 162.440 (see “Searching For
and Storing Active Frequencies” on Page 21).

Wavelength

(meters)

Search Band

Frequency Range (MHz)

10 meters

0

29.000

29.700

6 meters

1

50.100

54.000

2 meters

4

144.100

148.000

70 centimeters

7

420.000

450.000

161.650 MHz

162.425 MHz

162.475 MHz

162.550 MHz

161.775 MHz

162.440 MHz

162.500 MHz

163.275 MHz

162.400 MHz

162.450 MHz

162.525 MHz

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