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Broad Outline of VHF and UHF Bands 30- 50 VHF Low Band 50- 54 Ham radio - 6 meters 54- 72 VHF TV channels 2 - 4 72- 76 Low power industial communications, remote control, paging, plant control, telemetry, and signaling. 250 watt military. 76- 88 Television channels 5 & 6 88-108 FM broadcast 108-118 Aeronautical radio beacons (VOR). Signals are AM Morse code (MCW) with some AM radio-telephone messages. 118-136 AM Aircraft communications, air-to-air and ground to air. 136-138 Earth satellites, mostly FM telemetry, weather satellites. 138-144 A government band, military, CAP & MARS stations. 144-148 Ham radio - 2 meters 148-150.8 Another exclusive government band, same as 138-144. 150.8-162 VHF High Band; land mobile, maritime mobile, public safety. 162-173.4 Government and military communications; FBI, FCC, Customs, VA, USAF, USN, US Army, NASA -- just about every government entity with a radio. 173.4-174 A business band; oil companies, news media, taxi cabs, trucks and other radio dispatched services. 174-216 VHF TV high band - (channels 7 - 13) 216-220 Navigation band; mostly beacon type sending coded (data) information for boaters. 220-225 Amateur radio 1 1/4 meter band. 225-400 Military aeronautical and satellite communications. AM voice between Space Shuttle and ground tracking on 259.7 or 296.8. Military airacraft (AM), ground and satellite links (FM)--usually scrambled. 400-406 Telemetry from weather probes, balloons and remote weather sensing stations. 406-420 Federal Government Land Mobile 420-450 Amateur radio 3/4 meter band. CW, AM, SSB, RTTY, ASCII and TV. 450-470 UHF land mobile 470-512 UHF Extended (also UHF TV channels 14 - 20) 512-806 UHF TV channels 21 - 69 806-890 Formerly UHF TV channels 70 - 83 806-825 Land Mobile - conventional and trunked systems 825-851 Cellular Mobile Radio 851-870 Land Mobile - conventional and trunked systems 870-902 Cellular Mobile Radio 902-912 Automatic Vehical Monitoring (AVM) Systems 912-918 Industrial, Scientific, Medical 918-928 Automatic Vehical Monitoring (AVM) Systems 928-930 Land Mobile - Public Safety, Industrial, Land Transportation 930-931 Land Mobile - One way paging 931-947 Land Mobile 947-952 International (public & aeronautical) Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. possessions only. Aural broadcast STL 952-960 International (public) Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands only 960-1215 Aernautical Radionavigation 1215-1300 Amateur radio DOWNLOADED FROM P-80 SYSTEMS.....