VHF/UHF Scanner Bands & Search Ranges With Modes & Search Steps

 30-50    low band                 NFM  land mobile communications
          [email protected]         fire/emergency
          [email protected]         police
          [email protected]         police
          [email protected]         state police
          [email protected]         police/state police/fire/ambulance
 50-54    6 meter ham              NFM  amateur radio with some repeaters
          50.00-54.00              52.525 main simplex 
 54-72    television               WFM  TV channels 2-4
          59.75                    Ch 2 audio
          65.75                    Ch 3 audio
          71.75                    Ch 4 audio
 72-76    paging/links             NFM  paging
 76-88    television               WFM  TV channels 5-6
          81.75                    Ch 5 audio
          87.75                    Ch 6 audio
 88-108   FM broadcast             WFM  broadcast radio
          [email protected] in odd steps
108-137   aircraft band            AM   aviation communications
          [email protected]             beacons
          [email protected]             communications
137-144   US military/
          Canadian Police          NFM  great opportunities near the border
144-148   2 meter ham              NFM  amateur radio with many repeaters
          [email protected]     repeaters
          146.520                  main simplex
          [email protected] or .020 repeaters
148-174   high band                NFM  land mobile/marine/weather
          [email protected]     fire/ambulance
          [email protected]     police/ambulance
          [email protected]     marine
          [email protected]     police
          [email protected]     Canadian weather
          [email protected]     Weather
174-216   television               TV channels 7-13
          179.75                   Ch 7 audio
          185.75                   Ch 8 audio
          191.75                   Ch 9 audio
          197.75                   Ch 10 audio
          203.75                   Ch 11 audio
          209.75                   Ch 12 audio
          215.75                   Ch 13 audio
216-222                            DIG  digital land mobile
222-225   220 ham band             NFM  amateur band with some repeaters
225-406   military aircraft        AM   military aviation band
          406-420   federal        NFM  
420-450   70 cm ham                NFM  Amateur radio with many repeaters
          [email protected]     repeaters
          446.000                  main simplex
450-470   UHF band                 NFM  land mobile
          [email protected]     police/fire
          [email protected]     police
          [email protected]     fire
          [email protected]     ambulance
470-512   UHF T band               NFM  land mobile in major metro areas
                                   great opportunity near large cities
470-806   UHF television           WFM  UHF TV channels 
          [email protected]
806-956   800 band                 NFM  trunked and cellular