Frequency allocation is the FCC assignment of radio frquencies to specific
services, and this page lists links to pages or documents that display
those assignments. Local frequencies, such as police and broadcast, are
listed for those in Utah only, and Utah County in particular.
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Amateur (ham)
Transceiver programming
[manual,
computer]
FRS / GMRS / CB / MURS
Business
Official
(police, fire, EMS)
Broadcast
[FM,
AM,
TV,
weather,
beacons]
Shortwave
[general,
BBC,
numbers]
Emergency
Special
[locators,
aircraft,
time,
LDS,
GPS]
All frequencies
Other
[unofficial, collections,
bootleg]
General applicability
[coordination,
band plans]
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Amateur (ham) radio
ARRL
W1AW during emergencies, every hour on the hour
1855 kHz
3.990 MHz
7.290 MHz
14.290 MHz
18.160 MHz
21.390 MHz
28.590 MHz
ARRL
international traffic 20- and 15-meter sub-bands
14.100 to 14.150 MHz
14.250 to 14.350 MHz
21.150 to 21.200 MHz
21.300 to 21.450 MHz
Transceiver programming
Note: once in a while people ask me for help programming their radios, and in response
I ask two questions: Which frequencies?, and In which order? Often their answers
are I don't care or All of them, and I don't know, respectively. Then I
tell them that, in my opinion, they should only program their radios with about thirty or fewer
frequencies, unless they're certain they'll actually use more because, for instance, they
travel a lot. Many of the lists below contain the Standard Load for their area, and
contain a mixture of emergency and casual service types.
Standard Load examples
Manual (field) programming guides
Baofeng UV-5R, UV-5RA, GT-3, BF-F8, BF-F9
(graphical version
and
poster)
Baofeng UV-82, UV-82HP, UV-82L, UV-82C, UV-82X, UV-89
(and
poster)
Baofeng UV-B5, UV-B6
Icom IC-V85, IC-V80
Kenwood TH-F6A
Quansheng TG-UV2
Realistic / RadioShack HTX-202
Wouxun KG-816
Wouxun KG-UV8D
Yaesu FT-60R
(and
poster)
Yaesu VX-7R
Yaesu FT-2900R
Icom IC-2720H, IC-2710H
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![[Baofeng UV-82]](https://noji.com/hamradio/img/Baofeng-UV-82.jpg)
Programming the UV-82
YouTube™ video (4:19)
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Software programming
CHIRP
free radio programming software
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Detailed instructions
on how to use CHIRP
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CHIRP is constantly being updated and improved, to work
on more and more radio models, but often has major or minor
issues
when attempting to program Baofeng HTs, depending on the radio
firmware
version, and most Baofeng firmware cannot be updated; however,
the majority of problems I've seen have been user errors
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Use the
online instructions
to install the
Prolific 3.2.0.0 driver
(download, rename the extension to .exe, then run it) if you're not running Windows 10™
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Click IMG to download the image file (CHIRP accepts files with the .chirp extension)
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Consider customizing your list for the following entries:
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AREA = your own area or stake name and (typically simplex) frequency
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CITY = your own city name and (typically simplex) frequency
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WX1 = the best of the seven weather channels for your area
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UTPS = the best Utah Public Safety frequency in your area
RT Systems
NOT free
PC
software, but probably the best there is (Mac supported for some radio models)
FRS / GMRS / CB / MURS
Business
Official
As of 2016 most police, fire, and EMS radio communication in Utah have
moved to the 800 MHz band
Note that many, if not most, of these channels and frequencies are
trunked,
allowing you to hear only part of the conversation using conventional
ham radios,
or all of them if you listen with a trunked system or scanner (also see the
Wiki page on trunked systems)
Utah Public Safety
(live feed)
| Channel |
MHz |
Location |
| TR 1 |
851.0375 |
Nelson Peak |
| TR 2 |
851.0750 |
West Mountain / Kimball Tower |
| TR 3 |
851.1000 |
Nelson Peak |
| TR 4 |
851.1250 |
Overlooking Hobble Creek |
| TR 5 |
851.6000 |
West Mountain / Kimball Tower |
| TR 6 |
852.3750 |
West Mountain / Kimball Tower |
| TR 7 |
852.5375 |
Nelson Peak |
| TR 8 |
852.9875 |
Nelson Peak |
Fire
(under construction)
County Sheriff
Utah County dispatch can be heard on 153.950 MHz
Wasatch County dispatch can be heard on 155.370 MHz
EMS
(under construction)
State
(under construction)
NTIA government spectrum use summary
(PDF - 2010)
Broadcast
All Utah broadcast radio stations heard mainly from
Salt Lake County
and
Utah County
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plus other parts of Utah
FM
AM
TV
Weather
Beacons
Ralph Nunn's 10-meter beacon : 28.231.8 MHz
Clint Turner's 10-meter beacon : 28.249.3 MHz
Shortwave
General
BBC
Numbers stations
Emergency
Special (non-emergency)
Locators
Aircraft
Aircraft non-emergency communication : 122.750 MHz AM
UNICOM = 122.8 MHz (AM)
MULTICOM = 122.9 MHz (AM)
Time
WWV /
WWVH :
2.5 MHz, 5.0 MHz, 10.0 MHz, 15.0 MHz, 20.0 MHz (all AM)
LDS
LDS Chapels (hearing-impaired) : 72.1 MHz FM (Spanish on 72.3 MHz FM)
GPS
All radio frequencies
Other
Radio Garden
(pick up radio by hovering over any station location)
Utah Radio
(Angelfire collection)
Intercept Radio
(Utah County)
Bootleg / pirate
27.555 MHz SSB (the "triple-nickel", alias "CB Channel 52" and "high-band")
General frequency applicability
Rules, policies, and plans that apply to more than one geographic area
US frequency coordination
Band plans
Questions? Ask
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