{"id":19,"date":"2014-04-08T03:27:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T03:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ares.bcoares.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2018-06-18T07:53:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T12:53:49","slug":"frequencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bcoares.org\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"Useful Frequencies and Propagation-Path Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buncombe County ARES uses a variety of repeaters in Buncombe County, for more information on which repeater is currently being used email <a title=\"E-mail Buncombe County ARES\" href=\"mailto:\/\/info@bcoares.org\">info@bcoares.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many times, amateur radio operators want to know how to select the right frequency to reach a certain distant point in order to communicate with someone at that point. There are some tools out there for determining propagation on HF and some for VHF\/UHF.<\/p>\n<p>For HF bands (80-10 meters), a common tool used is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voacap.com\/p2p\/index.html\">VOACAP<\/a>.\u00a0 Click the link.<\/p>\n<p>For VHF\/UHF, VE2DBE in Canada maintains a tool as of 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ve2dbe.com\/rmonline.html\">http:\/\/www.ve2dbe.com\/rmonline.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcoares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Wilderness-Protocol-Monitoring.pdf\">Wilderness Protocol Monitoring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simplex Frequencies<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>10 Meters<\/b><\/td>\n<td>29.600#<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>6 Meters<\/b><\/td>\n<td>52.490<\/td>\n<td>52.525#<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>2 Meters<\/b><\/td>\n<td>146.400*<\/td>\n<td>146.415*<\/td>\n<td>146.430*<\/td>\n<td>146.445*<\/td>\n<td>146.460*<\/td>\n<td>146.475*<\/td>\n<td>146.490*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>146.505*<\/td>\n<td>146.520#<\/td>\n<td>146.535<\/td>\n<td>146.550<\/td>\n<td>146.565<\/td>\n<td>146.580<\/td>\n<td>146.595<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>147.405*<\/td>\n<td>147.420*<\/td>\n<td>147.435*<\/td>\n<td>147.450*<\/td>\n<td>147.465*<\/td>\n<td>147.480*<\/td>\n<td>147.495*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>147.510<\/td>\n<td>147.525<\/td>\n<td>147.540<\/td>\n<td>147.555<\/td>\n<td>147.570<\/td>\n<td>147.585<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>220 MHz<\/b><\/td>\n<td>223.400<\/td>\n<td>223.420<\/td>\n<td>22.440<\/td>\n<td>223.460<\/td>\n<td>223.480<\/td>\n<td>223.500#<\/td>\n<td>223.520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>223.540<\/td>\n<td>223.560<\/td>\n<td>223.580<\/td>\n<td>223.600<\/td>\n<td>223.620<\/td>\n<td>223.640<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>440 MHz<\/b><\/td>\n<td>445.825<\/td>\n<td>445.875<\/td>\n<td>445.900<\/td>\n<td>445.925<\/td>\n<td>445.950<\/td>\n<td>445.975<\/td>\n<td>446.000#<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>446.025<\/td>\n<td>446.050<\/td>\n<td>446.075<\/td>\n<td>446.100<\/td>\n<td>446.125<\/td>\n<td>446.150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* = Permitted for Voice simplex unless it would cause interference to a repeater input. (Some of these frequencies have been &#8220;coordinated&#8221; as repeater inputs in some areas.)<\/p>\n<p># = Designated as National Simplex Frequencies.<\/p>\n<p><h2 id=\"tablepress-2-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-2\">GMRS\/FRS Frequencies<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-2\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-2\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-2-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Channel<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Frequency (MHz)<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Service<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Mode<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.5625<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS\/FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.5875<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS\/FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6125<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS\/FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6375<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS\/FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6625<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS\/FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6875<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS\/FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.7125<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS\/FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">467.5625<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">467.5875<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">467.6125<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">467.6375<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">467.6625<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">467.6875<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">467.7125<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.5500<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.5750<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6000<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6250<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6500<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.6750<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.7000<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">462.7250<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">GMRS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-2 from cache --><br \/>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-3-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-3\">MURS Frequencies<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-3\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-3-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Channel<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Frequency (MHz)<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Mode<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">151.820<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">151.880<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">151.940<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NFM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4 (Blue Dot)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">154.570<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5 (Green Dot)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">154.600<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3 from cache --><br \/>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-4-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-4\">CB Frequencies<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-4\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-4\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-4-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Channel<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Frequency (MHz)<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Mode<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">26.965<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">26.975<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">26.985<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.005<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.015<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.025<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.035<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.055<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.065<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Emergency Channel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.075<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.085<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.105<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.115<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.125<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.135<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.155<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.165<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.175<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.185<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Trucker's Channel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.205<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.215<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.225<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.255<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.235<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.245<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">26<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.265<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">27<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.275<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">28<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.285<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">29<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.295<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">30<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.305<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">31<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.315<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">32<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.325<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">33<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.335<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">34<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.345<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27.355<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">AM\/SSB<\/td><td 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