parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (05/23/84)
Until recently, most scanners have started their UHF coverage at
420 MHz. The newer models are providing broader frequency coverage
of this area. My Radio Shack PRO-30, provides UHF FM reception down to
390 MHz.
I have often been asked: "Who uses this frequency range?"
The most interesting stations in this range are those of a law
enforcement nature (FBI, DEA, Border Patrol, etc.), but this
information is a bit sensitive.
Here is an UNCLASSIFIED list of US Government stations purported
to operate in Illinois (an perhaps other areas) in this frequency range:
390.8000 ? US: Air Force, Scott AFB, airdrome ctl stn, AM (Belleville)
390.9000 ? US: FAA, airdrome ctl stn, AM (Chicago)
394.5000 ? US: Air Force, O'Hare Airport, 400F9 emission (Chicago)
395.8000 ? US: FAA, airdrome ctl stn, AM (Springfield)
396.0000 ? US: Air Force, Scott AFB, airdrome ctl stn, AM (Belleville)
397.9000 ? US: FAA, aero stn, AM (Bloomington)
? US: FAA, aero stn, AM (Danville)
398.5000 ? US: Air Force, O'Hare Airport, 400F9 emission (Chicago)
400.1500 ? US: Commerce, radiosonde stn, 1F9 emission (Chicago)
? US: Commerce, telecommand land stn, 200A9 emission (Peoria)
? US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab, radiosonde stn, 600A2 (Argonne)
401.7099 ? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Breese)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Grafton)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Msr Landing)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Vndy Sta)
401.7100 ? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Hickorycr)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Jonesville)
401.7520 ? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Brookport)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Cairo)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Carlyle)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Chester)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Thebes)
401.7820 ? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Benton)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Shelbyville)
401.8000 ? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Hurrcncr)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Kaskskrv))
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Meredosi)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Posey)
? US: Army, meteorological-sat earth stn, 1.5F9 (Red Bud)
406.2000 ? p US: Labor (Chicago)
406.3250 ? US: Postal Svc (Des Plaines)
406.6000 ? h US: Energy, Fermi Natl Lab, telemetering fxd stn (Batavia)
406.9375 ? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Milo)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Peoria)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Batchtown)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Carlyle)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Milo)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Summerfield)
WUG55 US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Rend Lake)
407.2000 KHA203 US: State (Chicago)
407.2375 ? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Joliet)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Marseilles)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Fillmore)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Summerfield)
407.3750 ? US: Air Force, Scott AFB, 15F2 and 16F9 emission (Belleville)
? o US: Air Force, O'Hare Airport, Air Natl Guard (Chicago)
407.4500 ? o US: Air Force, O'Hare Airport, Air Natl Guard (Chicago)
407.4750 ? US: Navy, Great Lakes Trng Ctr
407.5625 ? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Batchtown)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Marseilles)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Milo)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Fillmore)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Rockwood)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Shelbyville)
408.0250 KGW285 US: Postal Svc (Chicago)
408.0500 KBZ415 US: Postal Svc (Chicago)
408.4250 KAZ599 US: Veterans Admin, veterans' hospital (Hines)
409.0000 ? US: Health & Human Svcs (Chicago)
409.0250 ? US: Labor (Wilmington)
409.2000 KGI305 US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab (Argonne)
409.3000 KLB812 US: Veterans Admin (Lakeside)
409.5000 KGI305 US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab (Argonne)
409.5250 KKG214 US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab (Lemont)
409.6250 ? p US: State (Chicago)
409.7500 KKG214 US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab (Lemont)
410.0000 KGW285 US: Postal Svc, repeater (Chicago)
410.2000 KBZ415 US: Postal Svc, repeater (Chicago)
410.3250 KHA325 US: Postal Svc (Chicago)
410.8000 KCI797 US: Energy, Fermi Natl Lab (Batavia)
411.2000 KAF30 US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab (Argonne)
412.7750 KOX91 US: TVA, hydrolgc & metrolgc fxd stn (Metropolis)
KOX96 US: TVA, hydrolgc & metrolgc fxd stn (Jopparod)
412.8250 AAF278 US: Army, Rock Is Arsenal (Rock Island)
412.8375 ? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Batchtown)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Fillmore)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Rockwood)
413.0000 ? US: Air Force, Scott AFB (Belleville)
413.0500 ? US: Air Force, Scott AFB (Belleville)
413.1000 ? US: Air Force, O'Hare Airport (Chicago)
413.1500 ? US: Air Force, Scott AFB (Belleville)
413.2000 ? US: Air Force, O'Hare Airport (Chicago)
? US: Air Force, Scott AFB (Belleville)
413.2375 ? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Milo)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Peoria)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Fillmore)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Rockwood)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Summerfield)
413.3000 ? US: Air Force, O'Hare Airport (Chicago)
? US: Air Force, Scott AFB (Belleville)
413.5625 ? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Joliet)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission (Marseilles)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Batchtown)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Carlyle)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Rend Lake)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Rockwood)
? US: Army, 50F9 emission, repeater (Summerfield)
413.9500 KPA723 US: GSA (Springfield)
KPA725 US: GSA (Chicago)
415.2000 KPA714 US: GSA Federal Protective Svc, security guards (E St Louis)
KPA723 US: GSA Federal Protective Svc, security guards, repeater (E St
KPA725 h US: GSA Federal Protective Svc, security guards, repeater (Chic
415.3000 KKM867 US: Agriculture, repeater (Chicago)
415.4500 ? US: Labor (Wilmington)
415.6250 KQF70 US: Health & Human Svcs, repeater (Chicago)
? h US: unidentified: 5/19/84
416.3500 KAF30 US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab, repeater (Argonne)
416.9750 KGW285 US: Postal Svc (Chicago)
417.6500 KHA215 US: GSA (Chicago)
KHA215 US: GSA (Lake Zurich)
KHA215 US: GSA (Lockport)
KHA215 US: GSA (Plato Ctr)
? h US: unidentified: digital paging, 5/19/84
418.0750 KFW609 US: Energy, Argonne Natl Lab (Argonne)
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Bob Parnass, AT&T Bell Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxf!parnass - (312)979-5414 wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (05/23/84)
Just like to mention that I, for one, am glad to see the scanner frequency information, no matter the geographic area, posted on the net. In regards to this particular posting, this might be old news to those of you with scanners, but many Regency synthesized models can be programmed out-of-band simply by pressing the decimal point keypad before entering the frequency while in "program" mode. This works on my K500, but either there is no traffic locally (St. Louis) on the frequencies or at the times I've tried this, or the scanner's RF circuits are not responsive out-of-band. (Probably the latter -- I've tried scanning thru the CB band this way and got nothing, while there are many signals on CB coming in on a shortwave radio right next to the scanner.) Bearcat scanners can be tricked to respond out-of-band with complex series of commands. These have been written up in Monitoring Times. Will