This is a list I am compiling of local frequencies plus some special use ones as well.
There are plenty of other sites that have these lists, but some of these are the ones
that I happen to reference often. Making things easier for me 🙂
VHF MARINE
WEATHER
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
MURS
FRS GMRS
AMATEUR RADIO
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
POLICE
EMS
ARES
CTCSS
Marine VHF Designated Frequencies
Ch TX RX Intended And Designated Use
01A 156.050 156.050 Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area.
05A 156.250 156.250 Port Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas.
06 156.300 156.300 Intership Safety
07A 156.350 156.350 Commercial
08 156.400 156.400 Commercial (Intership only)
09 156.450 156.450 Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial.
10 156.500 156.500 Commercial
11 156.550 156.550 Commercial. VTS in selected areas.
12 156.600 156.600 Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.
13 156.650 156.650 Intership Navigation Safety (Bridge-to-bridge). Ships >20m length maintain a listening watch on this channel in US waters.
14 156.700 156.700 Port Operations. VTS in selected areas.
15 — 156.750 Environmental (Receive only). Used by Class C EPIRBs.
16 156.800 156.800 International Distress, Safety and Calling. Ships required to carry radio, USCG, and most coast stations maintain a listening watch on this channel.
17 156.850 156.850 State Control
18A 156.900 156.900 Commercial
19A 156.950 156.950 Commercial
20 157.000 161.600 Port Operations (duplex)
20A 157.000 157.000 Port Operations
21A 157.050 157.050 U.S. Coast Guard only
22A 157.100 157.100 Coast Guard Liaison and Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts. Broadcasts announced on channel 16.
23A 157.150 157.150 U.S. Coast Guard only
24 157.200 161.800 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Automated Radio Check Service (Freeport)
25 157.250 161.850 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
26 157.300 161.900 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Automated Radio Check Service
27 157.350 161.950 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Automated Radio Check Service (Islip)
28 157.400 162.000 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Automated Radio Check Service
63A 156.175 156.175 Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area.
65A 156.275 156.275 Port Operations
66A 156.325 156.325 Port Operations
67 156.375 156.375 Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower Mississippi River. Intership only.
68 156.425 156.425 Non-Commercial
69 156.475 156.475 Non-Commercial
70 156.525 156.525 Digital Selective Calling (voice communications not allowed)
71 156.575 156.575 Non-Commercial
72 156.625 156.625 Non-Commercial (Intership only)
73 156.675 156.675 Port Operations
74 156.725 156.725 Port Operations
77 156.875 156.875 Port Operations (Intership only)
78A 156.925 156.925 Non-Commercial
79A 156.975 156.975 Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only
80A 157.025 157.025 Commercial. Non-Commercial in Great Lakes only
81A 157.075 157.075 U.S. Government only – Environmental protection operations.
82A 157.125 157.125 U.S. Government only
83A 157.175 157.175 U.S. Coast Guard only
84 157.225 161.825 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
85 157.275 161.875 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
86 157.325 161.925 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
87 157.375 161.975 Public Correspondence (Marine Operator)
AIS 1 161.975 161.975 Automatic Identification System #1 (AIS) – Special equipment required!
88 157.425 162.025 Public Correspondence only near Canadian border.
AIS 2 162.025 162.025 Automatic Identification System #2 (AIS) – Special equipment required!
88A 157.425 157.425 Commercial, Intership only.
NOAA Weather 1 WX1 162.550 NYC
NOAA Weather 2 WX2 162.400
NOAA Weather 3 WX3 162.475 Riverhead
NOAA Weather 4 WX4 162.425
NOAA Weather 5 WX5 162.450
NOAA Weather 6 WX6 162.500
NOAA Weather 7 WX7 162.525
=============== LIRR PORTABLES =========================================
RECEIVE TRANSMIT RX PL TX PL NAME USE
160.380 160.380 151.4 LIRR CH1 ROAD
161.445 161.445 151.4 LIRR CH 2 DISPATCH
161.265 161.265 151.4 LIRR CH 3 YARD
161.535 161.535 151.4 LIRR CH 4 YARD/INTERTRAIN
161.385 161.385 151.4 M/W 1 SIGNAL MAINT
160.725 160.725 151.4 M/W 2 MAINTENANCE
160.785 160.785 151.4 M/W 3 MAINTENANCE PORTABLES
160.380 154.115 151.4 PENN STA RPT Penn. RT FOR CH 1
160.620 160.620 151.4 LIRR 10 RH CAR MOVERS
160.620 151.565 100.0 67.0 LIRR 10 RPT CH 10 RT (RH area)
160.920 160.920 151.4 LIRR 5 AMTRACK
161.310 161.310 151.4 NYA RR NY ATLANTIC RR
160.230 161.100 151.4 NYA RR RPT NYA RR RT
160.800 160.800 151.4 CSX 1 CSX RR
161.070 161.070 151.4 CSX 2 CSX RR
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____ MISC OR UNKNOWN _____
160.395 – Maintenance
160.785 – Penn Station Crowd Control
160.830 – Unknown
464.525 – Hillside Maintenance Facility dpl 165
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AMTRACK
161.01000 NY Metro Div New York Metro (AAR 60 Circuis Trains)
160.65000 SunnysideYrd Sunnyside Yard Operations
160.51500 Amtrak MOW MOW Northeast
160.51500 Amtrak MOW MOW Albany/Rensselaer area
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MTA PD
800 MHz – M.T.A. Police – Also use Suffolk County trunked system
160.45500 114.8 PL LIRR 1 Ops Operations (mobiles use 151.4 PL)
160.60500 151.4 PL LIRR 2 Car Car-to-Car
160.32000 114.8 PL LIRR 3 Pn/Fb Penn Station and Flatbush Terminal
155.76000 LIRR 4 Mnhtn MTA Police Manhattan Division
452.6375 – M.T.A. Police – Portables
452.6875 – M.T.A. Police – Portables
452.8125 – M.T.A. Police – Portables
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Metro North
Frequency Tone Alpha Tag Description
161.16000 123.0 PL MNRR GCT SM Grand Central Terminal Station Master
161.28000 123.0 PL MNRR Harlem Harlem Division RTC
160.95000 MNRR Hudson Hudson Division RTC
160.77000 123.0 PL Local T/A Local Talk-Around (CSQ on mobiles)
161.40000 CSQ NJT Hoboken NJT Hoboken MNRR
160.83000 123.0 PL NJT PD NJT Police Dispatch
160.80000 123.0 PL Port Jervis NJT Port Jervis Division MNRR
160.54500 123.0 PL MNRR N Haven New Haven Division RTC
160.41000 123.0 PL NewHavenMOW New Haven Maintenance of Way
160.16000 123.0 PL NwHavenMOW2 New Haven Maintenance of Way 2
160.33500 123.0 PL MNRR PkAvTun Park Avenue Tunnel Emergency
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AAR FREQUENCIES
Ch Freq Ch Freq Ch Freq Ch Freq
02 159.810 26 160.500 50 160.860 74 161.220
03 159.930 27 160.515 51 160.875 75 161.235
04 160.050 28 160.530 52 160.890 76 161.250
05 160.185 29 160.545 53 160.905 77 161.265
06 160.200 30 160.560 54 160.920 78 161.280
07 160.215 31 160.575 55 160.935 79 161.295
08 160.230 32 160.590 56 160.950 80 161.310
09 160.245 33 160.605 57 160.965 81 161.325
10 160.260 34 160.620 58 160.980 82 161.340
11 160.275 35 160.635 59 160.995 83 161.355
12 160.290 36 160.650 60 161.010 84 161.370
13 160.305 37 160.665 61 161.025 85 161.385
14 160.320 38 160.680 62 161.040 86 161.400
15 160.335 39 160.695 63 161.055 87 161.415
16 160.350 40 160.710 64 161.070 88 161.430
17 160.365 41 160.725 65 161.085 89 161.445
18 160.380 42 160.740 66 161.100 90 161.460
19 160.395 43 160.755 67 161.115 91 161.475
20 160.410 44 160.770 68 161.130 92 161.490
21 160.425 45 160.785 69 161.145 93 161.505
22 160.440 46 160.800 70 161.160 94 161.520
23 160.455 47 160.815 71 161.175 95 161.535
24 160.470 48 160.830 72 161.190 96 161.550
25 160.485 49 160.845 73 161.205 97 161.565
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MURS comprises the following five frequencies:
Ch Frequency Channel Name
1 151.820 MHz MURS 1
2 151.880 MHz MURS 2
3 151.940 MHz MURS 3
4 154.570 MHz Blue Dot
5 154.600 MHz Green Dot
Channels 1-3 use “narrowband” Frequency Modulation (2.5 kHz deviation).
Channels 4 and 5 use “wideband” FM (5 kHz deviation).
MURS falls under part 95 and is not mandated for narrow banding such as those of part 90 in the public service bands by January 2013.
Power limit is 2 watts. Simplex only.
List of FRS channels
Ch Frequency (MHz) Notes
1 462.5625 Shared with GMRS
2 462.5875 Shared with GMRS
3 462.6125 Shared with GMRS
4 462.6375 Shared with GMRS
5 462.6625 Shared with GMRS
6 462.6875 Shared with GMRS
7 462.7125 Shared with GMRS “HAMS” Often use this freq with tone squelch of 74.4 Hz. Channel 7 Code 3 When on Vacation
8 467.5625 FRS use only
9 467.5875 FRS use only
10 467.6125 FRS use only
11 467.6375 FRS use only
12 467.6625 FRS use only (We use this when hunting Ch12-code 5- 79.7 pl)
13 467.6875 FRS use only
14 467.7125 FRS use only
GMRS
The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a North American land-mobile FM UHF radio service designed for short-distance two-way communication. It requires a license in United States.
This first set of frequencies shows the split frequency pairs used in duplex operational mode, often used with repeaters.
Name Lower frequency Upper frequency Notes
(repeater output) (MHz)(repeater input) (MHz)
“550” 462.550 467.550
“575” 462.575 467.575
“600” 462.600 467.600
“625” 462.625 467.625
“650” 462.650 467.650 Use not permitted near the Canadian border.
“675” 462.675 467.675 Often used as emergency and road information calling frequency with tone squelch of 141.3 Hz.
“700” 462.700 467.700 Use not permitted near the Canadian border.
“725” 462.725 467.725
LOCAL GMRS = SHTFLI
WEEKLY SHTFLI INFO NET every Sunday @ 20:30 hours. ALL subscribers are urged to check in. Non subscribers can listen in via either 462.625mhz or 462.675 mhz on a scanner, GMRS channel 4 or 6.
This second set of frequencies shows the interstitial ranges shared with the Family Radio Service services.
These frequencies can only be used for simplex operations.
Name Frequency (MHz) Motorola convention Notes
“5625” or “FRS 1” 462.5625 Ch. 1
“5875” or “FRS 2” 462.5875 Ch. 2
“6125” or “FRS 3” 462.6125 Ch. 3
“6375” or “FRS 4” 462.6375 Ch. 4
“6625” or “FRS 5” 462.6625 Ch. 5
“6875” or “FRS 6” 462.6875 Ch. 6
“7125” or “FRS 7” 462.7125 Ch. 7
ARES/RACES Information
Div. 1—Town of Babylon ARES/RACES
Net: 146.685/R, Mondays 8:15 PM
EC/RO: John Melfi, W2HCB, (631) 669-6321
Div. 2—Town of Huntington ARES/RACES
Net: 147.210 MHz +600/ PL 136.5,
Mondays 7:00 PM
EC/RO Steven W. Hines, N2PQJ, (###) ###-####
Div. 3—Town of Islip ARES/RACES
EC/RO: John J Blowsky, KB2SCS, 631-467-2410
Div. 4—Town of Smithtown ARES/RACES
Net: 145.430 MHz, PL136.5, Mondays 7:30 PM
EC/RO: Joe Albertus , KB2JOE, 631-664-6709
Div. 5—Town of Brookhaven ARES/RACES
EC/RO: Joe Werner, KC2BPS, 631-730-8694
Div. 6—Riverhead ARES/RACES
EC/RO: Donald Rollock, W2EUL, 631-929-0705
Div. 7—Southampton ARES/RACES
EC/RO: Dennis O’Rourke, KB2ZWW, 631-728-5424
Div. 8—Southold ARES/RACES
EC: Don Fisher, N2QHV, 631-765-2757
RO: Charles Burnham, K2GLP, 516-779-4983
Div. 9—East Hampton ARES/RACES
EC/RO: Nat Raynor, N2NEI, 631-324-3738
Div. 10—Shelter Island ARES/RACES
EC/RO: Neal Raymond, N2QZA, 631-749-9330
Suffolk County
ARES/RACES Net:
Mondays 2100 Local – 145.330/R (136. 5PL)
Alternate Frequency – 145.370 (136.5 PL)
New York State
RACES Net (HF)
Sundays 0900 Local, 3993.5 KHz LSB
Frequency Code Frequency Code
67.0 XZ 136.5 4Z
69.3 WZ 141.3 4A
71.9 XA 146.2 4B
74.4 WA 151.4 5Z
77.0 XB 156.7 5A
79.7 WB 162.2 5B
82.5 YZ 167.9 6Z
85.4 YA 173.8 6A
88.5 YB 179.9 6B
91.5 ZZ 186.2 7Z
94.8 ZA 192.8 7A
97.4 ZB 203.5 M1
100.0 1Z 206.5 8Z
103.5 1A 210.7 M2
107.2 1B 218.1 M3
110.9 2Z 223.6 M5
114.8 2A 225.7 M4
118.8 2B 229.1 9Z
123.0 3Z 241.8 M6
127.3 3A 250.3 M7
131.8 3B
CTCSS TONE FREQUENCIES
The purpose of CTCSS is to reduce co-channel interference during band openings. CTCSS repeaters would respond only to signals having the CTCSS tone required for that repeater. These repeaters would not respond to distant weak signals on their inputs and would not repeat those signals.
Listed are the standard Electronic Industries Association (EIA)
frequency codes, in hertz, along with their Motorola alphanumeric designators.
67.0 – XZ 97.4 – ZB 141.3 – 4A 206.5 – 8Z
69.3 – WZ 100.0 – 1Z 146.2 – 4B 210.7 – M2
71.9 – XA 103.5 – 1A 151.4 – 5Z 218.1 – M3
74.4 – WA 107.2 – 1B 156.7 – 5A 225.7 – M4
77.0 – XB 110.9 – 2Z 162.2 – 5B 229.1 – 9Z
79.7 – WB 114.8 – 2A 167.9 – 6Z 233.6 – M5
82.5 – YZ 118.8 – 2B 173.8 – 6A 241.8 – M6
85.4 – YA 123.0 – 3Z 179.9 – 6B 250.3 – M7
88.5 – YB 127.3 – 3A 186.2 – 7Z 254.1 – 0Z
91.5 – ZZ 131.8 – 3B 192.8 – 7A
94.8 – ZA 136.5 – 4Z 203.5 – M1
CITIZEN BAND “CB”
CH FREQ CH FREQ
01 26.965 MHz 21 27.215 MHz
02 26.975 MHz 22 27.225 MHz
03 26.985 MHz 23 27.255 MHz
04 27.005 MHz 24 27.235 MHz
05 27.015 MHz 25 27.245 MHz
06 27.025 MHz 26 27.265 MHz
07 27.035 MHz 27 27.275 MHz
08 27.055 MHz 28 27.285 MHz
09 27.065 MHz 29 27.295 MHz
10 27.075 MHz 30 27.305 MHz
11 27.085 MHz 31 27.315 MHz
12 27.105 MHz 32 27.325 MHz
13 27.115 MHz 33 27.335 MHz
14 27.125 MHz 34 27.345 MHz
15 27.135 MHz 35 27.355 MHz
16 27.155 MHz 36 27.365 MHz
17 27.165 MHz 37 27.375 MHz
18 27.175 MHz 38 27.385 MHz
19 27.185 MHz 39 27.395 MHz
20 27.205 MHz 40 27.405 MHz
This table is the frequency chart for the legal Citizens Band Radio Service.
There are 40 channels, designated 1 through 40.
Robert Prybyzerski 