VHF RADIO FREQUENCIES

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The VHF or Very High Frequency Band is from 30MHz-300MHz on some websites.  And on other websites it is listed as having an upper limit of 174MHz.  So by one website's definition the Military Airband is VHF and by another It is considered UHF.  For the purpose of this website we are considering the upper limit of the VHF band to be the 1.25m Amateur Radio Band since the Military Airband (225MHz-400MHz) is usually referred to as UHF Aero. VHF can be broken down into several smaller segments or bands of frequencies.

VHF Low is from 30MHz-108MHz.  VHF Low includes the following radio bands:

• Low Band 30MHz-50MHz - May include Utilities, Rural Law Enforcement, Rural Fire Departments, and some Government Departments such as FEMA
• 6m Amateur Radio Band 50MHz-54MHz
• TV Broadcast channels 2-6 54MHz-88MHz
• Non-US 4M Amateur Radio Band 70MHz
• FM Broadcast Band 88MHz-108MHz

VHF High is from 108MHz-225MHz VHF High includes the following radio bands:

• Civilian Airband is from 108MHz-137MHz.  The first 10MHz (108MHz-118MHz) is for navigation and Beacons.  The remainder of the Airband (118MHz-137MHz) is for voice traffic.
• Government uses 137MHz-144MHz.  Military have been known to use these frequencies as well.
• 2m Amateur Radio Band is from 144MHz-148MHz.
• MURS (Multi Use Radio Service) has five frequencies taken from the VHF Business Band to make a service similar to CB(Citizens Band) Radio and FRS(Family Radio Service) in the VHF Band.  The MURS service is licensed by rule similar to CB and FRS and requires no paid license by the FCC.  The frequencies used are 151.820MHz, 151.880MHz, 151.940MHz, 154.570MHz, 154.600MHz
• Land Mobil Radio is commonly referred to as Business band and has frequencies from 150MHz-174MHz and can be used for many different things. Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Businesses, Marine, Railroad and many more use this band of frequencies.
• TV channels 7-13 use 174MHz-216MHz.
• The 1.25m Amateur Radio band uses 219MHz-225MHz.  This band is usually considered the top of the vhf band.