VHF/UHF frequencies used in the Bay Area.
A
complete listing of the simplex frequencies for all bands is also available, as is a
complete list of repeaters.
Simplex Voice
The controlling authorities are ARRL (National) and NARCC (Northern California).
- SF Bay Area 2m Simplex Frequencies
- List of the 24 SF Bay Area 2M simplex frequencies and their uses.
- PAARA Simplex
- 147.450/100Hz CTCSS
- National Calling Frequencies
- 146.520, 223.500, 446.000
- National Railfan Calling frequencies
- 146.490 (146.565 alt.), 223.620, 446.050, 1294.425 (100 Hz squelch/152 DCS)
- National T-Hunt
- 146.565
- RACES: Statewide National Emergency ONLY
- COMM-1: 144.120
COMM-2: 144.140
COMM-3: 144.160
COMM-4: 144.180
- Coordinating Frequencies
- Stanford paper on Frequency Coordination
Simplex Digital
The controlling authorities are
ARRL for the national band plan,
NARCC (which allocates the ranges for digital modes in Northern California, in conjunction with NCPA),
NCPA (the Northern California Packet Association, which assigns most discrete frequencies within the digital ranges),
PSNC (Packet Sysops of Northern California, which coordinates BBS stations in Northern California),
DXPSN (the DX Packet Spotting Network, which coordinates DX Spotting, a.k.a. DX Packet Cluster), and
WSWSS (the Western States Weak Signal Society).
- Northern California Packet Association
- The coordinating body for the digital frequencies in Norther California.
- APRS
- 144.390
- DX Spotting
- 144.950, 145.670, 145.770, 146.580
- Keyboard to keyboard
- 144.350, 145.03, 145.05
- Keyboard to Keyboard (and EOC)
- 144.910
- TCP/IP (duplex OK)
- 144.430/145.650
Emergency/Government Frequencies
- California Emergency Frequencies
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) list of discreet frequencies and radio networks.