Low Powered Itinerant Frequencies

Low Powered or Itinerant Frequencies are often used for construction sites, events, drive-through windows, parking attendants, churches, warehouses, and other places, just to name a few, where the activity is confined to a fairly small area. You can buy radios that operate on these frequencies at Sam's, Radio Shack, Office Depot, and just about any place else that sells business communication equipment. The radios require an FCC license, but I have a feeling there are a lot more people and businesses using the radios than there are licenses. I believe it's possible to buy the radio first and deal with the paper work later. If you are going to an airshow, stock show, race, mall, circus, street festival, convention, etc. it's always a good idea to have these frequencies handy to listen in on the behind the scenes operations. Another frequency range the low powered radios might show up on is the business band 460.6625- 464.9875 on the split frequencies. For example, 464.6625(low power) compared to 464.625 (full power). The 4 digits to the right of the decimal point will be 12.5Khz away from the normal full power business frequencies. Many malls and large building operations can be found here.

Here are some of the common frequencies used. Mode is FMN.

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