Business band

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VHF or UHF Business Band handheld radio

The business band is the name used by US scanner hobbyists who listen to Federal Communications Commission licensees using Industrial/Business pool frequencies. The regulations listing frequencies in this pool are contained in Subpart C of Part 90, Title 47 CFR.

The pool describes a series of frequencies on the VHF and UHF two-way radio bands. They are reserved for use by businesses, and, although the requirement is sometimes overlooked, in the USA they require a license from the Federal Communications Commission prior to use. The exception to this is five specific frequencies that are now part of the Multi-Use Radio Service, which permits unlicensed operation on these frequencies, provided the output power does not exceed 2 watts.

The electromagnetic spectrum between approximately 450 and 470 MHz is used largely for UHF business communications, although this spectrum is not exclusively for business use. In some large metropolitan areas, such as New York, the UHF-T band (between 470 and 512 MHz) is also used, due to congestion on the standard VHF or UHF bands. There are also a number of specific frequencies, in both the VHF and UHF spectrum, that are for business use; most of these have color-coded names, such as Blue Dot or Red Star.

1 Common Low Band Business Band Frequencies
2 Common VHF Business Band Frequencies
3 Common UHF Business Band Frequencies
4 External links

Name	Frequency	Notes
	27.490 Mhz	low power, itinerant
	27.510 MHz	low power
	27.553 MHz	low power
	30.840 MHz	low power
	33.120 MHz	low power
	33.140 MHz	low power
	33.400 MHz	low power
	35.020 MHz	low power
	35.040 MHz	low power, itinerant
	42.980 MHz	low power
	43.040 MHz	low power, itinerant

Name	Frequency	Notes
Red Dot	151.625 Mhz	itinerant
	151.820 MHz	un-licensed Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 11.25kHz Bandwidth
	151.880 MHz	un-licensed Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 11.25kHz Bandwidth
	151.940 MHz	un-licensed Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 11.25kHz Bandwidth
Purple Dot	151.955 MHz
	154.515 MHz
	154.540 MHz
Blue Dot	154.570 MHz	un-licensed Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 12.5kHz Bandwidth
Green Dot	154.600 MHz	un-licensed Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 12.5kHz Bandwidth

Name	Frequency	Notes
Brown Dot	464.500 Mhz	itinerant
Yellow Dot	464.550 Mhz	itinerant
Silver Star	467.850 Mhz
Gold Star	467.875 Mhz
Red Star	467.900 Mhz
Blue Star	467.925 Mhz
	469.500 Mhz	itinerant
	469.550 Mhz	itinerant