A list of VHF/UHF Search and Rescue Frequencies
by Civil Air Patrol
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Here is a list of some Search and Rescue (SAR) frequencies used all around the USA.
NOTES:
The US military uses VHF "low band" (25-50 MHz) for most of it's land Search and Rescue needs. The mode can be AM or FM (FM is usally used above 29.7 MHz, below that, AM or FM is used)
Most state/local government agencies use thier normal operating frequencies, and well as the nationally reconized VHF-low/VHF-high frequencies (47.460, 47.540, 155.160,and 155.205 MHz.)
Dont forget to include the normal police/fire/rescue/ channels in your scan bank during a Search and Rescue event. The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has a extensive VHF-FM repeater system all around the USA with output frequecnies on 148.125 and 148.150 MHz, is the CAP is involved in a SAR search, you will probably hear them on thier repeaters as well as on the other CAP frequencies. Most SAR missions will operate on only one or two frequency. Large events (i.e. missing aircraft searches) will sometimes have 5 or 10 active frequencies.----Sometimes the search and rescue event you are listening to is not a "real life" event! It may be a training mission. The CAP has many training missions, usally during the summer months, so train new members in how to use the Direction-Finding (DF) equipment operationg on 121.5 and/or 243.0 MHz. The CAP get around using the officall emergency channels by using the frequencies of 121.600 and 121.775 as a "real" emergancy locator transmitter (ELT). If you hear a "whoop-whoop" on these frequecnies, there is problaby a CAP training mission nearby. ON THE OTHER HAND.......if you hear a steady "whoop-whoop" on 121.5 or 243.0 MHz, THATS THE REAL THING!
Frequency is listed in MHz
25 to 406 MHz
Mode listed before frequency.
AM 26.5800 USAF Search and Rescue
AM 26.6000 Civil Air Patrol
AM 26.6100 Civil Air Patrol
AM 26.6200 Civil Air Patrol
AM 26.8000 National Guard SAR
AM 26.9450 US Army Search and Rescue
AM 27.0650 CB channel 9 (SAR sometimes)
FM 34.9000 US Army Search and Rescue
FM 38.5000 National Guard SAR
FM 39.4600 Police Intersystem
FM 39.5400 Police Intersystem
FM 41.9500 US Navy Search and Rescue
FM 45.8800 Fire/Rescue Intersystem
FM 47.0000 USAF Search and Rescue
FM 47.4200 American Red Cross
FM 47.4600 Low-band SAR
FM 47.5400 Low-band SAR
FM 47.6200 American Red Cross
AM 120.8500 Civil Air Patrol
AM 121.5000 AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CHANNEL
AM 121.6000 Civil Air Patrol TRAINING BEACON
AM 121.7750 Civil Air Patrol TRAINING BEACON
AM 122.0000 Flight Watch VHF-AM channel
AM 122.9000 Civil Air Patrol
AM 123.1000 Search and Rescue Intersystem
FM 138.2250 FEMA
FM 141.7250 FEMA
FM 143.7750 Civil Air Patrol
FM 143.9500 Civil Air Patrol
FM 148.1250 Civil Air Patrol Repeaters
FM 148.1375 Civil Air Patrol
FM 148.1500 Civil Air Patrol Repeaters
FM 148.5375 Civil Air Patrol
FM 149.5375 Civil Air Patrol Aircraft Repeaters
FM 154.2650 Fire/Rescue Intersystem
FM 154.2800 Fire/Rescue Intersystem
FM 154.2950 Fire/Rescue Intersystem
FM 155.1600 Nationwide SAR Intersystem
FM 155.2050 Nationwide SAR Intersystem
FM 155.4750 Police Intersystem
FM 156.8000 MARINE EMERGANCY CHANNEL
FM 162.1250 US Coast Guard
FM 165.1250 Civil Air Patrol
FM 165.1500 Civil Air Patrol
FM 170.0000 NIFC Air Common Channel
AM 233.7000 US Coast Guard
AM 237.9000 US Coast Guard
AM 243.0000 AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CHANNEL
AM 287.8000 US Coast Guard
AM 287.9000 US Navy Search and Rescue
AM 337.7000 US Coast Guard
AM 381.8000 US Coast Guard
AM 383.9000 US Coast Guard
AM 395.5000 US Coast Guard
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