Central Ohio Scanning - General Business & Personal Radio Frequencies

Here's a few lists of basic frequencies where many businesses and personal radio users may be found, including the Family Radio Service (FRS), the Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS), the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) and itinerant business frequencies. There are also a few lists of frequencies used at major local entertainment venues.

VHF Itinerant/MURS and UHF Itinerant: Frequency Designator Frequency Designator 151.625 Red Dot 462.575 White Dot 151.955 Purple Dot 462.625 Black Dot 154.570 Blue Dot/MURS-4 462.675 Orange Dot 154.600 Green Dot/MURS-5 464.500 Brown Dot 151.820 MURS-1 464.500 Yellow Dot 151.880 MURS-2 464.5500 Brown Dot 151.940 MURS-3 467.7625 J Dot 154.570 MURS-4/Blue Dot 467.8125 K Dot 154.600 MURS-5/Green Dot 467.8500 Silver Star 467.8750 Gold Star 467.9000 Red Star 467.9250 Blue Star Note: Also check 151.505 and 158.400 for activity.

General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS): Frequency Designator Frequency Designator 462.550 GMRS-1 462.650 GMRS-5 462.575 GMRS-2 462.675 GMRS-6 462.600 GMRS-3 462.700 GMRS-7 462.625 GMRS-4 462.725 GMRS-8 Family Radio Service (FRS): Frequency Designator Frequency Designator 462.5625 FRS-1 467.5625 FRS-8 462.5875 FRS-2 467.5875 FRS-9 462.6125 FRS-3 467.6125 FRS-10 462.6375 FRS-4 467.6375 FRS-11 462.6625 FRS-5 467.6625 FRS-12 462.6875 FRS-6 467.6875 FRS-13 462.7125 FRS-7 467.7125 FRS-14

Local Entertainment Venues

Venue	Base	Mobile	Squelch	Callsign	Use
ColumbusZoo	464.5250	469.5250	D172	WPVJ511	F1 Security
	463.9250	468.9250	D172	WPVJ511	F2 Keepers
	464.3750	simplex	D172	WPVJ511	F3 Keepers Chat
	461.7000	466.7000	D172	WPVJ511	F4 Maintenance/Engineering
	464.7750	simplex	D172	WPVJ511	F5 Chat
	461.9500	466.9500	D172	WPVJ511	F6 Visitor Services
	463.6500	simplex	D606	WPVJ511	F7 Food Services
	461.4000	466.4000	D734	WPVJ511	F8 Management/Education/Admin
	461.4500	simplex	D311	WPVJ511	F9 Parking Lot Ops/Chat
	464.4500	simplex	D172	WPVJ511	F10 Security private
Nationwide Arena	732.999	simplex			Wireless Mike 1
	786.854	simplex			Wireless Mike 2
	451.3875	456.3875		WPRG720	F1 Event Command
	451.5750	456.5750		WPRG566	F? Event Command
	452.1500	457.1500		WPRG566	F? Ticketing
	462.2250	467.2250		WPRG566	F4 Maintenance
	462.1375	simplex		WPRG720	F? Security
Nationwide complex	463.5250	468.5250		WPQB586	use unknown F1
	464.3750	simplex		WPQB586	use unknown F2
	464.3625	simplex		?	use unknown F3
	464.6500	simplex		?	use unknown F4
	464.6625	469.6625		?	use unknown F5
	463.5000	468.5000		?	use unknown F6
	463.5125	468.5125		?	use unknown F7
	463.48125	468.48125		?	use unknown F8
Crew Stadium	464.3375	simplex			F1 team operations
	464.3375	469.3375			F2 maintenance
	461.10625	466.10625			F3
	463.8125	simplex			F4 primary talk
	464.500	469.500			F5
	463.875	468.875			F6
	464.500	simplex			F7
	461.3375	466.3375			F8 guest services
	464.5500	469.5500			F9 player rosters
Polaris Fashion Place	452.5000	457.5000			F1 Security
	452.9950	457.9950			F2 Maintenance
	?	?			F3 unknown
Tuttle Crossing Mall	461.6875	466.6875	D115	?	Security
Tuttle Crossing Wal-Mart	154.600	simplex		?	Store operations
Tuttle Crossing Office Max	464.500	simplex		?	Store operations
Easton Old Navy	151.955	simplex		?	Store operation
Easton AMC theater	463.550	simplex		?	Guest services

Note:
Thanks for Mr. A. Nonymous for the Columbus Zoo channel usage!

Created: 06/27/2002
Last Updated: 03/30/2005
© 2002-2005, T.R. Swisher, Jr, WA8PYR