188-240 mhz help please

Post by **m3rrl** » 13 Sep 2005, 11:59

does any body have a list of freq's for the merseyside and cheshire/manchester aera which covers 188-240 mhz as i am not finding much on these bands they was once really busy but of late are dead can anybody help.

Post by **scanning_editor** » 15 Sep 2005, 18:27

only hgv using in cheshire at this time. freqs few and far between, i dont waste time here?

Mike
In Cheshire

Post by **m3rrl** » 15 Sep 2005, 19:30

thanks make there is loads between 177-185 but not much between the rest apart from virgin intercity trains. thanks mate kev

Post by **ryan_paul** » 16 Sep 2005, 14:01

Dear M3rrl
Part of this band (known as Band 3) is used for DAB broadcasts.
I think that DAB can interfere with other licensed users of band 3 and so all other users are being moved.
See the below article for more info.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/ ... d3#content

Post by **m3rrl** » 17 Sep 2005, 00:09

thanks for that is most usefull i know the rail way still use 200-205mhz but its dead thanks anyway

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » 17 Sep 2005, 11:36

A lot of stuff moved off that band to other places, like to 453 - 456 mHz or there abouts. In bigger cities like London etc, buses can still be heard on there. Shore to cab frequencies for trains (Virgin, GNER, Midland Mainline, EWS, most regional operators etc) trains are roughly 196 - 198 mHz, and the cab to shore is 8 mHz higher. Sometimes both sides of a drivers conversation can be heard on the higher frequency. Some places in the UK are busy on this band, others very quiet. They can also be very localised too.

I use trains a lot, and often listen in for any problems, and in stations it's handy to as if there is things like platform changes or it hasn't came up on the destination board where it's coming in, they announce over the radio before it goes up on the board, and I can get a decent seat!