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Coax data
A better picture
CB channel grid
License-free QRG:s
NOAA WX channels
Scanning tips
Various PLL circuits
Coax connectors
dBm/Pwr/RMS/VPP table

Last modified 2010-01-30

In this area, you will find info on frequencies, hints, tips and other interesting stuff. As this has a low priority for
the moment, it will grow very slowly. It may also change in appearance as it grows.

Under swedish law, proliferation of unofficial frequencies is forbidden. Therefore, only public frequencies available
in the "open domain" will be published here.

Coax data

Loss is in dB/100 m. For example, 100 meters of H-2000 Flex will attenuate a 144 MHz signal with 4.8 dB.
Diameter and bending radius is given in millimeters.

Type	Outer diam.	Bending radius	Imp.	Vel.	Kg/100m	pF/m	10	14	28	30	50	100	144	200	300	400	435	450	500	800	900	1000	1296	1500	1800	2300	2400	3000	5000
Aircell 5	5.0	25	50	0.82	3.6	82	3.0						11.8				21.1					32.8					53.2
Aircell 7	7.3	25	50	0.83	7.2	74		3.4	3.7		4.8	6.6	7.9				14.0						26.1				38.0
Aircom Plus	10.8	55	50	0.85	15.0	84	0.9					3.3	4.5				8.2						14.5				23.0
Andrew C2FP	10.16	25.4	50	0.85	13.0	78.4				2.5	3.2		4.9	5.8				8.8			12.7			16.7	18.4		21.5	25
Andrew LDF2-50 3/8"	11.17	41	50	0.88	12.0	75	1.05			1.84	2.4	3.42	4.15	4.9	6.06	7.05		7.51	7.95	10.2	10.9	11.55	13.1	14.44	16	18.4		21.4	28.8
Cellflex LCF 12-50	16.2	70	50	?	22	?	0.67			1.17		2.16		3.1	3.8			4.7			6.8			9	9.9	11.4		13.2
Cellflex LCF 58-50	21.4	90	50	?	37	?	0.5			0.88		1.64		2.35	2.91			3.6			5.3			7	7.8	9		10.5
Cellflex LCF 78-50	28	120	50	?	53	?	0.35			0.62		1.15		1.66	2.07			2.58			3.8			5.1	5.7	6.6		7.7
Cellflex LCF 114-50	39.4	200	50	?	105	?	0.28			0.49		0.93		1.35	1.7			2.14			3.2			4.4	4.9	5.7		6.8
Cellflex LCF 158-50	51	300	50	?	153	?	0.21			0.37		0.7		1.03	1.3			1.65			2.51			3.5	3.9	4.6		5.2
Cellflex SCF 14-50	7.8	25	50	?	7	?	1.81			3.2		5.8		8.3	10.3			12.7			18.4			24.3	26.9	31		36
Cellflex SCF 38-50	10.2	25	50	?	12	?	1.31			2.29		4.2		6	7.5			9.2			13.3			17.6	19.4	22.3		25.9
Cellflex SCF 12-50	13.7	32	50	?	21	?	1.03			1.8		3.3		4.8	5.9			7.3			10.6			14	15.5	17.8		20.7
CFD-400	10.3	25.4	50	0.85	10	78.5				2.3	2.9		4.8					8.8			12.8			16.7			21.9		34
Ecoflex 10	10.2	40	50	0.86	13.1	77							4.8				8.9						16.5				23.1
H-43	9.8	100	75	0.85	9.1	52	1.2				2.5	3.7					8.0						14.3				23.7
H-100	9.8		50	0.84		80						4.5
H-155PE	5.4	35	50	0.81	3.8	82	3.0				6.5	9.3			16.3	19.0		20.3			29.8	30.9			42.5
H-500	9.8	75	50	0.81	13.5	82	1.3				2.9	4.1					9.3						16.8				24.5
H-1000	10.3	75	50	0.83	14.0	80		1.4	2.0		2.7	3.9	4.8				8.5						15.7				23.0
H-2000 Flex	10.3	50	50	0.83	14.0	80		1.4	2.0		2.7	3.9	4.8				8.5			11.9	12.8		15.7			21.8	23.0		34.8
HDF-200	5	?	50	?	?	?				5.8			13					22.8						42.3			55.4
HDF-400	10.3	?	50	?	?	?				2.2			5					8.9						16.8			22
Type	Outer diam.	Bending radius	Imp.	Vel.	Kg/100m	pF/m	10	14	28	30	50	100	144	200	300	400	435	450	500	800	900	1000	1296	1500	1800	2300	2400	3000	5000
LMR-400	10.3	25.4	50	0.85	10	78.4				2.2	2.9		4.9	6				8.9			12.8			16.8	18.6		22		33
LMR-600	15	38.1	50	0.87	20	76.6				1.4	1.8		3.1	3.8				5.6			8.2			10.9	12.1		14.3		21.5
RG-11	10.3	50	75	0.66	13.9	67					4.6	6.9					18.0						30.0
RG-58 M17/28 (1084)	4.95	25	50	0.66	3.6	101	4.5				9.9	15.2		21.6					34.3			53.7						107.5
RG-58/AU	4.95	25.4	50	0.66		97.8	5.0				12	18		27		41					69	75
RG-58/CU	5.0	30	50	0.66	4.0	101		6.2	8.0		11.0	15.6	17.8				33.0						65.0				100.0
RG-58/LL	4.95	25.4	50	0.66		97.8						12.2				24.6						42.7			59.1
RG-58/U	4.95	25.4	50	0.66		97.8	3.9				8.9	13.1		19.0		27.9					51.3	67.3
RG-59	6.15	30	75	0.66	5.7	67						12.0					25.0						33.6
RG-174U	2.8	15	50	0.66		101						30.9
RG-188	2.7	6	50	0.7		96					15.8	27.4		36.1		54.9					77.5	87.9
RG-213U	10.3	110	50	0.66	15.5	101	2.2		3.1		4.4	6.2	7.9				15.0						27.5				47.0
RG-214U	10.8	?	50	?	?	100	2			3.7		7		10.2		15			17	23		28
RG-217U	13.8	?	50	0.66	?	97	1.4				3.3	4.6		7		10.3						19.3						43
RG-223	5.4	25	50	0.66	6.0	101		6.1	7.9		11.0	15.0	17.6
RG-316/U	2.5	30	50	0.7	1.5	94						26.7		37.9	46.6	57.4			60.5	76.9	81.7	86.3		106.4	117	132.9	135.9
Suhner S 12272-04	15	150	50	0.82	19.1	82	1.0				2.0	3.0	3.5	4.0	5.0	6.0	6.6	6.8	7.0	9.0	10	11			15		19	22
Suhner Sucofeed 1/2"	16	70	50	0.88	25	76						2.3	2.7				4.8						7.8				12	14
Suhner Sucofeed 7/8"	27.8	120	50	0.87	59.8	76.5						1.3	1.5				2.8						4.8				6.9	8.0
Suhner Sucofeed 1-1/4"	39.5	200	50	0.87	94	78						0.85	1.1				1.9						3.5				5.0	5.8
Suhner Sucofeed 1-5/8"	50	300	50	0.87	145	77.5						0.7	0.8				1.6						3.0				4.3	5.1

How to take a better picture

First a disclaimer: I am NOT a professional photographer, and I do not claim to be a hot-shot amateur ditto either, but....

...after seeing hundreds of rig-shots taken by various people, I must say that a brief "how-to" is apropriate here. Quite a lot of pictures are taken point blank, with a flash! Hmm. Imagine that radio's reflective, shiny front panel with a flash, in a straight angle right into it. I'm sorry, but this does NOT make a good picture. If a flash is arranged in this way, you will only end up with a bright over-exposed spot in the middle.

When I want to take a picture, I arrange the radio on a dark surface, facing a window during a fairly sunny day, thus NOT using a flash at all. With this arrangement, I get a smooth, even illumination of the radio. Then I power it up to light up any display, LED or lamp. The picture is then taken from a slightly elevated angle to give the picture some degree of perspective. It certainly helps if you use a manual camera where you are in control of exposure timing and aperture settings. Use a small aperture and longer exposure. Use a stand to avoid fuzzy pictures. If your camera has a zoom lens, it's best to back away from the target and zoom it instead to minimize picture distortion.

CB channel grid

NB! Most of the columns in this grid are illegal in just about every country in the world (with maybe one or two exceptions).
Column D is legal, widespread and also license free in many countries. The UK allows both column D and the unique CB27/81.
The D column A or "Alpha" channels are normally NOT allowed for communication as they are reserved for R/C models and baby monitors.

Channel	A	B	C	D CEPT/EU/US	E	F	G	H	I	J	UK CB27/81
1	25.615	26.065	26.515	26.965	27.415	27.865	28.315	28.765	29.215	29.665	27.60125
2	25.625	26.075	26.525	26.975	27.425	27.875	28.325	28.775	29.225	29.675	27.61125
3	25.635	26.085	26.535	26.985	27.435	27.885	28.335	28.785	29.235	29.685	27.62125
3 A	25.645	26.095	26.545	26.995	27.445	27.895	28.345	28.795	29.245	29.695	-
4	25.655	26.105	26.555	27.005	27.455	27.905	28.355	28.805	29.255	29.705	27.63125
5	25.665	26.115	26.565	27.015	27.465	27.915	28.365	28.815	29.265	29.715	27.64125
6	25.675	26.125	26.575	27.025	27.475	27.925	28.375	28.825	29.275	29.725	27.65125
7	25.685	26.135	26.585	27.035	27.485	27.935	28.385	28.835	29.285	29.735	27.66125
7 A	25.695	26.145	26.595	27.045	27.495	27.945	28.395	28.845	29.295	29.745	-
8	25.705	26.155	26.605	27.055	27.505	27.955	28.405	28.855	29.305	29.755	27.67125
9	25.715	26.165	26.615	27.065	27.515	27.965	28.415	28.865	29.315	29.765	27.68125
10	25.725	26.175	26.625	27.075	27.525	27.975	28.425	28.875	29.325	29.775	27.69125
11	25.735	26.185	26.635	27.085	27.535	27.985	28.435	28.885	29.335	29.785	27.70125
11 A	25.745	26.195	26.645	26.095	27.545	27.995	28.445	28.895	29.345	29.795	-
12	25.755	26.205	26.655	27.105	27.555	28.005	28.455	28.905	29.355	29.805	27.71125
13	25.765	26.215	26.665	27.115	27.565	28.015	28.465	28.915	29.365	29.815	27.72125
14	25.775	26.225	26.675	27.125	27.575	28.025	28.475	28.925	29.375	29.825	27.73125
15	25.785	26.235	26.685	27.135	27.585	28.035	28.485	28.935	29.385	29.835	27.74125
15 A	25.795	26.245	26.695	27.145	27.595	28.045	28.495	28.945	29.395	29.845	-
16	25.805	26.255	26.705	27.155	27.605	28.055	28.505	28.955	29.405	29.855	27.75125
17	25.815	26.265	26.715	27.165	27.615	28.065	28.515	28.965	29.415	29.865	27.76125
18	25.825	26.275	26.725	27.175	27.625	28.075	28.525	28.975	29.425	29.875	27.77125
19	25.835	26.285	26.735	27.185	27.635	28.085	28.535	28.985	29.435	29.885	27.78125
19 A	25.845	26.295	26.745	27.195	27.645	28.095	28.545	28.995	29.445	29.895	-
20	25.855	26.305	26.755	27.205	27.655	28.105	28.555	29.005	29.455	29.905	27.79125
21	25.865	26.315	26.765	27.215	27.665	28.115	28.565	29.015	29.465	29.915	27.80125
22	25.875	26.325	26.775	27.225	27.675	28.125	28.575	29.025	29.475	29.925	27.81125
23	25.905	26.355	26.805	27.255	27.705	28.155	28.605	29.055	29.505	29.955	27.82125
24	25.885	26.335	26.785	27.235	27.685	28.135	28.585	29.035	29.485	29.935	27.83125
25	25.895	26.345	26.795	27.245	27.695	28.145	28.595	29.045	29.495	29.945	27.84125
26	25.915	26.365	26.815	27.265	27.715	28.165	28.615	29.065	29.515	29.965	27.85125
27	25.925	26.375	26.825	27.275	27.725	28.175	28.625	29.075	29.525	29.975	27.86125
28	25.935	26.385	26.835	27.285	27.735	28.185	28.635	29.085	29.535	29.985	27.87125
29	25.945	26.395	26.845	27.295	27.745	28.195	28.645	29.095	29.545	29.995	27.88125
30	25.955	26.405	26.855	27.305	27.755	28.205	28.655	29.105	29.555	30.005	27.89125
31	25.965	26.415	26.865	27.315	27.765	28.215	28.665	29.115	29.565	30.015	27.90125
32	25.975	26.425	26.875	27.325	27.775	28.225	28.675	29.125	29.575	30.025	27.91125
33	25.985	26.435	26.885	27.335	27.785	28.235	28.685	29.135	29.585	30.035	27.92125
34	25.995	26.445	26.895	27.345	27.795	28.245	28.695	29.145	29.595	30.045	27.93125
35	25.005	26.455	26.905	27.355	27.805	28.255	28.705	29.155	29.605	30.055	27.94125
36	26.015	26.465	26.915	27.365	27.815	28.265	28.715	29.165	29.615	30.065	27.95125
37	26.025	26.475	26.925	27.375	27.825	28.275	28.725	29.175	29.625	30.075	27.96125
38	26.035	26.485	26.935	27.385	27.835	28.285	28.735	29.185	29.635	30.085	27.97125
39	26.045	26.495	26.945	27.395	27.845	28.295	28.745	29.195	29.645	30.095	27.98125
40	26.055	26.505	26.955	27.405	27.855	28.305	28.755	29.205	29.655	30.105	27.99125

International SSB calling frequency:	27.555
International SSTV frequency:	27.700

License-free QRG:s

FRS is for use in the US and Canada.
LPD is for european use, sadly in the middle of our 70 cm ham band! Maximum 10 mW ERP and built-in, non-removable antenna. 69 channels between 433.075-434.775 MHz
LPD Japan or "Mini set". Max 10 mW ERP
MURS is for use in the US. Maximum 2 W ERP
PMR446 is for european use. Maximum 0.5 W ERP and built-in, non-removable antenna
PRS/UHF CB is for Malaysia (14 ch), Australia & New Zealand (40 ch) use. Located in the 477 MHz segment. Max 5 W
SRBR/KDR for Sweden. Maximum 1 W ERP and built-in, non-removable antenna
934 UK was for use in the UK. A maximum of 8 watts output and 8 element beam. Withdrawn 1998-12-31.

FRS = Family Radio Service, LPD = Low Power Device, MURS = Multi-Use Radio System, PMR = Personal Mobile Radio, SRBR = Short Range Bussiness Radio

934 UK QRG in MHz
1 934.0125

2 934.0625

3 934.1125

4 934.1625

5 934.2125

6 934.2625

7 934.3125

8 934.3625

9 934.4125

10 934.4625

11 934.5125

12 934.5625

13 934.6125

14 934.6625

15 934.7125

16 934.7625

17 934.8125

18 934.8625

19 934.9125

20 934.9625

LPD Japan QRG in MHz
1 422.0500

2 422.0625

3 422.0750

4 422.0875

5 422.1000

6 422.1125

7 422.1250

8 422.1375

9 422.1500

10 422.1625

11 422.1750

H1 422.2000

H2 422.2125

H3 422.2250

H4 422.2375

H5 422.2500

H6 422.2625

H7 422.2750

H8 422.2875

H9 422.3000

FRS QRG in MHz
1 462.5625

2 462.5875

3 462.6125

4 462.6375

5 462.6625

6 462.6875

7 462.7125

8 467.5625

9 467.5875

10 467.6125

11 467.6375

12 467.6625

13 467.6875

14 467.7125

MURS QRG in MHz
1 151.820

2 151.880

3 151.940

4 154.570

5 154.600

SRBR/KDR QRG in MHz
1 444.600

2 444.650

3 444.800

4 444.825

5 444.850

6 444.975

PMR446 QRG in MHz
1 446.00625

2 446.01875

3 446.03125

4 446.04375

5 446.05625

6 446.06875

7 446.08125

8 446.09375

All channels use NFM.
Check out the related area.

NOAA WX-channels (USA)

Throughout the US, there are over 1000 transmitters utilized by NOAA and the National Weather Radio (NWR). They transmit severe weather warnings (such as tornadoes and stuff) to specialized receivers. These are either stand-alone units or built-in for example into CB-radios. Of course, transmissions are also easily picked up on virtually any scanner. Locations, callsigns and more can be found at this URL. The frequencies are as follows:

Channel QRG in MHz
1 162.400

2 162.425

3 162.450

4 162.475

5 162.500

6 162.525

7 162.550

All channels use NFM.

Scanning tips

Now, this is a subject that could fill up many MB:s of text and pictures, but I will limit this section a little bit and write about some perhaps more uncommon stuff you can do.

I have had a blast snooping the airwaves with a setup consisting of:

An Icom IC-R10 hand scanner
A Watson "Super Searcher" (10-3000 MHz RF finder)
A serial cable between the above

The Super Searcher is basically a portable, very sensitive frequency counter, connected to an antenna of your choice. It also has the possibility to "reaction tune" any Icom CI-V or AOR receiver/scanner to the locked frequency. Got the picture yet? Well this is going to be fun. Take this setup out on the road, preferrably to a main street with a lot of traffic, and BINGO! As soon as there is someone fairly close by, pressing the PTT on his/her transceiver, the Super Searcher locks onto the frequency, passes the frequency information to the Icom/AOR receiver and voila! With no effort at all, you can listen to, and start logging those presumably unknown frequencies.

I have also done some snooping from the car. By connecting the Super Searcher to an external antenna, the range of detection will be greater. If you drive around your town with this setup, you'll have frequencies and communications popping up as you pass the transmitters. The range of detection is of course depending on several factors: your antenna, the transmitting antenna, the frequency in question and of course the power output.

There are a few drawbacks too. Being a broadband device, the Super Searcher may be blocked when passing certain strong, wideband transmitters such as aviation radar sites, cellular dittos, broadcasting towers and multiple transmitter clusters. To test this, I hooked up the gear and went to Bromma Airport which is close to home, and parked within a 100 meters from the radar ball. This radar operates just above 1.3 GHz (1300 MHz). The Super Searcher could neither detect the Air-to-ground comm's antennas about 25 meters behind the car, nor my very own 2m/70cm/23cm HT with 300 mW output, 20 cm away. I had to move the HT as close as 8-10 cm from the Super Searcher in order for it to detect my transmission. Talk about blocking! This is however a relatively small problem that in practice won't matter that much. The extremist will buy and connect a megabuck preselector with 2 MHz bandwidth, thus selecting a small portion of the spectrum to be detected (you will miss a lot this way). A better approach would probably be a notch filter for 88-108 MHz and maybe a lowpass filter to block everything above, say 480 MHz.

The other drawback is impossible to remedy. The Super Searcher can not detect and pass the mode of transmission. You will have to set it manually on your radio. This is however a minute problem as most comm's except aviation is done with FM.

There are of course other manufacturers with similar devices offering "reaction tune" such as Optoelectronics, but this one won't cost you an arm and a leg. I had mine for only 1500:- SEK in Sweden. In UK the price is �99 (summer 2000).

The Watson Super Searcher comes with rechargable batteries, a wall charger and a telescopic antenna. It also has a bargraph to indicate relative signal strength. It's a fun tech-toy and a must-have for the scanner-hyena.

Of course, a full featured, megabuck spectrum analyzer will do the job under any circumstances (except reaction tune), no matter what the RF environment looks like, but the huge price for such a device is likely to deter most hobbyists (like me).

Various PLL circuits

A work in progress. See also the components page

AN6040	C5121	CCI3001	CCI3002	ECG1198	ECG1207	ECG1233	ECG1254
ECG1255	HD42851	HD42853	KM5624	LC7110	LC7113	LC7120	LC7130
LC7131	LC7132	LC7135	LC7136	LC7137	LC7185	M58472P	M58473P
M58476	MB8719	MB8733	MB8734	MC14568	MC145104	MC145106	MC145107
MC145109	MM48141	MM55106	MM55107	MM55108N	MM55116	MM55126	MM55104
MM55107	MM55108	MN6040	MN6040A	MSC42502P	MSM5807	MSM5907	NDC40013
NIS7261A	NIS7264B	PLL01A	PLL02A	PLL03A	PLL08A	PLL0305A	PLL2001
PLL2002	REC86345	SM5104	SM5107	SM5109	SM5118	SM5123A	SM5124A
SM5125B	SM5126A	SM5126B	TC5080P	TC9100	TC9102P	TC9103P	TC9105
TC9106	TC9109P	TC9119	�PD858C	�PD861	�PD2810C	�PD2812C	�PD2814
�PD2816	�PD2824	�PD2833C

Coax connectors - Assembly guides

Another work in progress...

UG-21 STG A professional N-type, male connector
Suitable for RG-213, Aircom Plus, Ecoflex 10,
H-1000 and H-2000 Flex

UHF Spezial A professional PL-259/UHF-type, male connector
Suitable for RG-213, Aircom Plus, Ecoflex 10,
H-1000 and H-2000 Flex

Deltaohm 1/2" A professional coax connector. (Page 1)
Suitable for 1/2" corrugated coax cable

Deltaohm 1/2" A professional coax connector. (Page 2)
Suitable for 1/2" corrugated coax cable

Teracom 7/8 A professional coax connector. (d0 version)
Suitable for 7/8" corrugated coax cable

Teracom 7/8 A professional coax connector. (e0 version)
Suitable for 7/8" corrugated coax cable

dBm/Pwr/V RMS/V P-P equivalent table (50 ohms)

dBm	Power	V RMS	V P-P
0	1 mW	0.223	0.632
1	1.25 mW	0.250	0.709
2	1.58 mW	0.281	0.796
3	1.99 mW	0.315	0.893
4	2.51 mW	0.354	1.002
5	3.16 mW	0.397	1.124
6	3.98 mW	0.446	1.261
7	5.01 mW	0.500	1.415
8	6.3 mW	0.561	1.588
9	7.94 mW	0.630	1.782
10	10 mW	0.707	2.000
11	12.58 mW	0.793	2.244
12	15.84 mW	0.890	2.517
13	19.95 mW	0.998	2.825
14	25.11 mW	1.120	3.169
15	31.62 mW	1.257	3.556
16	39.81 mW	1.410	3.990
17	50.11 mW	1.583	4.477
18	63.09 mW	1.776	5.023
19	79.43 mW	1.992	5.636
20	100 mW	2.236	6.324
21	125.8 mW	2.508	7.096
22	158.5 mW	2.815	7.962
23	199.5 mW	3.158	8.933
24	251.2 mW	3.543	10.023
25	316.2 mW	3.976	11.246
26	398.1 mW	4.461	12.619
27	501.2 mW	5.005	14.158
28	630.9 mW	5.616	15.886
29	794.3 mW	6.302	17.825
30	1 W	7.071	20.000
31	1.25 W	7.933	22.440
32	1.58 W	8.901	25.178
33	1.99 W	9.988	28.250
34	2.51 W	11.206	31.697
35	3.16 W	12.574	35.565
36	3.98 W	14.108	39.905
37	5.01 W	15.830	44.774
38	6.31 W	17.761	50.237
39	7.94 W	19.928	56.367
40	10 W	22.360	63.245
41	12.58 W	25.089	70.962
42	15.84 W	28.150	79.621
43	19.95 W	31.585	89.336
44	25.12 W	35.439	100.23
45	31.62 W	39.763	112.46
46	39.81 W	44.615	126.19
47	50.12 W	50.059	141.58
48	63.09 W	56.167	158.86
49	79.43 W	63.020	178.25
50	100 W	70.710	200.00
51	125.9 W	79.338	224.40
52	158.5 W	89.019	251.78
53	199.5 W	99.881	282.50
54	251.2 W	112.06	316.97
55	316.2 W	125.74	355.65
56	398.1 W	141.08	399.05
57	501.2 W	158.30	447.74
58	630.9 W	177.61	502.37
59	794.3 W	199.28	563.67
60	1000 W	223.60	632.45
61	1259 W	250.89	709.62
62	1585 W	281.50	796.21
63	1995 W	315.85	893.36
64	2512 W	354.39	1002.37
65	3162 W	397.63	1124.68
66	3981 W	446.15	1261.91
67	5012 W	500.59	1415.89
68	6309 W	561.67	1588.65
69	7943 W	630.20	1782.50
70	10000 W	707.10	2000.00