Service At A Glance | |
Specialized Mobile Radio Service | |
Provides land mobile communications on a commercial (i.e., for profit) basis. | |
Established | 1979 |
Service Rules | CFR, Part 90 |
Band Plan | |
Band(s) | 809 MHz - 816 MHz & 854 MHz - 861 MHz (30 general category channels and 80 SMR channels interleaved with 170 B/ILT/Public Safety channels) 816 MHz - 824 MHz & 861 MHz - 869 MHz 896 MHz - 901 MHz & 935 MHz - 940 MHz (200 SMR channels interleaved with 199 B/ILT channels) |
Blocks | A-C, G-V (800 MHz band) A-T (900 MHz band) |
Block Size | A 1 MHz (20 channel pair) B 2.5 MHz (60 channel pair) C 6 MHz (120 channel pair) G-V 250 KHz (5 channel pair) A-T 250 KHz (10 channel pair) |
Market Areas | EAs, MTAs |
Channels | 540 channels in the 800 MHz band 200 channels in the 900 MHz band |
Licensing | |
System | ULS |
ULS Radio Service Codes | |
GL: 900 Conventional SMR site specific | |
GM: 800 Conventional SMR site specific | |
GR: 900 Conventional SMR | |
GX: 800 Conventional SMR | |
YC: 800 Auctioned SMR | |
YD: 900 Auctioned SMR | |
YH: 800 Auctioned SMR - Rebanded YC | |
YL: 900 Trunked SMR site specific | |
YM: 800 Trunked SMR site specific | |
YS: 900 Trunked SMR | |
YX: 800 Trunked SMR | |
Auctions | |
12/5/1995 - 4/15/1996 | |
10/28/1997 - 12/8/1997 | |
11/1/2000 - 12/5/2000 | |
1/10/2002 - 1/17/2002 | |
2/11/2004 - 2/25/2004 |