VHF Frequencies, BC. AB.

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  1. dirdrill

    dirdrill Bobtail Member

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    do you guys know a place where i can get a vhf radio that is unlocked or open to all frequencies in AB and BC? i work in the oilfield and travel logging roads. i copied the above list of frequencies. or do i need to buy said radio? i'm interested in an icom radio. thanks for any advice and answers i get!
     
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  3. supertech

    supertech Bobtail Member

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    I thought everyone had them? Tad radio sold at Central Interior Communications, Prince George. If not all you need is a relative or friend in the States and they can ship you one as a gift. One guy I know in Vancouver has a mailbox in Bellingham and buys online, picks up his stuff in Bellingham and drives it home. Claims it at the border and no problems. Border guards don't care if you buy a radio for your truck in the states.
     
  4. Wildkat

    Wildkat <strong>Arctic Mistress</strong>

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    You can't buy an "un locked" radio in Canada, that's illegal. You may be able to buy one privately, but don't get caught with it. And unless you are a programming wizard, there are programs out there, but they are not very good, so you'll have to take it somewhere to be programmed. Then it will be locked.
     
  5. Native Dancer

    Native Dancer Heavy Load Member

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    Does anybody know how to get an Icom to search? My old Motorola tube radio started smoking one day and hasn't worked since. I think the smoke was its funeral pyre. Got this Icom but it is too technical for me.

    It used to be to get a companies crystal put in to get access to their frequencies you had to have a letter of authorization on that companies letterhead but nobody seems to worry anymore.

    Been trading with Central Interior Communications for decades. Always a good experience.
     
  6. Attatood

    Attatood Bobtail Member

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    Took all the non essentials out, but here are some common ones:


    150-11500 AB - SK - NWT - Common Truck Channel
    168-12000 AB 6 - Not with in 50 Km. Of Olds
    162-21000 Alberta - 2
    159-96000 B.C. Wide - CFP Houston - CFP Prince George
    149-83000 NWT - Common Truck Channel
    173-67000 NWT - Common Truck Channel
    153-05000 Alberta Open - AB 3 & B J Services Truck to Truck
    154-10000 LADD 1 - ----do not use in USA or west of Hope, B.C
    158-94000 LADD 2 ------do not use in USA
    154-32500 LADD 3 - -----do not use in USA - Golden Hills
    173-37000 LADD 4 - Mile 71 - Mile 178 Road
     
  7. Lowbed

    Lowbed Light Load Member

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    I have a list off channels for Alberta and BC logging etc. It's pages long.

    Here's a link to find out someones frequency anywhere in Canada.


    http://www.ccmta.ca/english/pdf/cargo_driver_handbook.pdf

    http://www.jrmy.net/tafl/
     
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  8. panda bear

    panda bear Bobtail Member

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    hey wildkat

    i too have been searching the web for a frequency list. would you mind sending me a copy of that list to panda_bar@hotmail.com thats an underscore after panda. ive been driving for almost 3 yrs now and am in the process of buying a radio and kinda learning how vhs radios work. so if you could give me a heads up with it i'd appreciate it. as far as i know, i take the freqeuncies to the store where i bought the radio and they will program them in.
    thanks wilkat
     
  9. abtrucker

    abtrucker Light Load Member

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    I purchased a ICOM V8000 VHF off ebay out of the states, it is unlocked and can be easily programmed with the instructions that it comes with.
     
  10. Winchester Magnum

    Winchester Magnum Road Train Member

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    I have that same radio. I like it alot, though it has way more features than I could ever use. Nice snag.
     
  11. 4play

    4play Light Load Member

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    Thats called a HAM radio, and from factory its only good for ham frequencies but all you do to unlock it is remove one diode then its unlocked but just so you know if you get caught transmitting on that radio without a ham licence or out of the ham band the fine is around 11,000 dollars per day you transmit and make sure you have a good maxrad antenna with a high gain because that radio is not designed to operate at the higher or lower frequencies and u may burn out the radio.
     
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