VHF Frequencies, BC. AB.

Good advice by all. VHF, especially Mountain VHF and Northern VHF, has slacked off in recent decades. Someone needs to get a grip on the freq's ( govn't = tax dollars ......... ?? ) and make this a 'ticket', like H2S Alive etc. As far as I've always been concerned, VHF and other short wave + side band comms have been as essential AS H2S Alive and other patch tickects, but they seem to get more over all use as a field tool. JMHO.

If carriers had this as a module in their orientation program, it would make a world of difference.

 

Ya it gets crazy on some off-highway roads. Some guys call every km empty or loaded, making the road channel too busy to hear whats going on. There should be some sort of transponder/receiver screen device in all trucks that drive off-highway.

 

thank you everyone for the great lists and websies you have posted

 

doean anyone have anymore?

 

sorry, for BC and Alberta non emergency

 

Here's the link to all frequencies in CANADA. http://tafl.mckie.ca/

 

Do you guys have different regulations in Canada vs the US for these radios? I run a 2 meter VHF radio in my truck and hold a US HAM license for operating on these frequencies legally. In the US most commercial frequencies fall in the UHF 70cm band. VHF is used by some law enforcement and fire dept but not commercially used. As a license holder it's legal for me to monitor these freqs and transmit in emergencies or in a non-interference basis. I saw comments about radios being checked in Canada. Would there be an issue bringing my legal, licensed radio into Canada?

 

Also saw comments about antennas. Firestick makes an excellent 2 meter VHF antenna that's tunable and looks like a cb antenna about four feet long. Just as with cb, swr needs to be checked to prevent damage to the radio and increase radio efficiency. The lower the swr, the more rf energy that's making it out of the antenna and not being fed back into the transmitter.

 

Anyone know of a nice little handheldVHF that is programable? It'd be handy when out of the truck guiding the crane or the loader sometimes, not to mention in my provate vehicle for travelling access roads. THX

 

I was at a shop locally and they had one, but it was about 500 bucks. I forget the brand. They did not require a licence to buy one which I thought was odd, but at the same time...I don't have Ham operators licence so it's do able. I've been loooking for a job using my radio in the log truck on one of the busier roads that we use. I think that it's a great way to find work. If a guy did not have a log truck or other work truck, at least he could have and use a radio in his own personal truck to communicate with other drivers to find work. All you need to do is be polite and ask questions.