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Part 22 Paging Channels

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Part 22 Paging Channels

Part 22 of the FCC rules covers certain commercial mobile radio and paging services. Before the cellular telephone networks were built, these frequencies were used mostly by telephone companies and radio common carriers (RCC) for MTS, IMTS, and paging. They may still be used for this in some areas.

Part 22 Paging Frequency Use by Public Safety and Business/Industrial Users

The FCC auctioned off certain spectrum bands to bidders in various market areas. These licensees can use their frequencies for their own operations or they may lease, sell or transfer their licenses to other entities.

Many other types of communications, such as conventional repeater or simplex systems, LTR trunked systems, P25 and DMR trunked and conventional systems, can be found on Part 22 paging frequencies, especially the 152/158 MHz and 454/459 MHz paired channels. In some areas Part 22 paging channels are used by state and local public safety agencies.

I looked up 152.xxxx (or 454.xxxx) in the FCC database and found nothing

In 1997 the FCC adopted geographic area licensing for the Part 22 services, although incumbent site-based licenses still exist.

Auctioned Part 22 paging stations are not licensed as individual frequencies at specific sites as is the case with Part 90 private land mobile stations. Licensees may put stations at any location in their market area. Licenses may be partitioned (sale of part of a license based on a geographic area) or disaggregated (sale of part of a license's spectrum). Frequencies above or below the block center frequency may be used and block edge frequencies may be used if the licensee owns adjoining blocks.

It can be difficult to find license information. Subscribers (end users) may operate under somebody else's license. The FCC license data in the RadioReference.com database does not contain complete data for Part 22 licenses. Incumbent site-based licenses with a radio service code of CD (Paging & Radiotelephone) can be searched on the FCC GMR search page but to find market area licenses with a radio service code of CP (Part 22 VHF/UHF Paging excluding 931 MHz) you must use the geosearch function on the FCC ULS advanced license search page.

Go to the FCC ULS Advanced License Search page.

Under License Detail Status check Active.

Under Frequencies check Exact and enter the frequency.

Click Geosearch. That will take you to the next page.

Now check State/County and select your state in the dropdown list.

If you don't select a county it will return all licenses in all market areas in the state. If you want to narrow it down select one or more counties from the dropdown list or check Coordinates to search in a radius circle around a latitude/longitude point.

The frequency should still be populated from what you entered on the previous page.

Click Search.

This will return the licenses for the frequency you entered in any market areas that fall within the state, counties or point radius that you entered.

152 MHz Paired Paging Channels

(Channnel designators formerly used by some IMTS systems shown in parentheses)

Block
Base
Mobile
Center Freq Block Lower Block Upper Center Freq Block Lower Block Upper
FA 152.0300 152.0150 152.0450 158.4900 158.4750 158.5050
FB 152.0600 152.0450 152.0750 158.5200 158.5050 158.5350
FC 152.0900 152.0750 152.1050 158.5500 158.5350 158.5650
FD 152.1200 152.1050 152.1350 158.5800 158.5650 158.5950
FE 152.1500 152.1350 152.1650 158.6100 158.5950 158.6250
FF 152.1800 152.1650 152.1950 158.6400 158.6250 158.6550
FG 152.2100 152.1950 152.2250 158.6700 158.6550 158.6850
FH (Ch JL) 152.5100 152.4950 152.5250 157.7700 157.7550 157.7850
FI (Ch YL) 152.5400 152.5250 152.5550 157.8000 157.7850 157.8150
FJ (Ch JP) 152.5700 152.5550 152.5850 157.8300 157.8150 157.8450
FK (Ch YP) 152.6000 152.5850 152.6150 157.8600 157.8450 157.8750
FL (Ch YJ) 152.6300 152.6150 152.6450 157.8900 157.8750 157.9050
FM (Ch YK) 152.6600 152.6450 152.6750 157.9200 157.9050 157.9350
FN (Ch JS) 152.6900 152.6750 152.7050 157.9500 157.9350 157.9650
FO (Ch YS) 152.7200 152.7050 152.7350 157.9800 157.9650 157.9950
FP (Ch YR) 152.7500 152.7350 152.7650 158.0100 157.9950 158.0250
FQ (Ch JK) 152.7800 152.7650 152.7950 158.0400 158.0250 158.0550
FR (Ch JR) 152.8100 152.7950 152.8250 158.0700 158.0550 158.0850

454 MHz Paired Paging Channels

(Channnel designators formerly used by some IMTS systems shown in parentheses)

Block
Base
Mobile
Center Freq Block Lower Block Upper Center Freq Block Lower Block Upper
GA 454.0250 454.0125 454.0375 459.0250 459.0125 459.0375
GB 454.0500 454.0375 454.0625 459.0500 459.0375 459.0625
GC 454.0750 454.0625 454.0875 459.0750 459.0625 459.0875
GD 454.1000 454.0875 454.1125 459.1000 459.0875 459.1125
GE 454.1250 454.1125 454.1375 459.1250 459.1125 459.1375
GF 454.1500 454.1375 454.1625 459.1500 459.1375 459.1625
GG 454.1750 454.1625 454.1875 459.1750 459.1625 459.1875
GH 454.2000 454.1875 454.2125 459.2000 459.1875 459.2125
GI 454.2250 454.2125 454.2375 459.2250 459.1265 459.2375
GJ 454.2500 454.2375 454.2625 459.2500 459.2375 459.2625
GK 454.2750 454.2625 454.2875 459.2750 459.2625 459.2875
GL 454.3000 454.2875 454.3125 459.3000 459.2875 459.3125
GM 454.3250 454.3125 454.3375 459.3250 459.3125 459.3375
GN 454.3500 454.3375 454.3625 459.3500 459.3375 459.3625
GO (Ch QC) 454.3750 454.3625 454.3875 459.3750 459.3625 459.3875
GP (Ch QJ) 454.4000 454.3875 454.4125 459.4000 459.3875 459.4125
GQ (Ch QD) 454.4250 454.4125 454.4375 459.4250 459.4125 459.4375
GR (Ch QA) 454.4500 454.4375 454.4625 459.4500 459.4375 459.4625
GS (Ch QE) 454.4750 454.4625 454.4875 459.4750 459.4625 459.4875
GT (Ch QP) 454.5000 454.4875 454.5125 459.5000 459.4875 459.5125
GU (Ch QK) 454.5250 454.5125 454.5375 459.5250 459.5125 459.5375
GV (Ch QB) 454.5500 454.5375 454.5625 459.5500 459.5375 459.5625
GW (Ch QO) 454.5750 454.5625 454.5875 459.5750 459.5625 459.5875
GX (Ch QR) 454.6000 454.5875 454.6125 459.6000 459.5875 459.6125
GY (Ch QY) 454.6250 454.6125 454.6375 459.6250 459.6125 459.6375
GZ (Ch QF) 454.6500 454.6375 454.6625 459.6500 459.6375 459.6625

35 and 43 MHz Unpaired Paging Channels

(The old IMTS systems had 35 MHz base frequencies paired with 43 MHz mobile frequencies)
(Channnel designators formerly used by some IMTS systems shown in parentheses)

Block Center Freq Block Lower Block Upper
CA 35.2000 35.1900 35.2100
CB 35.2200 35.2100 35.2300
CC 35.2400 35.2300 35.2500
CD (Ch ZO B) 35.2600 35.2500 35.2700
CE (Ch ZF B) 35.3000 35.2900 35.3100
CF (Ch ZH B) 35.3400 35.3300 35.3500
CG (Ch ZM B) 35.3800 35.3700 35.3900
CH (Ch ZA B) 35.4200 35.4100 35.4300
CI (Ch ZY B) 35.4600 35.4500 35.4700
CJ (Ch ZR B) 35.5000 35.4900 35.5100
CK (Ch ZB B) 35.5400 35.5300 35.5500
CL 35.5600 35.5500 35.5700
CM 35.5800 35.5700 35.5900
CN 35.6000 35.5900 35.6100
CO (Ch ZW B) 35.6200 35.6100 35.6300
CP (Ch ZL B) 35.6600 35.6500 35.6700
DA 43.2000 43.1900 43.2100
DB 43.2200 43.2100 43.2300
DC 43.2400 43.2300 43.2500
DD (Ch ZO M) 43.2600 43.2500 43.2700
DE (Ch ZF M) 43.3000 43.2900 43.3100
DF (Ch ZH M) 43.3400 43.3300 43.3500
DG (Ch ZM M) 43.3800 43.3700 43.3900
DH (Ch ZA M) 43.4200 43.4100 43.4300
DI (Ch ZY M) 43.4600 43.4500 43.4700
DJ (Ch ZR M) 43.5000 43.4900 43.5100
DK (Ch ZB M) 43.5400 43.5300 43.5500
DL 43.5600 43.5500 43.5700
DM 43.5800 43.5700 43.5900
DN 43.6000 43.5900 43.6100
DO (Ch ZW M) 43.6200 43.6100 43.6300
DP (Ch ZL M) 43.6600 43.6500 43.6700

152 and 158 MHz Unpaired Paging Channels

Block Center Freq Block Lower Block Upper
EA 152.2400 152.2300 152.2500
EB 152.8400 152.8300 152.8500
EC 158.1000 158.0900 158.1100
ED 158.7000 158.6900 158.7100


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