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Milton D. Frog

Milton says, "Always be sure to range check your radio equipment at the location you are flying!"

 

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Radio Control Frequencies for Model Operation

Model aircraft may be operated using only radio-control frequencies currently allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  Only individuals properly licensed by the FCC are authorized to operate equipment on Amateur Band frequencies (HAM Radios).  The following charts represent the frequencies available for R/C use as well as the type of model supported:

For Model Aircraft and Surface Model Use
27 MHz

CHANNEL

 FREQUENCY CHANNEL FREQUENCY

1

 26.995 5 27.145
2 27.045 6 27.195
3 27.095 7 27.255
These frequencies are SUBJECT TO INTERFERENCE from adjacent CB Operation.

For Model Aircraft and Surface Model Use
49 MHz
  FREQUENCY   FREQUENCY
  49.830   49.875
  49.845   49.890
  49.860    
These frequencies are NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CONTROL OF MODEL AIRCRAFT due to limited range.  Transmitter power is limited to 100 Milliwatts.

For Model Aircraft and Surface Model Use
6 Meter Amateur "Ham" Band:  50 MHz

CHANNEL

 FREQUENCY CHANNEL FREQUENCY

00

 50.80 05 50.90
01 50.82 06 50.92
02 50.84 07 50.94
03 50.86 08 50.96
04 50.88 09 50.98
Amateur Radio Operator License Required for 6 Meters (Technician, General, Advanced, Extra Class).  Other Amateur Radio Service (ARS) frequencies may be used, as regulated by the FCC.

For Model Aircraft and Surface Model Use
6 Meter Amateur "Ham" Band:  53 MHz

 

 FREQUENCY   FREQUENCY

 

 53.1   53.5
  53.2   53.6
  53.3   53.7
  53.4   53.8
Amateur Radio Operator License Required for 6 Meters (Technician, General, Advanced, Extra Class).  Other Amateur Radio Service (ARS) frequencies may be used, as regulated by the FCC.

For Model Aircraft Use ONLY
72 MHz

CHANNEL (Low Band)

 FREQUENCY CHANNEL (High Band) FREQUENCY

11

 72.01 36 72.26
12 72.02 37 72.27
13 72.03 38 72.28
14 72.04 39 72.29
15 72.05 40 72.30
16 72.06 41 72.31
17 72.07 42 72.32
18 72.08 43 72.33
19 72.09 44 72.34
20 72.10 45 72.35
21 72.11 46 72.36
22 72.12 47 72.37
23 72.13 48 72.38
24 72.14 49 72.39
25 72.15 50 72.40
26 72.16 51 72.41
27 72.17 52 72.42
28 72.18 53 72.43
29 72.19 54 72.44
30 72.20 55 72.45
31 72.21 56 72.46
32 72.22 57 72.47
33 72.23 58 72.48
34 72.24 59 72.49
35 72.25 60 72.50
Please note that non-synthesized 72 MHz transmitters and receivers are factory set to support either the "low-band" or "high-band" range of channels and require a "crystal" to obtain the desired channel to be used.

For Surface Model Use ONLY
75 MHz

CHANNEL

 FREQUENCY CHANNEL FREQUENCY

61

 75.41 74 75.67
62 75.43 75 75.69
63 75.45 76 75.71
64 75.47 77 75.73
65 75.49 78 75.75
66 75.51 79 75.77
67 75.53 80 75.79
68 75.55 81 75.81
69 75.57 82 75.83
70 75.59 83 75.85
71 75.61 84 75.87
72 75.63 85 75.89
73 75.65 86 75.91
Please note that non-synthesized 75 MHz transmitters and receivers require a "crystal" to obtain the desired channel to be used.