A personal collection of notable VHF and UHF frequencies around the Philadelphia area saved as CSVs and CHIRP radio image files for the infamous Baofeng UV-5R radio.
Image CC BY 2.0 James Case
These frequencies have been compiled from various sources. Mainly:
- radioreference.com
- Geo-indexed searches against the FCC license database using spectrum-wrangler-docker
- Scanning arbitrary frequencies between 136-174Mhz and 400-520Mhz
# note this tree is subject to change with new commits. This list may not be accurate.
philadelphia
├── csv # CSVs are more useful than .img files if you don't have a UV-5R. Use this for reference!
│ ├── confirmed-in-use.csv # frequencies that I've personally heard from West Philly. These are pretty active...
│ ├── radio-reference # files pulled from radioreference.com in August 2018
│ │ ├── all-philadelphia-county-2.csv
│ │ ├── all-philadelphia-county.csv
│ │ ├── businesses.csv
│ │ ├── intl-airport.csv
│ │ ├── radio-reference-philadelphia-zip-19143-1.csv
│ │ ├── radio-reference-philadelphia-zip-19143-zip.csv
│ │ └── sports-stadiums.csv
│ └── west-philadelphia-5km-136MHz-174MHz-and-400MHz-520MHz.csv # 5km of licenses around Squirrel Hill as of August 2018
└── imgs # CHIRP image files. Can be uploaded directly to a radio for scanning.
└── baofeng-uv-5r # image files specifically for the Baofeng UV-5R
├── choppers.img # News helicopter comm channels. CBS ch 3 chopper is very active!
├── fcc-1.img # FCC licenses for UHF and VHF withing 5km of West Philly. Downloaded via spectrum-wrangler.
├── fcc-2.img # ...
├── MURS-FRS-GMRS.img # standard MURS, FRS, and GMRS radio frequencies. Not specific to Philly.
├── philadelphia-HAM.img # a collection of amateur radio frequencies around Philly
├── radio-reference-philadelphia-zip-19143-1.img # all of the Philly freqs freom radio reference saved as UV-5R image files.
├── radio-reference-philadelphia-zip-19143-2.img
└── radio-reference-philadelphia-zip-19143-3.img
empty-chirp-file.csv # an empty CHIRP file exported to CSV. Use this as a template to create new CSVs that can be imported to CHIRP.
stock-baofeng-uv-5r-channels.img # A stock UV-5R CHIRP image downloaded from a brand new radio. Use this as a template.If this kind of thing is your jam, you should check out the new [https://networksofphilly.org/](Networks of Philly) project, inspired by Ingrid Burrington's Networks of New York project.