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ONE WAY OF FINDING OUT IF THERE IS ATV ACTIVITY IN YOUR AREA IS TO LISTEN ON  144.750MhzFM .  THIS IS THE INTERNATIONAL  ATV  CALLING FREQUENCY AND IS USED AS  A    
LOCAL TALKBACK AND WORKING FREQUENCY.  
YOU WILL HEAR ATVers EXCHANGING PICTURE REPORTS USING "P" NUMBERS.  THESE NUMBERS ARE A SIMPLE SYSTEM OF PICTURE QUALITY REPORTING, SIMILAR TO THE READABILITY SCALE FOR PHONE TRANSMISSIONS.  THE SCALE RUNS FROM 0 TO 5 WITH A P5 BEING A TOP QUALITY PICTURE AND A P0 BARELY DISCERNABLE AT ALL
IN EI THE BAND PLAN IS 1240 MHz - 1300 MHz. TRANSMISSIONS ON THIS BAND CAN MAINLY BE FOUND AROUND 1249 MHz AND 1260 MHz
IN EI THE BAND PLAN IS 10,000 MHz TO 10,500 MHz. TRANSMISSIONS IN THIS BAND ARE MAINLY FOUND AROUND 10,300 MHz TO 10,400 MHz. BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS BAND MOST CONTACTS ARE BY SCHEDULE ONLY AND ARE STRICTLY POINT TO POINT BETWEEN STATIONS.
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