149 Mhz

[Bandit_Driver]

I am flying a 32 year old aircraft and noticed that the Comm radios are able to tune up to 149.xx Mhz. Do any of you "seasoned" guys know the reason for this. I was under the impression that the Aviation VHF comm band stopped at 136.975 MHz.

 

[t82]

Civil Air Patrol uses some of these frequencies

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] FM 143.7750 Search and Rescue (CAP Channel 6)
FM 143.9500 Search and Rescue (CAP Channel 7)
FM 148.1250 Repeater OUTPUT (CAP Channel 2) (Also used for simplex)
FM 148.1375 Simplex (CAP channel 3)
FM 148.1500 Repeater OUTPUT (CAP Channel 1) (Also used for simplex)
FM 148.7375 Search and Rescue (CAP Channel 5)
FM 148.9750 Search and Rescue (CAP Channel 8)
FM 149.4000 Old CAP Primary Channel (Now used for simplex only)
FM 149.5375 Search and Rescue (CAP Channel 4) (Aircraft-to-Ground Primary)
FM 149.8950 Packet Digipeater (Primary Packet Channel)
FM 149.9100 Aircraft Repeaters
FM 149.9250 Packet Digipeater (Secondary Packet Channel)
FM 149.9400 Aircraft Repeaters [/FONT]