Custom Band Plans (800 Custom, VHF, UHF) require that you enter both a lower and an upper base frequency value. Here's how to determine these values.
The Easy Way
Use this spreadsheet to calculate the values for you:
CustomBandPlanCalculator.xls
The Hard Way
The
Lower Base Frequency (or
Base ) is always the base frequency as provided in the RRDB. The
Upper Base Frequency is calculated from the following formulas:
For sites with a single band plan:
Base + ( (759 – Offset ) x Step ) |
Where:
- Base = the lower base frequency listed in RRDB.
- Offset = the offset for this entry.
- Step = the step for this entry in MHz (convert from kHz to MHz by moving the decimal point three places to the left).
For sites with multiple band plans:
Upper Basen = Basen + ( Offsetn+1 – 1 – Offsetn ) x Stepn |
Where:
- Basen is the lower base frequency for the entry.
- Offsetn+1 is the Offset for the next band plan (for the last table, use 760).
- Offsetn is the offset for this band plan.
- Stepn is the step for this band in MHz (convert from kHz to MHz by moving the decimal point three places to the left).
For example:
Custom Frequency Table
Plugging these values into our formula, we get:
For entry A: |
Upper BaseA |
= |
BaseA + |
( OffsetB – 1 |
– OffsetA ) |
x StepA |
Upper BaseA |
= |
155.415 MHz + |
(436 – 1 |
– 380) |
x 15kHz |
Upper BaseA |
= |
155.415 MHz + |
55 |
x 0.015 MHz |
Upper BaseA |
= |
155.415 MHz + |
0.825 MHz |
Upper BaseA |
= |
156.240 MHz |
For entry B: |
Upper BaseB |
= |
BaseB + |
( OffsetC – 1 |
– OffsetB ) |
x StepB |
Upper BaseB |
= |
157.200 MHz + |
(454 – 1 |
– 436) |
x 12.5 kHz |
Upper BaseB |
= |
157.200 MHz + |
17 |
x 0.0125 MHz |
Upper BaseB |
= |
157.200 MHz + |
0.2125 MHz |
Upper BaseB |
= |
157.4125 MHz |
For entry C: |
Upper BaseC |
= |
BaseC + |
( OffsetC+1 – 1 |
– OffsetC ) |
x StepC |
Upper BaseC |
= |
157.470 MHz + |
(760 – 1 |
– 454) |
x 15 kHz |
Upper BaseC |
= |
157.470 MHz + |
305 |
x 0.015 MHz |
Upper BaseC |
= |
157.470 MHz + |
4.575 MHz |
Upper BaseC |
= |
162.045 MHz |