Covered Radio Services

SpectrumLookup searches the FCC ULS license families listed below (from the FCC's public ULS weekly and daily files). This list is generated from the data currently loaded. Names for every radio service code in the lookup tables, including a code with no licenses in the current file, are on the radio service codes page.

Amateur

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
HA	Amateur	1,469,998	650,768
HV	Amateur Vanity	230,497	171,257

Private Land Mobile

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
GB	Business, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional	5,258	695
GE	Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional	6,333	4,855
GF	Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 821-824/866-869 MHz (NPSPAC), Conventional	540	3
GI	Other Indus/Land Transp, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Conventional	1,312	116
GJ	Business & Indus/Land Transp, 809.75-815.75/854.75-860.75 MHz, Conventional	866	337
GO	Other Indus/Land Transp, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional	2,030	505
GP	Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Conventional	997	2
GU	Business, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Conventional	1,122	201
IG	Industrial/Business Pool, Conventional	609,564	201,493
IQ	Intelligent Transportation Service (Public Safety)	120	68
PA	Public Safety 4940-4990 MHz	4,667	3,113
PB	Public Safety 4940-4990 MHz, Base/Mobile (name unverified)	229	226
PW	Public Safety Pool, Conventional	178,599	93,186
QM	220-222 MHz, Local, Non-Commercial (name unverified)	74	27
QQ	Intelligent Transportation Service (Non-Public Safety)	542	180
RS	Land Mobile Radiolocation	4,665	1,468
SG	Public Safety 700 MHz, Conventional	899	733
SL	Public Safety 700 MHz, State License	59	41
SP	700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Nationwide (name unverified)	2	1
SY	Public Safety 700 MHz, Trunked	2,462	2,033
YB	Business, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked	1,672	316
YE	Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked	9,240	6,135
YF	Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 821-824/866-869 MHz (NPSPAC), Trunked	1,328	1
YG	Industrial/Business Pool, Trunked	17,577	11,689
YI	Other Indus/Land Transp, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Trunked	1,484	601
YJ	Business & Indus/Land Transp, 809.75-815.75/854.75-860.75 MHz, Trunked	917	664
YO	Other Indus/Land Transp, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked	1,664	970
YP	Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Trunked	1,055	1
YU	Business, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Trunked	3,558	235
YW	Public Safety Pool, Trunked	2,935	2,286

Commercial Land Mobile

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
GM	SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional, Site-Specific	1,190	271
GR	SMR, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Conventional	418	213
GS	Private Carrier Paging, 929-930 MHz	10,644	641
GX	SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional	7,464	125
IK	Industrial/Business Pool - Commercial, Conventional	7,166	1,635
LN	Location & Monitoring Service, Non-Multilateration (name unverified)	2,483	1,607
LW	Location & Monitoring Service, Wideband (Multilateration) (name unverified)	215	0
NC	Nationwide Commercial 5 Channel, 220 MHz	435	238
QD	220-222 MHz, Nationwide, Commercial (name unverified)	22	1
QO	220-222 MHz, Nationwide, Non-Commercial (name unverified)	62	10
QT	220-222 MHz, Local, Commercial (Phase I) (name unverified)	1,128	127
YK	Industrial/Business Pool - Commercial, Trunked	923	420
YM	SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked, Site-Specific	4,236	1,472
YS	SMR, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Trunked	3,710	378
YX	SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked	40,989	950

800/900 MHz SMR (Market)

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
YC	SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Auctioned	5,806	454
YD	SMR, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Auctioned	3,171	1,448
YH	SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Auctioned (Rebanded YC)	519	346

Broadcast Auxiliary

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
LP	Broadcast Auxiliary Low Power	2,697	1,449
LV	Low Power Wireless Assist Video Devices	6	2
RP	Broadcast Auxiliary Remote Pickup	18,872	10,356

Paging

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
CA	Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Radiotelephone	9	0
CB	BETRS (Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems)	88	12
CD	Paging and Radiotelephone	8,291	971
CG	General Aviation Air-Ground Radiotelephone	248	54
CO	Offshore Radiotelephone	73	1
CR	Rural Radiotelephone	895	99

Coast & Ground

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
AA	Aviation Auxiliary Group	1,040	505
AF	Aeronautical and Fixed	19,431	9,166
AR	Aviation Radionavigation	2,832	820
MA	Marine Auxiliary Group	8	1
MC	Coastal Group	11,688	2,705
MK	Alaska Group	675	162
MR	Radiolocation Land	260	215

Commercial Operator

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
CM	Commercial Radio Operator	502,361	444,813
RR	Restricted Radiotelephone	292,479	291,640

Microwave

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
AB	Aural Microwave Booster	12	6
AI	Aural Intercity Relay	1,441	726
AS	Aural Studio Transmitter Link	14,365	9,643
CE	Digital Electronic Message Service (Common Carrier)	168	0
CF	Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave	160,499	53,565
CT	Local Television Transmission	3,226	180
MG	Microwave Industrial/Business Pool	113,736	55,550
MM	Millimeter Wave 70-80-90 GHz	1,339	945
MW	Microwave Public Safety Pool	45,043	31,264
NN	3650-3700 MHz	2,849	0
PE	Digital Electronic Message Service (Private Operational Fixed)	3	0
PF	Public Safety 4.9 GHz Microwave	5,741	5,733
TB	TV Microwave Booster	12	1
TI	TV Intercity Relay	10,038	3,922
TP	TV Pickup	3,923	1,437
TS	TV Studio Transmitter Link	4,494	2,111
TT	TV Translator Relay	919	296
WA	Microwave Aviation	15	4

GMRS

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
ZA	General Mobile Radio (GMRS)	624,180	469,446

Ship

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
SA	Ship Recreational or Voluntarily Equipped	343,613	47,896
SB	Ship Compulsory Equipped	59,337	19,211
SE	Ship Exemption	353	73

Aircraft

Code	Radio Service	Licenses	Active
AC	Aircraft	153,251	34,623

Not included

SpectrumLookup does not carry these FCC ULS radio services or records. Look them up on the FCC's own ULS.

Not included	Codes	Why
Cellular	CL	The FCC cellular license file (l_cell) is not loaded. These are carrier licenses, not radio users you would look up here.
Broadband Radio / Educational Broadband (BRS, EBS)	BR, ED	The FCC BRS/EBS file (l_mdsitfs) is not loaded. These are 2.5 GHz broadband licenses.
Other market-based (auctioned, geographic-area) services	AD, AH, AT, AW, BA, BB, BC, BS, CJ, CN, CP, CW, CY, CZ, DV, GC, LD, LS, MS, PC, PK, PL, PM, QA, TC, TN, TZ, UU, WS, WT, WU, WX, WY, WZ, ZV	The FCC market file is loaded only for 800/900 MHz SMR market-area licenses (YC, YD, YH). The rest of that file, such as PCS, AWS, 700 MHz, WCS, and 900 MHz Broadband (BS), is left out. These are area-wide carrier licenses with few or no transmitter sites.
Application history and new-license applications		Pending applications for an existing call sign are shown on its license page and updated once a week from the FCC weekly application files. Granted, dismissed, and withdrawn applications, and applications for a new license (no call sign yet), are not loaded.
Antenna structure registrations, auctions, and non-ULS licenses		These are separate FCC systems (ASR, auctions, CDBS/LMS broadcast, IBFS satellite) and are not part of the ULS bulk files used here.

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