PMR446 channels for CHIRP
The 16 PMR446 channels — 446.00625 to 446.19375 MHz in 12.5 kHz steps, narrow FM — are in the table below. Download the CSV and import it in CHIRP.
Why receive-only
PMR446 is licence-free in the UK and Europe only on a PMR446 radio with a fixed antenna and 0.5 W. A Baofeng UV-5R or a Quansheng UV-K5 is not one, so the file listens on all 16 channels and does not transmit. Untick receive-only in “Add ready-made channels” to change that.
Older 8-channel walkie-talkies
Channels 1–8 are the original PMR446 channels; 9–16 came when the band was widened to 446.2 MHz. A walkie-talkie labelled “8 channels” uses 1–8.
Before you load it into a radio
The file is for CHIRP, the free programming software — not for the radio itself. CHIRP is what writes the channels to the radio, and CHIRP and the radio decide what they accept; we cannot check that without your radio. Before uploading, download the radio’s current memories in CHIRP and save them as a backup, then look through the channels. Transmitting on some frequencies needs a licence or an approved radio — check the rules where you are. You use the file and program your radio at your own risk.
Questions
- My radio cannot tune to 446.00625.
- It needs a 6.25 kHz step. Type the radio into “Check for my radio” — the page says whether it reaches these frequencies.