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I agree Slomover, but since the main question was "how many truckers are on VHF and IMD262 mentioned the band in Canada I thought maybe I can clarify things a little bit.

Here the VHF frequencies that I posted are mainly for truckers and you do not need an amateur license to talk on these frequencies. These are programmed in commercial radios (ICOM 5061, KENWOOD 7180, and so on) these radios do not have a VFO but are capable of 512 channels. The bad part is that if a company gets their own frequency, and you need to add it to your radio, dealers charge a $25 programming fee ( can get expensive for some truckers to add channels).

For once, amateurs are not allowed to use these frequencies because they are for commercial use only. There is a fee that "should" be paid for having the radio, however, I don't believe the government owns everything, including the air that I breath, so everybody does whatever they want anyway.

As far as rules and regulations go, I thought I was born a FREE HUMAN BEING until proven otherwise! (I refuse to be enslaved by anyone)

73.