The ARRL suggested bandplan has always been a little quirky because of how it is really used in the real world. Look at this repeater coordinator to get an idea (http://www.metrocor.net/bands/440MHz.htm)
N2NOV, I've found a US amateur band plan. It supplies channel step and mode, which will be reflected in the defaults once I've incorporated it into bandplan_na.py: http://www.arrl.org/band-plan
-- Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV NYC ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.
NYC-ARECS/RACES Net Mon. @ 8:30PM 147.360/107.2 PL http://www.nyc-arecs.org and http://www.nyc-skywarn.org
NYDXA SWL & Scanner Net Wed. @ 9PM 147.360/107.2 PL http://www.n2nov.net
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