Radio Shack PRO-95 manual

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2 FEAT URES Your Radio Shack Hand held Scanner is one of a new generati on of scanne rs desig ned to tr ack M otorol a  Type I and II (such a s Smartnet  an d Pri vacy Plus  ) and hybri d analog trunk ing syste ms, and GE/ Ericss on (EDACS  ) type sys tems, wh ich are exte nsive ly used in many commu nicat ion system s. Trunk ing comm u[...]

Featu res 3 most com monly us ed by publi c servic e and o ther ag encie s. This scan ner gives you direct acces s to over 59,000 freque ncies inclu ding t hose us ed by p olice a nd fire depa rtment s, ambul ance servic es, governm ent agencies, air, and ama teur radi o serv ices . Your sca nner incl udes these features : Simu ltan eous Tr unk ing[...]

Fea tures 4 Digital Weather Aler t —d i s p l a y s the weather even t text with four alert level s so y ou can see an d hear the reas on for the alert. Data Cloning — lets you transf er the progr ammed data t o another PRO-95 sc anner. You ca n also upload or d ownload the prog ramme d data to or f rom a PC using a n opti onal PC i nterfac e k[...]

Featu res 5 Priority Channe l —l e t sy o us e t the scanne r to chec k one chann el ever y 2 seconds so you do not miss trans missio ns. Attenuate — l ets you prog ram your sc anner to reduce t he scanne r's sen sitivity to st rong local signal s, to re duce inte rference or noise c aused by th ese s ignal s. Text Input — lets you input[...]

The FC C Want s You to Know 6 a vehicle us ing a DC adapte r (not suppli ed). Supplied Trunking Guide — provi des a quick r eferen ce to public sa fety trunking radio systems in the U nited State s. Your sca nner can re ceiv e these freq uenci es: •2 5 – 5 4 M H z • 108 – 136.9875 MH z •1 3 7 – 1 7 4 M H z • 216.0 025 – 225 MHz ?[...]

The FCC Wants Y ou to Know 7 instr ucti ons, m ay ca use har mful interfere nce to radio commu nicat ions. Howeve r, there is no guarant ee that interf erence will not occu r in a particul ar instal lation . If this equipm ent does cause harmful interfere nce to radio or television receptio n, w hic h can be deter mined by turnin g the equipm ent o[...]

The FC C Want s You to Know 8 compan ies, amateur r adio servic es, military op eration s, page r service s, and wire line (telepho ne and tel egraph) servi ce provide rs. It is legal to listen to almos t ever y tra nsmiss ion you r scanne r can rece ive. However, there are some tran smissions you should nev er intenti onally listen to. These i ncl[...]

Prepa ration 9 In some areas , mobile us e of this scan ner is u nlaw ful or requ ires a permi t. C heck th e law s in you r area. PREPARATION P OWER S OURCES You can power your sca nner fro m any of three sourc es: • inter nal non-recha rgeable batteries o r rechar geable batteries (n ot supplied — see “Using Batteri e s”). • stan dard A[...]

Prepa ration 10 You mus t charge re chargeable batteries b efore you use them the first time. See “Charg ing Rechar geable Ba tteries” on Page 11. o  Follow th ese steps to insta l l the batteries : 1. Press in on the battery comp artme nt cov er on the bac k of th e scann er an d slide the cover dow n to remove it. 2. Pull the battery ho ld[...]

Prepa ration 11 Char ging Rech arge able Batteries Your sca nner has a built-in charg ing ci rcui t that lets y ou charg e nick el-me tal h ydrid e (Ni- MH) or nicke l cadmium (Ni-CD ) recharge able batteries (n ot suppli ed) while th ey are in the scanne r. To charge recharge able batteries , connec t an appropriate AC or DC adapt er to the PWR DC[...]

Prepa ration 12 1. Connect the Adap taplug to the adapter' s cord with the tip set t o posit ive.  2. Plug the adapt er's barrel plug into the scanner' s P W RD C9 V jac k. 3. Plug the adapte r's two-prong plug i nto an AC out let. Using Vehicle Battery Power You can po wer the sc anner fr om a vehicl e’s 12V power source ([...]

Prepa ration 13 Connec ting an Opt ional Antenna The ante nna connect or on y our scanne r mak es it e asy to us e the scanne r with a variety of ante nnas , such as an exte rnal mobile antenna o r outdo or base station ant enna. Your local R a d i o S h a c ks t o r es e l l sav a r i e t yo f ante nnas . Always us e 50-ohm coaxi al cable, such as[...]

Prepa ration 14 • Set th e volum e to zero before putting on t he headph ones. With t he he adpho nes on , adjus t the vol ume to a comfort able level. • A void i ncreas ing th e vol ume once you se t it. O ver time , your se nsitivit y to a volum e level d ecreases, so vol ume levels that do no t cause dis comfort mi ght dam age your hearin g.[...]

About Y our Scanne r 15 U SING TH E B ELT C LIP You can use the belt clip attac hed to the back of the scan ner for hands-fr ee carrying when y ou are on the g o. Slide the be lt clip o v er your bel t or w aistband . T RANSFERRING D ATA TO AND FROM A NOTHE R S CANNER OR A PC You can transfe r the programmed data t o and f rom a nother PRO-9 5 scan[...]

About the K eypad 16 You can a lso search t he SEARCH banks, w hich are preprogra mmed freq uenci es in the scan ner's memory (see “Searching a Preprogr ammed F requency Range” on Page 32 for the freq uency l ist) . You ca n even change the freq uency range on one of the SEAR CH ban ks (SR5 ) to limit th e search. When yo u find a frequenc[...]

About th e Keypad 17 TRUNK — stores the trunki ng ID code or hol ds the trun king ID whil e scanni ng. PRI (Priority) — set s and turns the priority fun c tion on or off. TEXT — lets you input text . P AUS E — stops se arch . MODE — changes the recei ve mode (AM, F M, MOT, ED). / — turns on/off the displa y's backlight , or when us[...]

About the K eypad 18 1 — enters a 1, or inputs charact ers 0 throu gh 9 in text mode. 2 / ABC — enters a 2, or inputs characters A, B, or C. 3 / DEF — ent ers a 3, or input s chara cter s D, E, or F. 4 / GHI — enters a 4, or inputs chara cter s G, H, or I. 5 / JKL — enters a 5, or inputs charact ers J, K, or L. 6 / MNO — enters a 6, or [...]

Quick Start 19 QUICK START To help famil iarize yourself with the scanne r’s functions, ke ypad, and available frequencie s, you c an utili ze o ne of t hese t hree feat ures before y o u begi n progra mming th e scanne r. Preprogr ammed Sea rch Banks — allow you to lis ten to frequenc ies and decide which frequenc ies you want to store when yo[...]

Underst anding Your Scan ner's Mode s 20 To make it easie r to identify and select the ch annel s you want to listen to, you r scanner divid es the channe ls into 10 banks ( 0 to 9 )o f 100 ( 00 to 99 ) channel s eac h, a total of 1,000 cha nnels. You ca n use eac h channel-s torage b ank to group freq uencies , such as thos e used by Moto rol[...]

Unders tanding Y our Scanner 's Modes 21 Howeve r, you can not pro gram MOT (Motorola), or ED (EDACS) mode in VHF. Each receive mode affects how y our scan ner operate s when s canning and receivi ng transmi ssions, an d also affects what t ransm ission s you r eceiv e when you se t the scanner to the closed m ode. See “Changi ng the Recei v[...]

Underst anding Your Scan ner's Mode s 22 Motorol a systems are trunkin g syste ms used pr imaril y by busine ss and public s afety g roups to efficien tly allocate a sm all numbe r of f requen cie s (as fe w as five) to many groups of us ers (as many as s evera l thou sand) . To d o this , each gr oup of use rs in the system i s assigned to a [...]

Unders tanding Y our Scanner 's Modes 23 FFF =Flee t ID SS =Subf leet ID Type I system s are usually organ ized with diff erent user group s assigned to diffe rent fleets. Ô To proper ly map the ra w Type I data to t he correct fleet-s ubfleet format , you must program th e correct fle et m ap into the s canner. Fleet m ap information i s wid[...]

Underst anding Your Scan ner's Mode s 24 is assig ned a Logica l Channel Numb er (LCN ). For the sc ann er to correc tly swit ch to an active frequenc y, you must program the frequenc ies in LCN order, starting with Memor y 01 . EDACS talk gro up IDs are entered as a 4-digit decima l num ber from 0001 to 2047 or AFS (Agenc y Fleet Subfleet) nu[...]

Unders tanding Y our Scanner 's Modes 25 O PEN AND C LOSED M ODES You can set your sca nner to change the w ay it receives signal s. These settings, ca lled open mo de and closed mo de, affect h ow the sca nner rec eives signa ls fro m commu nicat ions syste ms that use some ty pe of close d squelch (su ch as Motoro la and EDA CS syste ms). Ô[...]

Operati on 26 storage ban k's number while scanni ng. OPEN or CLOSED appears while the sc anner is in ma nual mode or whi le the scan ner is rece iving a si gnal during sc annin g. See “Chang ing the Open/Clo sed M o d e ”o nP a g e6 8f o rm o r e infor mation abou t s ettin g the open a n dc l o s e dm o d e s . OPERATION T URNING ON THE [...]

Operati on 27 sure to get a current copy. A lso see the su pplied Trunk i ng Guid e . Follow th ese steps to store frequenc ies into channels. Ô 1. Press MANUAL , enter the bank (0–9) a nd channel number (00– 99) where you want to store a freque ncy , then press MANUAL agai n. M and the ban k and channel number app ear at the uppe r left cor n[...]

Operati on 28 quency (including the d ecimal point ) you w ant to sto re. I fy o um a k eam i s t a k e ,p r e s s CL t od e l e t eas i n g l ed i g i to r press and hol d CL about 2 second s to d elete a ll dig its . 4. Press ENTE R to store the frequenc y into the channel . Ô 5. If necessa ry , press MODE to change the rec eiving mode. 6. If de[...]

Operati on 29 6 . R e p e a tS t e p s4a n d5t oe n t e r the other trun king group freq uenci es for E DACS or additio nal control channel freq uenci es for Mot orol a syste ms. 7. If necessa ry , press MODE to change the r eceivin g mod e. S TOR ING T EXT T AGS You can cu stomi ze your sca nner by storing tex t tags (up to 12 charact ers) for eas[...]

Operati on 30 • “H” i s the second letter associ ated with 4 o n the keypad. Press 4 then 2 . • “ A” is the first letter associ ated with 2 o n the keypad. Press 2 then 1 . • “ M” is the first letter associ ated with 6 o n the keypad. Press 6 then 1 . • “S pace. ” Pre ss ./DELA Y . • “ 6” is the sixth num ber associ at[...]

Operati on 31 Assigning a Text Tag to a Bank 1. Select a chann el within the desir ed ban k by pre ssing MANUAL and entering the bank nu mber ( 000 for b ank 0 or 200 for bank 2 , for example). Press MANUAL agai n. 2. Press PGM . 3. Press FUNC then 7 .T h e cursor appe ars at the third line of the displ ay . Enter the text using the ke ypad. (See ?[...]

Operati on 32 F INDING AND S TORING A CTIV E F REQUEN CIES You can search fo r transm issions in the s canne r’s preprog rammed sear ch bank. The searc h bank is divide d into six searc h bands. You can ch ange th e search rang e of Bank SR5 man ually by settin g the lower a nd highe r ends of the sear ch range. Ô Searching a Preprogrammed Frequ[...]

Operati on 33 bank ( SR0 , SR1 , SR2 , SR3 , SR4 , or SR5 ). 2. In the marine and CB ban ds, you can dire ctly se lect a channe l or se arch thr ough the band. W hen M app ears at the lef t most p osition of the second li ne, you can dire ctly select a cha nnel (refer to “Band Chart s” on Page 34). Press the desi red channel number wh ile M app[...]

Operati on 34 Band Charts Search bank: SR0 Marine band Receive mode : FM Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) 01 156.050 05 156.250 06 156.3000 07 156.3500 08 156.4000 09 156.4500 10 156.5000 11 156.5500 12 156.6000 13 156.6500 14 156.7000 15 156.7500 16 156.8000 17 156.8500 18 156.9000 19 156.9500 20 157.0000 161.6000 21 157.0500 22 157[...]

Operati on 35 Two freque ncies are assi gned in one cha nnel in some Marine frequ encie s. For examp le, 157.00 0 and 161.600 are as sig ned in C hann el 20. Search bank : SR1 CB band Receiv e mode: AM Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) 01 26.9650 02 26.9750 03 26.9850 04 27.0050 05 27.0150 06 27.0250 07 27.0350 08 27.0550 09 27.0650 1[...]

Operati on 36 Search bank : SR2 Police/Fire band Receive Mode : FM Group Frequency (MHz) Step (kHz) 0 33.420–33 . 980 20 37.020–37.420 20 39.020–39.980 20 42.020–42.940 20 44.620–45.860 40 45.880 45.900 45.940–46.060 40 46.080–46.500 20 1 153.770–154.130 60 154.145–154.445 15 154.650–154.950 15 155.010–155.370 60 155.415–155[...]

Operati on 37 Search bank : SR3 Aircraft Receiv e mode: AM Search bank : SR4 Ham band Receiv e mode: FM Search bank : SR5 Programmabl e limit sea rch Receiv e mode: FM (Default setting) Searching Ac tive Frequencies in Your Desired Frequency Range You can program the de sired frequenc y range for a search . 1. Repea tedly press SEARCH to selec t SR[...]

Operati on 38 blin ks L on the sec ond line for the lower-e nd limit frequen cy . 3. Use th e num ber key s and ./DEL A Y to ente r the desired lower-e nd limit frequen cy (incl udi ng th e decim al poi nt). 4. Press ENTE R to set the frequenc y . The cursor mov es to H . If th e entered f requency is inco rrect, Inv ali d F req briefly appears . 5[...]

Operati on 39 In the Air and Limi t search band s, press FUNC t hen p ress  to start s e a r c h i n gu pf r o mt h el o w e s t freq uen cy or p ress  to start searchi ng down from the highest freq uency . Manually Tuning a Frequency You can ma nually set the sc anner to move throug h all rece ivable frequ encies, or sele ct a spec ific freq[...]

Operati on 40 weathe r informati on on one or more of these cha nnels . Listening to a Weathe r Channel To hear y our lo cal fo recast and regional w eather inf ormation, press WX .Y o u rs c a n n e rs c a n s through t he weather band then stops w ithin a few second s on t he stronges t weath er broadcast. Displaying Weather Messages The we ather[...]

Operati on 41 WX Alert and Beep Tone Confirmatio n 1. T o test the WX alert , press WX for more than 2 secon ds while DIG WX STBY appears. The displ ay indicat es the type of messag e, and the scanner sounds an al ert or series of beep s. The beeps automati - cally cha nge every 3 seconds . 2. Press any key exc ept to stop t est soun d mode . U SIN[...]

Operati on 42 second , the fre quency t o be copied fla shes. 3. Press ENTE R. All the conditi ons such as receive mode and d e lay co ndition are copied onto the ch annel. Ch an Store! briefly ap pears. The scanne r automati cally returns to search mod e. If you try to copy a f requency which is al ready sto red, the scanne r sounds the not ice to[...]

Operati on 43 copied on the ch annel. Af ter about 2 seconds , the scanner auto matica lly ret urns to sear ch mode. 3. If you try to copy a frequ ency which is al ready sto red, the scanne r sounds the not ice tone 3 tim es after y ou press ENTER . Dupl.f Chxxx appears at the bottom line. If you want to copy the dupli cate frequenc y anyway , pres[...]

Operati on 44 Turning Channel-Storage Banks Off and On To turn off banks wh ile scannin g , pres s the b ank's n umber key s o the bank's num ber disappea rs. For exam ple, t o turn off ba nk 1, press 1 . The scan ner doe s not scan an y of th e chann els wi thin the bank s you tu rned off. To turn on banks while sc anning, press t he n u[...]

Spec ial F eatu res 45 SPECIAL F EATURES U SING TH E D ELAY F UNCTION Many c onversation s might have a pause of several seconds between a query and a reply. T o avoid missin g a rep ly, yo u can p rogram a 2-second de lay into any of yo ur scanne r's channe ls. Then, when the sca nner stops on th e channel, D appears and th e sca nner conti n[...]

Special F eatures 46 Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels To review al l locked out chan nels, press MANU AL . Then repeate dly alter nat e betwe en pr essing FUNC and then L/OUT to v iew each locked -out ch annel . When you finish rev i ewi ng locked-ou t channe ls, press MANUAL . Locking Out Fre quencies To lock out a frequen cy during a sea rch, pre [...]

Spec ial F eatu res 47 Clearing a Locked-Out Frequency To clear a locke d-out freque ncy, select tha t freque ncy (see “Rev iewi ng Locke d-Out Frequ encies” on Page 46), the n press CL . If all locked -out frequen cies are clear ed wi thin a b ank, Emp ty. Lock out l ist appears. Clearing All Locked-Out Frequencies in a Search Bank 1. Press SE[...]

Special F eatures 48 the scann er has one pri ority channe l. With the priority fe ature, you can scan thr ough pr ogram med channe ls and still not miss an impo rtant or i nter estin g tran smissi on on a s pecif ic channe l. When priority i s turned on, the s canner c hecks that channe l every 2 seco nds, and stays on th e chan nel if ther e is a[...]

Spec ial F eatu res 49 2. Select th e weath er channel you want to program as the priori ty channel. 3. Press FUNC then PRI . Pr i Chan nel flashes on the bo ttom line two tim es. To turn on the priority feat ure, press PR I so P appe ars on the top line w hile s canni ng. PRI on (or PRIwx if you set the priorit y to a weather frequenc y) app ears [...]

Special F eatures 50 might h ave to change t he receive mode. To change the rec eive mode, repeated ly press MODE .T h e receiv e mode ch anges as fo llows: AM — acc esses t he AM m ode FM — acces ses t he FM m ode MO — acces ses t he FM M ode, Motor ola Trun king Sys tem (wit h a 4- or 5- digit I D code) ED — acces ses the FM Mod e, EDACS [...]

Spec ial F eatu res 51 W h e ny o ut u r ni to f f , A change s to “ . ”. You cannot set the attenua tor while the sc anner is scan ning. Press FUN C and th en AT T to set the attenuat or to its global mode. Global ATT. appears for 2 seconds at the bottom line an d a or - appears . a mean s the attenuat or is on and - m e a n si ti so f f .P r [...]

Special F eatures 52 lit areas. Pr ess to turn on the backli ght for 5 sec onds. To t urn off the backl ight before it auto matic- ally turns off, press again. To turn o n the backlight so it does not t urn off auto matically, hol d down for ab out 1 s econd . Press whi le the ba cklight is on to turn it off. You can select th e amount of t ime the[...]

Spec ial F eatu res 53 locke d. appears when you pres s any k ey aft er lo cking t he k eypad . To turn o ff the key lock, p ress FUN C then / . The scanner beeps t hree ti mes an d Key unloc k ed appears . C HANGING THE D ISPLAY C ONTRAST 1. Press MANUAL . 2. Press FUNC then 9 . Use Up/ Dow n keys to set contra st. appears . 3. Press  or  to[...]

Trunkin g 54 4. Press 1 to send the dat a to the othe r unit o r press an y other ke y to cancel the operatio n. The scann er send s the data. To exi t the c lone mo de, rem ove t he cable. TRUNKING T RUNKING O PE RATION The scann er track s transmis sions that use the Motor ola Type I and Type II (s uch as Smartnet and Priv acy Pl us) an d hybr id[...]

Trunk ing 55 the need to enter al l the Motorola group freq uencies . The con trol channels a re subj ect to change dep ending on the day. Therefore ent er all the control freq uenci es in the same ba nk. If you do not kn ow which is the control c hannel, it is be tter to enter all the sys tem frequenc ies into the same b ank. (R efer t o the s upp[...]

Trunkin g 56 specif ic frequency to transmit on, a trunked sys tem choose s one of several fre quencies w hen the 2-way radi o use r transmits . The system automatica lly transmits th e call on that freque ncy, and also sends a code tha t iden tifies tha t 2-wa y radi o use r's tr ansmi ssio n on a control chan nel. Your scanne r lets you easi[...]

Trunk ing 57 1. Press PGM and press (or h old down )  or  to select the bank. Ô 2. Press TRUNK to enter the ID progra m mode. 3. Repea tedly press MODE to selec t MOT for Mot orol a, or ED for the EDACS (GE/Erics son) system to sc an. This se ts the talk g roup ID dec oding method to be used for the bank. Ô 4. Press PGM to enter the progra [...]

Trunkin g 58 6. T o enter add itiona l trunkin g freq uenci es as subs equen t channe ls in the s ame ban k, press PG M or  to ac cess the next op en channel then ent er the frequ encies. (See “S toring Known Frequ encie s into Chan nels” on Pa ge 26) . 7. Press SCAN to start sca nning . Ô I fy o um a k ea ne r r o ri nt h ee n t r y proc e[...]

Trunk ing 59 1. Press PGM then TRUNK to enter the ID program mode. 2. Press FUNC and pres s (or hold)  or  t o select t he bank. 3. Press MOD E and select MOT . 4. Press FUNC then 2 .T h e displa y indicates Base f req.: on the first li ne, 406 .0000 on the second li ne, Off set: 380 on the third line and Step: 25.0k Hz on the bottom lin e. 5[...]

Trunkin g 60 P ROGRAMMING M OTOROLA T RUNKING S YS TEM (800 MH Z ) Follow the se steps to program 800 MHz band Moto rola trunking. Ô 1. Press PGM then TRUNK to enter the ID program mode. 2. Press FUNC then  or  to select the de s ired bank . 3. Press MODE a nd select Motorola tru nking mo de. 4. Press FUNC then 3. Use Up / Do wn keys to s et[...]

Trunk ing 61 1. Press PGM then TRUNK . 2. F or eac h ban k you w ant to progra m, repeatedly p ress FUN C .T h e n  or  to sel ect the bank. 3. Press FUNC . Then press 8 . Block 0 size code. Use 15 for type II. S—00 ap pear s. 4. E nter the si ze code suppl ied with the T ype I syste m informa tion, re ferring to th e instruc tion that appe[...]

Trunkin g 62 5. Press ENTER for each entry . If you make a mist ake, press CL and en ter th e corr ect size code. Ô 6. Press SCAN to start scannin g. T ALK G ROUP ID S There are 10 talk group ID bank s and eac h ID bank has 5 sub- banks. Eac h sub-ban k has 20 ID locat ions. You ca n pro gram u p to 100 talk group IDs in each bank , so you can pro[...]

Trunk ing 63 If the ID has already b een stored when you pres s TRUNK , ID w a s sav ed appears. Ô Follow th ese steps to manu ally store talk grou p IDs or to edit a stor ed ID. 1. Press PGM . 2. Press TRUNK . 3. T o select the bank where y ou want to store the ID , repeated ly press FUNC then  or  until you reach th e des ired b ank. 4. Pr[...]

Trunkin g 64 8. If you want to tag th e ID, press TE XT , enter the desir ed text t ag for the ID. Then pre ss ENTER (see “T ext Input Chart ” on Page 31 ). 9. T o store th e next ID memory in sequenc e, press  and repeat S tep 4. 10. P ress SC AN to start sca nning. Ô If yo u entered a n ID code that is alre ady s tore d in an other ID cha[...]

Trunk ing 65 t h es c a ni n d i c a t i o n S at the fir st digit in t he top line i s changed to H . To release ID hold, press SCAN or TRUNK . T URNING AN ID S UB - B ANK O N OR O FF Follow th ese steps to turn the ID sub-ban k on or off during the progra m mode: 1. Press TRUNK repeat edly t o select the de sired sub-bank. 2. Press FUNC then 1 to[...]

Trunkin g 66 3. Press FUNC ,  or  to move to the desi red bank. 4. Press  or  to select the ID memo ry . 5. Press L/OUT to lo ck out the ID. L appear s. 6. T o remove the lock out from a trunking ID , manually se lect the ID memory , and press L/OUT until L disapp ears. You can c onfir m the ID c ode whil e the scanne r shows the text w[...]

Trunk ing 67 R EVIEWING L OCKED -O UT T ALK G ROUP ID S You ca nnot c lea r all l ockou ts fr om at a l k g r o u p a tt h es a m et i m e . 1. Press PGM then TRUNK . 2. Press FUNC . Then L/OUT .T h e locked out ID appears . If the ID mem ory b ank ha s no locked -out ID, y ou hear th e low beep ton e. 3. Press FUNC then  or  to sel ect a sea[...]

Trunkin g 68 4. Press FUNC then 6 . Conf irm list cle ar? 1=YES P ress ot her key fo r N O . appears. 5. Press 1 to clear all ta lk group IDs within a bank . Lis t clea red appears . To cancel the del etion, pre ss any key exc ept 1 . The scann er returns to the talk group ID mem ory mode. C HANGING THE O PEN /C LO SED M ODE 1. Press MANUAL . 2. Pr[...]

A Gene ral Guid e to Freq uencies 69 A GENERAL GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES Recep tion of the freque ncies covered by your sca nner is m ainly “line-of-s ight.” That means you usuall y cannot hear stati ons that are beyo nd the horizo n. US W EATHER F REQUENCIES ( IN MH Z ) H AM R ADIO F REQUENCIES Ham radio op erators often tran smit e mergenc y inf o[...]

A Gene ral Guid e to Freq uencies 70 recei ver. T hese ope rati ng frequenc ies might inte rfere with tran smissi ons on t he sa me frequenc ies. If you program on e of these freque ncies, you hear only noise on that frequ ency. If the inter ference is not sev ere, you m i g h tb ea b l et ot u r n SQUELCH clockwi se to o mit the birdie . The sca n[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 71 antenna and m oving it away from the sca nner. Mak e sure tha t no other nearby rad io or TV sets are turned on near the s canner. Use the search fun ction and scan every fr equency rang e from its lowest frequency to t he high est. Occas ional ly, the searchi ng will stop as if it had fou nd a signal, often with out[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 72 UHF Band P RIMARY U SAGE As a gen eral rule, m ost of t he radio activ ity is concen trated on the fol lowi ng frequ encie s: U.S. Government 406.000–420.000 70-cm Amateur 420.000–450.000 Low Range 450.000–470.000 FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band 470.000–512.000 800 band Law Enforcement 806.000–824.000 Conv[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 73 B AND A LLOCATIO N To help decid e which freq uency ranges to sca n, use the followi ng listi ng of t he ty pical s ervic es tha t use the frequen cies your scanner receive s. These frequencies are subjec t to change, and mi ght vary from area to area. For a more comple te lis ting, in cluding F ire and Emergenc y Se[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 74 FIRE Fire Department HAM Amateur (Ham) Radio GOVT Federal Government GMR General Mobile Radio GT R General Trunked IND Industrial Services (Manufacturing, Construction, Farming, F orest Products) MAR Military Amateur Radio MARI Maritime Limited Coast (Coast Guard, Marine T elephone, Shipboard Radio, Private S tations[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 75 HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) — (3 MHz- 30 MHz) CB Band (26.965-2 7.405 MH z) 10-Me ter Am ateur B and (28.0-29.7 M Hz) 28.00 0-29.7 00 .... .... .... .... ....... ..... HAM VERY HI GH FREQUE NCY (VHF) — (30 MHz-300 MHz) VHF Low Band (29.7- 50 MHz- in 5 kH z steps) 29.70 0-2 9.790 ........ ...... ..... ...... .... ... IN D[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 76 35.020-35.980 . .......... BUS, PUB, IND, ....... ........ .... ....... ........ .... ...... ....... TELM 36.000- 36.2 30 ......... .......... . GOVT , MIL 36.230-36.990 . .......... Oil S pill Cleanup, ....... ........ .... ....... ........ .... ..... GOVT , MIL 37.020- 37.98 0 ......... .... ...... ... PUB, IND 38.[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 77 152.870-153.020 ........... ....... IND, MOV 153.035-153.725 .......... IND, O IL, UTIL 153.740-154.445 ................ PUB, F IRE 154.490-154.570 ............. ..... IND, BUS 154.585 ............... .......Oil Spil l Cleanup 154.600-154.625 ........... ................BUS 154.655-156.240 ............. MED, ROAD, ..[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 78 ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF) — (300 MHz-3 GHz) U. S. Gove rnment B and (40 6-42 0 MHz) 406.125-419.975 ..... ...... GOVT , U SXX 70-Centim eter Amateu r Band (420-450 MHz) 420.000-450.000 ... ...................... HAM Low Band (4 50-470 MHz ) 450.050-450.925 .......................... RT V 451.025-452.025 . ..... IN[...]

Gui de to the Ac tion B ands 79 Conve ntional Syst ems Band — Local ly Assig ned (in 6. 25 kHz steps ) Conve ntiona l/Trunk ed Systems Band — Local ly Assig ned (in 6.25 kHz steps ) Trunked Sys tems Band — Local ly Assig ned (in 6.25 kHz steps ) Public S afety Band — Local ly Assig ned (in 6.25 kHz steps ) 33-Centim eter Amateu r Band (902-[...]

Frequen cy Conversi on 80 Priv ate Tr unked Band ( in 6.2 5 kHz steps ) General Tru nked Band (in 6.25 kHz steps) 23-Centim eter Amate ur Band (in 6.25 kHz st eps) FREQU ENC Y CONVERSION The tuning loc ation of a s tati on can be e xpre ssed in frequ ency (kHz or M Hz) or in waveleng th (meters). The fo llowing i n f o r m a t i o nc a nh e l py o [...]

Freque ncy Conversio n 81 To convert from k Hz to MHz, divid e the n umbe r of kil oher tz by 1,000 : 127.800 ( kHz) / 1,000 = 127.8 MHz To convert MHz to me ters, divide 300 by the number of megah ertz: 300/ 50 MHz = 6 mete rs[...]

Troubles hooting 82 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Possible C ause Remedy Scanner is totall y inoperative. The AC or DC adapter is not connected. Be sure the adapter's barrel plug is fully inserted into the PW R DC 9V jack. Batteries have failed Recharge the rechargeable batteries or replace the s tan- dard batte ries Poor or no reception. An antenna[...]

Resetting/Initializing th e Scanner 83 RESETTING/ INITIALIZING THE SCANNER If the sca nner 's display l ocks up or does not work p roperly aft er you connec t a powe r source, you might need to res et or initialize it . ! R ESETTI NG THE S CANNER 1. T urn off t he scanner , then turn it on again . 2. Insert a pointe d object, such as a straig [...]

Care 84 CARE Keep the scann er dry; if it gets wet, wip e it dry im mediate ly. Use and sto re the sca nner only in normal temperature environmen ts. Hand le the scan ner car eful ly; do not dr op it. Kee p the sca nner aw ay f r o md u s ta n dd i r t ,a n dw i p ei tw i t h a damp cloth oc casional ly to keep it looking ne w . Modify ing or tampe[...]

Specifications 85 ID memo ry banks ............................ 10 Sub-banks per bank .......................... 5 Number of m emory IDs per sub-bank ..... ........ .... ....... ........ .... ....... ........ .... . 20 Sensitivity (20 dB S/N): FM: 25–54 MHz .............................. 0. 3 µ V 108 –136.9875 MHz ................. 0.3 µ V 13[...]

Specifications 86 Intermediate Frequencies (IF): 1st ........................ ............ 380. 8 MHz 2nd ..... .... ...... ......... ...... ........ 21.4 MHz 3rd .... ...... ........ ..... .... ...... ......... 455 kHz Priority Sampling ............... .. 2 seconds Operating T em perature ... -14 to 140° F (-10 to 60° C) IF Rejection 380.8 MHz a[...]

Parts and Access ories 87 PARTS AND ACCESSORIES Parts and acce ssories are avai labl e at yo ur loc al Radi oSha ck store. Acce ssorie s are also availa ble online at www.radioshack.com . P arts an d acces sories are avai lable but not limite d to the following. Visit you r local Rad ioShac k store or obta in a Radio Shack cat alog for a more compl[...]

Parts and Ac cessories 88 Connectin g Cable Use to connect your sc anne r to another scanner so you can t ransfer data betwee n them. 9V, 300 mA AC Adapter Use to connec t your sc anner to AC power. DUAL  TRUNKING 1000  CHANNELS PC Interfac e Cable Use to conne ct your sca nner to a PC s o you ca n tra nsfer d ata between th em.[...]

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