Radio Shack PRO-90 manual

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    Owner’s Manual Cat. No . 20-520 PR O-90 3 00-Ch annel TrunkT rack er Scan ner Please re ad befo re usi ng t his equi pment. 20-5 20 .f m Pag e 1 We d ne s day , Au gus t 4, 199 9 3: 0 6 P M[...]

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    2 FEA TURES Your new Radi oShack PRO-90 300-Channe l Trunk- Track er Scanne r is t he fi rs t of a new gen erati on of scan- ners d esi gned t o trac k Mot orol a  Type I an d Type II (suc h as Smartnet  , a nd Pr ivacy Pl us  ) and hybr id an- alog tr unking syste ms, which are ext ensivel y used in many 80 0 MHz communi ca tion sys tems.[...]

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    3 Ten Channel-St orage Banks — let you store 30 chan - nels i n each ba nk to group channe ls so you can more ea sily i dent ify ca lls. Five Scan Li sts — let you st or e up to 50 IDs in e ach track ing ba nk (up to a total of 5 00) . Two-Second Sc an Del ay — delay s scanning f or abou t 2 seconds before movi ng to anot her ch annel, so you[...]

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    4 Flexi bl e Ant en na wit h BNC Connect or — pr ovi d es ex - cell ent re ception and i s designed to help pr event anten- na break age. Or , you can connec t an ext ern al ant enn a. Memory Backup — keeps t he f requenc i es store d i n memor y for a n e xtended time. Three Power Options — let you power the scanner us- ing t he built -in re[...]

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    5 We reco mmend you re cord your scann er ’s se rial num- ber he r e. T he number is on the bo t tom pa nel. Serial Num ber: _____ ____________ _____ _____ FCC NOTICE Your scann er m igh t caus e radi o or T V int erfe r ence eve n whe n it is opera ting prop erl y. To det ermi ne wh ether yo ur s canne r is cau sin g th e in terfe ren ce, turn o[...]

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    6 CONTEN TS Pre pa rat ion ..... .. ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. .. ..... ... ..... .. ..... .. . 8 Po wer So urc es . ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... .... ... .. ..... ... ..... .. ... 8 Using the Rechar geab le Bat t ery Pac k ... ... .... 8 Using St andard AC Power ...... ... ... ..... .... ... .... 9 Us ing V ehi cle Ba tt ery Po we[...]

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    7 T runk T r a cki ng ... ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... ... .. ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. .. ... 3 2 T ypes of Trun ked S yste ms .... .. ..... .. ... ..... .. ..... .. ... 32 Setti ng th e Scanner to th e T ru nk Tracki ng Mode 33 Setti ng Squel ch f or t he T ru nk Tracki ng Mode .... 34 Programm i ng T runked Freque nci es ...... .... . . ... ...[...]

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    8 PR EP A R A TI ON POWER SOURCES You ca n power your scanner f rom any of t hree sour ces : • Built-i n recharge abl e batt er y pack • Standard AC p ower usi ng t he suppl ie d AC adapte r/ charg er • V ehic le batter y p ower usi ng an optio nal DC ciga- ret te-l igh ter p ower ca ble Using the Rechargeable Batte ry Pack You must char ge y[...]

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    9 1. Press down on th e batter y compar tment cover and slid e the cover i n the dir ectio n of the ar ro w to remov e it . 2. Disconne ct the b att ery p ack’s connecto r fr om t he scanner’ s co nnect or . Then remove t he b atter y pa ck from the bat t er y co mp art ment . 3. Attach t he new bat tery pac k's c onnector t o the bat- ter[...]

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    10 War ning: Do not use the AC ad apter/char ger 's pol ari zed plug wi th an extension cor d, rec epta cle, or o ther ou tlet unles s t he bla des can be f ully inser t ed to pr event blade exposu re. Cauti on: Use only the suppl i ed AC adapter / ch arg er . It is speci fica l ly desi gne d for thi s scan ner . Using V ehic le Batt ery Power[...]

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    11 When you f i nish usi ng t he DC ci gare tt e-li ght er po wer ca - ble, di sconnec t it fr om the cigaret te-l ight er soc ket, t hen discon nect it from you r scan ner. Note: I f th e sc anner does no t operate pro per l y when you connect a DC ciga rett e -l igh ter po we r cab le, un p lug th e powe r cabl e fr om t h e c iga rett e -light e[...]

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    12 Connecting an Optional Antenna The scanne r’s antenna j ack makes it easy t o use the scanne r wi th a var iety of ante nnas. Ins tea d of the sup- pli ed a ntenna, you can attach a different one, such as an exter nal m obil e ant enna or ou t do or base st ation ant en- na. Yo ur loca l Radio Shack store sells a va riet y of ant en- nas. Alwa[...]

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    13 CONNECTING AN EARPH ONE/ HEADPHONES For pri vate l ist ening, you can p lug an ea r phone or head - phones wi t h a 1 / 8 - inch mini -p lug (such as Cat. No. 33- 175 or 20- 210) into t he jack on t op of your scanner. This aut om ati call y disconn ects the int erna l spea ker . Listening Safely To prot ect your he aring, f ollow the s e gu i d[...]

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    14 CONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKER In a noisy ar ea, an extensi on speaker (s uch as Cat. No. 21-549 ) , posi tione d in t he right pla ce, might p rovide more com fort able l i stening . Plug the speak er cable ’s 1 / 8 - inch mini -pl ug i nto yo ur sca nner ’ s jac k. A TT ACHING THE BEL T CLIP You can at tach the su ppl ied bel t cli p to m[...]

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    15 UNDERST ANDING YOUR SCANNER Once you underst an d a few simple terms we use in this manua l and fam iliarize you rself w ith your sca nner’s features , you c an put th e scanner to work for you. Yo u simply fi nd the com muni cati ons you wan t to recei ve, then set the sca nner to scan t hem . A f requency is the tuning lo cation of a station[...]

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    16 SCAN — s cans thr ough the s tored cha nnels. MANUAL — st ops scanni ng a nd lets you direct ly ent er a channel number or frequen cy. TRUNK — switc hes b etween co nventional and trunk tra cking modes. SVC (s ervice) — sel ect s a serv i c e bank. SPEED / PRI (sp ee d/pr iori ty) — turn s on and off t he Hype r- searc h mode; sets a n[...]

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    17 A LOOK A T THE DISPLA Y The displ ay has indica tors t hat sh ow the scanner ’s cur - rent oper atin g s tatus. A go od loo k at the di splay wi ll hel p you und erstand ho w your sca nner op erates . BANK — a ppear s wit h number s (1–1 0). Numb ers wi th a bar unde r them show wh ich ch annel -stor age banks ar e turned on for scanning. [...]

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    18 SRCH — l ights steadi ly during a l im i t sear ch a nd ID searc h, an d blink s while Hyp erSea rch is ac tive and when y ou moni tor IDs (see “Monitor ing IDs” on Pa ge 39 ) . PRI — app ears whe n the pr i ority f eature is tur ned on . HOLD — appea rs wh en you man ually select a channel or whe n the scan ner is in t he hold m od e [...]

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    19 UNDERST ANDING BANKS Channel Storage Ba nks To mak e it easier t o ide ntify an d select the cha nnels you want to list en t o, chann el s are di vided i nt o 10 ba nks of 30 chann els each. Use each ch annel-sto rage bank t o group fr equen cies, such as the pol i c e d epartment , fir e depart ment, ambulanc e service s, or air craft (see “ [...]

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    20 OPER A TI ON TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH Note: Mak e s ure t he sca nner's a ntenna i s connec t ed befor e you tu rn i t on. 1. Turn SQ UEL C H f ully clock w is e. 2. Turn V OLU ME/O FF clo ckwis e un til it clic ks a nd yo u hear a hi ssing soun d. 3. Press MANUAL and t ur n SQUEL CH counterc lockwi se, then l eave it set [...]

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    21 Notes: • If y ou ha ve n ot store d f requenci es into any chan- nels, t he sca nner do es not sc an. • If th e scann er pick s up unwan ted, par tial , or ver y weak tran smissions, turn SQ UEL C H count erc l o ckwi se to decr ease the sc anner's se nsi tivi ty t o th ese s ig- nals. If you want to li sten to a weak or dist ant sta- t[...]

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    22 3. Press E to store t he frequen cy i n to the channe l . Notes: • If yo u made a mist ake in St ep 2, Error app ear s and the scann er beeps when y ou press E . Si mply star t aga in f rom Step 2. • Y our sca nner aut omatically rounds the entered fre quenc y to t he nearest v alid freque ncy . For exam ple, i f you enter a frequency of 151[...]

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    23 4. Use the number key s a nd • to enter the frequen cy that is t he upper l imit of the r ange yo u want t o search. 5. Press LIM I T , then pr ess SRCH . Th e scanner begins t o search f rom the lower li mit to the upper limi t . 6. When t he scanne r s tops on a transmiss io n, qui ckly press ei the r: • E to st or e the di splay ed freque[...]

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    24 Your sc anner has the foll owi ng prepro gra mmed serv ice banks. • POLICE — contai ns 1, 079 pol ic e frequenc i e s. • FIRE/EMG — contains 280 fire and em ergency ser- vice fr equencies. • AIR — co ntains 2,319 air craf t a nd air se rvice fre- quenci es. • MRN contains 65 mari ne freque ncies. • WX — contai ns 7 weat h er f [...]

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    25 SCANNING THE ST ORED CHANNELS To begin sca nning channel s, press SCAN . The scanne r scans t hrough al l non -locked c hanne ls i n the act ivat ed banks. W hen t he scanne r finds a t ran smis sion, it st ops on it. When the tr ansmi ssi on ends, the scanne r res umes scann ing. Note: To sca n i n the tr unk t racking mode, see “Scanning a T[...]

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    26 SPEC I A L FEA TURES DELA Y Many agen cies us e a two-wa y radi o sy stem that mi ght have a per i o d of 2 or more sec onds be tween a query and a rep l y . To keep fr om mis sing a re pl y , you can pr o- gram a 2- second de lay i nt o an y ch annel o r frequen cy. The scanne r cont inues t o monitor t he frequen cy f or 2 second s after th e [...]

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    27 TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS ON AND OFF You can turn each channel-s torage bank o n an d off . When you turn of f a b ank, th e scan ner does not s can any of the 30 chan nels in t hat bank. While sc anning, pr ess the number key tha t co r r espo nds to the bank you want t o turn on or off. I f the bar under the bank num ber is on , the bank i[...]

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    28 Note: You ca n s til l m anuall y select locked- out ch annels. To remov e the lock out from a c hannel, manua l ly s elect the cha nnel and hold do wn L/O until L/O di sappears from th e di sp lay . To unl ock all cha nnels i n t he ba nks that ar e turned on, press MANUAL to st o p sc anning, then hol d down L/O unt il the sca nner be eps twi [...]

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    29 The scann er automati call y de signat es each bank' s f irs t channel as its pr i orit y channel . Follow th ese st eps to se - lect a dif f erent channel as t h e pr i ori ty chan nel for a bank . 1. Press MANUAL . 2. Enter t he cha nnel number you want to sel ect as t he prior i ty cha nnel , then pre ss MANUAL again. 3. Hold down PRI un[...]

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    30 USING THE KEYLOCK Onc e you progr am your scan ner, you can pr otect it fr om acci dental prog ram ch anges by turni ng o n the keylock feat ure . When locked, the onl y c ontrol s that operate are SCAN , MANUAL , LOCK/ , VO LU M E/OF F , and SQ UEL CH . No te: The keyl ock doe s not prevent t he scanner fr om scanni ng cha nnels. To t ur n on t[...]

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    31 To swit ch b etwe en norm al and Hyper Search s peeds, during a l i mit se arch, pres s SP EED/ PRI . SRCH flashes dur- ing h y persear ch. Note : Yo u can use HyperSear ch onl y in t he 5 kHz st ep bands (29–5 4 MHz and 137–174 M Hz). BA TT ER Y SA VE To save ba ttery power when a chan nel i s manuall y se - lecte d, the scann er’s bat te[...]

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    32 TRUNK TRACKING Your sc anner is des igned t o track transmissi ons on Mo- tor ola Type I, Type I I, an d hybr id anal og tr unking sys- tems, which are ex tensi vely us ed in 800 MHz com municati ons . Remember these i mportant points when t r acki ng trans miss ions: • Y our scann er monit or s T ype II systems by defa ul t. However , you can[...]

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    33 The fleet s might be the pol ice depar tmen t, the fir e de- partment , uti lit ies, a nd city a dminist r a tion. The pol ice might de cide to f urther divide i ts fl ee t int o sub fleet s s uch as dispa t ch, t actic al operati ons , detec tives , north, so uth , east and west side patro ls, and super visor s. All t he avail - able pol ice ra[...]

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    34 SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE TRUNK TRACKING MODE Your scan ner ’s squ elch set ting is automati cal ly adjus ted in t he tr unking mod e, whic h means it i s no t necess ar y to manu all y a dj u st squel ch whi l e track i n g tr unke d transmi s- sion s. Howev er, th e squelch se t tin g c an affect how fast your scanner ac quires t he data chann[...]

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    35 1. Hold down TRUNK unt il t he sc anner beep s twice. BANK , TRUNK , and the bank num ber s flash . 2. Select t he b ank you w ant t o store the tru nked sys - tem’ s f requ enci es in by pr ess ing a number key . The scanner automatic ally sel ec t s t he first channel i n t he bank when you s elect the bank. 3. Use th e number ke ys to e nte[...]

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    36 5. Repeat Ste ps 3 and 4 until a ll f requenci es have been ente r ed . 6. Press SRCH to begin s earchi ng for the tr unk’s dat a chan nel (t he channel t hat con t r ols t he tru nk). SRCH fl ash es as the s c anne r searc hes f o r th e data channel . While th e scanner looks th rough the f req uencies , you see them on the di s play . When [...]

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    37 Note: T o review the bank cur r en tly in use , press DA T A whil e in the t runk t r ac king mode. The bar for the select ed bank flash es at the top of the di splay for about 5 second s. 3. T o return t o n on-tr unked scan ning, pres s TRUNK again. Hint: While sc anni ng, yo u will no t know ex act ly who t he ID's a re a ssigned to u nt[...]

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    38 Locking Out I Ds As wi th co nventi onal s canning, it i s po ssibl e to l o ck out unwant ed traff ic. Thi s is particul arly important in trunked syst ems becaus e sign als yo u cannot liste n to ( such as water met ers, d oor al arms, t ra ffic signal s, an d encrypted sign als ) are as signed I Ds just l ike ot her users. You can have up to [...]

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    39 Using T runk T ra cking Scan Dela y Many tr unked syst ems have a peri od of 2 or more sec - onds bet ween a quer y and a repl y. You can program a 5-secon d del ay to hold on an ID fo r 5 sec onds t o wai t fo r a repl y. The s canner cont inues t o mon itor t he frequen cy for 5 sec onds af t er the t r ans m iss ion st ops before res um - ing[...]

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    40 CHANNEL ACTIVITY INDICA T ORS Your s canner has 20 channel a c t ivit y indi ca tors ( bars) which sho w t he activ ity tak ing pl ac e on a trunked s ys- tem. You can see h ow many f requenc i es a re being used and g enerally moni tor how much c ommunic ation traffic is occ ur r in g. Each f r eq uency you store i n a t run ki ng ba nk ha s a [...]

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    41 SCAN LISTS When you pro gra m trunk ed fr equen cies into a bank ( see “Progr amming Trun ked Frequ encies” on Pa ge 34), your scanner sets up 5 scan lis ts i nto which y ou c an s tore your f avorite IDs. E ach li st can con tain up t o 10 ID s, so you can stor e a total of 50 IDs f or each trunk tra cking bank (500 I Ds if you use all bank[...]

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    42 4. Enter t he T ype I I I D yo u wa nt to store, then press E . Or , to en ter a T y pe I ID: a. Us e the number keys to e nt er t he block number and the fl ee t number , t hen pre ss • . b. Ente r the subfl eet number , then press E . No te: T o clear a mi st ake whi l e ent ering an I D, pr ess • twice, then star t over at Ste p 1. 5. Rep[...]

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    43 2. Press SRCH to r esume sear ching. Deleting a S tored ID 1. Repeatedl y p res s s or t to select the scan l ist l oca - tion ( shown at the t op of t he di splay) you want to delet e. 2. Press 0 then E . SCANNING THE SCAN LI STS Press S CAN t o be gin scanni ng the list s you have pro- gr am me d. Note: I f you haven't progra m med any ID[...]

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    44 li st ind ic ator t urns of f, and t he IDs in t hat li st ar e not scanne d. No te: One scan list m ust always be active. If you try to re- move all th e scan lists, t he first sc an list will stay active. To res t ore a sc an list to ac tive scanni ng, use the num ber keys to en ter i t s num ber ag ain. Press SRCH to retur n to the scanner ?[...]

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    45 When you se t up y our scanne r to track a Ty pe I system , you must choose a siz e code f or ea ch block. When you have chos en a size co de for all 8 bl ocks, you wi ll h ave dupli cated t he fl eet map for t he s ystem you are tr ack ing. If you hav e chos en correc tly, you wi ll be abl e to tra ck transm iss ions i n th at sy ste m. Each si[...]

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    46 syst ems, you must se lect or pr ogram a fleet map with the s ame size c ode assi gnments as the t runked sys tem. If yo u d o t his acc ura tel y, you w ill tr ack all the fl eet an d subfl ee t combinat io ns used by the syst em. In other wo rds , you w ill he ar co mple t e com mu nic atio ns wh ile monit or ing a tr unk ed syst em. Note: Pr [...]

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    47 1- - - 1S 4 1S 1 0 2 S4 2 S12 2 S4 3S 4 3 - - - 3S 4 4S 4 4 S 4 4S 1 2 E1P4 E1P5 E1P6 Block Si ze Code Block Size Code Block Size Co de 5S 4 5 S 4 5- - - 6S 4 6 S 4 6S 1 2 7S 4 7 S 4 7- - - E1P7 E1P8 E1P9 Block Si ze Code Block Size Code Block Size Co de 0S 1 0 0S 1 0S 4 1S 1 0 1S 1 1S 4 2S 1 1 2S 2 2S 0 3S 4 3S 2 3S 0 4S 4 4S 3 4S 0 5S 4 5S 3 5[...]

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    48 Sele ct ing a P rese t Fl eet Map 1. Select t he bank where you want t o store t he pre set fl eet map by pr essi ng a number key . 5S 0 5S 0 5S 0 6S 4 6S 0 6S 0 7S 4 7S 0 7S 4 E1P13 E1P14 E1P15 Bl o c k Si z e Code Block Si ze Code Bloc k Si ze Code 0S 3 0S 4 0S 4 1S 3 1S 3 1S 4 2S 1 1 2S 1 0 2S 4 3S 4 3S 4 3S 1 1 4S 4 4S 4 4S 1 1 5S 0 5S 4 5S [...]

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    49 2. Press DA T A . 3. Repeatedl y pr ess s or t to sel ect E1 , t hen p r ess DA T A again. - 4. Repeatedl y press s or t to s elect t he name of the map y ou want ( such as P7 ), t hen pre ss E . The scanner then searc hes for t r ansmissi ons using t he preset map you c hose. Note: When t he scan ner searches f or transm issi ons , you see Type[...]

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    50 6. Repeatedl y p res s s o r t t o select the si ze cod e for the f irst block , then pres s E .- The next avai lable bloc k appears. 7. Repeat Ste p 6 until y ou have selected a size code for each block you want to work wit h. 8. Press SRCH . The sc anner exi ts the t run king pr o- gramm ing mod e, tunes t he data channe l , then begin s to se[...]

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    51 A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING Recepti on of the fr equen cies cove red by yo ur sca nner is mainly “line -of-s ig ht.” That mean s you usual l y cannot hear stat i ons t hat ar e beyon d the hor izon. GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES National W eather Frequencie s Canadian W eather F requencies Note : These frequen ci es are n ot pre -progr ammed i n t he[...]

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    52 GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS T ypical Band Usage Prim ary U sa g e As a general r ule, m ost of t he r adi o activ it y is con centra t - ed on the followi ng frequen ci es: VHF Band VHF Band Low Ra nge 29. 00–5 0.00 MHz 6-Me ter Am ateu r 50. 00–5 4.00 MH z U. S. Go ve rn ment 1 37. 00–1 44 .0 0 MH z 2-Me ter Am ateu r 144. 00– 14 8. 00 MH[...]

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    53 UHF Band Note: Remote con trol statio ns and mobile uni ts operate at 5 M Hz higher t han t heir assoc iated base stat ions and relay repeat er unit s. BAND ALLOCA TION To help deci de which fr equ ency ranges to scan , use the foll owing l isti ng of t he ty pical servi ces t hat use t he f re- quencie s your scanne r receive s. These freque nc[...]

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    54 PTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P riv ate Trun ked ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Road & Highwa y Ma inte nanc e RTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ra dio/T V Rem ote Bro adc ast P ickup T AXI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T ax i Serv ice s T[...]

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    55 150 .995 –151 .475 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R OA D, POL 151 .490 –151 .955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ND , BU S 151 .985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TE LM 152 .007 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    56 458. 025– 458. 175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MED 460. 0125–4 60.6 375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F IRE, POL, PUB 460. 650– 462. 175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B US 462. 1875 –462 .450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BU S, IN D 462[...]

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    57 FREQUENCY CONVERS ION The tun i ng locat i o n of a st at i on can be expr essed i n fre- quency (kHz or MHz) or in wavelen gt h (meter s) . The fol - lowing informat ion can help you make the nece ssar y convers i o ns. 1 M H z (m illi o n) = 1, 0 00 kH z (t housand) To conver t MHz to kHz , mul tip ly the number of mega- hertz by 1,000: 9.62 ([...]

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    58 TROUBLES HOOTING If you have problem s, here are some sugge stions that m i gh t he l p. I f they do n ot, take your scanner to y our l oc a l RadioShack sto r e fo r assi st ance. PROBLEM P OSSIBL E CAU SE REMEDY Sc anner i s on but wi ll no t s can . SQU ELCH is not correct ly adju s ted . Adjust SQUE LCH coun t e rcl o ck wis e . Onl y on e c[...]

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    59 PROBLEM POSS IBLE CAUSE REMEDY Po or or no recept ion (con- ti nued ) An an tenn a i s n ot co nn ect ed o r co nn ect ed i nc or - rec tly . M ake sure an a nt enna is con - ne cted to th e scan - ner. Error appe ars . Pro gra mmi ng erro r . Repr o gr am th e fre- qu ency co rr ect ly , incl ud in g the de ci - mal po in t. In th e sc an mod e[...]

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    60 PROBLEM P OSSIBL E CAU SE REMEDY Sc anner w i ll no t acqu ire a dat a ch anne l. SQU ELCH is not correct ly adju s ted for trunk trac king. Adj us t sq ue lch f or tr unk trac king. See “Sett ing Sq uelch for th e Trun k Tra ckin g Mod e” on Pa ge 33. Th e freq ue n cy use d for the da ta chan nel is mi ss- ing. Ad d the f req ue nc y us ed[...]

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    61 CARE AND MAINTENANC E Your Radio Shack PRO-9 0 300- Channel Tru nkTr acker Scanner i s an example of superio r desi gn and craf ts - manship. The foll owing sugge stion s will h elp you car e for your scanne r so you can enjoy it for ye ars . Keep the s c anne r dry. I f i t gets wet, wip e it dry immedi ately. Liqui ds can cont ain min- erals t[...]

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    63 Power Requir em ent s .... .. .. . Rechargeabl e Batter y Pack (4 .8 V DC ), or AC Adapter /Charger or Optional DC Adapte r (12 VDC 200 mA) Current Drai n: Squelche d ...... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .. 70 mA Fu ll Outp ut .. .. ..... ... .... ... .. ..... ... .... ... ..... .. ... .... 180 m A Di me nsio ns (H WD [...]

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