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Owner’s Manu al Please read before using thi s equipment. PRO-92 Hand held Sca nner 20-522b.fm Page 1 Thursday, September 7, 2000 9:41 AM[...]
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2 Contents ˆ Contents Features ...... ................. ................. ........... ................. 5 FCC Notice ............. ..... ...... ...... ........... ..... ...... ...... 8 Scannin g Legally .......................... ........... ............ 8 Preparation . ................. ........... ................. ................. 9 Power Sour[...]
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3 Contents Operation . ................. ........... ................. ................. .. 29 T urnin g on the Scan ner and Sett ing Squelc h .... 29 Storin g Known Frequ encies i nto Channe ls ....... 30 Storing T ext T ags ...................... ................. ........ 31 Assigni ng a T ext T ag to a Channel ............. 31 Assigni ng a T ex[...]
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4 Contents T r unking Opera tion ...................... ................ .......... 48 Understan ding T runk ing .......... ........... ............... 49 Setting Sq uelch for the T runkin g Mode ............. 50 Programm ing T runki ng Freq uen cies ....... .......... 50 Progr ammi ng Mot orol a Trunking System s (UHF-Lo) ................ ........[...]
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5 Features ˆ Features Your Rad ioShack Ha ndheld Sc anner is o ne of a new generati on of scanners des igned to track Motorol a ® Type I and Type II (such as Smartn et ® and Pri vacy Plus ® ) and hybr id analog trunking s ystems, plus GE/Eri csson (EDACS ® ) and EF Johnson (LTR ® ) typ e systems, wh ich are e xtensive ly used in many commun i[...]
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6 Features 12-Characte r, 4-Line, Dot-Matr ix Display — show s you de tailed op erating information and l ets you eas ily progra m the scann er. Weath er Alert — au tomati cally soun ds the al arm to ne to advise of h azardous weather conditi ons whe n it det ects the alert s ignal on th e local N ational Ocea nic and Atm o- spheric Administrat[...]
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7 Features Priority Channe l — you can set the scanner to chec k one ch annel every 2 second s so y ou do n ot miss impor- tant ca lls. Signal Attenuati on (Attenuate) — lets y ou program each m em ory lo ca tio n t o reduc e the sc an ner’ s se ns iti vity to strong lo cal si gnals, to red uce interfe rence or nois e caused by these signals [...]
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8 Features • 380–512 MHz • 806–823 .9875 MHz • 849–868 .9875 MHz • 894–960 MHz This Owne r’s Manual al so incl udes the sect ion “A Gen- eral Guide to Sc anning” on Page 58 to help y ou target frequenc y ranges in your se rvi ce area so you can se arch for a wi de variet y of trans missions. FCC NOTICE Your sca nner might ca u[...]
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9 Preparation ten t o almost every tra nsmissi on your s canner can re- ceive. However , there are some electron ic and wi re commu nication s that are i llegal to intentiona lly i ntercept. These i nclude: • telepho ne convers ations (cellul ar , c ordless, or other private means of teleph one sign al transm ission) • pager tran smissi ons •[...]
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10 Preparation • If you instal l the rec hargeable battery h older , yo u can ope rate the sc anner and recharge th e recharge able ba tteries at the s ame ti me. See “Using Batteries” bel ow and “ Charging R echargeable Bat- teries” o n Page 12. • If t he scanne r stops working properly afte r connect- ing it to power , try resettin g [...]
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11 Preparation 3. Insert s ix AA batteri es in the battery hol der as ind i- cated by the polari ty symbols (+ and –) marked on the hold er. Cautions: • Use o nly fresh batteries of the re quired size an d recomm ended type. • Always remove old or weak batteries. Batterie s can le ak chemicals that destroy electron ic cir- cuits . • Do not [...]
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12 Preparation Caution: The batte ry holder fits only o ne way. Do not force it. 5. R epl ace t he c over . When ba ttery power is low , Low Battery! appea rs and the scanner beeps continuousl y. When b attery pow - er i s deple ted, the scanner turns itself off. Rep lace al l six non-rech argeable batteri es, or re charge th e recharg e- able ba t[...]
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13 Preparation • Recharge able batteries l ast longe r and deliver mo re powe r if you le t them full y dischar ge once a mo nth. T o do this, use the scanner unti l Low Battery! appears. Then fully cha rge the recharg eable bat ter- ies. Important: .The EPA certified RBRC ® Bat- tery R ecycling Se al on the nicke l-cadmiu m (Ni-Cd) battery indi[...]
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14 Preparation 2. Plug the adapte r’s barrel plug into the scanner’ s PWR DC 9V jack. 3. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. Using V ehicle Power You can p ower the sca nner from a veh i c le’s 12V po wer source (s uch as a ci garette-lig hter socke t) using a 9V, 300 mA DC adapter and a size H Adaptaplug (neither suppli ed). We recom[...]
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15 Preparation 3. Plug the adapter’s cigare tte-lighter pl ug into yo ur vehicl e’s cig arette-ligh ter socke t. Note: If t he scanner do es not operate p roperly when yo u connec t a DC adapter, un plug the DC ada pter from the cigarett e-lighter soc ket and clea n the socket to remov e ashes and other d ebris. CONNECTING THE ANTENNA Follow th[...]
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16 Preparation Always use 50-ohm co axial cab le, such as RG- 58 or RG-8, to c onnect an o utdoor antenna. For l engths ov er 50 feet , use RG-8 low-los s dielectri c coaxial cabl e. If your antenna’s cable does not have a BNC connect or, you will a lso need a BNC ada pter (also av ailable a t your local R adioSha ck store). Follo w the ins tal l[...]
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17 Preparation • Set the volume to the l owest setti ng before yo u begin lis tening. After yo u begin liste ning, adjus t the volume to a com fortabl e level. • Once y ou set the volu me, do not increas e it. Over time, you r e ars adapt to the volume level , so a vol- ume le vel th at does not caus e disco mfort might still damage your heari [...]
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18 About Your Scanner CONNECTING THE CLONE CABLE You can transfer the programmed dat a to and fro m an- other PRO-92 o r PRO-2 067 usi ng the supplied clone ca- ble. C onnect th e cable between ea ch scanner’s PC/IF jacks. See “C lo ni ng th e Progr ammed Data from Scann er to Scann er” on Page 48. You c an also u pload or do wn- load th e pr[...]
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19 About Your Scanner A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD Your scan ner’s keys m ight seem confusing at first, but this info rmation shoul d help you und erstand eac h key’s functio n. FUN C (function) — lets you us e var io us fu nct ion s by pressin g this key alo ng with other k eys. SCAN — scans t hrough the programmed c hannels. MANUAL — stops scan[...]
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20 About Your Scanner TUN E — lets you inpu t a frequency and all ows you to fine tun e a frequency al ong with o r . AT T (Attenuate) — turns att enuation on to reduce the scanne r’s sens itivity, or turns it off to inc rease it. or — selects th e search direction during frequency search or tuning. SEARCH — lets you s earch the ten searc[...]
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21 About Your Scanner A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY Manu a l Mode Current Manual Mode (AM or FM) Channel Stored Text Current F requency Current Bank Mode is FM Receivin g a Signal ( • no signal) Priority Freq. (T)runked Attenuate ( • no att enuation) Delay ( • no del ay) Locked ( Out ( Scanning Up) Scanning Down) Bank 0–(9) Out Channel 00–(49) Mo[...]
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22 About Your Scanner UNDERSTANDING BANKS Channel Stora ge Banks To make i t easier to identi fy and sele ct the chann els you want to li sten to, cha nnels are div ided into 10 banks (0– 9) of 50 (0 0 to 49) chann els each. Use each channel- storage bank to group frequenc ies, suc h as th ose use d by the police departme nt, fire de partment, a [...]
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23 About Your Scanner The 1st digit ide ntifies th e bank (0 –9). The 2n d and 3rd digits identify the chann el within th e bank (00 –49). Search Banks This s ca nne r i s abl e t o search 10 s ea rch banks. You ca n also rep lace a bank wi th one o f the pre -prog rammed s er- vice b ands. (For t he default setting, see “Sea rching a Preprog[...]
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24 About Your Scanner UNDERSTANDING Y OUR SCANNER ’ S MODES You can program ea ch chan nel with an y of seven re- ceive mod es. Each mo de a ffec ts how y our sc anner op - erate s when sc anning and rec eiving t ransmiss ions, an d also affe cts what tra nsmission s you receive when you set the scanner to the c losed mo de (see “O pen and Clos[...]
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25 About Your Scanner You can se t each of the scanne r’s channe l storage banks to open or close d mode. In open mode, the s canner s cans s ignals t ransmitte d in all sy stems. In cl osed mode, th e scanner sc ans sig nals transmi tted only under the followin g condit ions: • When the signals are in the FM m ode. • When the s ignals are in[...]
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26 About Your Scanner FM Mode This se ts the sc anner to re ceive transmis sions u sing fre- quency modulati on (FM). FM is used for most pu blic safety tran smissions, as well as broadcas t, business, and ama teur radio tran smissions . When the scanner re- ceives a transmi ssion on a ch annel set to the FM mode, it al ways stop s on the t ransmis[...]
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27 About Your Scanner Motor ola Mo d e You can s et your sca nner so it de codes the t alk group IDs used with Motorol a trunking system s. This se tting is called the Motoro la mode . Motorol a system s are trun king sy stems u sed primar ily by busin ess and publi c safety gr oups to efficie ntly allo- cate a s mall numbe r of frequencie s (as fe[...]
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28 About Your Scanner widel y avail able on the Interne t for most T ype I syst ems in us e . Type I I system tal k groups are id entified by a 5-digit number. Valid talk group IDs are divi sible by 16. If yo u try to enter an in valid talk gr oup ID, the scan ner rounds the ID down to the next valid ID. Type I/I I hybrid s ystems us e both fl eet-[...]
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29 Operation great ly improve ED ACS scanning in a fringe area. If yo u are h avi ng trou ble s can ni ng a n EDAC S sy ste m, try ma n- ually s electing the data chan nel. If you are getting good receptio n, the scanner will ind i cate talk group CTL-01 . Try chan ging your locati on or using an ou tdoor antenn a to imp rov e re cep ti on. ˆ Oper[...]
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30 Operation nals. If y ou wan t to listen to a weak or di sta nt s ta- tion, turn SQUE LCH co unterc loc kwise . •I f SQUELCH is adjusted so y ou alwa ys hear a hissin g sound, the scan ner will not scan properly . • T o ensure the sc anner ope rates properly w hile in the tr unking mode , we suggest you set SQU ELCH using the above steps, eve[...]
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31 Operation Notes: • If you made a mis take in Step 3, Invalid Freq briefl y appears and the scan ner beeps when y ou press EN TER . St art again f rom Step 3. • Y our sc anner aut omatically ro unds the entered frequenc y to the nearest va lid frequenc y . For exampl e, if you enter a freq uency of 151.47 3 , your sc anner accepts it as 151. [...]
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32 Operation 2. Press PGM . M ch anges to P . 3. Press TE XT . The cursor a ppears at the 3rd lin e. 4. E nter th e tex t us ing the nume ral keys (s ee “ Text Input C hart” on Pag e 33). Note: If yo u make a mist ake, press or to move to the c haracter you w ant to c hange. For exam ple inpu t “HAM 6m” as fo llows: • “H” is the sec o[...]
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33 Operation Note: If the channel i s programme d for P/L, D PL, LTR, MOT o r ED mo de, the s canner d isplays th e mode infor- mation on the 4th line. T ext Input Chart Notes: • T o access the numbe rs, afte r you p ress FUNC and 6 , press 1 , then press the desir ed number you wa nt to ente r . • T o enter a lowerca se character o r a charact[...]
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34 Operation FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES You can se arch for transmission s within ten ran ges of frequenc ies, cal led search b anks. Th e search ban k is di- vided in to 10 search ba nds. You can ch ange the band s with the pre programmed se arch bands in the scann er (see “Sea rch Banks” on Page 23). You ca n also ch ange the sea [...]
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35 Operation Follow these s teps to se lect prep rogrammed searc h ranges a nd search them for activ e frequencies . 1. Press SEARCH . The scan ner se arc hes the act ive sear ch ban k. Note: To reve rse a s earch d irecti on, pres s or . 2. Using the nu mber ke ys, enter the search ban k num- ber for eac h search range you want to select or remove[...]
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36 Operation • If ban k 9 in the c hannel s torage banks doe s not cont ain any empty channels, Bank 9 full. appears on the dis play’ s lower l ine. Storing a Freq uency While Searching f or a Specified Channel 1. When the scan ner stops on the frequ ency, press FUN C then TUNE . 2. Press MANUAL . Sele ct th e sp ecif ie d chan nel usi ng a num[...]
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37 Operation Note: After you pre ss FUN C , pres s 5 withi n about 3 second s. Otherw ise, be gin over a t Step 1. 4. Press or to select the preprogramm ed search range. 5. Press ENTE R to re plac e the s ear ch r ang e, t hen press SEARCH to begin searchin g. Manually Changing a Search Range 1. Press FUNC then SEARCH to en ter sear ch pr ogram mod[...]
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38 Operation Note: You must sto re frequenc ies into c hannels before the scann er can scan them . The scanner does not scan empty chan nel s. The scan ner scans through all ch annels (except t hose you ha ve lock ed out) in the a ctive banks (s ee “Turnin g Chann el-Storage Ba nks Off and O n” and “Lo cking Out Chann els or Freq uencies” o[...]
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39 Operation Notes: • Y ou cann ot change the s tep frequen cy while tuning. • Y ou can change the recei v ing mo de while tunin g. DELETING FREQUENCIES FROM CHANNELS 1. Press MANUAL . 2. Use the number keys to en ter the channe l with the freq uen cy yo u wa nt to d ele te. 3. Press MANUAL ag ain . 4. Press PGM to enter the p rogram mode. M c [...]
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40 Special Features weathe r channel with a digi tally-enc oded SAME signa l when an al ert is broadcas t, the scanner wil l decode and displa y the SAME messag e, showing the type of al ert being broa dcas t (or Unknown Message if it does not recogni ze the event co de). To set the scanner to decode and disp lay SAME me s- sages , pre ss FUNC then[...]
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41 Special Features LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR FREQUE NCIES You can s c an exis ting chann els or sear ch frequencie s fast er by l ocking out cha nnels o r frequ encies that have a continu ous transmissio n, such as a weather chann el. Locking Out Channels To lock out a channel while scanning, press L/OUT when the sca nner stops on the chan nel. To l[...]
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42 Special Features • Y ou ca n loc k out as ma ny a s 50 frequenc ie s in each bank. If y ou try to lo ck out mo re, Memory full! appears. • If yo u lock ou t all frequ encies in one s earch bank and onl y this search b ank is a ctivated , Search up... All ranges locked out! a ppears and the sca nner does not searc h. Reviewing Locked-Out Freq[...]
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43 Special Features 3. Turn SQUELCH full y count erclockwise un til the ind i- cator po ints to MI N . 4. Press FUNC then 4 . Confirm list clear? 1=YES Press other key for NO. appears. Press 1 to clea r all loc k-out frequ encies and List cleared appears for about 2 seco nds. Press an y key ot her than 1 , to cancel clear. Note: You cann ot clear a[...]
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44 Special Features 3. Press FUNC then PRI . Pri appears to t he right of the fr equency. Note: This scanner c annot set a channel as the pri ority channe l if the channe l’s receive m ode is LTR , MOT , or ED . Follow these st eps to p rogram a we ather channel as the priori ty channel. 1. Press WX . 2. Select the weather channel you want to pro[...]
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45 Special Features • The sca nner alwa ys monit ors the pr iority channe l even if i t is in a bank that is set to closed m ode (see “Chang ing the Open /Closed Mode” on Page 58). CHANGING THE RECEIVE MODE The scann er is preset to the most co mmon AM or FM re- ceive m ode for ea ch frequen cy range. The preset mod e is cor rect in mos t ca [...]
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46 Special Features sear ch band or fo llow the se steps t o change s teps in a specif ic bank. 1. Press SEARCH . 2. Press FUNC then r epe atedl y pres s t o selec t a bank. 3. Turn SQUELCH f ully count erclockwi se until the ind i- cator po ints to MI N . 4. Press STEP continu ous ly unti l yo u rea ch th e des ire d step . 5. Turn SQUELCH clockwi[...]
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47 Special Features USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT You can turn on the displa y’s backlight f or easy viewin g in diml y lit areas . Pres s LIT to turn on the disp lay lig ht for 5 second s. To turn off the light before it a utomatic ally turns off , press LIT a gain. T URNING THE KEY T ONE ON AND OFF Each time yo u pres s any of the scan ner’s ke[...]
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48 Trunking Operation 2. Press FUNC then 9 . Use Up/Down ke ys to set contrast. appears. 3. Press or to select the contrast. 4. Press ENTER to set the di spl ay co ntra st. CLONING THE PROGRAMMED DATA FROM SCANNER TO SCANNER You can transfer the programmed dat a to and fro m an- othe r Radi oS hack Cat. No. 20- 52 2A or C at. No. 20 -196 scanne r u[...]
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49 Trunking Operation codes in the ID memory (see “Sto ring Talk Grou p IDs” on Page 55). To lis ten to the trans missio n, the mode of the pr ogrammed channel m ust be the same as that of the tr unking chan nel (LT, M O, or ED). When a n ID code is recei ved, the ID list for the bank is searche d , and if found , the text nam e stored for the [...]
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50 Trunking Operation SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE T RUNKING M ODE Your scan ner a utom at ic all y m utes the aud io du rin g trun k scanni ng when it decodes c ontrol chan nel dat a. Howev- er, we recommend you turn SQUE LCH clockwi se and leave it s et to a point jus t after the hiss ing sound st ops. This le ts the sc anner quic kly ac quire the d a[...]
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51 Trunking Operation Notes: • If yo u sele ct -- instead of LT , MO , or ED , the scanne r does not s can trunke d frequenc ies. Inst ead, you see: • If you progra m med a Motorola T ype I or Hybrid system, see “Programming Fl eet Maps” on Page 53. 3. Press PGM to en ter the prog ram mode. 4. Store t he trunkin g frequencies in to subse qu[...]
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52 Trunking Operation Notes: • Base and of fset frequen cies vary for eac h type of trunking system. Y ou ca n get informatio n about these fre quencies for the trun king system you want to scan usin g www.trunk scanner.com , other I n t e r - n e t s o u r c e s , o r l o c a l l y - publish ed guidebooks . • The sca nner auto matic ally decod[...]
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53 Trunking Operation PROGRAMMING F LEET MAPS You must s et the fleet ma p if you want to receive a M o- torola Type I syste m. Fleet maps are incl uded al ong with other information about Motorol a Type I syst ems at www.trunkscan ner.com . Follow th ese steps to program a fleet map. 1. Press PGM then TRUNK . 2. For eac h bank y ou want to program[...]
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54 Trunking Operation 6. Press ENTER for e ach entry. If you make a mistake, press CL and enter t he correct size code. Note: The default s etting of the bank is for Motorola Type II. However, if you set Type I and you want to return to T ype II, en ter 15 at S tep 5. 7. To conf irm the input, rep eat Steps 1–5 an d press ENTER . Each t ime you p[...]
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55 Trunking Operation Storing T alk Gr oup IDs To store a talk group ID when scanning, press TRUNK when th e scanne r stops on a t ransmissio n. The bottom line c hanges to ID#XXXX , indicating tha t the ID is stor ed. Note: When y ou try to st ore more tha n 100 talk group IDs in a bank, Memory full! appears . Clear some talk gro up IDs i n order [...]
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56 Trunking Operation Locking Out T alk Group IDs Note: You can only lock out talk group IDs w hen the scanne r is in the c losed mo de (see “Open a nd Closed Modes” on Page 57). 1. Press PGM . 2. Press TRUNK . 3. Press FUNC , or to move the desire d bank. 4. Press or to select the ID memory. 5. Press L/ OUT to lock ou t the ID. L appears. 6. T[...]
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57 Trunking Operation 1. Press PGM . 2. Press TRUNK to en ter a talk grou p ID memory mode. 3. Select a talk grou p ID bank using FUNC , or . 4. Press FUN C then 3 . Confirm list clear ?1=YES Press other key for NO. ap pears. 5. Press 1 to clear th e all talk group ID s within a bank. Please Wait then List Cleared appears. Note: To can cel the de l[...]
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58 A General Guide to S canning When n o ID code is progr ammed into the scanner, it re- ceives th e signal in PL, DP L, LTR, M OT, or ED mo de. Changing the Open/Closed Mode 1. Press MANUAL . 2. Press FUNC then or to select the channel storage ban k. 3. Press FUNC then 2 . Bank OPEN or Bank CLOSED appears . After that mess age disapp ears, the 10t[...]
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59 A General Guide to Scanning GUIDE T O FR EQUENCIES US Weather Frequenc ies Ham Radio Frequencies Ham ra dio operato rs often tran smit eme rgency in forma- tion w hen othe r means of comm unicati on break down. The chart bel ow shows the frequencies the scanner re- ceives th at ham radio ope rators norm ally use: Birdie Fr equencies Every s cann[...]
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60 A General Guide to S canning To find the birdies in your s canner, be gin by discon nect- ing the antenna and moving it away from the scanner. Make sure that no other nea rby radio or TV set s are turned on near the s canner. Use the search function and scan ev ery frequency ran ge from its lowest freque ncy to the highes t. Occasionally, th e s[...]
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61 A General Guide to Scanning GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS T ypical Band Usage Primary Usage As a genera l rule, m ost of th e radio acti vity is conc entrat- ed on th e following freque ncies: VHF Band UHF Band VHF Ba nd Low Range 29.00–50.00 MHz 6-Meter Amateur 50.00–54.00 MHz U.S. Government 137.00–144.00 MHz 2-Meter Amateur 144.000–148.00[...]
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62 A General Guide to S canning Note: Remote control stati ons and mobi le units opera te at 5 MHz higher than their asso ciated ba se station s and relay re peater unit s. BAND ALLOCATION To help decide whic h frequen cy range s to sca n, use th e follow ing listi ng of the typ ical serv ices that use the fre- quenci es your scann er receiv es. Th[...]
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63 A General Guide to Scanning WTHR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weat her HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) 10-Meter Amateu r Band 29.000–29.700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HAM VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF) VHF Low Band — (29–50 MHz — i n 5 kHz steps) 29.900–30.550 . . . . .[...]
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64 A General Guide to S canning 152.030–152.240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TELB 152.270–152.480 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IND, T AXI, BUS 152.510–152.840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TELB 152.870–153.020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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65 A General Guide to Scanning 460.0125–460.6375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIRE, PO L, PUB 460.650–462.175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUS 462.1875–462.450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUS, IND 462.4625–462.525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IND, OI L, TELM, UTIL [...]
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66 Troubleshooting To con v ert MH z to kH z, mu ltiply t he numbe r of meg a- hertz by 1,000: 30.6 2 (MH z) × 10 00 = 30, 620 kH z To conv ert from k Hz to MHz, div ide the n umber of k ilo- hertz by 1,000: 127, 800 ( kH z ) ÷ 1000 = 1 27.8 MHz To conv ert MHz t o meters, div ide 300 by the number of megahe rtz: 300 ÷ 50 MHz = 6 me ters ˆ T ro[...]
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67 Troubleshooting RESETTING/INITIALIZING THE SCANNER If the scanner’s di splay locks u p or does not work prop- erly aft er yo u co nnec t a powe r so urc e, you m ight nee d to reset or initialize it. Important: I f you hav e proble ms with the scanner, first try to reset i t to retain all m emory. If that d oes not work, you can init ial iz e [...]
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68 Care 2. Inse rt a poin ted objec t, such as a s traightene d paper c lip, into the res et openin g on the side o f the scanne r. Then gen tly press an d release the res et button i nside the openi ng and the back light lig hts. Note: Pres si ng RESET does not clear th e scann er’s memory. Initia lizing the Scann er Important: Thi s procedure c[...]
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69 Specifications • Handl e the scanne r gently and ca refully . Do not drop it. • Keep the scann er away from dust and dirt. • Wipe the scanner with a damp cloth oc casionally to keep it looking new . Modify ing or tamperin g wi th the scanner’ s internal com - ponents c an c au se a m al f un cti on and m igh t i nva lidate its warrant y [...]
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70 Specifications 806–960 MHz .................... ................. .......... 0.7 µ V AM: 29–5 4 MHz .................. ................. ................... 1 µ V 108–136 .98 75 MHz ........... ...... ..... ...... ..... ........ 1 µ V 137–174 MHz .................... ................. .......... 1.5 µ V 380–512 MHz ................[...]
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71 Specifications Dimensi ons (HWD) ......... ........... 6 1 / 4 × 2 3 / 8 × 1 3 / 4 Inches (160 × 61 × 45 mm ) Wei ght (without antenna and batte ries) ............... 9.9 oz (280 g) Specific ations are typic al; indiv idual un its might v ary. Specific ations are su bject to chang e and improve ment withou t notice. 20-522b.fm P age 71 Thurs[...]
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Radi oShack A Division of Tandy Corpor ation Fort Worth, Texa s 7610 2 20-522 GE-99D-3314B 06A00 Printed in China B Limited O ne-Y ear W arranty This p roduct is warr anted by Ra dioSh ack aga inst ma nufactu ring d e- fects in mat eria l and wor kma nsh i p und er no rm al use fo r one (1) year from the date of pu rchase fro m RadioSh ack company [...]