Radio Shack PRO-99 manual

OWNER’S MANUAL — Please read before usin g this equipm ent. www.radioshack.com SM © 2004 Rad ioShack C orporatio n. All Right s Reserved . RadioSha ck, Rad ioShack.c om, Hype rsearc h, Hyper scan, and Ad aptaplu g are trademar ks used by RadioS hack Corpo ration. PRO-99 Deluxe Compact Race Scanner ! IMPORT ANT ! I f an i con appe ars at the en[...]

2 CONTENTS FCC Notice ...... ................ ....... 6 Scanning L egally ............ .. 7 Prepara tion . .......... ........... ....... 8 Installing Batteries ..... ..... .. 8 Using AC Power ............. 10 Using a 12V Power Sour ce ............ ..... 10 Conn ecting an Anten na ............... ........... 1 1 Conn ecting an Earph one/He adphones[...]

3 Thank y ou for purchasin g the Radio Shac k 500 -C han nel VHF/ Air/UHF/8 00 MHz Handhel d Race Scanner. It lets you in o n all the action in the pits or on the track at the big race. This scan ner gives you dire ct access to over 47,00 0 frequenc ies, includin g those used by parti cipants and st aff at auto races, p olice and fire d epartment s[...]

4 Triple Conve r sion Superhe terodyne Receiver — Elimina tes interference from interme diate frequenc y (IF) images , so you hear only the frequ enc y you sele ct. HyperSearch TM and HyperScan TM — Set th e scanner to searc h at up to 62 steps per second and scan at up to 50 channe ls per second, to quickl y find int eres tin g tr ans mi ss io[...]

5 Text Input — L ets you in put a text label fo r each chann el, priority channe l and limit sea rch bank. Lock-Out Function — Se t the scanne r to skip over s pecified channe ls or frequenc ies when scanni ng, searchin g or moving through f requencies i n the car number ope rati on. Key Lo ck — Lock the sc anner’s keys t o prevent acc iden[...]

6 vehicl e battery powe r (using opti onal adapt ers) . Your sca nner can receiv e all of these fre quencies: 28-5 4 MHz 108-136. 9875 MHz 137-174 MH z 406-512 MH z 806-823. 9875 MHz 849-868. 9875 MHz 894-960 MH z This O wner’s Manual al so includ es the section “A General Guide To Scanning” on Page 60 to help yo u target freque ncy ranges in[...]

7 • contac ting your local Radio Shack store fo r help If yo u cannot eliminate the interfere nce, the FCC requires that you st op us in g yo ur scann er. This de vice comp lies with Pa rt 15 of the FCC Ru l es . Oper ation is subjec t to t he fol lowi ng co nditio ns: (1) This device must not c ause harmful interference, and (2) this device must[...]

8 intentio nally liste n ing to, using, or div ulgin g the c ont ents o f suc h a transmi ssion unless you have th e consen t of a party to the commun ica ti on (u nless such activi ty is othe rw is e ille gal ). This sc anner has been designed to preve nt reception of i llegal tran smissi ons . This is done to comply w ith the legal re quirement t[...]

9 2. If yo u are u s ing non- recharge able batterie s, place them in to the black ho lder , as indica ted by the po larity symbols (+ a nd -) marked on the hol der . Or , i f you a re using recharge able batterie s, place them into the yellow ho lder as indica ted by the po larity symbols (+ a nd -) marked on the hold er . 3. Place th e battery ho[...]

10 rechargi ng the bat teries, but char ging take s longer. U SING AC P OWE R You can power the scan ner using a 6V, 300 -mA AC adapter and a size B Adap taplug™ adapter (neither s upplied). Both ar e availa ble at your loc al RadioShac k stor e.  To pow er the scanner usin g an AC adapter, attach the Ada ptaplug to the AC adap ter so the tip [...]

11 C ONNECTING AN A NTENNA Connecting a Supplied Antenna You mus t install an antenna befor e you can operate the scanne r. The su ppl ie d st ub ant enna h elps your sc anner receiv e most s trong tran smissi ons at even ts and makes the scan ner easier to carry and use . The suppli ed flexible ante nna p r ovi des s li ght ly bet ter receptio n a[...]

12 • The a ntenna an d its cab le should be as far as pos sible from sour ce s of elec tri cal noise, suc h as app lia nces or other radios. • The a ntenna sh ould be vertical fo r the best perf orman ce. Always use 50 Ohm co axial cab le, such as RG-58 or RG-8, to connec t the base-st ation or mobi le ante nna. For l engt hs ov er 50 f eet , u[...]

13 Listening Safely To protec t your hearin g, follow these gui de lines when you us e an earphone or headphone s. • Set th e volume to the lowest setting before you be gin listeni ng. After you begi n listeni ng, a dju st the volu me to a com forta ble l evel. • Do not listen at extrem ely high volum e lev el s. Exte nde d high-vo lum e lis te[...]

14 C ONNECTING AN E XTENSION S PE AKE R In a no isy a r ea, an ampl ifie d extens ion speaker (av ailable at your l o cal Radi oSha ck sto re) might p rovide more com fortable listeni ng. Pl ug the speaker ca ble’s 1 / 8 -inch ( 3.5 m m) pl ug int o your scann er’s * jack. Connec ting an external speaker disc onnects the scann er’s i nterna l[...]

15 A L OOK AT THE K EYPA D If yo ur scanne r’s keys seem confus ing at first, the f ollowing informa tion should help you understa nd each key’s function. Ô FUNC — Let s you use vari ous functio ns by pressing this key in combin ati on with oth er keys. When using the FUNC key, press FUNC first, then releas e it, then quickl y pres s the nex[...]

16 SCAN — Scans any programmed channe ls (ch annel display mode only), o r lets you direc tly enter a channe l number. SRCH / PAUSE — Le ts yo u sea rch the sev en search bank s, or pauses search or tune o peration. WX / ALERT — Scans the scanne r’s preprogramme d weathe r channels, o r turns the WX alert mo de on and off. 1 / PRI — Enter[...]

17 8 — Enters a 8 , or inputs charact ers T through V in text mode. 9 — Enters a 9 , or inputs charact ers W through Z in text mode. . / CLEAR — Enters a d ecimal point (nec essa ry when progra mming fr equencies), spaces i n text mode, cle ars an incorrect e ntry, or returns to the previ ous me nu. 0 — Enters a 0 , or inputs chara cte rs .[...]

18 Service Banks The sc anne r is pre prog ramm ed with th e frequencie s alloca ted by car, marine, FRS/GMRS/MURS, police /fire, aircraft, and ham ra dio band s. This i s handy for q uickly finding active frequ encies instead of searc hing through an entire band ( see “Sear chi ng a Preprogr ammed F requency Range” on Page 40 ). Ô OPERATING Y[...]

19 5:A RCA 2:Disp lay 1:Car# Disp lay (Car numb er mode) 2:Ch anne l Disp . (Channel n umber mode) 3:PG M Car# (Program car number) The f ollowin g sub menu app ears after you input the c ar number and freq uenc y (o r pr ess ENT ). 1:Program Fr eq. 2:Program Text 3:Se t Tone Code 4:Tone SQ 1. On 2. Off 5:Del ay 1. On 2. Off 6:Lo ckou t 1. On 2. Of[...]

20 4:PGM C H (Program cha nnel) The f ollowin g sub menu app ears after you input the ch annel number). 1:Program Freq. 2:Program Text 3:Prog ram Car# 4:Set Tone Code 5:To ne S Q 1. On 2. Off 6:Del ay 1. On 2. Off 7:Lo ckou t 1. On 2. Off 8:Nex t Channel 5:PGM PRI CH (Program priority channe l) 1:Program Fr eq. 2:Program Text 3:Se t Tone Code 4:Ton[...]

21 2. Off 6:PGM Limit SRCH (Program lim it search) 1:Change Freq. 2.Program Text 3:Tone SQ 1: On 2: Off 4:Delay 1: On 2: Off 7:Recall Lockout 1:Conventional CH 2:SR0 Car Band 3:SR1 Mar ine 4:SR2 FRS/GMS/MU 5:SR3Police/Fir e 6:SR4 Aircraft 7:SR5 Ham 8:SR6 Li mit SRCH 8:System Data 1:Back Li ght (Set back light timer set ting) 1. 3 Seconds 2. 5 Sec o[...]

22 2:Key Tone (Sel ect ke y tone on or o ff) 1:Key Tone On 2:Key Tone Off 3:LCD Cont rast 4:On Air Program 1:Start On Air 2:Ch ange Fr eq. 5:Initialization CAR NUMBER OPERATION Your scan ner is specially design ed to help you listen t o comm un ica tions at aut o ra c es. Driver s, their pit cr ews and spott ers, pa ce car drive rs, sec urit y offi[...]

23 channe l (for up to 500 car numbers and frequencie s). For exam ple, if you want to listen to comm unications be tween the driver o f car number 2 4 and that driver' s pit crew, yo u find all the freq uenci es us ed by t he dri ver's team by usin g any of th e fo ll owin g options : • the step s in “Searc hing a Preprogr ammed F re[...]

24 Load F rom Pr e- P rogram CAR P ress 1 key ->Y ES. Othe r key-> NO appe ars. 4. Press 1 to program th e race frequenc y or other than 1 to cancel the programming . S TOR ING A C AR N UMBER AND F REQUENCY You can store a car nu mber and frequ ency in each of the scanner's channe ls, and you can recall any frequenc ies associat ed with [...]

25 and f requen cy are sto red in an avai lable chann el. T o program another frequenc y in t he sam e car number , press ^ or v to recall 0.00000 MHz then repe at Step 3. When you fini sh prog rammi ng, pr ess CAR twice. Adding Frequencies To a Car Numbe r 1. Select th e car number that you wa nt to add the fre quency by u sing CAR and th e num be[...]

26 Car# - - - at the top line. Th en press ^ or v to s elect the frequenc y that you wan t to add a c ar number . Ô 3. Press FUNC th e press > . 4. Enter the ca r number by using the num ber keys. If you en ter 1 or 2 di git, press ENT . Viewing Frequencies Associated With a Car Number 1. Repea t edl y pres s CAR until Input Car# ? appears. 2. [...]

27 though t he channel n umber does not appe ar. Press SCAN during car num ber operatio n. The scann er shows A.F r . Press SCAN to advance to t he next ch annel. To mo ve to a channe l (ex. 110), pre ss 110 th en SCAN . The s canner dis plays the content s of channel 110. To re call an empty chan n el, pr ess FUN C then 0. 4-Way Roc k er Key Opera[...]

28 ^ and v — Mo ves through frequenc ies without th e car number. If a car number i s locked out, the scanner does no t recall the loc k ed ou t car number. < — Enters the text input m ode. > — Move s the cursor to the next right ch aracter when you ar e in text mo de. Otherwise this resu lts in an erro r tone. All Frequency mode — Fr[...]

29 0.00000 M Hz appe ars if the car number has o nly o ne frequency. I f the car num ber has more than one frequenc y, one of the frequencies appears . ^ and v — Mo ves throu gh select ed car number fre quencies. You can program a frequ ency when 0. 00000 MHz is disp layed. If the car n umber frequen cy is locked out, the s canner will stil l rec[...]

30 STORING FREQU ENCIE S INTO CHANNELS 1. T o begin progra mming your scanne r , press FUNC , and then CAR t o change the channe l display mod e. MAN , a bank an d channel nu mber appears on the display . Y ou can se lect the desired channe l storage ban k and channe l using the n umber keys a nd SCAN . For exam ple, Bank 3, C hannel 23 is ente red[...]

31 press . / CLEAR and ente r the correct frequ en cy . If the dual entr y is inte ntio nal, press ENT to acce pt. 5. By default, the sc ann er will configu re the channe ls you ente r fo r a two seco nd de lay after a transmission is receive d. This is indi cated by D appearin g in the top row of the displ ay . If you do not want the scan ner to p[...]

32 "H" i s the sec ond letter associ at ed with 4 on th e keypad. Press 4 , and then 2 . "A" is t he first letter associ at ed with 2 on th e keypad. Press 2 , and then 1 . "M" is the first letter associ at ed with 6 on th e keypad. Press 6 , and then 1 . A spa c e is entered by press ing . / CLEAR . "6" is t[...]

33 D ELETING F REQUEN CIES FROM C HANNELS In certai n circumstanc es you may wish to completel y cle ar the conte nts of a ch annel . One exam ple w ould be to cr eate empty channe ls in a sele cte d cha nne l storage ban k so the frequen cy copy fu nctio n has em pty cha nnels availa ble for copie d frequencies. 1. Repea tedl y pres s FUNC , an d [...]

34 I NITIALIZING THE S CANNER If you wan t to clear all the scanne r’s memory, initiali ze the scanne r. ! 1. Press an d hold FUNC for about 2 seconds. 2. Press 8 , 5 , and then ENT . Do not turn off the scan ner until th e initializa tion is compl ete. SCANNING CHANNELS 1. Set the s c anner to the conven tional chan nel mode so MA N , Ban k , an[...]

35 Chann el Storage Bank s Off and On” on Pa ge 35 and “Lo cking Out Chann els or Frequenci es” on Page 51). Turning Channel Sto rage Banks Off and On To turn of f channel st orage banks while scanning, p ress the ban k's number ke y so the ban k's numb er disapp ears. For example, t o turn off bank 1, press 1 . The scanne r does no[...]

36 Power Save Circuit Your scanne r features a pow er save c ircuit that is a utomaticall y activa ted any time you manually select a channel o r car number frequenc y. The power s ave mode works by allowi ng the receiv er to "sleep " briefly w hile wai ting for a call o n the se lect ed chan nel. USING CTCSS When yo ur scanner stops on a[...]

37 There are two ways yo u can program your scanner to operate with CTCSS. If y o u know the CTCSS code that is used on a particul ar frequency, you can manual ly e nter t he c ode wh en you are pr ogr am ming the sc anner , or any tim e afterwards. You can also set a spec ial search code up that will instan tly decode the CTCSS code on a recei ved[...]

38 T URNING O N OR O FF THE CTCSS 1. Select th e channel or the car number f requency . 2. Press FUNC th en 4/CTCSS . The sca nner turns on or of f the CTCSS in the selec ted channe l (or the car numb er freq uenc y). Finding the Quiet Code on a Frequency 1. First , select the freq uency of the car n u mber or enter the frequenc y on which th e qui[...]

39 channe l, press FUNC and then 4 / CTCSS . CT00:SR CH appears . When the sc ann er detect s the quie t code while receivi ng a transmi ssion, the dete cted co de fl ashes o n the bott om li ne. If you wan t to enter the detecte d code into the c ar number or the channel, p ress ENT while the code flashes. Using CTCSS During a Search You can find [...]

40 S EARCHING A P REPROGRAMMED F REQUENCY R ANG E The sca nner contains t hese prepro gra mmed se arch ranges, stored i n the search banks (SR 0- SR6). 1. Repea tedl y pres s SRCH/P AUSE to selec t the des ir ed sea rch ba nk. 2. In the m a rine and FRS/ GMRS /MURS bands, y ou can dire ctly se lect a chann el or search through the ba nd. When M app[...]

41 Police/F ire and SR5 ham bands. Y ou can turn on or o ff the sub -groups by pre s sing the group numbers. Fo r exampl e, to turn of f sub-group 2, pr ess 2 . 3. In all s earch bands except marine and FRS/GMRS/ MURS ba nds, press FUNC and t hen SRCH/P AUS E to paus e the search. T o continue sear ch, p ress FUNC , and th en press SRCH/P AUSE agai[...]

42 Search Band Charts Search bank: SR0 Car num ber band Search bank: SR1 Marine ban d Sub-Gr oup Frequency (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 150.9875 – 152.0000 7.5 1 152.8700 – 153.7250 7.5 1 154.4825 – 154.5050 7.5 1 154.5100 – 154.525 5 1 154.5275 – 154.54625 6.25 1 154.5475 – 154.6075 7.5 1 154.6100 – 154.6250 5 2 460.0000 – 470.0000 12.5 3 85[...]

43 Search bank: SR2 FRS/GMRS/MURS band 17 156.8500 78 156.9250 18 156.9000 79 156.9750 19 156.9500 80 157.0250 20 157.0000 161.6000 81 157.0750 21 157.0500 82 157.1250 22 157.1000 83 157.1750 23 157.1500 84 157.2250 161.8250 24 157.2000 161.8000 85 157.2750 161.8750 25 157.2500 161.8500 86 157.3250 161.9250 26 157.3000 161.9000 87 157.3750 161.9750[...]

44 Search bank: SR3 Police/F ire dep artm en t band Search bank: SR4 Aircraft band 13 467.6875 27 154.6000 14 467.7125 Channe l Fre quenc y (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) Sub-Gr oup Frequency (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 33.4200 – 33.9800 20 1 37.0200 – 37.4200 20 1 39.0200 – 39.9800 20 1 42.0200 – 42.9400 20 1 44.6200 – 45.8600 40 1 45.8800 1 45.90[...]

45 Search bank: SR5 Ham b and Search bank: SR6 Programm able limit sear ch band Searching Activ e Frequencies in Your Desired Frequency Range You ca n searc h a spec ific range o f freq uenc i es by prog ramm ing S R6 with l ower and upp er frequency limit s. 1. Press an d hold FUNC for about 2 seconds. Th e menu screen appears on the displ ay . 2.[...]

46 5. Enter you r desired upper frequenc y and press ENT . 6. Repea tedl y pres s SRCH/P AUSE to se l ect SR6 Limit SRCH . When th e scanne r finds an active frequenc y , it stop s searching. U SING Z EROMA TIC You ca n set Zerom atic on o r o ff by press ing FUN C an d t hen 9 (Z). Press FUNC , and then 9 again to toggle t he Zeromatic setting. I [...]

47 so MAN , Bank , and a cha nnel appears . 2. Press FUNC th en press ^ or v . Tun e and the c urrent frequenc y app ear in t he displ ay . 3. Use the numbe r keys to ente r the freque ncy where you wa nt the sca nner to start. 4. Press ENT to sto re the frequenc y and st art tuning. 5. Whil e automati c tu ning, p ress ^ or v to chang e the direct[...]

48 appears in the scan ner's dis play . 2. If yo u want to co py the frequenc y into bank 0, press ENT . It is store d in the first availa ble vacant c hannel in the bank . Or press you r desir ed ba nk nu mber to store , then press ENT to store the frequenc y in the sel ected bank. Channel S tored ! appears for two se conds. All the conditi o[...]

49 weathe r frequency. Press WX/ALERT r epeatedly to find the stronges t weather frequenc y for your l ocati on. WX Alert Your sca nner's W X alert warns you of s erious weather co nditions by sou ndi ng an alarm if a National Weather Se rvice broadcaster in your are a broadcasts a weath er ale r t to ne . To set th e scanner so it sounds an a[...]

50 priori ty ch annel for ac tiv ity e ve r y 2 secon ds. 1. Press an d hold FUN C about 2 second s. The me nu scree n appears on the display . 2. Press 5 to select PGM PRI CH and then pre ss 1 to selec t Pr o gr a m Fr e q . The cursor b links at the second line. 3. Use th e number keys and ./CL EAR to enter the pr iority frequenc y (inc lu din g [...]

51 searchi ng. When you r scanner stops o n a channel or frequency with a prog r ammed dela y , th e scanne r continues to mon itor that frequenc y for 2 seco nds after t he tran smissi on sto ps bef ore resumi ng scanning , tuning, o r sear ching. Delay is automatical ly set as th e default for ea ch channe l or when you tune or sea rch. D appears[...]

52 You can still ma nua lly select and monitor a locked-ou t car number freq uenc y. To remov e the loc kout from a car number f requency: 1. Enter the c ar number All Frequ enc y mo de. 2. Repea t edl y pres s FUNC then SCAN to sel ect l ocked -out car number f requency . 3. Press FUNC th en 3/L /O UT . Locking Out Channels To lock out a chann el [...]

53 Clearing All Lockout Channels 1. Set the s c anner to the conven tional chan nel manual mode. 2. Press an d hold ./CLEAR , and then press 3/L/OUT . All Locked out Ch anne ls Cle ar? Pres s 1 key ->YES Oth er key ->NO appears. 3. Press 1 to clear the all lockout channe ls, or pres s any ke y othe r than 1 to canc el clear . Locking Out Sear[...]

54 4. Press ^ or v to scroll through the lis t. The loc ked-out number a nd the tot al locked- out number also a ppear as L/ O list X X of YY . (The t enth of tw enty five locked out frequencies would appear a s L/ Oli st 10 of 2 5 ). If the sea rch bank has no locked -out frequenci es, L/O L ist Empty appears i n the scann er's di splay . P r[...]

55 or L/O List ChXX appear on the displ ay . 4. Press an d hold ./CLEAR for about 2 seconds. The scann er will di splay Confi rm list clea r? 1 -> YES. Other key -> N O. 5. Press 1 to clea r all lo ck ed -out freq uenc ies. L/O List E mpty appears . Press an y key other than 1 to cancel clear . U SING B ACKLIG HT You can turn on the displ ay&[...]

56 K EY L OCK Once you program your sc anner, you ca n protect it fro m accidental prog ram chan ges by t urni ng on the key lock feature. Wh en the keypad is locked , the only co ntrols that ope rate are FUNC , õ / î , SQ , and VOL . You cann ot activate the key lock while you are enteri ng a frequency into a channe l. 1. T o turn on the k ey lo[...]

57 C HANGING THE D ISPLAY C ONTRAST 1. Press an d hold FUNC for about 2 seconds. Th e menu screen app ears . 2. Press 8 an d then 3 to selec t 3:LCD Cont rast . 3. Press < or > to select LCD co ntra st . Th en pr e ss EN T to set th e display con trast. U SING C LONE M ODE You can transfer the conte nts of the sca nner’s memo ry to an d fro[...]

58 4. Press 1 to send the data to the othe r unit, or press an y other key to cancel the operatio n. 5. The sca nner sends the data. Do not disconnect the PC /IF cable o r interrupt power to either s canner while t he transfer i s taking pl ace. 6. T o exit the c lone mode , remo ve the cable . ON-AIR PROGRAMMING You can also program yo ur scanne r[...]

59 U SING O N - AIR P ROGRAMMING 1. Press an d hold FUNC for about 2 seconds. Th en press 8 and 4 . On Air P rogram appears on the display . 2. Defaul t recei ving frequ ency i s 154.6 M Hz. If you want t o change the re ceive frequ ency , press 2 and enter th e frequenc y , then press ENT . 3. T o start on air programming , press 1 . Ready t o Rec[...]

60 Data Format — Asynchron ous Data Length — 8-bit Parity — None Stop Bit — 2-bit Baud Rate — 1200 bps Data Tra nsmission Direction — One Wa y (Rece ive Onl y) A GENERAL GUIDE TO S CAN NING G UIDE T O F REQUENCIES National W eather Frequencies Birdie Frequencies Every s canner has birdie frequenc ies. Birdies are signals created inside [...]

61 To find t he birdies in y our indivi dual scanne r, begin b y discon necting the ante nna and moving it away from the scanner. Make sure that no other near by radio or TV sets are turned on near the scann er. Us e the se arc h functio n and search every frequenc y rang e from its low est frequenc y to the highes t. Occas ionally , the searching [...]

62 UHF Band 800MHz Band P RIMARY U SAGE As a gen eral rule, most radio activi ty is co nce ntrated on the followin g frequencies: VHF Band UHF Band Aircraft 108.00–136.00 U.S. Go vernment 137.00–144.00 2-Meter Amateur 144.000–148.000 High Range 148.000–174.000 U.S. Government 406.000–420.000 70-cm A mateur 420.000–450.000 UHF-Low Band 4[...]

63 Remot e control sta tions and mobile /portable uni ts operate at 5 MHz hig her than their assoc ia ted base s tations and rela y repeater units in t he UHF band. B AND A LLOCATIO N To help decide which frequency rang es to sc an, use th e foll owin g listing of the typic al servi ces that use the frequencies yo ur scanner receive s. These freq u[...]

64 HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) — (3 MHz -30 MHz) 10-Meter Amateur Band (28.0- 29.7 MHz) 28.000- 29.70 0 .... ........ ........ ....... . HAM VERY HI GH FREQUE NCY (V HF) — (30 MH z-300 MHz) VHF Low Band (29.7- 50 MHz-in 5 k Hz step s) 29.700- 29.790 ......... .......... ......... .... IND MED Emergency/Medical S ervices MIL U.S. Military MOV Motion Pic[...]

65 29.90 0 -30 .5 5 0 ........ .... .. .. ... . GOV T , MIL 30.58 0 -31 .9 8 0 ........ .. .. .... .. . ... IND, PU B 32.00 0 -32 .9 9 0 ........ .... .. .. ... . GOV T , MIL 33.02 0 -33 .9 8 0 ........ .. .. . BU S, IN D , PU B 34.01 0 -34 .9 9 0 ........ .... .. .. ... . GOV T , MIL 35.020-35.980 ........... BUS, P UB, IND, ..... ........ .......[...]

66 150.815-150.980 . . ........... . ........... T OW , ............... .. .. .. .. ..... .. . ....Oil S pill Cleanup 150.995-151.475 . . ............ ROAD, POL 151.490-151.955 . . ................ IND, BUS 151.985 ....................... . ............ .. TELM 152.0075 ...................................... MED 152.270-152.480 . ........ IND , T A[...]

67 173.225-173.5375 .......... MOV , NE WS, ..... ........ ......... ...... ........ ......... UTIL, MIL 173.5625-173.5875 ........................ MI L ...... .... ...... .... ..... .. Me dical /Cra sh C rews 173.60-173.9875 .................. ...... GOVT ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF) — (300 MHz -3 GHz ) U. S. Go vern ment Ba nd (40 6-42 0 MHz) 406[...]

68 Conventi onal Systems Ba nd — Locall y Assigned (i n 6.25 kHz steps ) Conventi onal/Trunked Systems Band — Loca lly Assign ed (in 6. 25 kHz steps) Trunked Systems Band — Loca lly Assign ed (in 6. 25 kHz steps) Public Safet y Band — Loca lly Assign ed (in 6. 25 kHz steps) 33-Centim eter Amateur Band (902-928 MHz in 6.25 k Hz steps) Privat[...]

69 General Trunked B and (in 6.25 kHz step s) FREQU ENC Y CONVERSION The t uning loc ation of a st ation can be expressed i n frequency (kHz or M Hz) or in waveleng th (met ers ) . The f oll owin g infor mati on can h elp y ou m ake t he neces sary co nver sions. 1 MHz (millio n) = 1,000 k H z (thou sand) To conv ert MHz to kHz, m ultiply the num b[...]

70 a damp cloth oc cas io nal ly to keep it lo oking ne w . S ERVICE AND R EPAIR If your s canner is not p erforming as it s hould, take it to your local Radio Shack store fo r assistance. To loca te your neares t Radio Shack, use the s tore locator featur e on Rad ioShack's webs ite (www.radioshack.com), or call 1-80 0-Th e Shac k (843 -742 2[...]

71 TROUBLESHOOTING If your s canner is not wor king as it shou ld, these sugges tions might he lp you elim inate t he prob lem. If the scanne r still does no t operate prope rly, take it to your local R adioS hack store for a ssistance. Problem Possible Cause Remedy The scanner is totally inoperative The AC or DC adapter is not connected Be sure th[...]

72 SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Coverage ( MHz): Frequency Range (M Hz) .......... P rogramming/Search Step V alue 28-54 ........ ......... ........ .. ......... ........ .. ........ ......... .. ........ ......... . 5 kHz 108-136.9875 ................................. .... .. ......... .... .. .... .... ... 12.5 kH z 137-174 ..........................[...]

73 T ight (AM) ......... ........ ........... ........ ........ ....... ........ . (S+N)/N=20 dB Antenna Impedance .................................... .... .... .. .... ..... 50 Ohms Audio Output Power (10% THD) . ........... 150 mW nominal ( Using Batteries), BL T Built-In S peaker ............................ 1 1 / 8 Inches (28 mm) , 8 Ohms Oper[...]

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Radio Shac k C orpo rati on Fort Worth, Texas 76102 20-515 GE-03D-0810 01A04 Printed in China Limited One-Y ear W arranty This p roduct is warranted by Rad ioShack ag ainst ma nufacturi ng defects in ma terial and wor kmanship under normal u se for one (1 ) year from th e date of purc hase from RadioSha ck comp any-ow ned stores and a uthorize d Ra[...]