Radio Shack PRO-82 manual

© 2002 RadioShack Corporati on. All Rights Reserv ed. Hypersearch, Hyperscan, Adaptaplug, RadioShack, and RadioSh ack.com are trademarks used by RadioShack Corpor ation. 20-31 5 OWNER’S MANU AL — Please re ad before using th is equipm ent. One-Touch Search Banks — let you sear c h pr eset frequenci es in separa te marine, fi re/poli ce, airc[...]

Introductio n 2 +0641&7%6+10 Your new R a dio Sha ck PR O-82 200 Chan nel VHF/Ai r/UHF Hand hel d S can ner lets y ou sc an conven tional transm issions, a nd is prepro grammed with se arch banks for conve nience. By pres sing a on e touc h search key, you c an qui ckly sear ch t hos e frequenc ies m ost com monly us ed by publ ic se rvice an d[...]

Introduct ion 3 Lockout Fu nction — l ets you s et your sca nner to ski p over spec ified channe ls or fr equenc ies wh en scanni ng or sea rching . Memory B ackup — k eeps the channe l freque ncies s tored in memory for about an hour in the even t of a pow e r lo ss. Wired Programm ing — you can connec t your sc anner t o a persona l comput [...]

The FC C Wants You t o Know 4 Your PRO- 82 scanne r can rece ive these b ands: ± 6*' " (%% " 9#065 " ;17 " 61 " -019 This eq uipment h as be en tested and found to compl y with the limits for a sc anning receive r, pursu ant to Part 15 of the FCC Ru les . These l imits are designe d to provi de r eas ona ble pro tec t[...]

The FC C Wants You to Kn ow 5 particul ar instal lation. If this equipm ent doe s cau se harmfu l interfere nce to radio or tel evision receptio n, which can be determi ned by turn ing th e equipm ent off and on, the user is encoura ged to try to corre ct the interfere nce by on e or mo re of the follow ing meas ures: • Reorient o r relocate the [...]

The FC C Wants You t o Know 6 scanne r can rece ive. Ho wever, there are some transm issions you should never intenti onally list en to. These i nclude: • T elephone conv ersations (cellul ar , cordless , or other priv ate means of tel ephone signal transm ission) • Pager tran sm is si ons • Any scra mbled or encry pted tran smis sion s Accor[...]

Prepa ration 7 24'2#4#6 +10 You can power yo ur scann er from any of thr e e sou rce s: ± • inter nal non-rec hargea ble batteries or rec hargeable batteries (not sup plied – s ee “Install ing Bat teries”). • standard AC power (wi th an opti onal AC ada pte r - s ee “Using AC Power” o n Page 9). • vehicl e pow er (with an opti[...]

Prepa ration 8 2. Pull the battery holder ou t of the batte ry compa rtment. 3. If yo u are usin g non- recharge able b atteries, p lace them in to the b lack hol der , as indica ted by the polari ty symbol s (+ an d – ) marked on the hol der . Or , if you are usi ng recharge able b atteries, p lace them in to the y ellow holder , as indi cated b[...]

Prepa ration 9 Conne ct a siz e C Adaptapl ug to the ad apter' s cabl e with the t ip s et to posi tive then insert the Adaptapl ug into the scan ner’s PWR DC 9V jack . For b est res ults, we rec ommend Ra dioSha ck recharge able n ickel-metal hydri de (Ni-MH) 1 500mA h batter ies. ± The sca nner can also cha rge Ni- Cd bat teries. 60 0mAh [...]

Prepa ration 10 7UKPI " 8GJ KEN G " $CVVGT[ " 2QYGT You can p ower the sca nner from a vehic le’s 12V powe r so urc e (suc h as a c igarette-li ghter socket ) using a 9V, 300 mA DC adapter and a size C Ad aptapl ug™ ada pter (neither s upplied ). Both ar e availa ble at your loc al RadioSh ack stor e. . . . . To pow er the sca nn[...]

Prepa ration 11 Always use 50 Ohm co axial cab le, such as RG-58 or RG-8, to conne ct a n out doo r an te nn a. F or lengths over 50 f eet, us e RG-8 low-lo ss di elect ric co axial ca ble. If the ante nna ca ble's c onnector does no t have a BNC con nector, you w ill also need a BNC adapt er (not sup plied, availab le at your local R adioS ha[...]

Prepa ration 12 • Once y ou set th e volu me, do not inc rease it. O ver time , your e ars a dapt to th e volume leve l, so a v olume leve l that does no t cause d iscomfo rt might s till d amage yo ur hearing. 6 4#((+% " 5 #('6; Do not use an ea rphone or headpho nes wit h your scanner when operating a m otor veh icle or riding a bicy [...]

About You r Sca nner 13 #$176 " ;174 " 5%#00'4 Once y ou unde rstand a few simp le terms u sed in this man ual and famili arize y ourse lf with you r scanne r's featu res, you c an pu t the sca nner to work for you. Yo u simpl y determi ne the t ype of commun ica tio ns yo u w an t t o receive , then set the scanner to scan th e[...]

A Look at th e Key pad 14 # " .11- " #6 " 6*' " -';2#& FD/P D Lets you search the scanner's preprogrammed fire/police band. AIR Lets you search the scanner's preprogrammed aircraft band. HAM Lets you search the scanner's preprogrammed amateur radio band. WX Lets you search the scanner's preprogr[...]

15 A Look a t the Dis play # " .11- " #6 " 6*' " &+52 .# ; The dis play h as indic ators that show the sca nner's current op erating status . This quick loo k at the display wi ll help yo u unde rstand how you r scanne r operat es. 87DA 87DA 87DA 87DA Appears with numbers (1-10) to ind ic ate th e scan bank. Bank n[...]

A Lo ok at t he Di spl ay 16 8 8 8 8 Appears w hen the batteri es are low. B%E B%E B%E B%E ( l ocko ut) Appears w hen yo u manu ally select a cha nnel th at was previou sly loc ked out du ring scanni ng or wh en you rev iew a locked -out freq uency. I97D I97D I97D I97D Appears w hen the scan ner scans channe ls. F=C F=C F=C F=C Appears w hen yo u p[...]

A Look a t the Dis play 17 :#;hheh :#;hheh :#;hheh :#;hheh Appears w hen the scan ner receive s a data error duri ng wired prog ram ming . ;dZ ;dZ ;dZ ;dZ Appears w hen the scan ner has finishe d wired programmi ng. ;hheh ;hheh ;hheh ;hheh Appears w hen yo u make a n entry error. <Beý7BB#9B <Beý7BB#9B <Beý7BB#9B <Beý7BB#9B Appears w[...]

A Lo ok at t he Di spl ay 18 #j# #j# #j# #j# Appears w hen the scan ner is tuning f requ encies. M_h;Z M_h;Z M_h;Z M_h;Z Appears w hen you s et the scan ner to its wi red prog ramming m ode to progra m frequen cies into it. C7h C7h C7h C7h Appears a bout 2 seconds after you press MAR . <?h; <?h; <?h; <?h; / Fe B ? 9 ; Fe B ? 9 ; Fe B ? [...]

A Look a t the Dis play 19 ,ýC ,ýC ,ýC ,ýC Appears w hen yo u turn o n the 6m sub- bank wh ile searc hing i n the HAM ba nk. (ýC (ýC (ýC (ýC Appears w hen yo u turn o n the 2m sub- bank wh ile searc hing i n the HAM ba nk. -&9ýC -&9ýC -&9ýC -&9ýC Appears w hen yo u turn o n the 70cm su b-b ank wh il e se arc hin g in the[...]

Unde rstandin g Banks 20 70&'456#0&+0) " $#0-5 %JCPPGN " 5VQTCIG " $CPMU A bank is a s tor age are a for a grou p of chan nel s. C han ne ls a re storage areas f or frequenc ies. Where as a cha nnel can only contain one freq uency, a bank c an hold nu merous channel s. To mak e it easie r to ide ntify and select the ch a[...]

Understa nding Ba nks 21 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 22 157.1000 23 157.1500 24 157.2000/161.8000 25 157.2500/161.8500 26 157.3000/161.9000 27 157.3500/161.9500 28 157.4000/162.0000 63 156.1750 64 156.2250/160.8250 65 156.2750 66 156.3250 67 156.375[...]

Unde rstandin g Banks 22 Fire/Poli ce 84 157.2250/161.8250 85 157.2750/161.8750 86 157.3250/161.9250 87 157.3750/161.9750 88 157.4250 )TQWR " (TGSWGPE[ " 4CPI G " * /* + 5VGR " * M* + 1 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 – 46.0[...]

Understa nding Ba nks 23 Air Ham Radio Weather " (TGSW GPE[ " 4CPIG " * /* + 5VGR " * M* + 108.000-136.9875 12.5 )TQWR " (TGSWGPE[ " 4C PIG " * /* + 5VGR " * M* + 1 29.000 – 29.700 5 2 50.000 – 54.000 5 3 144.000 – 148.000 5 4 420.000 – 450.000 12.5 %JCPPGN " (TGSWGPE[ " * /* + 1 162.40[...]

Operati on 24 12'4#6+10 6WTPKPI " 1P " VJG " 5ECPPGT 1 5GVVKPI " 8QNWOG " CPF " 5SWGNEJ 1. T urn SQUELCH until the indica tor poin ts to MIN before you turn on the scanner . 2. T o turn on the s canner , turn VOLUME clockw ise until you hear a hissin g soun d. 3. T u rn SQUELCH clock wise, ju st until th e hiss in[...]

Search ing the One To uch B anks 25 Y our scanner au tomatica lly rounds th e en tered fre que nc y down t o the clos est val id fre- quenc y . For ex ampl e, i f yo u enter a freq uency of 15 1.473, your scanner accep ts it as 151. 470. Press DELA Y / ´ if y ou want the scanne r to pau se 2 sec onds on this chann el bef ore it proc eeds to th e n[...]

Sear chin g the O ne To uch B anks 26 Page 30. To l isten to the weath er bank, s ee “Liste ning to the Weather Ba nd” on Page 31. 1. Press FD/ PD , AIR , or HAM . <?h;ý <?h;ý <?h;ý <?h;ý Fe B? 9 ; Fe B? 9 ; FeB ? 9 ; Fe B? 9 ; , 7?h 7?h 7?h 7?h , or >7C >7C >7C >7C appears. After abou t 2 sec onds, the scanne r star[...]

Search ing the One To uch B anks 27 1. T o store th e disp layed frequenc y in t he lowe st availa ble ch annel in the assign ed ch ann el-s to rage banks, press ENT when you find a frequen cy . The chan nel number flas he s. 2. Press ENT again to sto re the frequenc y . The cha nnel a nd frequenc y flas h twice. If you want to cancel the ope ratio[...]

Sear chin g the O ne To uch B anks 28 3. Press TUNE/CLEAR to start tune. #j# #j# #j# #j# appears. 4. Hold down H or G for abou t 1 second to tune up or down. H or G appear and th e scanne r sear che s the freq uen ci es. When the scan ner find s an active frequen cy , it stops sear ching and disp lays the frequenc y's num ber . ± 5. T o searc[...]

Search ing the One To uch B anks 29 If the scanner finds an activ e frequenc y, it s tops and disp lays that cha nnel a nd frequen cy number, then it automati cally begins scan ning agai n when t he transmi ssion on th at frequ ency ends. ± 6WTPKPI " %JCPPGN / 5VQTCIG " $CPMU " 1HH " CPF " 1P Chann el-storage banks (1-10) [...]

Sear chin g the O ne To uch B anks 30 channe l and d o not want to miss any det ails – even tho ugh the re might b e periods of silenc e – or if you si mply want to mon itor tha t channe l. Follow these s teps to manuall y select a cha nnel. 1. Repea tedl y press SCAN/MAN unti l C7D C7D C7D C7D ap pears. 2. Enter the c hannel n umber (1-200). 3[...]

Search ing the One To uch B anks 31 To stop searc hing the c hanne ls, hold d ow n H or G for about 2 secon ds. IH9> IH9> IH9> IH9> disap pears and C7D C7D C7D C7D appears. To chan ge the channel m anua lly, press H or G . To searc h through the ma rine bank ag ain, h old do wn H or G for about 2 secon ds. C7D C7D C7D C7D di sappe ars a[...]

Sear chin g the O ne To uch B anks 32 9: " # .'46 Your sca nner's W X alert w arns you of s erious w eather co nditio ns by sou ndi ng an ala rm i f a N ati ona l Weather Se rvice bro adcaster in your area broad casts a we ather ale r t to ne. To set th e scanner so it sounds an alarm whe n a weather al ert tone is broad cast, press [...]

Special Featu res 33 52'%+#. " ('#674' 5 &GNC[ Many a genci es use a two-way radi o syst em t hat ha s a p eri od of several second s betwee n a qu ery and a rep ly. To avoid m issing a reply, y ou ca n program a 2- second delay in to any channel or frequenc y. Whe n your scanner stops o n a ch annel or frequ ency with a pro[...]

Special Featur es 34 .QEMKPI " 1WV " %JCPPGNU " QT " (TGSWGPEKGU You can increa se the effect ive scanni ng or sea rch sp eed by lockin g out i ndividu al cha nnels or frequenc ies th at have a conti nuo us t r ansm issi on, su ch as a weat her cha nnel (see “Nation al Weather F requ enc ie s” on Page 41) or a birdie frequen[...]

Special Featu res 35 B#h B#h B# h B#h appears a nd the scanner displa ys al l loc ked out freque ncies as you p res s H or G . When you reach th e high est lock ed-out frequenc y, the scanner beeps twice an d returns to the lo west locked -out freque ncy. 4 '/18+0 ) " . 1%-1765 " ( 41/ " # .. " ( 4'3 7'0 %+'5[...]

Special Featur es 36 7UKPI " 2TKQTKV[ The pr ior i ty f eat ur e l ets you sc an through c hannels an d still not m iss importa nt or in teresting calls on a frequ ency you sele ct. You can progra m one freq uency i nto the priori ty chann el. As the scann er scans, if the pri ority featu re is turned on, th e sc anner c hecks the priori ty ch[...]

Special Featu res 37 an ex t end ed pe ri od of t ime . To turn it of f, press both PGM and / , or pres s / . 6WTPKPI " VJG " -G[ " 6QPG " 1P " CPF " 1HH The sca nner is p reset to s ound a tone eac h tim e you pres s one of its ke ys (e xc ept / ). You can turn the ke y tone off or bac k on. 1. If the sc anner is on, [...]

Special Featur es 38 #XQKFKPI " +OCIG " (TGSWGPEKGU You mi ght hear one of y our regular station s on anoth er frequen cy that is not l isted. Fo r example , you might fi nd a serv ice that regularl y uses a frequency of 45 3.275 a lso on 474.6 75 MHz . Do the followi ng to determ ine i f you ar e listeni ng to an imag e frequ ency: Note [...]

Special Featu res 39 2. Insert a pointe d obje ct, such as a st raighte ned pa per clip, into the reset o pening on the side of the sc anner . Then gently press the reset b utton inside the op ening. ± + 0+6+#. +<+0) " 6*' " 5 %#00'4 " # 1. T urn of f the scann er , then turn it on ag ain. 2. Hold down TUNE/CLEAR . 3. W[...]

Special Featur es 40 then co nnect the oth er end of the cab le to on top of the scanne r . 3. Using the softwa re supp lied with the p rogramm ing kit, configu re the softwa re to work with y our sc anner by click ing on To o l s , selec ting Confi gur at ion , th en sele cti ng PRO-89 . 4. Whil e pressin g ENT and 9 , turn on th e scann er . F=C [...]

A Gene ral Gui de to Scanni ng 41 # " )'0'4#. " )7+& ' " 61 " 5%#00+0) Rece pti on of t he f requ enci es cover ed by your sc ann er i s main ly “line-of-s ight.” That mean s you usuall y cannot hear s tations th at are be yon d th e ho riz on. )WKFG " VQ " (TGSWGPEKGU 0 #6+1 0# . " 9 '[...]

A General Guide to Scanning 42 To find t he bird ies in y our indivi dual s canner, b egin by discon necti ng the ante nna an d moving it away from the scanner. Make sure that no other near by radio or T V sets are turned on near the scann er. Us e the se arch functio n and s earch ev ery frequenc y rang e from its lowest frequenc y to th e highes [...]

A Gene ral Gui de to Scanni ng 43 )WKFG " VQ " VJG " #EV KQP " $CPFU 6 ;2+%#. " $ #0& " 7 5# )' " * /* < + 2 4+/#4; " 7 5#)' As a gen eral rule, m ost of th e radio ac tivity i s concen trated on the foll owing fre quenc ies: 8*( " $CPF Low Range 29.00 – 50.00 6-Meter Amateur 50.00 –[...]

A General Guide to Scanning 44 $CPF " #NNQECVKQP To help decid e which frequency rang es to scan , us e th e fo llo w ing listing of the typical servi ces that use the frequen cies yo ur scanne r receive s. The se frequen cies are subjec t to ch ange, and might vary from area to area. Fo r a more comple te listi ng, refer t o the Police Call R[...]

A Gene ral Gui de to Scanni ng 45 CTSB Conventional/ Trunked Systems FIRE Fire Department HAM Amateur (Ham) Radio GOVT Federal Government GMR General Mobile Radio GTR General Trunked IND Industrial Se rvices (Manufacturing, Construction, Farmin g, For est Products) MAR Military Amateur Radio MARI Maritime Limited Coast (Coast Guard, Marine T elepho[...]

A General Guide to Scanning 46 HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) — (3 MHz -30 MH z) 10-Meter Amateur Ban d (28.0- 29.7 MHz) 29.000- 29.7 00 ........ .... ...... ..... .... . HAM VERY HIGH FREQ UENC Y (VHF ) — (30 MHz- 300 MHz) VHF Low Ba nd (29.7- 50 MHz- in 5 kH z steps) 29.700- 29.79 0 ..... ...... .... .... ....... .... ..IND 29.9 00-30.5 50 ..... .... ..[...]

A Gene ral Gui de to Scanni ng 47 TELM 36.00 0 -3 6 .2 3 0 .... .. .... .... .. ... . G O V T , MIL 36.230-36.990 .......... Oil Spill Cleanup, GOVT , MIL 37.02 0- 37.98 0 ........ .... .... ... ... P UB, I ND 38.00 0 -3 9 .0 0 0 .... .. .... .... .. ... . G O V T , MIL 39.02 0 -39.9 80 ...... .... .... .... ... .... .... ..P UB 40.000-42.000 .....[...]

A General Guide to Scanning 48 152.870-153.020 ........... .. .. .. IND, MO V 153.035-153.725 ......... . IND, OIL, UTIL 153.740-154.445 ............... . PUB, FIRE 154.490-154.570 ................. . IND, BUS 154.585 ........ .. ..... .. .. .. Oil Spill Cleanup 154.600-154.625 .......................... BUS 154.655-156.240 ............ MED, ROAD, [...]

A Gene ral Gui de to Scanni ng 49 ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF) — (300 MH z-3 GH z) U. S. Governmen t Band (406-420 MH z ) 406.125-419.975 ........... GOVT , USXX 70-Centim eter Amateu r Band (420-450 MH z ) 420.000-450.000 ......................... HAM Low Ban d (450-470 MHz) 450.050-450.925 ...................... .... RTV 451.025-452.025 ...... IN[...]

A Gene ral Gui de to S canning 50 (TGSWGPE[ " %QPXGTUKQP The t uning loc ation of a statio n can be expres sed i n frequenc y (kHz or M Hz) or in waveleng th (met ers ). T h e fo llow in g infor mation can help yo u make the nece ssary c onversio ns. 1 MHz (millio n) = 1,00 0 kHz ( thousa nd) To conv ert MHz to kHz, multi ply the num ber of me[...]

Trouble shoo ting 51 6417$. '5*116+0) 2TQDNGO 2QUUKDNG " %CWUG 4GOGF[ Scanner is totally inoperative. The AC or DC adapter is not connected. Be sure the adapter's barrel plug is fully inserted into the PWR jack. The batteries are dead. Replace non- rechargeable batteries with fresh ones, or recharge the rechargeab le batteries. Poor [...]

Care 52 %#4' Keep the scann er dry; if it gets wet, wip e it dry i mmediately . Use and sto re the s canner on ly in normal te mperatu re envi ronments. Handl e the sca nner carefu lly; do not drop it. Keep the scan ner away from dust an d dirt, and wipe it with a damp cloth occasio nally to ke ep it lo oking ne w. 5'48+%' " #0&[...]

Specifications 53 52'%+(+%#6+105 Frequency Cove rage (MHz ): 10 Meter Amat eur Radio ............ 29-30 (in 5 kHz steps) VHF Lo..... ..... ...... .... .... ....... .... .... 30-50 (in 5 kHz steps) 6 Meter Amateur Radio ............. 50-54 (in 5 kHz steps) Airc raft ... .... ..... ...... .... .... 108 – 136.9875 (in 12.5 kHz steps) Govern men[...]

Specifications 54 IF Frequenc ies: 1st IF ...... .. .... .. ..... .... .. .... .... .. . 10.7 MHz 2nd IF ......... .. .. ....... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......455 k Hz IF Interference Ratio (10.7 MH z) ................. .... .. ..... .. . 70 d B at 154 MH z Squelch Sen sitivity: Threshold ................. Less than 0.5 µV T ight (FM) ...... ....... ...[...]

55 Parts and Accessorie s 2#465 " #0& " #%%'5514+'5 Parts and acce ssories are avai labl e at your loc al Ra dio Shack store. Ac cess ories are also avai lab l e onl i ne at www.radioshack.com . Par ts an d acces sories are avai lable but not limite d to the fol lowing. Vis it you r local Ra dioS hack sto re or obt ain a Rad[...]

Radio Shac k C orpo rati on Fort Worth, Texas 76 102 20-315 GE-02D-7520 07A02 Printed in China Limited O ne-Y ear W arranty This prod uct is warranted by Rad ioShack aga inst manu facturin g de- fects in mat erial and wo rkman ship under norm al us e for one (1 ) year from the da te of purch ase from Rad ioSha ck compan y-owned stores and a uthoriz[...]