Radio Shack PRO-2045 owner manual Birdie Frequencies

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Birdie Frequencies

Birdies are frequencies your scanner uses when it operates. These operating fre- quencies might interfere with broadcasts on the same frequencies. If you tune one of these frequencies, you hear only noise on that frequency.

If the interference is not severe, you might be able to turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut out the birdie. Here are this scanner’s birdie frequencies that you might want to watch for:

29.4900	114.6875	147.4550	405.6000
29.4950	117.9625	147.4600	416.0000
31.2000	124.5250	150.9100	417.1000
36.0450	127.8000	155.1050	456.9260
52.0000	131.0750	156.0000	469.5000
52.4300	134.3500	228.4625	813.4000
108.1375	135.2000	230.5625	820.1125
108.8125	137.6250	232.1000	940.9000
111.4125	140.9050	398.2375	993.5000
114.4000	144.1800

To find the birdies in any receiver, begin by disconnecting the antenna and moving it away from the receiver. Make sure that no other nearby radio or TV sets are turned on near the receiver. Use the search function and search every frequency range from its lowest frequency to the highest. Occasionally, the searching will stop as if it had found a signal, often without any sound. That is a birdie. Make a list of all the birdies in your scanner for future reference.

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Contents PRO-2045 Features Page Scanning Legally FCC NoticeContents Troubleshooting Care and Maintenance Specifications Using Standard AC Power Connecting PowerUsing Vehicle Battery Power PreparationConnecting AN Antenna Telescoping AntennaOptional Outdoor Antenna Using the Feet Resetting ScannerTesting Alert Reception Testing Alert OperationConnecting AN Earphone Testing the Weather AlertListening Safely Connecting AN Amplified Extension Speaker Installing AN Optional Ctcss Tone BoardTraffic Safety Ctcss Board Look AT the Keyboard Understanding Your ScannerPage Look AT the Display FREQ, CHAN, Lock shows the rotary tuner’s current settingUnderstanding CHANNEL-STORAGE Banks Monitor MemoriesChannel-Storage Banks Using the Rotary Control OperationStoring Frequencies Limit Search Searching for and Temporarily Storing Active FrequenciesDirect Search Search Skip Automatically Storing Frequencies Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to Channel Listening to Monitor MemoriesScanning Channels Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and OffLocking Out Channels Manually Selecting a ChannelUsing the Weather Alert Standby Mode Scanning Weather BandWeather Alert Special Features DelayPriority Changing Search Speeds Using Programmable AttenuatorUsing Auto Sort Skipping Data SignalsTurning on or OFF the KEY Tone Transferring to an Empty Channel Transferring a Frequency to Another ChannelTransferring to a Channel that has a Stored Frequency Exchanging Frequencies Between Two Programmed ChannelsUsing the Count Feature Using CtcssCtcss Tone Frequencies Changing or Deleting a Ctcss Tone Frequency for a Channel Assigning a Ctcss Tone Frequency to a ChannelGeneral Guide to Scanning National Weather Service FrequenciesGuide to Frequencies Ham Radio FrequenciesBirdie Frequencies Typical Band Usage Guide to the Action BandsPrimary Usage Specified IntervalsBifc Band AllocationHigh Frequency HF 29 MHz-30 MHz AIR CSB Frequency ConversionTroubleshooting Care and Maintenance Specifications Dimensions /4 × 91/4 × 81/16 Inches HWD 82 × 235 × 205mm RadioShack