Radio Shack PRO-66 General Guide to Scanning, Guide to Frequencies, National Weather Frequencies

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A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING

Reception of the frequencies covered by your scanner is mainly “line-of- sight.” That means you usually cannot hear stations that are beyond the horizon.

GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES

National Weather Frequencies

161.650*	161.775*	162.400	162.425
162.440*	162.450	162.475	162.500
162.525	162.550	163.275*

* Not preprogrammed in this scanner.

Birdie Frequencies

Every scanner has birdie frequencies. Birdies are signals created inside the scanner’s receiver. These operating frequencies might interfere with broadcasts on the same frequencies. If you program one of these fre- quencies, 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.

The birdie frequencies on this unit to watch for are:

52.0 MHz 145.6 MHz 156.0 MHz 166.4 MHz 171.25 MHz

To find the birdies in your scanner, begin by disconnecting the antenna and moving it away from the scanner. Make sure that no other nearby radio or TV sets are turned on near the scanner. Use the search function and scan every frequency range from its lowest frequency to the high- est. 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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