Radio Shack PRO-433 quick start Beyond the Basics Skywarn

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Beyond the Basics

Skywarn

Skywarn jumps directly to the last channel in memory from any mode. The scanner pauses any active scans and starts receiving transmissions in the last channel. If no frequency is programmed in the last channel, No Prog appears and the scanner sounds an error tone.

During inclement weather, reports made by Skywarn observers include information about:

•pea-sized and larger hail

•wind and wind gusts 40 MPH and greater

•heavy rainfall

•lightning (cloud-to-cloud and especially cloud-to-ground)

•wall clouds (which can spawn tornadoes)

•severe lowering of a wall cloud

•turbulence in a wall cloud

•funnel clouds

•tornadoes

•high water areas

•downed power lines

•other emergency conditions that affect life or property

Skywarn broadcasts can help you prepare for inclement weather conditions in your immediate area, even before your local NOAA weather broadcast and local TV or radio station can announce them. Enter the local Skywarn frequency for your area into Channel 1000 on your scanner. Then, listen to Skywarn ﬁrst when severe weather threatens. Listen to NOAA for weather alerts and warnings, watch box notices, and weather-forecasts. Listen to Skywarn to hear trained observers in your vicinity call in ofﬁcial reports to a net control station which relays those reports to NOAA and other emergency agencies.

If you tune to a Skywarn frequency when the Skywarn NOTE net is not active, you may hear nothing, or you may

hear amateur radio operators talking on a local repeater system.

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Contents PRO-433 1,000 ch Trunking Desktop/Mobile Scanner Quick StartContents Quick start BasicsBeyond the basics Trunking operationsCare ContentsSpecial features Installing your scanner Quick startBase station Vehicle mountingWall outlet Power your scannerWhen mounting in your dashboard, you will need to Vehicle cigarette lighter or power port If you are not experienced in connecting accessories toVehicle fuse box, use a certiﬁed installer Connect your scannerConnecting an external speaker mutes the scanner’s AntennaExternal speaker Internal speakerQuick Start Setting up your scanner Turning on your scannerStoring frequencies in channels Copying / moving frequenciesSearching for frequencies Earphones / headphones Quick Start Monitoring and scanningMonitoring ScanningBasics Basics Your scanner’s controls TrunkYour scanner’s display PGMScan Replacing the fuse Appears when you activate the priority feature Beyond the basicsChannel-storage banks Priority channelsBeyond the Basics Chain search At least one bank must be active. If you disable allBanks, the error tone beeps Weather search and alert Service bank searchIt can take several minutes to search all the service Fips codes Beyond the Basics Skywarn Beyond the Basics Signal Stalker Turn off the data skip feature if it is onData skip Delay Using the memory lock does not prevent the scanner fromKeytones Memory lockTrunking operations Programming trunked frequenciesTalk group ID Storing talk group IDsScanning a talk group ID list Locking out a talk group IDOne of the ten scan lists must always be active. You Cannot remove all of themLocked out Priority talk group ID scanningMonitoring a talk group ID Trunking Operations AFS Format Talk group ID search range EdacsYou cannot use partial talk groups in decimal mode Status Bit S-Bit IgnoreTrunking Operations Trunk search and scan Type I and hybrid trunked systemsPreset ﬂeet maps Programming a ﬂeet map Enter size code S-0 Programming base and offset frequenciesFor Motorolla Type II, instead of selecting the size block Motorola disconnect tone detect function Special features Seconds, T-Err appears and wired programming stopsPC programming Scanner cloningSpecial Features Troubleshooting CareResetting the scanner Service and repairTo ensure that the scanner clears its memory properly Leave it on until CLEAr stops ﬂashingSpeciﬁcations SpeciﬁcationsUBZZ01345ZA0