Radio Shack Race Scanner Using the PRO-74 AT the Races, Storing a CAR Number and Frequency

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USING THE PRO-74 AT THE RACES

The PRO-74 is specially designed to help you listen to communications at auto races. Drivers and their pit crews and corner watchers, pace car drivers, security officers, emergency personnel, track officials, and representatives of governing organizations such as NASCAR, SCCA, and NHRA all use radios to communicate with each other during a race. You might also hear transmissions from the news media and re- porters, local police departments, and paramedics and doctors at the local hospital. You can even listen to broadcasts by parking lot employ- ees at the track, so you can find the best possible parking place when you arrive.

The scanner’s quick-track memory lets you store a car number and fre- quency in each of the scanner’s channels, associate one or more fre- quencies stored in channels with a car number, and recall any frequencies associated with that car number by entering the number. You can store one car number by itself, one car number and frequency, or one frequency by itself in each channel (for up to 100 car numbers and frequencies).

For example, if you want to listen to communications between the driv- er of car number 24 and that driver’s pit crew, find all the frequencies used by the driver’s team by using the steps in “Searching the Service Banks” on Page 25, using the supplied frequency guide, “Searching from a Selected Frequency” on Page 26, or using frequencies you al- ready know, then store a car number and the frequencies associated with that car number in the scanner’s channels. Then, you can display the car number as you scan those frequencies by using the information in “Scanning by Car Number” on Page 33.

STORING A CAR NUMBER AND FREQUENCY

You can store a car number and frequency in each of the scanner’s channels, and you can recall any frequencies associated with the car number by entering the number. You can store one car number in each channel (for up to 100 car numbers).

Note: After you store a car number and a frequency, you can store ad- ditional frequencies then associate those frequencies with the same car number. See “Adding Frequencies to a Car Number” on Page 32.

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Contents PRO-74 100-Channel VHF/UHF/Air/800 MHz Race Scanner Features Page Frequency Range Step Transmission MHz KHz Scanning Legally FCC NoticeContents General Guide to Scanning Special FeaturesTroubleshooting Care and Maintenance SpecificationsUsing Internal Batteries Power SourcesPreparation Page Charging Nickel-Cadmium Batteries Using Standard AC Power Using Vehicle Battery Power Connecting AN Antenna Connecting an Optional Antenna Connecting AN Earphone Headphones Connecting AN Extension SpeakerAttaching the Belt Clip Traffic SafetyListening Safely Look AT the Keypad Understanding Your ScannerPage Look AT the Display Page Name Typical Usage Frequency Range MHz Service BanksUnderstanding Banks Memory BanksHAM Operation Turning on the Scanner Setting SquelchPress E to store the frequency into the channel Storing Known Frequencies Into ChannelsFinding and Storing Active Frequencies Searching the Service BanksSearching from a Selected Frequency Storing Active Frequencies Search Skip MemoryManually Selecting a Channel Deleting a Frequency from a Channel Scanning ChannelsListening to Weather Broadcasts Storing a CAR Number and Frequency Using the PRO-74 AT the RacesAdding Frequencies to a Car Number Viewing Frequencies Associated with a Car Number Scanning by CAR NumberDeleting a Frequency from a Car Number Finding What CAR Numbers are in What Channels Priority Special FeaturesTurning Memory Banks on and OFF Locking OUT ChannelsN K Normal Search Hypersearch Using the KeylockUsing the Display Backlight Changing Search SpeedsTurning the KEY Tone OFF/ON Turning the Battery Save Function OFF/ONSkipping Data Signals Canadian Weather Frequencies General Guide to ScanningGuide to Frequencies National Weather FrequenciesBirdie Frequencies UHF Band Guide to the Action BandsTypical Band Usage VHF BandPrimary Usage Band AllocationAbbreviations Very High Frequency VHF Meter Amateur Band- 50-54 MHz Ultra High Frequency UHF Conventional Systems Band Locally Assigned Frequency ConversionProblem Possible Cause Remedy TroubleshootingBATT.Lo Resetting the ScannerCare and Maintenance Specifications RadioShack Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas Limited One-Year Warranty
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