Radio Shack PRO-83 manual Glossary

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glossary
ALKALINE/RECHARGEABLE Switch - Lets you select
the type of batteries you want to use in the scanner
(alkaline or rechargeable)	5
Channel - a programmable memory location.
Channels are grouped into channel-storage banks.
Your scanner has 10 channel-storage banks and
each bank has 20 channels	17
Channel-Storage Banks - Groups of channels, used
for frequency storage	24
Service Banks - preset groups of frequencies
categorized by the type of services that use those
frequencies	17, 24
Signal Stalker - lets you set the scanner so it detects
then displays the frequency of a nearby strong radio
transmission	31
Skywarn - lets you jump directly to the last channel
in memory (Channel 200) from any transmission.
You can program this channel with the frequency of
your local Skywarn broadcaster	36

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