Radio Shack PRO-2049 Searching for and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies, Band Search

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SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES

You can search for transmissions us- ing either a band or direct search, then temporarily store the frequencies for those transmissions into monitor memories.

Notes:

If you manually tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows L/O (see “Skipping Frequencies/ Channels” on Page 23).

You can use the scanner’s delay feature while using band or direct search. See “Delay” on Page 23.

Band Search

Using band search, you can select a frequency band and search for trans- missions within only that band.

1.Repeatedly press BAND until you see the frequency band you want to search.

The scanner displays or , the range for each frequency band, and the number of the cur- rent monitor memory blinks on the display. Then the scanner starts to search the frequencies in the

band. When the scanner finds a transmission, it stops and displays the frequency’s number until the transmission stops, then it starts searching again.

2.To manually search the band, press HOLD after the scanner starts automatically searching the frequencies. The scanner displays H (hold), or , and a frequency within the band you selected.

3.Repeatedly press to step from the lower to the upper range, or to step from the upper to the lower range.

Hold down or or press HOLD to return to automatic search.

4.When the scanner finds an active frequency, you can do any of the following:

save the frequency into the cur- rent monitor memory by press- ing MONITOR.

continue searching by pressing

or .

stop searching and listen to the frequency by pressing HOLD. H (hold) appears.

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Contents PRO-2049 Channel Direct Entry Programmable Scanner Features Freq. Range Freq. Step MHz KHz Scanning Legally FCC NoticeContents General Guide to Scanning Troubleshooting Care and Maintenance SpecificationsPreparation Connecting AN AntennaConnecting the Supplied Antenna Connecting an Outdoor AntennaConnecting Power Connecting AN Earphone Headphones Connecting AN External SpeakerListening Safely Look AT the Front Panel Understanding Your ScannerStops scanning to let you listen to a monitor memory A N MAN PGM PRI L/O DLY WX Look AT the DisplayFm Page 14 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 243 PM Frequency Bands Understanding Banks and BandsMonitor Memories CHANNEL-STORAGE Banks29-54 Turning on the SCANNER/SETTING Volume and Squelch Resetting ScannerOperation Manually Storing Frequencies Into Channels Band Search Searching for and Temporarily Storing Active FrequenciesDirect Search Listening to Monitor MemoriesDeleting a Frequency from a Channel Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a ChannelScanning Channels Manually Selecting a Channel Delay Special FeaturesSkipping Frequencies Channels Removing Skip from Frequencies PriorityRemoving Skip from Channels Listening to the Weather Band Turning the KEY Tone on or OFFWavelength Meters Voice MHz General Guide to ScanningHAM Radio Frequencies National Weather FrequenciesUnited States Broadcast Band Birdie FrequenciesTypical Band Usage Guide to the Action BandsPrimary Usage Band Allocation Abbreviations ServicesGovernment Band 137-144 MHz Meter Amateur Band 50-54 MHzMeter Amateur Band 144-148 MHz VHF High Band 148-174 MHz Low Band 450-470 MHz Centimeter Amateur Band 420-450 MHzFrequency Conversion Avoiding Image FrequenciesSymptom Suggestion TroubleshootingCare and Maintenance Specifications Squelch Sensitivity Fm Page 38 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 243 PM Fm Page 39 Wednesday, March 24, 1999 243 PM Division of Tandy Corporation RadioShackFort Worth, Texas