Radio Shack 20-426 manual Signal Stalker

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Beyond the Basics

Signal Stalker

Your scanner’s Signal Stalker feature lets you set the scanner so it detects and then displays the frequency of a nearby strong radio transmission. You can set the scanner so Signal Stalker works “in the background” while you are scanning other frequencies; turn off normal scanning while Signal Stalker works; or turn off Signal Stalker and use the scanner normally. You can set the scanner so it alerts you when Signal Stalker ﬁnds a frequency. You can also set the frequency band where you want the scanner to look for transmissions. You can also turn on the pager screening feature so the scanner ignores common pager frequencies.

Notes

Signal Stalker works well for locating the source of strong local transmissions, such as mobile and handheld two- way radios in areas with no other strong transmission sources; however, if you are in an area with many transmission sources (such as pager radio transmitters, multiuse radio towers, trafﬁc control devices, etc.), Signal Stalker might not ﬁnd the transmission you are searching for, or it might ﬁnd a transmission other than the one you are searching for. You can screen unwanted transmissions by pressing L/O to lock them out. See “Frequency Skip” for more information.

Signal Stalker cannot detect satellite dishes or any transmitter with a frequency above or below the frequency ranges listed under “Setting the Signal Stalker Options”.

Signal Stalker works better with some types of transmissions than others. It might not correctly display frequency information for transmitters using a highly directive antenna (such as an amateur radio beam antenna), if there are many transmitters operating at

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