Radio Shack 20-423 owner manual

Contents

Main Introduction FCC NOTICE FCC Rules ! SCANNING LEGALLY Electronic Communications Privacy Act Contents Frequency ............................................................... 17 Page Preparation !! POWER SOURCES Using AC Power Using Vehicle Battery Power CONNECTING AN ANTENNA Connecting the Supplied Antenna Connecting an Outdoor Antenna Understanding Your Scanner A LOOK AT THE CONTROLS 8#and 9 99 9 A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY FD/PD BANK AIR HAM UNDERSTANDING SERVICE BANKS/BANKS Channel Storage Banks Service Banks 12 Understanding Your Scanner Marine 13 Understanding Your Scanner Fire/Police Operation TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH STORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS Police Call Aeronautical Frequency Directory FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Page dUPL- 9 USING THE MONITOR MEMORY Listening to a Monitor Memory Frequency Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS Scanning Options TURNING CHANNEL STORAGE BANKS ON AND OFF MONITORING A STORED CHANNEL CLEARING A STORED CHANNEL 000.0000 LISTENING TO THE MARINE BANK 8 9 8 9 Special Features USING THE DELAY FUNCTION LOCKING OUT CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES Locking Out Channels O TURN ING TH E KEY TO NE ON AND OFF tonE or on tonE USING A COMPUTER TO PROGRAM THE SCANNER BIRDIE FREQUENCIES UNITED STATES BROADCAST BAND Guide to the Action Bands Typical Band Usage Primary Usage BAND ALLOCATION Beyond Police Call HIGH FREQUENCY (HF)(3 MHz30MHz) VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF)(30 MHz300 MHz) VHF Low Band (29.750 MHz in 5 kHz steps) 6 m Amateur Band (5054 MHz) U.S. Government Band (138144 MHz) 2 m Amateur Band (144148 MHz) VHF High Band (148174 MHz) ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF)(300 MHz3 GHz) U. S. Government Band (380406 MHz) U. S. Government Band (406450 MHz) 70 cm Amateur Band (420450 MHz) Low Band (450470 MHz) FM-TV Audio Broadcast, UHF Wide Band (470512 MHz) (Channels 14 through 20 in 6 MHz steps) AVOIDING IMAGE FREQUENCIES FREQUENCY CONVERSION Troubleshooting RESETTING/INITIALIZING THE SCANNER Resetting the Scanner Initializing the Scanner CARE Specifications Page 20-423 GE-01D-5370 11A01 Printed in China A RadioShack Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Limited One-Year Warranty