Radio Shack 20-426 manual Advanced scanner features, Beyond the Basics, Channel storage banks

Beyond the Basics

advanced scanner features

In this section of the user’s guide, you will discover the wide variety of features that make your scanner flexible and powerful. As you master these features, you will enhance the value and enjoyment of owning your scanner.

channel storage banks

To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen to, you can assign channels to up to 10 channel- storage banks. Each bank has 100 channels. Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as those for the police department, fire department, ambulance services, or aircraft. For example, the police department might use four frequencies in your town while the fire department uses an additional four. You could program the four police frequencies starting with Channel 1 (the first channel in bank 1), and program the fire department frequencies starting with Channel 101 (the first channel in bank 2).

storing known frequencies into channels

You can locate and store specific frequencies into channels for later use. Frequencies are widely available on the Internet and from the FCC. To assist you in locating a desired frequency from the scanner’s wide range, consider using a frequency guide. Excellent references for active frequencies are the RadioShack Police Call Guide, including Fire and Emergency Services, and the Official Aeronautical Frequency Directory. We update these directories every year, so be sure to get a current copy.

Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.

1. Press FUNC + PGM. PRIVATE and PGM appear.

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