A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING

Reception of the frequencies covered by your scanner is mainly “line-of-sight.” That means you usually cannot hear stations that are beyond the horizon.

GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES

National Weather Frequencies

162.400

162.475

162.525

162.425

162.500

162.550

162.450

 

 

Canadian Weather Frequencies

161.650161.775163.275

Note: These frequencies are not preprogrammed in the weather service bank but can be manually programmed into a channel.

Birdie Frequencies

Every scanner has birdie frequencies. Birdies are sig- nals created inside the scanner’s receiver. These oper- ating frequencies might interfere with broadcasts on the same frequencies. If you program one of these frequen- cies, you hear only noise on that frequency. If the inter- ference is not severe, you might be able to turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut out the birdie.

This scanner’s birdie frequencies (in MHz) are:

31.2000

41.6000

52.0000

138.7100

138.7150

145.6000

148.6200

165.3000

171.2500

406.2250

407.7625

407.8125

413.1750

413.2250

416.1375

426.0375

426.0500

435.9500

455.7625

455.8625

455.7750

465.6750

475.5875

485.4875

489.2500

495.4000

505.3000

505.3125

813.4000

820.9500

822.3625

899.2375

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Radio Shack 20-521 General Guide to Scanning, Guide to Frequencies, National Weather Frequencies, Birdie Frequencies