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PRIVATE Bank

Your scanner has one PRIVATE bank.
This bank contains 20 channels. You
can store frequencies from any search
band (see “Search Bands” on
Page 15), service search bank, or any
weather frequency into these chan-
nels, then scan the channels by press-
ing PRIVATE.
Notes:
• You cannot use the SEARCH key
to search for new frequencies in
the PRIVATE bank.
• You cannot scan the PRIVATE
bank until you have stored fre-
quencies in its channels (see
“Storing Frequencies into Chan-
nels” on Page 21).
CHANNELS
The scanner has 50 empty channels
where you can store frequencies you
find while scanning the banks or
searching through the search bands
— 20 in the POLICE bank, 10 in the
FIRE/EMG bank, and 20 in the PRI-
VATE bank.
• Frequ encies you assign to
POLICE channels become part of
the POLICE service search bank.
For example, the police depart-
ment might use four temporary
frequencies while providing secu-
rity for a parade. If these frequen-
cies are included in any search
band (or even another service
search bank), you could store
them in Channels 1–4 of the
POLICE service search bank.
• Frequencies you assign to FIRE/
EMG channels become part of the
FIRE/EMG service search bank.
For example, the fire department
might use three frequencies to
communicate with paramedic
units only during disaster drills. If
these frequencies are included in
any search band (or even another
service search bank), you could
store them in Channels 1–3 of the
FIRE/EMG service search bank.
• The MARINE and AIR service
search banks contain no chan-
nels.
You can also replace frequencies
you stored in these channels with
different frequencies, or you can
clear stored frequencies from the
channels.
Good references for active frequen-
cies are the RadioShack

Police Call

Radio Guide Including Fire and Emer-

gency Services

,

Aeronautical Fre-

quency Directory

, and

Maritime

Frequency Directory

. We update
these directories every year, so be
sure to get a current copy.
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