Radio Shack PRO-433 quick start Service bank search, Weather search and alert

Beyond the Basics

3. Enter the lower limit frequency, and then press E/PGM.

4. Press or to change to the upper limit frequency.

5. Enter the upper limit frequency, and then press E/PGM.

6. When you finish programming frequency ranges, press SRCH.

service bank search

You can search preprogrammed frequencies allocated to HAM, marine, aircraft, or police (fire/emergency) transmissions. To use service bank search, complete the following steps:

1. Press SVC. The most recently used service symbol appears and the scanner starts searching.

2. To select a different service bank, press 1/HAM, 2/MRN, 3/AIR or 4/POL. The selected service symbol appears.

3. Press or to search up or down.

NOTE	It can take several minutes to search all the service
	frequencies.

weather search and alert

The National Oceanic and Aerospace Administration (NOAA) broadcasts Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) alerts with digitally-encoded data, including the alert severity. This scanner detects SAME signals and displays the alert severity.

You cannot scan frequencies and monitor for weather alerts at the same time. To start weather scan, complete the following steps:

1. Press WX. WX appears in the display.

2. Press or to change the search direction.

3. To stop the search, press HOLD/RESUME. HOLD appears.

4. To set the weather alert, press 6/ALERT. ALERT appears. This mutes the audio until the scanner receives a SAME alert.

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