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Radio Shack PRO-528 manual Beyond the Basics Scanning legally

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Beyond the Basics

scanning legally

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups including police and ﬁre departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers. It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to. These include:

•telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission)

•pager transmissions

•any scrambled or encrypted transmissions

According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), as amended, you are subject to ﬁnes and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal).

This scanner is designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions, in compliance with the law which requires that scanners be manufactured in such a way as to not be easily modiﬁable to pick

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Radio Shack PRO-528 manual Beyond the Basics Scanning legally

Contents

PRO-528 1,000-Channel Handheld Trunking Scanner Contents Beyond the Basics Contents Basics Special features Contents Frequently asked questions Contents Basics Your scanner’s features HOLD/RESUME PGM Program programs frequencies into channels Alert turns Input a number or characters Volume turn the scanner on or off and adjust the volume Basics Supplying power to your scanner Battery cautions Connecting an earphone/ headphone Connecting the antenna Listening safely Attaching the belt clip About your scanner Basics Transferring data to or from another scanner or pc Understanding banks Service banks Channel storage banks Turning on the scanner and setting squelch Press SCAN/MANUAL Basics Storing known frequencies into channels Copying/moving a frequency Searching for and temporarily storing active frequencies Bank No Frequency Step kHz MHz Chain search Starting chain search Programming search ranges Storing found frequencies during chain search Direct search Service bank search Search skip memory Weather search Beyond the Basics Scanning the stored channels Manually selecting a channel Delay Special features Locking out channels Beyond the Basics Turning channel-storage banks on and off Priority MANUAL, HOLD/RESUME Using the keylock Wired programming Cloning your scanner Using the auto backlight display Using the display backlight Turning the keytone off/on Search speeds Skipping data signals Turning the battery save function off/on Receiving nwr-same and weather alert signals Turning on the digital weather alert feature Testing digital weather alert tone Programming a Fips code Programming Fips About Skywarn Skywarn Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Signal Stalker Setting the Signal Stalker I options Beyond the Basics PGM Trunking operation Using Signal Stalker Setting squelch for the trunking mode Beyond the Basics Setting the scanner to the trunking modeSimultaneous trunking You See Trunk System Programming trunked frequencies LTR Depending upon the trunk system selected Searching a trunked bank Beyond the Basics Turning a trunked bank on or off Turning the status bit ignore s-bit on or off Beyond the Basics Skipping a trunked bank Trunk Identifying a trunked frequency Edacs Ed talk group ID range search CLR /DELAY, 0, 1, then Srch Using Hold to monitor an active talk group IDLocking out talk group IDs Unlocking all talk group IDs Unlocking a single talk group ID Monitoring talk group IDs Using trunk scanning Scan Delay Manually storing talk group IDs in talk group ID lists Using talk group ID lists To enter a Type 2 Talk Group ID Motorola talk groupsTo enter a Type 1 ID Entering Edacs partial talk groups Beyond the Basics Edacs Ed talk groups You Press To Scan LTR talk groups Scanning the talk group ID lists All of them Priority talk group ID scanning Beyond the Basics Scanning type I and hybrid trunked systems Preset ﬂeet maps table E1P4 E1P5 E1P6 E1P13 E1P14 E1P15 Programming a ﬂeet map Beyond the Basics Selecting a preset ﬂeet map Beyond the Basics Programming the Base and Offset frequencies Programming a hybrid system Beyond the Basics Turning the Motorola disconnect tone detect function On/Off Transmitted or there is no signal at all My scanner is on but will not scan, why? Why won’t my scanner work at all? Why is ﬂashing? Beyond the Basics Why doesn’t my keypad work?Why am I getting poor or no reception? Why does Error appear? Why is the frequency used for the data channel missing? Why isn’t my scanner acquiring a data channel?Why am I missing replies to conversations? How do I reset my scanner? FCC notice Beyond the Basics Scanning legally Care Service and repair Frequency Coverage SpeciﬁcationsSensitivity AM/FM Power Operating TemperatureSearch Speed Current Drain Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 06A06