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Radio Shack PRO-79 owner manual WX Alert

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WX Alert

Your scanner should stop within a few seconds on your local weather broadcast. If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX again to resume scanning.

	Channel	Frequency
	Channel	(MHz)
		(MHz)

	1	162.400

	2	162.425

	3	162.450

	4	162.475

	5	162.500

	6	162.525

	7	162.550

WX Alert

Your scanner’s WX alert warns you of serious weather condi- tions by sounding an alarm if a National Weather Service broad- caster in your area broadcasts a weather alert tone.

To set the scanner so it sounds an alarm when a weather alert tone is broadcast, press PRI/ALERT while you are listening to the WX channel. ALErt appears. If the scanner detects the weather alert, it sounds an alarm. Press any key to turn off the alarm. To cancel the weather alert operation, press PRI/ALERT again.

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Radio Shack PRO-79 owner manual WX Alert

Contents

illus - show front of product Owner’s ManualPRO-79 200-Channel VHF/Air/UHF Handheld Scanner FEATURES Page FCC NOTICE SCANNING LEGALLY CONTENTS Specifications Special FeaturesTroubleshooting Care and MaintenanceCautions INSTALLING BATTERIESPREPARATION Cautions USING AC POWERUSING VEHICLE BATTERY POWER Cautions CHARGING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIESConnecting the Supplied Antenna CONNECTING AN ANTENNACautions Connecting an Outdoor AntennaListening Safely CONNECTING AN EARPHONE HEADPHONESTraffic Safety CONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKERA LOOK AT THE KEYPAD UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNERKeys NumberC-Err A LOOK AT THE DISPLAYALErt BANKPage SCAN WirEdUNDERSTANDING BANKS Channel Storage BanksFire/Police Service BanksFrequency Range MHz Amateur RadioMarine GroupFrequency MHz Channel156.9250 ChannelFrequency MHz MONITOR MEMORIES TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH RESETTING/INITIALIZING THE SCANNEROPERATION Initializing the Scanner Resetting the ScannerSTORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES INTO CHANNELS FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Searching the Service BanksUsing Direct Search To pause the search, press or . To resume search- ing, hold down or Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel USING MONITOR MEMORYListening to a Monitor Memory SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS MONITORING A STORED CHANNEL TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS OFF AND ONLISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND CLEARING A STORED CHANNELLISTENING TO THE MARINE BANK WX Alert Locking Out Channels SPECIAL FEATURESDELAY LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR FREQUENCIESRemoving Lockouts From All Frequencies Locking Out FrequenciesReviewing Locked-Out Frequencies Removing Lockouts From All Frequencies in All Service Banks USING PRIORITYTURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHTUSING THE KEY LOCK AVOIDING IMAGE FREQUENCIES Birdie Frequencies A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNINGGUIDE TO FREQUENCIES National Weather FrequenciesVHF Band GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDSTypical Band Usage MHz Primary UsageAbbreviations ServicesBAND ALLOCATION 6-Meter Amateur Band 50-54 MHz HIGH FREQUENCY HF - 3 MHz- 30 MHz 10-Meter Amateur Band 28.0-29.7 MHzVERY HIGH FREQUENCY VHF - 30 MHz- 300 MHz VHF Low Band 29.7-50 MHz -in 5 kHz steps70-Centimeter Amateur Band 420-450 MHz VHF High Band 148-174 MHzULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY UHF - 300 MHz- 3 GHz U. S. Government Band 406-420 MHzLow Band 450-470 MHz FREQUENCY CONVERSIONSQUELCH is not TROUBLESHOOTINGCARE AND MAINTENANCE IF Interference Ratio 10.7 MHz SPECIFICATIONSAudio Output Power 10% THD 6 Volts DC, 4 AA Batteries Page Limited One-Year Warranty RadioShackA Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas