Understanding Your Scanner, Look AT the Keypad | Radio Shack PRO-79

UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER

Once you understand a few simple terms we use in this manual and familiarize yourself with your scanner’s features, you can put the scanner to work for you. You simply determine the type of communications you want to receive, then set the scanner to scan them.

A frequency is the tuning location of a station (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find active frequencies, you can use the search function.

You can also search the service-search banks, which are pre- set groups of frequencies categorized by type of service.

When you find a frequency, you can store it into a programma- ble memory location called a channel, which is grouped with your other channels in a channel-storage bank. You can then scan the channel-storage banks to see if there is activity on the frequencies stored there. Each time the scanner finds an active frequency, it stays on that channel until the transmission ends.

A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD

Your scanner’s keys might seem confusing at first, but this infor- mation should help you understand each key’s function.

Note: Some of the scanner’s keys perform more than one func- tion and are marked with more than one label. The steps in this Owner’s Manual show only the label on the key appropriate to the action being performed.

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Radio Shack PRO-79 owner manual Understanding Your Scanner, Look AT the Keypad

Contents

PRO-79 Channel VHF/Air/UHF Handheld Scanner Features Page Frequency Types of Transmissions Range MHz FCC Notice Scanning Legally Contents Special Features Preparation Installing Batteries Using Vehicle Battery Power Using AC Power Charging Rechargeable Batteries Connecting the Supplied Antenna Connecting AN Antenna Connecting an Outdoor Antenna Listening Safely Connecting AN Earphone Headphones Traffic Safety Connecting AN Extension Speaker Look AT the Keypad Understanding Your Scanner Keys Number AIR Look AT the Display DLY Channel Storage Banks Understanding Banks Fire/Police Service Banks Air Amateur RadioMarine Channel Frequency MHz 156.9250 Monitor Memories Operation RESETTING/INITIALIZING the Scanner Initializing the Scanner Resetting the Scanner Storing Known Frequencies Into Channels Finding and Storing Active Frequencies Searching the Service Banks Using Direct Search Page Using Monitor Memory Listening to a Monitor MemoryMoving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel Scanning the Stored Channels Monitoring a Stored Channel Turning CHANNEL-STORAGE Banks OFF and on Clearing a Stored Channel Listening to the Marine BankListening to the Weather Band WX Alert Locking Out Channels Special FeaturesDelay Locking OUT Channels or Frequencies Locking Out Frequencies Reviewing Locked-Out FrequenciesRemoving Lockouts From All Frequencies Removing Lockouts From All Frequencies in All Service Banks Using Priority Using the Display Backlight Using the KEY LockTurning the KEY Tone on and OFF Avoiding Image Frequencies Birdie Frequencies General Guide to ScanningGuide to Frequencies National Weather Frequencies Guide to the Action Bands Typical Band Usage MHzPrimary Usage Band Allocation Abbreviations Services Meter Amateur Band 144-148 MHz Meter Amateur Band 50-54 MHzAircraft Band 108-136 MHz Government Band 137-144 MHz Centimeter Amateur Band 420-450 MHz VHF High Band 148-174 MHz Low Band 450-470 MHz Frequency Conversion Squelch is not Troubleshooting Care and Maintenance Specifications Volts DC, 4 AA Batteries Page RadioShack Division of Tandy CorporationFort Worth, Texas