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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 find the communications you want to receive, then set the scanner to scan them.
A frequency is the tuning location of a station (ex- pressed in kHz or MHz). To find active frequencies, you can use the search function.
You can also search the
When you find a frequency, you can store it into a program- mable memory location called a channel, which is grouped with your other channels in a
A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD
Your scanner’s keys might seem confusing at first, but this information should help you understand each key’s function.
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