Introduction

Your BC340CRS scanner is a multi-featured conventional channel scanner. You can easily enter and store frequencies for police, fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other radio services into 100 channels distributed over ten banks. The scanner also lets you listen to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather broadcasts for valuable information specific to your location. Use your scanner to monitor:

Analog public safety channels

Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)

NOAA weather transmissions (including Canadian Coast Guard channels)

Business/Industrial radio and utilities

Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands

Aircraft (commercial and private) band

Railroad

AM/FM Broadcast Stations

TV Channels 2-13

Your scanner can monitor the following bands.

Band

Lower Limit

Upper Limit

Modulation

Step

Service

No.

(MHz)

(MHz)

 

(kHz)

 

1

0.5300

1.7000

AM

10

AM Broadcast

2

25.0000

27.9950

AM

5

AM Band

3

28.0000

29.9950

FM

5

10 Meter Amateur Band

4

30.0000

49.9950

FM

5

VHF Low Band

5

50.0000

54.0000

FM

5

6 Meter Amateur Band

6

59.7500

 

WFM

6000

TV Broadcast Ch. 2 - 6

 

65.7500

 

 

 

 

 

71.7500

 

 

 

 

 

81.7500

 

 

 

 

 

87.7500

 

 

 

 

7

88.0000

107.9000

WFM

100

FM Broadcast

8

108.0000

136.9875

AM

12.5

Aircraft

9

137.0000

143.9950

FM

5

Military Land Mobile

10

144.0000

147.9950

FM

5

2 Meter Amateur Band

11

148.0000

174.0000

FM

5

VHF High Band

12

179.7500

 

WFM

6000

TV Broadcast

 

185.7500

 

 

 

Ch. 7 - 13

 

191.7500

 

 

 

 

 

197.7500

 

 

 

 

 

203.7500

 

 

 

 

 

209.7500

 

 

 

 

 

215.7500

 

 

 

 

13

406.0000

419.99375

FM

6.25

Fed. Gov. Land Mobile

14

420.0000

449.99375

FM

6.25

70cm Amateur Band

15

450.0000

469.99375

FM

6.25

UHF Standard Band

16

470.0000

512.0000

FM

6.25

UHF Television

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