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Introduction

Your USC230 scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner radio with automatic scanning capabilities. You can store frequencies such as racing, police, fire/emergency, marine, air, and other communications into the scanner. You can carry it with you wherever you go, use it at home as a base unit, or install it in your vehicle as a mobile unit.

You can use the scanner’s scroll control to quickly select channels and frequencies, and you can automatically program channels in a system using the AutoStore feature.

Use your scanner to monitor:

Automobile races

Public safety systems

Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)

Business/Industrial radio

Utilities

Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands

Air band

Railroad

This table lists the frequency ranges, default frequency step and default mode (AM or FM).

To select a band plan from 1, 2 and 3;

1.Make sure the power is turned off.

2.While holding down 1, 2 or 3 (corresponding number of the band plan), turn on the scanner.

Band Plan 1

Frequency Rage (MHz)

Mode

Step (kHz)

25.0000

-

29.9950

FM

5

 

 

 

 

 

30.0000

-

79.9875

FM

12.5

 

 

 

 

 

80.0000

-

82.9900

FM

10

 

 

 

 

 

83.0000

-

87.2875

FM

12.5

 

 

 

 

 

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