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Introduction
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

Introduction

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