Glossary - Radio Shack 20-501 User Manual

glossary

ALKALINE/RECHARGEABLE Switch - Lets you
select the type of batteries you want to use in the
scanner (alkaline or rechargeable) .......................... 5
Service Banks - preset groups of frequencies
categorized by the type of services that use those
frequencies. ...................................................... 17, 24
Channel-Storage Banks - Groups of channels, used
for frequency storage............................................. 24
Signal Stalker - lets you set the scanner so it detects
and then displays the frequency of a nearby strong
radio transmission. ................................................ 31
Skywarn - lets you jump directly to the last channel
in memory (Channel 200) from any
transmission. You can program this channel
with the frequency of your local Skywarn
broadcaster. ........................................................... 36
Channel - a programmable memory location.
Channels are grouped into channel-storage banks.
Your scanner has 10 channel-storage banks and
each bank has 20 channels. .................................. 17
57 Beyond the Basics