Glossary - Radio Shack PRO-2055 User Manual

Beyond the Basics

glossary

Frequency — the receving signal location (expressed
in MHz). To fi nd active frequencies, you can
use frequency guides available from your local
RadioShack store, frequency listings posted on the
Internet, or the built-in search function.
Channels — programmable memory locations for
the frequencies you want to monitor. Each time
the scanner fi nds an active frequency, it stops and
monitors the radio traffi c on that channel until the
transmission ends, then resumes scanning.
Channel Storage Banks — a storage area for a
group of channels. Channels are storage areas for
frequencies. Whereas a channel can only contain one
frequency, a bank can hold numerous channels.
Search Banks – contain preprogrammed frequencies
in the scanner's memory. Your scanner has six
preprogrammed search banks confi gured to search
various radio services, and one limit search bank that
you can confi gure. You can set the lower and higher
frequency limit in the limit search bank. For example,
if you wanted to fi nd active frequencies between a
range of 150.1000 and 150.5000, you would put both
of those frequencies in the limit search bank. You can
even change the frequency range in a search bank
(SR6) to customize your search parameters.
Talkgroup IDs — each channel storage bank has an
associated talkgroup ID list, for a total of 10 talkgroup
ID lists. Each ID list has 5 sub-banks. Each sub-bank
has 30 ID locations. You can program up to 150
talkgroup IDs in each bank, so you can program up
to 1500 talkgroup IDs in 10 banks. When the scanner
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