Understanding Banks And Bands; Channel-Storage Banks; Monitor Memories; Frequency Bands - Radio Shack 200CH Owner's Manual

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UNDERSTANDING BANKS AND BANDS

You can store frequencies into either a
programmable memory location called a
channel, or a temporary memory loca-
tion called a monitor memory. You can
store a frequency in each of the scan-
ner's channels (up to 200) and up to 10

monitor memories.

Your scanner also has eight frequency
bands, each covering a specific range of
frequencies you can search.
CHANNEL-STORAGE
BANKS
To make it easier to identify and select
the frequencies you want to listen to, the
scanner's channels are divided into 10
channel-storage banks (1–9 and 0) of 20
channels each. You can use each
channel-storage bank to group frequen-
cies, such as those used by the police
department, fire department, ambulance
services, and amateur radio operators
(see "Guide to the Action Bands" on
Page 23).
For example, there might be three or
four police departments in your area,
each using several different frequencies.
Additionally, there might be other law
enforcement agencies such as state po-
lice, county sheriffs, or SWAT teams
that use their own frequencies. You
could program all law enforcement fre-
quencies starting with Channel 1 (the
first channel in Bank 1), then program
the fire department, paramedic, and oth-
er public safety frequencies starting with
Channel 21 (the first channel in Bank 2).
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MONITOR MEMORIES
Monitor memories are temporary stor-
age areas where you can store up to ten
frequencies during a search while you
decide whether to save them into chan-
nels. You can manually select and listen
to frequencies stored in monitor memo-
ries.

FREQUENCY BANDS

Your scanner has eight frequency
bands, each covering a specific range of
frequencies. You can search these
bands for specific broadcasts by repeat-
edly pressing
BAND
displays the band you want.
For example, you can search through all
frequencies between 29.000 and 54.000
MHz for specific broadcasts by repeat-
edly pressing
BAND
pears. The scanner then automatically
searches the frequencies in that band.
until the scanner
until 29-54 ap-