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PRO-2037 Programmable Scanner 200-0461 Operation
press DELAY until DELAY appears on the display.
on a frequency, it waits for 2 seconds after each transmission before it
resumes searching.
To turn off the programmed delay on any active channel, press DELAY while
the channel is still active.
LOCKING OUT A CHANNEL
You can scan channels faster by locking out those that have a continuous
transmission, such as a weather channel.
To lock out a channel while scanning, press LOCK OUT when the scanner
stops on the channel.
channel and press LOCK OUT until LOCK-OUT appears on the display.
To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel and
press LOCK OUT so LOCK-OUT disappears from the display.
Notes:
You can still manually select locked-out channels.
You cannot lock out all channels.
PRIORITY
The priority feature lets you scan through the programmed channels and
still not miss an important or interesting call on a specific channel.
To program a stored channel as the priority channel, press PROGRAM, the
desired channel number, and then PRIORITY.
Note:
You can only select one channel as the priority channel.
To turn on the priority feature, press PRIORITY appears on the
display.
The scanner checks the priority channel every 2 seconds, and
stays on the channel if there is activity.
the display whenever the scanner is set to the priority channel.
To turn off the priority feature, press PRIORITY during scanning until
PRIORITY disappears from the display.
USING THE ATT SWITCH
You can set ATT to 10 dB to reduce interference or noise caused by signals
from a strong local broadcast, or to 0dB to increase the reception of weak
signals.
Note:
With the switch set to 10 dB, your scanner might not receive weak
signals.
A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING
Reception of the frequencies covered by your scanner is mainly
"line-of-sight."
beyond the horizon.
During the summer months, you might be able to hear stations in the
30-50 MHz range located several hundred or even thousands of miles away.
This is because of summer atmospheric conditions.
is unpredictable but often very interesting!
GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES
National Weather Frequencies
161.650 MHz
161.775 MHz
162.400 MHz
Ham Radio Frequencies
Ham radio operators often broadcast emergency information when other means
of communication break down.
The following chart shows the voice frequencies that you can monitor.
Wavelength (meters)
6-meter
2-meter
70-cm
BIRDIES
Birdies are frequencies your scanner uses when it operates.
operating frequencies might interfere with broadcasts on the same
frequencies.
If you program one of these frequencies, the scanner locks
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DELAY disappears from the display.
To lock out a channel manually, manually select the
That means you usually cannot hear stations that are
162.425 MHz
162.475 MHz
162.440 MHz
162.500 MHz
162.450 MHz
162.525 MHz
Voice (MHz)
50.100
54.000
144.100
148.000
420.000
450.000
http://support.radioshack.com/support_electronics/doc31/31133.htm
When your scanner stops
P appears to the left of
This type of reception
162.550 MHz
163.275 MHz
These
7/29/2007 11:46 AM
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