RadioShack Pro 2048 Home Scanner Owners Manual
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31 The birdie frequencies on this unit to watch for are: To find the birdies in your scanner, begin by disconnecting the antenna and mov- ing it away from the scanner. Make sure that no other nearby radio or TV sets are turned on near the scanner. Use the search function and scan every frequen- cy range from its lowest frequency to the highest. Occasionally, the searching will stop as if it had found a signal, often without any sound. That is a birdie. Make a list of all the birdies in your scanner for...
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32 UHF Band U.S. Government 406.00–420.00 MHz 0.6-Meter Amateur 420.00–450.00 MHz Low Range 450.00–470.00 MHz FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band 470.00–806.00 MHz Conventional Systems 851.00–856.00 MHz Conventional/Trunked Systems 856.00–861.00 MHz Trunked Systems 861.00–866.00 MHz Public Safety 866.00–869.00 MHz Private Trunked 896.00–940.00 MHz General Trunked 940.00–950.00 MHz UHF Band 10-Meter Amateur Band 29.00–29.70 MHz High Range 29.70–29.90 MHz VHF Band Low Range 30.00–50.00 MHz 6-Meter Amateur...
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33 Primary Usage As a general rule, most of the radio activity is concentrated on the following fre- quencies: VHF Band UHF Band Note: Remote control stations and mobile units operate at 5 MHz higher than their associated base stations and relay repeater units. SPECIFIED INTERVALS Frequencies in different bands are accessible only at specific intervals. For ex- ample:Activities Frequencies Government, Police, and Fire 153.785–155.980 MHz Emergency Services 158.730–159.460 MHz Railroad 160.000–161.900...
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34 BAND ALLOCATION To help decide which frequency ranges to scan, use the following listing of the typical services that use the frequencies your scanner receives. These frequen- cies are subject to change, and might vary from area to area. For a more com- plete listing, refer to the “Police Call Radio Guide Including Fire and Emergency Services,” available at your local RadioShack store. Abbreviations Services AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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35 TELB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mobile Telephone (Aircraft, Radio Common Carrier, Landline companies) TELC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cordless Phones TELM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone Maintenance TOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tow Trucks TRAN . . . ....
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36 47.440–49.580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IND, PUB 49.610–49.990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIL, TELC 6-Meter Amateur Band 50.00–54.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HAM Land Mobile Service Band 72.00–76.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LMS FM Radio...
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37 154.655–156.240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MED, ROAD, POL, PUB 156.255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OIL 156.275–157.425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARI 157.450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MED 157.470–157.515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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38 Ultra High Frequency (UHF) (300 MHz–3 GHz) U. S. Government Band 406.125–419.975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GOVT, USXX 70-cm Amateur Band 420.000–450.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HAM Low Band 450.050–450.925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RTV 451.025–452.025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IND,...
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39 Conventional/Trunked Systems Band — Locally Assigned 856.0125–860.9875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CTSB Trunked Systems Band — Locally Assigned 861.0125–865.9875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TSB Public Safety Band — Locally Assigned 866.0125–868.9875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PSB Common Carrier 869.010–894.000 . . . . . . . . . ....
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40 TROUBLESHOOTING If you have problems, here are some suggestions that might help. If they do not, take your scanner to your local RadioShack store for assistance. PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDY Scanner is on but will not scan.SQUELCH is not correctly adjusted.Adjust SQUELCH clockwise. Only one channel or no channels are stored.Store frequencies into more than one channel. The scanner’s display must be reset.Reset the scanner’s display (see “Resettin g the Scan- ner’s Display” on Pa ge 10). Scanner...