RadioShack Pro 29 Programmable Scanner Reciever Owners Manual

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Direct Search
When you listen to a channel, you can search up or down from the cur-
rently displayed frequency. 
-d- appears on the display during a direct
search.
1. Press 
MANUAL, the channel number, then MANUAL to select a fre-
quency stored in a channel.
2. Press 
t or s to search up or down from the selected frequency.
3. When the scanner stops on a transmission, press 
MONITOR to
store that frequency in the current monitor memory. Or, press 
t or s
to continue the search.
4. To hold the...

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LISTENING TO MONITOR MEMORIES
Once you have stored frequencies into monitor memories using a direct
or limit search, you can listen to the monitor memories by pressing 
MAN-
UAL
, MONITOR, and then the number for the monitor memory you want
to listen to.
MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR 
MEMORY TO A CHANNEL
Follow these steps to move a frequency stored in a monitor memory to
a permanent channel.
1. Press 
MANUAL.
2. Enter the number for the channel where you want to store the
monitor frequency. The...

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MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scanning. This
is useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and do not
want to miss any details — even though there might be periods of si-
lence — or if you want to monitor a specific channel.
Follow these steps to manually select a channel.
1. Press 
MANUAL.
2. Enter the channel number.
3. Press 
MANUAL again.
Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press
MANUAL one time....

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SPECIAL FEATURES 
USING THE KEYLOCK
Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental pro-
gram changes by turning on the keylock feature. In this mode, the only
controls that operate are 
SCAN, MANUAL, KEYLOCK/, VOLUME, and
SQUELCH. 
Note: 
The keylock does not prevent the scanner from scanning chan-
nels.
To turn on the keylock, press and hold 
KEYLOCK/until the scanner
beeps and 
KEYLOCK appears on the display. To turn it off, press and
hold 
KEYLOCK/until the scanner beeps and...

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TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS ON 
AND OFF
You can turn each channel-storage bank on and off. When you turn off
a bank, the scanner does not scan any of the 10 channels in that bank.
While scanning, press the number key corresponding to the bank you
want to turn on or off. If the memory bank indicator is on, the bank is
turned on and the scanner scans all channels within that bank that are
not locked out. If the indicator is off, the scanner does not scan any of
the channels within that bank.
Notes:
•...

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To clear all the skip frequencies at once, while in the search mode,
press and hold 
LOCKOUT/S/S until the scanner beeps twice.
Notes:
• If you program more than 30 skip frequencies, each new fre-
quency replaces ones you stored earlier, starting from the first
stored frequency.
• You can select the skipped frequency when the scanner is in the
hold mode. The scanner displays 
L/O when you select a skipped
frequency.
PRIORITY
You can scan through channels and still not miss an important or inter-...

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USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT
You can turn on the display’s backlight for easy viewing in the dark.
Press 
KEYLOCK/to turn on the display light for 15 seconds. To turn
off the light before 15 seconds elapses, press 
KEYLOCK/again.
Note:
 Do not hold down 
KEYLOCK/or it will lock up the keypad. If this
happens, press and hold 
KEYLOCK/until the scanner beeps and
KEYLOCK disappears from the display.
LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11
channels for use...

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A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING
Reception of the frequencies covered by your scanner is mainly “line-of-
sight.” That means you usually cannot hear stations that are beyond the
horizon.
GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES
National Weather Frequencies
* Not preprogrammed in this scanner, but you can manually program
them.
Ham Radio Frequencies
Ham radio operators often transmit emergency information when other
means of communication break down.
The following chart shows the frequencies this scanner receives that
Hams...

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Birdie Frequencies
Every scanner has birdie frequencies. Birdies are signals created inside
the scanner’s receiver. These operating frequencies might interfere with
broadcasts on the same frequencies. If you program one of these fre-
quencies, you hear only noise on that frequency. If the interference is
not severe, you might be able to turn 
SQUELCH clockwise to cut out the
birdie.
The birdie frequencies on this unit to watch for are:
To find the birdies in your receiver, begin by disconnecting the...

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GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS
Typical Band Usage
HF Band (3.00–30.0 MHz)
10-Meter Amateur  29.00–29.70 MHz
High Range 29.70–29.90 MHz
VHF Band (30.00–300.0 MHz)
Low Range 30.00–50.00 MHz
6-Meter Amateur 50.00–54.00 MHz
Aircraft 108.00–136.97 MHz
U.S. Government 137.00–144.00 MHz
2-Meter Amateur 144.00–148.00 MHz
High Range 148.00–174.00 MHz
UHF Band (300.00 MHz–3.0 GHz)
U. S. Government 406.00–450.00 MHz
0.6-Meter Amateur 420.00–450.00 MHz
Low Range 450.00–470.00 MHz
FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band...