RadioShack Pro 89 Vhf Uhf Handheld Race Scanner Reciever Owners Manual

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Service Banks
The scanner is preprogrammed with the frequencies allocated
by auto racing, fire/police, aircraft, ham radio, and marine ser-
vices. This is handy for quickly finding active frequencies in-
stead of searching through an entire band (see “Searching the
Service Banks” on Page 27).
Note:
 The frequencies in the scanner’s service banks are pre-
set. You cannot change them.
Auto Racing
Group Frequency Range (MHz)Step 
(kHz)
1 150.995–151.995 5
152.870–153.725 5
154.490–154.625 5
2 460.000–470.000 12.5
3 851.0375
851.6625
852.0375
852.1875
853.1625
853.2625
853.4875
854.2625
854.2875
854.7875
855.0375
855.2875
855.5125
855.5625
855.5875
855.7375
855.7875
856.7875
856.9125
857.8375
858.7375
858.7875
858.8375
859.8375– 
						

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Fire/Police
3 865.6125
865.6625
865.7125
936.2125
937.1500
937.2000
937.2875–
Group Frequency Range (MHz)Step 
(kHz)
1 33.420–33.980 20
37.020–37.420 20
39.020–39.980 20
42.020–42.940 20
44.620–45.860 40
45.880 –
45.900 –
45.940–46.060 40
46.080–46.500 20
2 153.770–154.130 60
154.145–154.445 15
154.650–154.950 15
155.010–155.370 60
155.415–155.700 15
155.730–156.210 60
158.730–159.210 60
166.250 –
170.150 – Group Frequency Range (MHz)Step 
(kHz) 
						

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Air
Amateur Radio
Marine
3 453.0375–453.9625 12.5
458.0375–458.9625 12.5
460.0125–460.6375 12.5
465.0125–465.6375 12.5
4 856.2125–860.9875 25
866.0125–868.9875 12.5
Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz)
108.000–136.9875 12.5
Group Frequency Range (MHz)Step 
(kHz)
1 29.000–29.700 5
2 50.000–54.000 5
3 144.000–148.000 5
4 420.000–450.000 12.5
Channel Frequency (MHz)
06 156.3000
07 156.3500
08 156.4000
09 156.4500
10 156.5000 Group Frequency Range (MHz)Step 
(kHz) 
						

							2411 156.5500
12 156.6000
13 156.6500
14 156.7000
15 156.7500
16 156.8000
17 156.8500
18 156.9000
19 156.9500
20 157.0000/161.6000
21 157.0500
22 157.1000
23 157.1500
24 157.2000/161.8000
25 157.2500/161.8500
26 157.3000/161.9000
27 157.3500/161.9500
28 157.4000/162.0000
64 156.2250
65 156.2750
66 156.3250
67 156.3750
68 156.4250
69 156.4750
70 156.5250
71 156.5750 Channel Frequency (MHz) 
						

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Note:
 Both frequencies (transmission and reception) are
shown for marine channels used for duplex transmission.
MONITOR MEMORIES
The scanner has 20 monitor memories that you can use to
temporarily store frequencies while you decide whether to save
them into channels. This is handy for quickly storing an active
frequency when you are searching through an entire band.
You can store a frequency into a monitor memory during a ser-
vice bank or direct search. See “Finding and Storing Active
Frequencies” on Page 27.
You can select monitor memories manually, but you cannot
scan them. See “Listening to a Monitor Memory” on Page 31.
72 156.6250
73 156.6750
74 156.7250
77 156.8750
78 156.9250
79 156.9750
80 157.0250
81 157.0750
82 157.1250
83 157.1750
84 157.2250/161.8250
85 157.2750/161.8750
86 157.3250/161.9250
87 157.3750/161.9750
88 157.4250 Channel Frequency (MHz) 
						

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OPERATION
TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING 
VOLUME AND SQUELCH
1. Turn SQUELCH until the indicator points to MIN before you
turn on the scanner.
2. To turn on the scanner, turn 
VOLUME clockwise until you
hear a hissing sound.
3. Turn 
SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing sound
stops.
Notes:
• To listen to a weak or distant station, turn 
SQUELCH
counterclockwise. If reception is poor, turn SQUELCH
clockwise to cut out weak transmissions.
• If 
SQUELCH is adjusted so you always hear a hissing
sound, the scanner will not scan or search properly.
4. To turn off the scanner when you finish, turn 
VOLUME
counterclockwise to OFF.
STORING KNOWN FREQUENCIES INTO 
CHANNELS
Good references for active frequencies are the RadioShack
Police Call Guide including Fire and Emergency Services, Offi-
cial Aeronautical Frequency Directory
, and Maritime Frequen-
cy Directory
. We update these directories every year, so be
sure to get a current copy.
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.
1. Press 
MAN, enter the channel number (1–200) where you
want to store a frequency, then press 
PGM.  
						

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2. Use the number keys and 
• to enter the frequency (includ-
ing the decimal point) you want to store.
3. Press 
ENT to store the frequency into the channel.
Notes:
• If you made a mistake in Step 2, 
Error appears and
the scanner beeps three times when you press 
ENT.
Simply start again from Step 2.
• Your scanner automatically rounds the entered fre-
quency down to the closest valid frequency. For exam-
ple, if you enter a frequency of 151.473, your scanner
accepts it as 151.470.
• If you entered a frequency that is already stored in
another channel, the scanner beeps three times and dis-
plays the lowest channel number where the frequency is
already stored, and 
–dUPL– then the frequency
flashes. If you want to store the frequency anyway,
press 
ENT again. Press MON/CL to clear the frequency.
•Press 
DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 sec-
onds on this channel before it proceeds to the next
channel after a transmission ends (see “Delay” on
Page 42). The scanner also stores this setting in the
channel.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press 
PGM and
repeat Steps 2 and 3.
FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE 
FREQUENCIES
Searching the Service Banks
Your scanner contains groups of preset frequencies called ser-
vice banks. Each service bank is associated with a specific ac-
tivity (see “Service Banks” on Page 21). You can search for
fire/police, air, ham, auto race, and marine transmissions even
if you do not know the specific frequencies that are used in
your area. Then you can store the frequencies you found into
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Notes:
• You can use the scanner’s delay feature while searching
the service banks, see “Delay” on Page 42.
• The following steps show you how to listen to the HAM,
FD/PD, CAR, and AIR service banks. To listen to the MRN
bank, see “Listening to the Marine Bank” on Page 35.
1. Press 
BAND. The last selected band name (such  as
HAM), SRCH, -b-, frequency and the group number (if
any) appear.
Note:
 
-b- does not appear if the CAR service bank is
selected.
2. To select a different band, repeatedly press 
BAND until the
desired band name appears on the display. After about 2
seconds, the scanner begins searching rapidly in that band
for an active frequency.
Notes:
• To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down
s
 or t
 for about 1 second.
• To search up or down the band in small increments,
repeatedly press s
 or t
. s
 or t
 disappears. (See “Ser-
vice Banks” on Page 21 for frequency steps).
• To pause the search while receiving a signal, press s
 or
t
. s
 or t
 disappears. To resume searching, hold down
s
 or t
.
• To quickly move up or down through the frequencies,
hold down s
 or t
. The scanner tunes through the fre-
quencies until you release s
 or t
.
3. If necessary, select a search group from the list with “Ser-
vice Banks” on Page 21 then use the number keys to enter
the desired search group. The scanner searches for an
active frequency.
4. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops
searching and displays the frequency’s number. To store
the displayed frequency in the lowest available channel,
press 
PGM then ENT. The channel and frequency flash
twice, and the scanner stores the displayed frequency. The
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Or, to store the displayed frequency in a channel you
select, press 
PGM, use the number keys to enter the chan-
nel number you want to use to store the frequency, then
press 
PGM again. The channel number flashes.
If a channel number you entered is already programmed
with a frequency, the channel number and the pro-
grammed frequency appear for about 2 seconds. Then the
channel number flashes and the new frequency appears. 
Press 
ENT to program the new frequency or press CL/MON
to cancel. If you press ENT, the channel and frequency
flash twice, and the scanner stores the displayed fre-
quency. The scanner then continues to search for frequen-
cies.
Notes:
• If there is no empty channel, 
Ch-FULL appears after
you press 
PGM. To store more frequencies, you must
clear some channels. See “Clearing a Stored Channel”
on Page 34. To continue searching after 
Ch-FULL
appears, hold down s
 or t
. To remain on the frequency
after 
Ch-FULL appears, press MON/CL. Ch-FULL
disappears.
• If you entered a frequency that is already stored in
another channel, 
-dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest-
numbered channel containing the duplicate frequency
flash for about 3 seconds. If you want to store the fre-
quency anyway, press 
ENT again. If you do not want to
store the frequency, press 
MON/CL. The scanner contin-
ues to search. You can then delete the frequency later.
See “Clearing a Stored Channel” on Page 34.
5. To store the displayed frequency in a monitor memory,
press 
MON/CL. The monitor memory number,  , and the
frequency flash twice.
6. To search for another active frequency in the selected
band, hold down s
 or t
 for about 1 second. To select a
different band and search for another active frequency,
repeat Steps 2–5.M 
						

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Using Direct Search
During a direct search, the scanner searches up or down, start-
ing from a frequency you specify. Follow these steps to use di-
rect search.
Note:
 You can use the scanner’s delay feature while using di-
rect search.
1. Press 
MAN then enter the frequency (including the decimal
point) you want to use as a starting point for the search.
Note:
 To start from a frequency already stored in one of
your scanner’s channels, press 
MAN and enter the desired
channel number, then press 
MAN again.
2. Hold down s
 or t
 for about 1 second to search up or
down. 
–d–, SRCH, and s
 or t
 appear.
Notes:
• To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down
s
 or t
 for about 1 second.
• To search up or down the selected band in small incre-
ments (5 or 12.5 kHz steps), repeatedly press s
 or t
.
• To pause the search, press s
 or t
. To resume search-
ing, hold down s
 or t
.
• To quickly move up or down through the frequencies,
hold down s
 or t
. The scanner tunes through the fre-
quencies until you release s
 or t
.
3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops
searching and displays the frequency’s number. To store
the displayed frequency in the lowest available channel,
press 
PGM then ENT. The channel and frequency flash
twice, and the scanner stores the displayed frequency. The
scanner continues to search for frequencies.
Or, to store the displayed frequency in a channel you
select, press 
PGM, use the number keys to enter the chan-