RadioShack Pro 93 Handheld Scanner Owners Manual

							31Operation
1. Repeatedly press SEARCH to select your desired
search bank (
/
// /.ò
.ò.ò .ò, /.ñ
/.ñ/.ñ /.ñ, /.ð
/.ð/.ð /.ð, /.ï
/.ï/.ï /.ï, /.î
/.î/.î /.î, or /.í
/.í/.í /.í).
2. In the marine and CB bands, you can directly select
a channel or search through the band. When 
)
)) )
appears at the left most position of the second line,
you can directly select a channel (refer to the follow-
ing band charts). Press the desired channel number
while 
)
)) ) appears to select it. You can also change the
channels by pressing
8
88 8 or 9
99 9.
3. Press 
FUNC then SEARCH while )
)) ) appears. )
)) )
changes to /
// / and now you can search through the
band. Press 
FUNC then SEARCH again to return to
the previous mode. 
4. Rotate 
SQUELCH clockwise and leave it set to a
point just after the hissing sound stops. After 2 sec-
onds (if the delay feature is on), the received fre-
quency appears and the scanner starts searching. 
5. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops
searching. 
Search bank: SR0 Marine band
 
Receive mode: FM
  
CHANNEL FREQUENCY 
(MHz)CHANNEL FREQUENCY 
(MHz)
01 156.050 05 156.250
06 156.3000 07 156.3500
08 156.4000 09 156.4500
10 156.5000 11 156.5500
12 156.6000 13 156.6500
14 156.7000 15 156.7500 
						

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Operation
Note:
 Two frequencies are assigned in one channel in
some Marine frequencies. For example, 157.000 and
161.600 are assigned in Channel 20.
16 156.8000 17 156.8500
18 156.9000 19 156.9500
20 157.0000
161.600021 157.0500
22 157.1000 23 157.1500
24 157.2000
161.800025 157.2500
161.8500
26 157.3000
161.900027 157.3500
161.9500
28 157.4000
162.000063 156.1750
64 156.2250
160.82565 156.2750
66 156.3250 67 156.3750
68 156.4250 69 156.4750
70 156.5250 71 156.5750
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
161.825085 157.2750
161.8750
86 157.3250
161.925087 157.3750
161.9750
88 157.4250
CHANNEL FREQUENCY 
(MHz)CHANNEL FREQUENCY 
(MHz) 
						

							33Operation
Search bank: SR1 CB band
Receive mode: AM
CHANNEL FREQUENCY
(MHz)CHANNEL FREQUENCY
(MHz)
01 26.9650 02 26.9750
03 26.9850 04 27.0050
05 27.0150 06 27.0250
07 27.0350 08 27.0550
09 27.0650 10 27.0750
11 27.0850 12 27.1050
13 27.1150 14 27.1250
15 27.1350 16 27.1550
17 27.1650 18 27.1750
19 27.1850 20 27.2050
21 27.2150 22 27.2250
23 27.2550 24 27.2350
25 27.2450 26 27.2650
27 27.2750 28 27.2850
29 27.2950 30 27.3050
31 27.3150 32 27.3250
33 27.3350 34 27.3450
35 27.3550 36 27.3650
37 27.3750 38 27.3850
39 27.3950 40 27.4050 
						

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Operation
Search bank: SR2 Police/Fire band
Receive Mode: FM
GROUP FREQUENCY (MHz) STEP (kHz)
0 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
1 153.770–154.130 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
2 453.0375–453.9625 12.5
458.0375–458.9625 12.5
460.0125–460-6375 12.5
465.0125–465.6375 12.5
3 856.2125–860.9875 25
866.0125–868.9875 12.5 
						

							35Operation
Search bank: SR3 Aircraft 
Receive mode: AM
Search bank: SR4 Ham band 
Receive mode: FM
Search bank: SR5 Programmable limit search 
Receive mode: FM (Default setting)
Searching Active Frequencies in Your 
Desired Frequency Range
You can program the desired frequency range for a
search. 
1. Repeatedly press 
SEARCH to select /.í
/.í/.í /.í.
2. Press 
PGM then SEARCH. ,/.
,/.,/. ,/. (Program Search)
appears in the top line and the cursor blinks 
(
(( ( on the
second line for the lower-end limit frequency.
3. Enter the desired lower-end limit frequency (includ-
ing the decimal point) with the number keys and
./DELAY.
FREQUENCY (MHz) STEP (kHz)
108.000–136.9875 12.5
GROUP FREQUENCY (MHz) STEP (kHz)
0 28.0000–29.7000 5
1 50.0000–54.0000 5
2 144.0000–148.0000 5
3 222.0000–225.0000 5
4 420.0000–450.0000 12.5
5 1240.0000–1300.0000 6.25 
						

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Operation
4. Press ENTER to set the frequency. The cursor
moves to 
$
$$ $. If the entered frequency is incorrect,
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							37Operation
quency and press FUNC then 9
99 9 to start searching
down from the highest frequency.
Manually Tuning a Frequency
You can manually set the scanner to move through all
receivable frequencies, or select a specific frequency as
a starting point.
1. Press 
TUNE. 01*!
01*!01*! 01*! and the current frequency
appears. The scanner automatically begins tuning
up or down.
2. Use the number keys to enter the frequency where
you want the scanner to start.
3. Press 
ENTER.
4. Press 
8
88 8 or 9
99 9 to move up or down. When the
scanner finds an active frequency, it stops on the
frequency. 
Note:
 If you press 
PA U S E while tuning, the scanner
stops tuning and
ý
ýý ý÷÷
÷÷÷÷ ÷÷ý
ýý ý ,ã1/! 
,ã1/! ,ã1/!  ,ã1/! ý
ýý ý÷
÷÷ ÷÷
÷÷ ÷ appears. Press PAUSE
again, and the scanner resumes tuning.
LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has
allocated channels for use by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Regulatory agen-
cies in other countries have also allocated channels for
use by their weather reporting authorities.
NOAA and your local weather reporting authority broad-
cast your local forecast and regional weather information
on one or more of these channels.
Listening to a Weather Channel
To hear your local forecast and regional weather infor-
mation, press 
WX. Your scanner scans through the
weather band then stops within a few seconds on the
strongest weather broadcast. 
						

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Operation
Displaying Weather Messages
The weather service precedes each weather alert with a
digitally-encoded SAME (Specific Area Message Encod-
ing) signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. You can set the scan-
ner to decode and display the SAME message when an
alert is broadcast. Then if you are monitoring a weather
channel with a digitally-encoded SAME signal when an
alert is broadcast, the scanner will show the type of alert
being broadcast such as 
38IE@E>
38IE@E>38IE@E> 38IE@E>, 38K:?
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							39Operation
The display indicates the type of message, and
sounds an alert or series of beeps which automati-
cally changes every 3 seconds.
2. Press any key except   to stop test sound mode. 
USING FREQUENCY COPY FUNCTION
You can copy a frequency into a specified channel, a va-
cant channel in a specified bank, or a priority channel.
However, you cannot copy a frequency from the Marine
and CB search bands.
Copying a Frequency into a Specified 
Channel
You can copy a frequency into a specified channel when
the scanner stops on that frequency during search mode
or manual tuning.
1. Press 
FUNC then PGM when you find a frequency.
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Operation
Copying a Frequency into a Vacant 
Channel in a Specified Bank 
You can copy a frequency into a vacant channel in a
specified bank when the scanner stops on the frequency
during search or tune mode.
1. Press 
FUNC then ENTER when you find a frequency
you want to copy. 
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