RadioShack Pro 95 Handheld Scanner Owners Manual
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Guide to the Action Bands 71 antenna and moving 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 frequency range from its lowest frequency to the highest. Occasionally, the searching will stop as if it had found a signal, often without any sound. This is a birdie.Makealistofallthebirdies in your scanner for future reference. GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS TYPICAL BAND USAGE ( IN MHZ) HF Band VHF Band HF Range...
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Guide to the Action Bands 72UHF Band PRIMARY USAGEAs a general rule, most of the radio activity is concentrated on the following frequencies: U.S. Government406.000–420.000 70-cm Amateur420.000–450.000 Low Range 450.000–470.000 FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band470.000–512.000 800 band Law Enforcement806.000–824.000 Conventional Systems851.000–856.000 Conventional/ Trunked Systems856.000–861.000 Public Safety866.000–869.000 Trunked Private/ General894.000–960.000 25-cm Amateur1240.000–1300.000 VHF Band...
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Guide to the Action Bands 73 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 frequencies are subject to change, and might vary from area to area. For a more complete listing, including Fire and Emergency Services, refer to Police Call Radio Guideavailable at your local RadioShack store. UHF Band ActivitiesFrequencies (MHz) 70- Centimeter Amateur Band420.000 – 450.000 FM Repeaters...
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Guide to the Action Bands 74 FIREFire Department HAMAmateur (Ham) Radio GOVTFederal Government GMRGeneral Mobile Radio GT RGeneral Trunked IND Industrial Services (Manufacturing, Construction, Farming, Forest Products) MARMilitary Amateur Radio MARI Maritime Limited Coast (Coast Guard, Marine Telephone, Shipboard Radio, Private Stations) MARSMilitary Affiliate Radio System MEDEmergency/Medical Services MILU.S. Military MOVMotion Picture/Video Industry NEWNew Mobile Narrow NEWSRelay Press (Newspaper...
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Guide to the Action Bands 75 HIGH FREQUENCY (HF)— (3 MHz-30 MHz) CB Band (26.965-27.405 MHz) 10-Meter Amateur Band (28.0-29.7 MHz) 28.000-29.700 ............................ HAM VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF) —(30 MHz-300 MHz) VHF Low Band (29.7-50 MHz-in 5 kHz steps) 29.700-29.790 ................................ IND 29.900-30.550 .................... GOVT, MIL 30.580-31.980 ...................... IND, PUB 32.000-32.990 .................... GOVT, MIL 33.020-33.980............. BUS, IND, PUB 34.010-34.990...
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Guide to the Action Bands 76 35.020-35.980 ........... BUS, PUB, IND, ................................................... TELM 36.000-36.230 .................... GOVT, MIL 36.230-36.990 ...........Oil Spill Cleanup, ........................................... GOVT, MIL 37.020-37.980 ...................... PUB, IND 38.000-39.000 .................... GOVT, MIL 39.020-39.980 ...............................PUB 40.000-42.000 ......... GOVT, MIL, MARI 42.020-42.940 ............................... POL...
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Guide to the Action Bands 77 152.870-153.020..................IND, MOV 153.035-153.725.......... IND, OIL, UTIL 153.740-154.445................ PUB, FIRE 154.490-154.570.................. IND, BUS 154.585 ......................Oil Spill Cleanup 154.600-154.625........................... BUS 154.655-156.240............. MED, ROAD, ............................................ POL, PUB 156.255-157.425................. OIL, MARI 157.450 ....................................... MED...
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Guide to the Action Bands 78ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF)—(300 MHz-3 GHz) U. S. Government Band (406-420 MHz) 406.125-419.975 ........... GOVT, USXX 70-Centimeter Amateur Band (420-450 MHz) 420.000-450.000 ......................... HAM Low Band (450-470 MHz) 450.050-450.925 .......................... RTV 451.025-452.025 ...... IND, OIL, TELM, ..................................................... UTIL 452.0375-453.00 ................ IND, TAXI, ............................. TRAN TOW, NEWS 453.0125-454.000...
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Guide to the Action Bands 79 Conventional Systems Band — Locally Assigned (in 6.25 kHz steps) Conventional/Trunked Systems Band — Locally Assigned (in 6.25 kHz steps) Trunked Systems Band — Locally Assigned (in 6.25 kHz steps) Public Safety Band — Locally Assigned (in 6.25 kHz steps) 33-Centimeter Amateur Band (902-928 MHz in 6.25 kHz steps) Frequency Range Service 851.0125–855.9875 MHz CSB Frequency Range Service 856.0125–860.9875 MHz CTSB Frequency Range Service 861.0125–865.9875 MHz TSB Frequency...
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Frequency Conversion 80Private Trunked Band (in 6.25 kHz steps) General Trunked Band (in 6.25 kHz steps) 23-Centimeter Amateur Band (in 6.25 kHz steps) FREQUENCY CONVERSION The tuning location of a station can be expressed in frequency (kHz or MHz) or in wavelength (meters). The following informationcanhelpyoumakethe necessary conversions. 1 MHz (million) = 1,000 kHz (thousand) To convert MHz to kHz, multiply the number of megahertz by 1,000: 30.62 (MHz) x 1,000 = 30,620 kHz Frequency Range Service...