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UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER
Once you understand a few simple terms we use in this manual and
familiarize yourself with your scanner’s features, you can put the
scanner to work for you. You simply find the communications you
want to receive, then set the scanner to scan them.
A
frequency
is the tuning location of a station (expressed in kHz or
MHz). To find active frequencies, you can use the
search
function.
You can also search the
memory banks
, which are preset groups of
frequencies categorized by type of service.
When you find a frequency, you can store it into a programmable memory
location called a
channel
, which is grouped with your other channels in a
memory bank. You can then
scan
the memory banks to see if there is ac-
tivity on the frequencies stored there. Each time the scanner finds an ac-
tive frequency, it stays on that channel until the transmission ends.
Remember, you
search
frequencies and
scan
channels.
A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD
Your scanner’s keys might seem confusing at first, but this information
should help you understand each key’s function.
RACE
MAN
PROG
BAND
SCAN
HOLD
DATA
12
3
1-10
11-20
21-30
H/S
S/S
4
56
31-40
41-50 51-60
PRIORITY
L-OUT
DEL
7
8
9
61-70 71-80 81-90
0
E
91-100
KEYLOCK CLEAR
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