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ABOUT YOUR SCANNER
Once you understand a few simple terms used in this manual and familiarize
yourself with your scanner’s features, you can put the scanner to work for you.
You simply determine the type of communications you want to receive, then
set the scanner to scan them.
A
frequency
is the receiving signal location (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find
active frequencies, you can use the search function.
You can also search the
One Touch Search 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 other channels in a
channel-
storage bank
. You can then scan the channel-storage banks to see if there is
activity on the frequencies stored there. Each time the scanner finds an active
frequency, it stays on that channel until the transmission ends.
ABOUT THE KEYPAD
Here is a brief overview of your scanner’s keys and their functions.
– Activates the Spectrum Sweeper function.
PSE
–Stops or restarts search or tune.
MAR
– Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed marine band.
FD/PD
– Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed fire/police band.
AIR
– Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed aircraft band.
HAM
– Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed amateur radio band.
WX/
– Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed 7 weather channels,
or jumps to a Skywarn channel you programmed (channel 200).