A frequency, expressed in kHz or MHz, is the tuning location of a station. To find active
frequencies, you use the search function.
Besides searching within a selected frequency range, you can also search your scanner’s
service banks. Service banks are preset groups of frequencies categorized by the type of
services that use those frequencies. For example, many amateur radio frequencies are
located in the HAM service bank.
When you search and find a desired frequency, you can store it into a programmable
memory location called a channel. Channels are grouped into channel-storage banks. The
scanner has 40 channel-storage banks. Each bank contains 50-channel sets. So the
scanner has 2,000 channels. You can scan the channel-storage banks to see if there is
activity on the frequencies stored there.
Note: You search frequencies when you want to find your local frequencies and scan
channels after you programmed your found frequencies.
understanding banks
service banks
The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to the ham, marine,
aircraft, and police (fire/emergency) services. This helps you quickly find active frequencies
instead of doing a chain search (see “service bank search”).
channel storage banks
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen to, all the channels
are divided into 40 banks of 50 channels. Use each channel-storage bank to group
frequencies, such as those for the police department, fire department, ambulance services,
or aircraft.
For example, the police department might use four frequencies in your town while the fire
department uses an additional four. You could program the four police frequencies starting
with Channel 1 (the first channel in bank 1), and program the fire department frequencies
starting with Channel 51 (the first channel in bank 2).
turning on the scanner and setting squelch
Note: Make sure the scanner’s antenna is connected before you turn it on.
1. Turn SQUELCH fully counterclockwise.
2. Turn VOLUME/OFF clockwise until it clicks and you hear a hissing sound.
3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing stops.
storing known frequencies into channels
You can locate and store specific frequencies into channels for later use.
Note: To store trunked system frequencies, see “programming trunked frequencies.”
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.
1. Press ENT/PGM to put the scanner in programming mode. PGM appears.
2. Use the number keys to enter the channel number you want to assign to a frequency.
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