Radio Shack PRO-650 - Scanning Legally; Illegal Transmissions; Legal Compliance

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Features
Your new PRO-650 Desktop Scanner lets you scan
conventionaltransmissions,andispreprogrammedwith
search banks for convenience. By pressing a one touch
searchkey,youcanquicklysearchthosefrequencies
most commonly used by public service and other
agencies without tedious and complicated programming.
Thisscannergivesyoudirectaccesstoover26,000
excitingfrequencies,includingthoseusedbyambulance
services,aircraft,andamateurradioservices,marine,
civilairpatrol,VHFandUHFbusinessbands,government
frequenciesandsomepoliceandredepartments.
Your scanner also has these special features:
One-Touch Service Search Banks – Lets you search
presetfrequenciesinseparatemarine,re/police,
aircraft,ham,FMRadioandweatherbands.
Display Backlight –Easytoreadinlow-lightsituations.
Lockout Function –Letsyouskipspeciedchannelsor
frequencies when scanning or searching.
Ten Channel-Storage Banks – You can store 20
channelsineachbank(200totalchannels),lettingyou
group channels so you can more easily identify calls.
SAME/FIPS Weather Alert – Displays weather events for
the county or counties that you choose.
Memory Backup – Keeps the frequencies stored in
memory for an extended time.
Scan Delay –Delaysscanningforabout2seconds,so
that you can hear replies on the same channel.
Priority Channel – Lets you set the scanner to check
one channel every 2 seconds so that you do not miss
transmissions on that channel.
Data Cloning – Lets you transfer the programmed data
to another PRO-650 scanner.
External Antenna Connector – Lets you connect an
externalantenna(notsupplied)withaBNCconnectorfor
improvedreceptionofdistant/weakersignals.
Scanner Basics
Afteryoufamiliarizeyourselfwithyourscanner’sfeatures
you can then set up your scanner.
Frequencies
Afrequencyisthewavebandofthetransmittingsignal
(expressedinkHzorMHz).YourPro-650receivesarange
of analog frequencies; the best resource for your local
frequencies is www.radioreference.com.
Also,youcanuseyourscanner’ssearchfunctionstond
active frequencies in your area.
Your PRO-650 scanner can receive these bands:
Frequency Range Types of Transmissions
29–54MHz 10-MeterHam,VHFLo,6-MeterHam
87.3–107.9MHz FMBroadcast
108–136.99166MHz Aircraft
137–174MHz MilitaryLandMobile,2-MeterHam,
VHFHi
380–512MHz UHFAircraft,FederalGovernment,
70-cmHam,UHFStandard,UHF“T”
n Note: See “Specications” on page 29 for more
information about frequency steps.
Channels
Channelsarestorageareasforfrequenciessavedinyour
scanner’smemory.Eachsavedfrequencyisassigneda
channel.
Banks
Abankisastorageareaforagroupofchannels.Your
scannerprovides10banks(1to10)thatcaneachstore
upto20channels,foratotalof200channels.Youcanuse
thebankstogroupandorganizefrequencies.
Forexample,youcouldprogramthefrequenciesusedby
yourlocalpolicedepartmentstartingwithChannel1(the
rstchannelinbank1)andprogramtheredepartment
frequenciesstartingwithChannel21(therstchannelin
bank2).