A GENERAL
GUIDE TO SCANNING
Thefo
owingsectonsof
thisrnanualareapp cabespecificalyto
NorthAfi,e'.a
Due
to band restricl ons
and assignments, niormation
given
here may not apc
\
ig
other
conl nents,
Receptlon
oithe lrequenc es covered
by
your
scanner is mainly' lne,of-s
ghl
TLat
means
yolr
usually cannol hear stalions that
are beyond lhe horizon
Dur
ng the sur.mer rnonths,
you
might be ab e to hear
stalions
in
lhe 30-50 MFtz
range
ocated several hundred
or even lhousands ol miles away. This is
because of
summer
almospherc conditions. Th
s type oi
reception
s unpred ctab
e but often
very interesllngl
GUIDE TO
FREOUENCIES
Ham Radio Frequencies
Ham rad
o opefators often broadcasl
emefgency information when olher means
of
cornmunicat
on bteak down.
The following
chart shows the l\lorse Code
(continuo!s
wave)
and single sideband
frequencies
that
you
can monitor:
Wavelength
(meters)
Continuous Wave
(MHz)
Single Sideband
(MHz)
10-meter 29 .000-29.704 29 000-29.700
6-meter 50 000-54.000
2-meter 144.000-148
000
420
000-450.000
Birdie
Freouencies
B rd es are frequencies
your
scanner uses when it
operales, These operating fre-
quencies
might interfere
with broadcasts on the
same fiequencies. fyou
progranr
one
ol these frequencies,
you
heat on
y
no se on that frequency.
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