Realistic PRO-26 - Manual Channel Selection

TURNING ON OR OFF THE KEY TONE
To turn off the key tone beep, follow these steps.
1. Turn off the scanner.
2. Press and hold ^/KEYLOCK and turn on the scanner. OFF
bSEP appears.
To turn on the beep, repeat Steps 1-2. On bEEP appears.
CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP
The scanner automatically selects the frequency step for each fre¬
quency range. However, you can manually change the frequency step
while the scanner is searching for frequencies.
1. Press SHIFT, spt appears on the display.
2. Press STEP until the desired frequency step appears (5 kHz,
12.5 kHz, or25 kHz).
CHANGING THE MODULATION MODE
Your scanner receives amplitude modulated (AM), narrow-band fre¬
quency modulated (NFM), or wide-band FM {WFM) transmissions. It
selects the mode most commonly used in each frequency range. How¬
ever, you can manually change the mode while the scanner is search¬
ing for frequencies. The selected mode flashes if it is not the default.
Follow these steps to change the modulation mode.
1. Press SHIFT. SPT appears on the display.
2. Press MODE until the desired modulation mode {am, otm, or
WFM) flashes in the display.
To return to the default modulation mode, press MODE until the mode
no longer flashes.
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A GENERAL GUIDE TO SCANNING
Reception of the frequencies covered by your scanner is mainly “line-
of-sight.’ That means you usually cannot hear stations that are beyond
the horizon. During the summer months, you might be able to hear sta¬
tions in the 30-50 MHz range located several hundred or even thou¬
sands of miles away. This is because of summer atmospheric
conditions commonly known as skip. This type of reception is unpre¬
dictable but often very interesting!
GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES
National Weather Frequencies (Canada only)
1. 161.650 5. 162.440 9. 162.525
2. 161.775 6. 162.450 10. 162.550
3. 162.400 7. 162.475 11. 163.275
4. 162.425 8. 162.500
Ham Radio Frequencies
The following chart shows the frequencies that Hams use:
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