Scanning a trunked bank – Radio Shack PRO-2052 User Manual

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4. Use the number keys to enter the

trunked system’s frequencies,
then press

E

.

Note: If you entered an invalid fre-
quency, the scanner beeps, the
channel number flashes and

Error

appears. Press

CLEAR

to

clear the frequency, then repeat
Step 4.

5. Press either

MANUAL

or

to

select the next channel in the
bank.

6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 until all fre-

quencies have been entered.

SCANNING A TRUNKED
BANK

You can scan one trunked bank at a
time. Once you have stored frequen-
cies for a trunked system in one or
more of the 20 available banks, and
you are scanning non-trunked fre-
quencies, follow these steps to begin
trunk scanning.

1. Turn on the scanner and begin

scanning in conventional mode.

2. Press

TRUNK

. The indicators for

all banks that have been pro-
grammed with trunked frequen-
cies flash, and

TRUNK

and

BANK

appear.

3. To see all banks programmed with

Motorola system frequencies,
press

. All banks programmed

with Motorola system frequencies
flash. To see all banks pro-
grammed with EDACS system fre-
quencies, press

again. All

banks programmed with EDACS
system frequencies flash.

4. Use the number keys to activate

the trunked bank you want to
scan.

appears under the

selected bank’s number.

5. Press

SEARCH.

As the scanner

searches for the trunk’s data
channel (the channel that con-
trols the trunk),

SEARCH

flashes.

When the scanner finds the data
channel, it begins trunk scanning.

If you entered all of the trunk’s fre-
quencies, you should be able to
follow conversations between
broadcasters even when they
change frequencies. IDs which
represent different service groups
appear.

Note: To see the bank currently in
use (for about 5 seconds), press

DATA

.

6. To return to conventional scan-

ning, press

TRUNK

again.

You See

Trunk System

E

1

Motorola Type I,

800 MHz frequencies

Ed

EDACS frequencies

E2

UHF

Motorola Type II,

UHF frequencies

E2

Hi

Motorola Type II,

VHF frequencies

E2

800

Motorola Type II,

800 MHz frequencies

E2

900

Motorola Type II,

900 MHz frequencies

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