20-424 Owner’s Manual RadioShack LOGO PRO-2018 200 Channel Desktop Scanner Owner’s Manual Please read before using this equipment The FCC Want You to Know This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a scanning receiver pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
0-424 Owner’s Manual WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. © 2002 RadioShack Corporation. All Rights Reserved. RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation. Hyperscan, Hypersearch, and Adaptaplug are trademarks used by Tandy Corporation.
20-424 Owner’s Manual second and to scan at up to 25 channel per second, to help quickly find interesting transmissions. Duplicate Frequency Check – automatically notifies you if you are about to store a frequency you have already stored, to help avoid wasting storage space. Tune – lets you search for new and unlisted frequencies starting from a specified frequency. Priority Channel – lets you program a frequency in the priority channel to be scanned every 2 seconds so you do not miss important calls.
20-424 Owner’s Manual be fined and possibly imprisoned for intentionally listening to, using, or disclosing the contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal). These laws change from time to time and there might be state or local laws that also affect legal scanner usage. PREPARATION POWER SOURCES USING AC POWER You can power the scanner using the supplied 12V, 300mA AC adapter.
20-424 Owner’s Manual set to positive and its plug must fit the scanner’s DC 12V jack. Using an cord that does not meet these specifications could damage the scanner or the cord. • Always connect the DC cord to the scanner before you connect it to the power source. When you finish, disconnect the cord from the power source before you disconnect it from the scanner. Follow these steps to power the scanner from a vehicle’s cigarette-lighter socket. 1.
20-424 Owner’s Manual When deciding on an outdoor antenna and its location, consider these points: • The antenna should be located as high as possible. • The antenna and antenna cable should be as far as possible from sources of electrical noise (appliances, other radios, and so on). • The antenna should be vertical for the best performance. To connect an optional base-station or mobile antenna, first remove the supplied antenna from the scanner.
20-424 Owner’s Manual • Once you set the volume, do not increase it. Over time, your ears adapt to the volume level, so a volume level that does not cause discomfort might still damage your hearing. Traffic Safety Do not wear an earphone or headphones while you drive a vehicle or ride a bicycle. This can create a traffic hazard and can be illegal in some areas.
20-424 Owner’s Manual MAR Lets you seearch the scanner’s preprogrammed marine band. FD/PD Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed fire/police band. AIR Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed aircraft band. HAM Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed amateur radio band. WX Lets you search the scanner’s preprogrammed 7 weather channels. PRI/ALERT Turns on and off the priority feature; turns the WX alert mode on and off.
20-424 Owner’s Manual SRCH Appears during service bank and direct frequency searches. SCAN Appears when the scanner scans channels. MAN Appears when you manually select a channel. PGM Appears when you program frequencies into the scanner’s channels. PRI Appears when the priority feature is turned on. DLY Appears when you program a 2-second delay. Appears when you try to enter a frequency during a search when all displayed b X -FULL banks channels are full.
20-424 Owner’s Manual department, ambulance services, or aircraft (see “Guide to the Action Bands” on Page 24). For example, a police department might use four frequencies, one for each side of town. You could program the police frequencies starting with Channel 1 (the first channel in bank 1) and program the fire department frequencies starting with Channel 21 (the first channel in bank 2).
20-424 Owner’s Manual 465.0125–465.6375 12.5 Air Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 108.000–136.9875 12.5 Amateur Radio Group Frequency Range (MHz) Step (kHz) 1 29.000–29.700 5 2 50.000–54.000 5 3 144.000–148.000 5 4 420.000–450.000 12.5 Marine Channel Frequency (MHz) 01 156.0500 02 156.2500 06 156.3000 07 156.3500 08 156.4000 09 156.4500 10 156.5000 11 156.5500 12 156.6000 13 156.6500 14 156.7000 15 156.7500 16 156.8000 17 156.8500 18 156.9000 19 156.
20-424 Owner’s Manual 25 157.2500/161.8500 26 157.3000/161.9000 27 157.3500/161.9500 28 157.4000/162.0000 63 156.1750 64 156.2250/160.8250 65 156.2750 66 156.3250 67 156.3750 68 156.4250 69 156.4750 70 156.5250 71 156.5750 72 156.6250 73 156.6750 74 156.7250 77 156.8750 78 156.9250 79 156.9750 80 157.0250 81 157.0750 82 157.1250 83 157.1750 84 157.2250/161.8250 85 157.2750/161.8750 86 157.3250/161.9250 87 157.3750/161.9750 88 157.
20-424 Owner’s Manual 2. Slide POWER to ON to turn on the scanner. 3. To turn VOLUME clockwise until you hear a hissing sound. 4. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing sound stops. Notes: • To listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH counterclockwise. If reception is poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise to cut out weak transmissions. • If SQUELCH is adjusted so you always hear a hissing sound, the scanner will not scan or search properly. 5.
20-424 Owner’s Manual FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Searching the One Touch Banks Your scanner contains groups of preset frequencies called One Touch banks. Each one touch bank is associated with a specific activity (see “One Touch Banks” on Page 10). You can search for marine, fire/police, air, ham, and weather transmissions even if you do not know the specific frequencies that are used in your area.
20-424 Owner’s Manual to store the frequency anyway, press ENT again. You can then delete the frequency later. See “Clearing a Stored Channel” on Page 17. 3. To search for another active frequency in the selected band, hold down ^ or v for about 1 second. To select a different band and search for another active frequency, repeat Steps 1–2. Using Tune During a tune, the scanner tunes up or down, starting from a frequency you specify. Follow these steps to use tune.
20-424 Owner’s Manual • If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another channel, -dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest-numbered channel containing the duplicate frequency flash for about 3 seconds. If you want to store the frequency anyway, press ENT again. You can then delete the frequency later. See “Clearing a Stored Channel” on Page 17. 6. To tune for another active frequency, hold down ^ or v for about 1 second.
20-424 Owner’s Manual • You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is turned off. • When you turn on a bank during scanning, the scanner moves to the selected bank and scan it. If no transmission is found, the scanner continues scanning to scan through all selected banks. MONITORING A STORED CHANNEL You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scanning.
20-424 Owner’s Manual You can select a marine channel directly. When the scanner stops scanning the marine bank, use the number keys to enter the two-digit channel number. LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX. Your scanner begins to scan through the weather band. Your scanner should stop within a few seconds on your local weather broadcast. If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX again to resume scanning. Channel Frequency (MHz) 1 162.
20-424 Owner’s Manual WIRED PROGRAMMING 1. Turn off the scanner. 2. Connect the scanner to the PC using a PC cable. 3. While pressing ENT and 9, turn on the scanner. PGM and WirEd appear. Then send the data from the PC. StArt and the data being received by the scanner appears in the order it is received. Notes: • If the scanner receives no data from the PC for more than 20 seconds or if you press any key, wired programming stops.
-424 Owner’s Manual HAM) then press SCAN/MAN while FIrE/POliCE, AIr, or HAM appears on the display. For example, you press HAM then press SCAN/MAN, the scanner scans only channel bank 7 and 8 and HAM appears on the display. DELAY Many agencies use a two-way radio system that has a period of several seconds between a query and a reply. To avoid missing a reply, you can program a 2-second delay into any channel or frequency.
20-424 Owner’s Manual Locking Out Frequencies To lock out a frequency during a one touch search or tune, press L/O/L/O RVW when the scanner stops on that frequency. The scanner locks out the frequency then continues searching. You can lock out frequencies in both tune and one touch bank searches. Note: You can lock out as many as 50 frequencies during a search. If you try to lock out more, FLo -FULL appears (see “Reviewing Locked-Out Frequencies” and “Removing Lockouts From All Frequencies”).
20-424 Owner’s Manual USING PRIORITY The priority feature lets you scan through channels and still not miss important or interesting calls on a frequency you select. You can program one frequency into the priority channel. As the scanner scans, if the priority feature is turned on, the scanner checks the priority channel for activity every 2 seconds. 1. Press PGM, then press PRI/ALERT. PCH and 000.0000 or the previously-stored frequency appear. 2.
20-424 Owner’s Manual If the answer is the regular frequency 453.275 then you have tuned to an image. Occasionally, you might get interference on a weak or distant channel from a strong transmission 21.4 MHz above or below the tuned frequency. This is rare, and the image signal is usually cleared whenever there is a transmission on the actual frequency.
20-424 Owner’s Manual Note: You must release the reset button before releasing TUNE/CLEAR; otherwise the memory might not clear. 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. GUIDE TO FREQUENCIES National Weather Frequencies 162.400 162.425 162.450 162.500 162.525 162.550 162.475 Birdie Frequencies Every scanner has birdie frequencies.
20-424 Owner’s Manual High Range 148.00–174.00 UHF Band Military Aircraft 380.00–384.00 U.S. Government 406.00–420.00 70-Centimeter Amateur 420.00–450.00 Low Range 450.00–470.00 FM-TV Audio Broadcast, Wide Band 470.00–512.00 Primary Usage As a general rule, most of the radio activity is concentrated on the following frequencies: VHF Band Activities Frequencies (MHz) 2-Meter Amateur Band 144.000–148.000 Government, Police, and Fire 153.785–155.980 Emergency Services 158.730–159.
20-424 Owner’s Manual Abbreviations Services AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft BIFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boise (ID) Interagency Fire Cache BUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civil Air Patrol CCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20-424 Owner’s Manual TRAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation Services (Trucks, Tow Trucks, Buses, Railroad, Other) TSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trunked Systems TVn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FM-TV Audio Broadcast USXX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government Classified UTIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20-424 Owner’s Manual Aircraft Band (108–136 MHz) 108.000–121.490 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AIR 121.500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AIR Emergency 121.510–136.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AIR U.S. Government Band (137–144 MHz) 137.000–144.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVT, MIL 2-Meter Amateur Band (144–148 MHz) 144.000–148.
20-424 Owner’s Manual 162.6625 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MED 162.6875–163.225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVT, MIL, USXX 163.250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MED 163.275–166.225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVT, MIL, USXX 166.250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GOVT, RTV, FIRE 166.275–169.400 . . . . . . . .
20-424 Owner’s Manual 463.200–467.925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUS FM-TV Audio Broadcast, UHF Wide Band (470–512 MHz) (Channels 14 through 20 in 6 MHz steps) 475.750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel 14 481.750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel 15 487.750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel 16 493.750 . .
20-424 Owner’s Manual ___________________________________________________________________________________ Poor or no An antenna is not connected Make sure an antenna is properly reception or is connected incorrectly. connected to the scanner. __________________________________________________________________ Programmed frequencies are Avoid programming frequencies listed the same as “birdie” under “Birdie Frequencies” on Page 24 frequencies. or only listen to them manually.
20-424 Owner’s Manual cause the scanner to work improperly. Wipe the scanner with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new. Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or strong detergents to clean the scanner. Modifying or tampering with the scanner’s internal components can cause a malfunction and might invalidate its warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it. If your scanner is not performing as it should, take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance.
20-424 Owner’s Manual 2nd IF ........................................................................... 455 kHz IF Interference Ratio (10.7 MHz) .................. 70 dB at 150 MHz Squelch Sensitivity: Threshold ..................................................... Less than 0.5 µV Tight (FM) ....................................................... (S + N)/N 25 dB Tight (AM) ...................................................... (S + N)/N 20 dB Antenna Impedance ............................................
