Things You'll Need
Instructions
Catching Local Frequencies in Action and Saving Temporarily
Turn the volume up to about one-third, and adjust the squelch to remove the hissing sound in preparation for scanning.
Press "PGM," then press "LIMIT" to program the lower scanning limit.
Enter the frequency for the lower scanning limit.
Press "ENTER," and "LIMIT" to enter the upper scanning limit.
Enter the upper scanning limit frequency and press "ENTER."
Press the up or down "arrow" buttons to scan up or down the frequency range.
Press "MON" while listening to an active frequency to store it in temporary memory.
Storing Temporarily Saved Frequencies
Press "MAN," "MON," and a monitor channel number from "1" to "10" to locate the monitor channel with the frequency to store. Note the channel number and choose a scanning channel number for storing the frequency.
Press "MAN," enter the scanning channel which will receive the temporarily stored monitor frequency and press "PGM."
Press "MON" and the monitor memory number from "1" to "10" which contains the frequency to store.
Press "ENTER" to store the frequency in a scanning memory.
Programming Known Frequencies to Watch
Press "MAN," then enter a channel number for programming, such as "11" for the beginning of the second bank.
Press "PGM" to enter the programming mode, which will be shown as "PROGRAM" on the display.
Enter the frequency to store in that memory. The website listed in the Resources section below provides a reference list of frequencies.
Press "Enter" and store the frequency in the specified memory.