AOR AR1000 User manual

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Guide to the
AR1000
Howard Bornstein
Operations
Applications
Accessories
Reference
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WIDE RANGE MONITOR
AR 1000
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Guide to the
AR1000
A comprehensive guide to the AR1000
family of Wide Range Monitors.
Covers all models of the AR1000, plus the AR2000, the
Fairmate HP100, HP200, HP2000, the Camnis HSC-010,
and the Trident TR1000 and TR1200XLT.
Includes detailed sections on
operations, applications, accessories
and reference.
Howard Bornstein
Design EQ Press

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Guide to the AR1000 PDF Edition 1.0.
©1994, 1999 Howard Bornstein.
All Rights Reserved.
This PDF version of the Guide to the AR1000 is made available for free down-
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document and it may not be distributed in any collection of software, in printed
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No part of this manual may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the author.
Layout, design, and art by Howard Bornstein.
Disclaimer
There are many controversial legal issues revolving around scanning and communications monitoring, and
there are varied and conflicting laws concerning the reception of different types of radio communications. In
England, for example, it is illegal to monitor police communications while in the United States it is not. In
the United States, it is illegal to monitor cellular phone conversations, while in Canada it is legal. In some
states it is illegal to use a scanner in a car while in other states it is not. While we believe the airwaves belong
to the public, we urge you to be aware of the laws in your community and to use your scanner responsibly.
None of the examples or suggestions cited in this guide should be construed as recommendations to break
the law.
Design EQ Press
P.O. Box 1144
Woodstock, NY 12498

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Acknowledgements
This guide would not have been possible without the selfless help and support of
the really great crew on CompuServe’s HAMNET—a scanning and shortwave
special interest group. The conversations on HAMNET are full of interesting
facts, vibrant opinions, and hilarious banter.
I especially want to thank my beta testers: Eldor Gemst, Jeff Goldman, Joe
Laakso, Paul Miyashiro, Jason Reimer, Michael Schuster, and Bill Steinberg.
They reviewed the manuscript and offered endless suggestions and corrections, as
well as techniques and insights about the AR1000. While their help was invalu-
able, I must take responsibility for any errors in this guide.

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Contents
Acknowledgements 4
Introduction 8
How this guide is organized 10
Operations 12
Introduction 13
Scanning 14
What you cannot pickup 14
The scan banks 14
Selecting a scan channel 15
Programming a scan channel 16
Entering sequential frequencies 17
Locking a scan channel 18
Caution using Lockout 18
Clearing a scan channel 19
Marking a sequential group of channels as “available” 19
Copying a frequency from one channel to another 20
Selecting and locking scan banks 20
Unlocking a scan bank 21
The difference between locking a channel and locking a bank 22
Limiting scan banks 22
Removing scan bank limits 23
Using Delay/Hold 24
Searching 25
Setting up search banks 25
Examining search bank parameters 26
Locking out frequencies within a search bank 27
Caution using Lockout 27
Locking out search banks 28
Unlocking a search bank 29
Unlocking a search bank where previous bank has locked frequencies 30
Limiting search banks 31
Removing search bank limits 32
Holding a frequency during a search 32
Copying a frequency to a scan channel 32
Using Delay/Hold 33
Manual Mode 33
Applications 34
Introduction 35
Quickly setting the starting scan or search bank 36
Finding a hidden frequency in a range 37
Setting up car radio-like buttons on the AR1000 38
Setting up radio buttons in Search mode 38
Setting up radio buttons in Scan mode 38

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Switching between two frequencies 40
Using the Priority channel to switch between two channels 40
Using two adjacent channels 40
Copying a group of frequencies 41
Stepping through the scan banks 42
How to make the AR1000 come up in the mode you want 43
Listening to the AR1000 in your car 44
Optimizing scan and search banks 45
Scan banks 45
Search banks 45
Example bank allocations 47
Accessories 48
Introduction 49
The power supply 50
Nicads 50
Using the supplied charger 50
Using the supplied cigarette plug 50
Using other chargers 51
The strap/belt clip 52
Antennas 53
Rubber duckies 53
Shortwave antennas 53
Making a simple MW/SW antenna 53
Discone antennas 53
Other ways to customize the AR1000 55
Marking the squelch knob 55
Marking inside of battery compartment 55
Removing the plastic window in the carrying case 55
Extending the frequency coverage 56
Adjusting a unit that is off frequency 58
Reference 60
Introduction 61
The Display 62
MANUAL/SCAN/SEARCH 62
Frequency 63
Mode (AM/FM/WFM) 63
BANK/CH 64
BATT 64
DELAY/HOLD 65
Up/Down Arrows 65
L.OUT 65
With scan channels and banks 65
With search banks 66
AUX 66
PROG 67
LIMIT 67
KHz 68
KEY LOCK 68
FR. ERR 68

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The Keyboard 69
LIGHT 69
PROG 70
INC 70
AM/FM 71
W-FM 71
LOCKOUT 71
LIMIT/AUX 72
LIMIT 72
AUX (Priority) 72
BANK 74
DELAY/HOLD 74
SEARCH 75
SCAN 75
MANUAL 76
Down Arrow 76
Using the Down arrow while searching 76
Using the Down arrow while scanning 77
Using the Down arrow in Manual mode 77
KEYLOCK 78
CLEAR 78
ENT 79
Number key pad 79
Key mode chart 80
The Top Controls 81
Power switch/Volume knob 81
Squelch 81
Attenuation button 82
Tuning knob 82
Using the Tuning knob while searching 82
Using the Tuning knob while scanning 83
Using the Tuning knob in Manual mode 83
Earphone jack 84
Antenna jack 84
Appendix 85
Frequency Lists 86
Magazines/Newsletters 88
Equipment Sources 89
Frequency Guides and Books 89
On-Line Services 91

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Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing your AR1000 wide range communications
monitor. This unit is one of the most powerful scanner/receiver packages avail-
able as a handheld unit. It will provide countless hours of enjoyment, perfor-
mance, and excitement.
One of the things you may have noticed is the lack of complete documentation
for your AR1000. This is unfortunate, since the unit is robust in its capabilities
and can be complex in its operations. Many users have figured out the operations
of this scanner through much trial and error. The purpose of this guide is to keep
you from having to spend hours and hours figuring out how to best utilize the
AR1000. We have broken down all of the operations into easily-understood
steps, described features you may not have been aware of, and have provided
“alternate” methods of operation from those given by the factory. We also have
an applications section which will help you to utilize the scanner to your best
advantage. For users with earlier versions of this scanner, the Accessories section
describes a technique that will enable you to extend the coverage of your
AR1000.
The AR1000 comes in many variations and is known by a variety of different
names and model numbers. In the United States, the unit was originally mar-
keted simply as the AR1000. It’s frequency range covered 8 MHz to 600 MHz
and 805 MHz to 1300 MHz. Later units extended the low end frequency range
down to 500 KHz. Still later models included the 600-805 MHz gap. These
additional models have been variously called the AR1000X, AR1000XC, and
AR1000XLT. In the UK, the AR1000XLT is known as the AR2000.
It has been sold under other labels besides AOR. In England and Europe the
scanner was originally sold under the Fairmate label as the HP100, HP200,
HP200E, HP200 Mk II, and HP2000. It has more recently been sold as the
Camnis HSC-010, and as the Trident TR1000XLT and TR1200XLT.
While the AR1000 and its variants are sold by several companies world-wide, the
unit is actually designed by Nisei Corporation.
While this plethora of names is confusing, these units are essentially the same, the
variations being those described above, relating to frequency range. In addition,
some of the English units have their search banks pre-programmed to search
standard bands, such as VHF Air, UHF Air, VHF Amateur, VHF Marine, etc.,
with the names of the pre-programmed bands printed directly on the keyboard.

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AOR released a scanner following the AR1000 called the AR1500. It has the
features of the AR1000 with the addition of a beat frequency oscillator (BFO) for
decoding sideband transmissions, and a search-and-store feature. However, many
of the tricks and tips in this book are based on certain “anomolies” in the
AR1000’s operations. These “anomolies” were “fixed” in the AR1500 and, thus,
many of the methods described in this guide will not work on the AR1500. We,
therefore, generally don’t recommend this book to owners of the AR1500 (or the
Trident TR1500XLT).
For the sake of simplicity, throughout this guide, the scanner will simply be
referred to as the AR1000, except where specifically noted.
Because this is not an official guide produced by the manufacturer, it covers both
the good and the bad aspects of the AR1000. The AR1000 has extraordinary
capabilities, but it also has many quirks and idiosyncrasies. Its programming
method is a bit complicated and some of the information that comes with the
unit is incomplete. We’ll show you how to best take advantage of the features of
the AR1000 and how to get around the problems you may encounter.
Along with this guide, we have included a handy quick-reference card and a set
of templates for recording the frequencies stored in your scan channels and search
banks.
Here’s wishing you many happy hours of scanning.

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How this guide is organized
TheGuide to the AR1000iswrittenforboththebeginnerandtheexpertuser
alike. If you’re new to the AR1000, this guide will get you started and take you
quite a ways along the path. If you’re an experienced scanner user, even with the
AR1000, you will probably find some new tricks and information within.
The guide is divided into four sections: Operations, Applications, Accessories,
and Reference. At the end you’ll find an Appendix containing useful source
material. Because each section is meant to stand on its own, there is, by necessity,
some redundancy of material.
The Operations section shows you how to perform all the AR1000 basic opera-
tions. You’ll learn how to program channels with frequencies, scan and lock
banks, and set up search banks so you can search for frequencies within a specific
range. This is where to turn to learn how to operate your scanner.
The Applications section provides higher-level tips and shows you how to take
advantage of your scanner in special circumstances. You’ll learn tricks for finding
hidden frequencies with the search feature, setting up car radio-like buttons for
your favorite frequencies, copying groups of frequencies, using the AR1000 in
your car, and optimizing the memory space in the scanner.
The Accessories section describes the accessories that come with the AR1000 as
well as other readily-available accessories that will enhance your enjoyment of the
scanner. We talk about using the power supply and nicad batteries with the
AR1000, as well as how to remove the belt clip and shoulder strap hooks. This
section also discusses antennas and has a special chapter on customizing the
AR1000 that includes instructions for extending the frequency coverage of earlier
models.
The Reference section is a complete description of every display indicator, button
and control found on the AR1000. It tells you what each button and control
does and what each display indicator means.
The Appendix contains resources that you will find useful in expanding your
scanner horizons. We include a frequency list of useful frequencies and search
ranges and we list frequency guides, scanner-related magazines, and other sources
of information of interest to scanner enthusiasts.

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We suggest that, rather than just reading about techniques, you actually go
through the steps and try each technique on your scanner. While a technique
may look confusing on paper, once you perform the operation, it will make
much more sense and you will find that it will soon become second nature.

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Operations
Scanning
Searching
Manual Mode
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Introduction
This section will give you simple step-by-step procedures for performing the basic
operations with the AR1000. In particular, it will show you how to use the scan
and search features of the AR1000.
One thing to mention first, however, is a feature of the AR1000 that operates
whenever you try to program a search or scan function. The AR1000 will prompt
you for the next key press it expects by flashing an indicator in its LCD display.
This “prompt” can be very useful if you forget the next step in an operation.
We’ll refer to the AR1000 prompts in the “how-to” parts of this section and in
the Reference section.
The AR1000 uses three operational modes: Manual, Scanning, and Search.
Many of the operations of Manual mode are contained in the section on Scan-
ning, since you use Manual mode primarily to program channels for scanning.
There is also a short review of Manual mode at the end of AR1000 Operations.

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Scanning
Although the AR1000 is a wide range receiver, it is primarily designed as a
scanner. A scanner lets you plug in a group of frequencies and then it scans these
frequencies for activity. If it finds an active channel, it stops, allowing you to
monitor the activity. Once the channel becomes inactive, the AR1000 continues
scanning. With the AR1000, you can scan up to 1,000 channels at one time, but
this would be impractical since it would take quite a long time to scan all 1,000
channels. You want to balance the number of channels scanned with the speed of
the scanner. The AR1000 scans at approximately 20 channels per second. Given
this scanning speed, you may want to limit the number of channels you scan at
any one time. For good success monitoring channels, you usually don’t want to
have more than two or three seconds between checking any given channel. This
means that you may want to limit the number of channels you scan at any one
time to between 40 and 60. This limit is rather arbitrary since it depends on the
level of activity of the scanned channels, how often you need to check each
channel, and other individual factors. Use it as a guide.
If you’re new to scanning, you may wonder how to determine which frequencies
to check. There are many guides of frequencies available for all kinds of activities.
The most popular guides cover things like police, fire, emergency medical,
marine, air, and military frequencies. The Appendix lists some frequency sources
that you may find useful. The AR1000 is also capable of picking up shortwave
transmissions from all over the world, when used with an appropriate antenna.
Because the AR1000XC (and modified AR1000s) have continuous coverage of .5
MHz to 1300 MHz, there is very little that is not available to you with your
scanner and a good antenna.
What you cannot pickup
The things you won’tbe able to pick up with the AR1000 are few. You will not
be able to easily decode Single Side Band (SSB) transmissions, because there is no
beat frequency oscillator (BFO) included with the AR1000. For the same reason,
it will be difficult to pick up Continuous Wave (CW or Morse code) transmis-
sions. In addition, you will not be able to decode any digital or otherwise en-
crypted transmissions. Finally, since the AR1000 is a voice monitor, you won’t
be able to receive or decode RTTY, FAX, or satellite data transmissions. These
limitations are trivial considering the vast range of transmissions you can receive.
The scan banks
The AR1000 comes with ten scan banks that hold 100 channels each. You can
selectively turn on or off any or all of these ten scan banks. This means that, at
the bank level, the smallest unit of selection is a group of 100 channels. This is a
rather cumbersome chunk to deal with. If you want to put your local police

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department frequencies in one scan bank, you may only fill up six or eight
channels. What do you do with the other 92 channels that are left over?
There are some ways to optimize the usage of this memory structure, although
the real answer is that it is simply an inefficient layout and we, the users, have to
work around it. We’ll address this issue again in the Applications section.
The AR1000 uses a somewhat confusing idea of banks and channels. It has ten
banks with 100 channels per bank. You select an individual channel by pressing a
bank number (0-9) and then a two-digit channel number (00-99). However, you
only need to be concerned about “banks” when you want to deal with the chan-
nels as a group. When choosing an individual channel number, you don’t really
have to be concerned with the idea of banks at all. A simpler way to think about
it is that you simply select a three-digit channel number (000-999). Unfortu-
nately, the button you use to select a channel is called the BANK button. Oh,
well. Welcome to the first of many idiosyncrasies with the AR1000.
Selecting a scan channel
There are several ways to select and move from channel to channel. The most
direct method is to enter the channel number from the keyboard. You use the
BANK key to do this.
• Press MANUAL if not in Manual mode.
• Press BANK.
Bank flashes in the display.
• Enter a three-digit channel number.
When you enter the third digit, the channel is selected and its frequency is displayed. You must
always enter three digits. So, to select channel 47, you must enter 047.
Example:
BANK 1 6 8
This selects channel 168 and shows you its frequency and mode.
You can also step sequentially forward from the current scan channel by pressing
the MANUAL key. Each time you press it, you advance one channel, as long as
that channel has a frequency in it (even if the channel is locked). If the channel is
cleared, you will skip over that channel and any other cleared channels until you
arrive at the next channel that contains a frequency. See page 19 for more infor-
mation about cleared channels.
When you reach the end of one bank, the scanner moves to the first channel of
the next bank. For example, when you are at channel 099 (the last channel in
bank 0) and press MANUAL, you will go to channel 100 (the first channel in
bank 1). This continues through all ten scan banks. When you reach channel
999, you will start over with channel 000.
To select an
individual scan
channel

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Use MANUAL to step through a scan bank to view the frequencies that have
been entered into that bank. This is also a good way to determine which channels
you have locked (see page 18 for details on locking out scan channels).
Note:
You cannot step backward through the scan channels with the MANUAL but-
ton, but there is a way to do something similar with the Tuning knob. See the
Applications section for details.
Programming a scan channel
To program a scan channel to hold a specific frequency there are two methods
you can use.
The Factory method:
• Press MANUAL.
• Select a mode (AM, FM, WFM).
(Note: Pressing the AM/FM key will toggle between these modes while pressing the WFM key
will toggle between WFM (Wide FM) and FM).
• Enter a frequency from numeric keypad.
Use the CLEAR key if you make a mistake. Then start over by entering the frequency again.
• Press ENT.
• Press PROG.
• Press BANK.
• Enter a three-digit channel number.
We recommend, instead:
• Press MANUAL if not in Manual mode.
• Press BANK.
• Enter the three-digit channel number.
MHZ will flash in the display.
• Enter the frequency from the keypad, using the decimal point where
appropriate.
Use the CLEAR key if you make a mistake. Then start over by entering the frequency again.
• Press the ENT key.
• Press one of the mode keys (AM, FM, or WFM).
(Note: Pressing the AM/FM key will toggle between these modes while pressing the WFM key
will toggle between WFM (Wide FM) and FM).
If the mode you want is the mode that is already selected, toggle the mode (press
the button twice). For example, if you want FM mode and FM is currently
displayed, press the AM/FM key twice. This will switch the display to AM and
then back to FM. The reason for doing this is when you changethe mode, this
acts as a termination to your operation and stores the frequency into the channel.
To enter a
frequency
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channel

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If you don’t do this, even though it looks like you have entered the frequency
into the channel, the next time you look at this channel, it will contain the
frequency that was previously in it. While this may seem cumbersome, in actual
practice this is a quite easy operation.
Entering sequential frequencies
If you are going to enter frequencies into a series of sequential channels, after
entering the first channel, simply press MANUAL to step to the next channel
and start again by entering in the new frequency.
In this case the repeating sequence will be:
• Enter frequency
• Press ENT
• Toggle a mode key
• Press MANUAL
Discussion
We recommend using our method for the following reasons:
♦It is more consistent to start out indicating the channel you want to deal with
rather than the frequency.
Using the factory method, you start entering a new frequency overan existing
frequency in a channel different than the one you want to finally use. This is very
confusing. Further, if you make a mistake, you may end up reprogramming the
channel you are on rather than the channel you desire.
In addition, using our method, you’ll find that it will add consistency to many
AR1000 operations. You will almost always firstspecify the channel you are
interested in and second, act on it (i.e. change the frequency). By first going to the
channel, you can see what is in it before you overwrite it. Using the factory
method, when you press PROG, BANK, and the channel number, the frequency
that is currently in the display overwrites whatever is in the channel number
without letting you see it first.
♦It is easier and more intuitive when entering frequencies in sequential
channels.
Once you set yourself up at the first of the sequential channels, you just follow
these steps: frequency, ENT, mode key (twice if needed), MANUAL. It becomes
very quick and intuitive to program a group of sequential channels.
To enter
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♦This is similar to the method used by other scanners.
If you also use or have used a Uniden Bearcat or Radio Shack scanner, you will
find this method familiar and comfortable.
• Press MANUAL if not in Manual mode.
• Press BANK.
• Enter the three-digit channel number.
MHz will flash in the display.
• Enter the new frequency from the numeric keypad.
Use the CLEAR key if you make a mistake. Then start over by entering the frequency again.
• Press ENT.
• Press or toggle a mode key (AM, FM, WFM).
This will overwrite the current frequency in the channel. A more general way to
explain this is that you can enter a new frequency when you are at any channel
and make it permanent by toggling a mode key. This fact also means that you
can “try out” frequencies in channels with existing frequencies in them. Plug in
the new frequency and listen. As long as you don’t toggle a mode key, the old
frequency will remain stored in the channel.
Locking a scan channel
You can temporarily lock a channel so that it is skipped during scanning. It’s
frequency remains programmed into the channel, but the channel is not looked
at during scanning.
• Press MANUAL if not in Manual mode.
• Press BANK.
• Enter the three-digit channel number.
• Press LOCKOUT.
L.OUT will flash in the display, indicating that the channel is now locked.
• Press MANUAL if not in Manual mode.
• Press BANK.
• Enter the three-digit channel number.
L.OUT will flash in the display, indicating that the channel is locked.
• Press LOCKOUT.
L.OUT disappears from the display.
Caution using Lockout
With the AR1000, the LOCKOUT key is always active. If you are scanning and
press LOCKOUT by accident, the channel that you happen to be scanning when
you press the key will be locked, even if the scanner has not stopped on that
channel. You will probably not even notice that you have locked the channel.
To change a
frequency in
a scan
channel
To lock a
scan channel
To remove
the lock on
a channel

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Therefore, it is a good idea to periodically go through your scan banks, using the
MANUAL key, to review the status of your channels. If the L.OUT indicator is
flashing while looking at any channel, that channel has been locked.
Clearing a scan channel
You may have noticed when you received your AR1000 that not every channel
had something in it. Often the first ten or so channels of each bank come pro-
grammed with some test frequencies that are used during final testing at the
factory. Many of the other channels are empty. There is a difference between a
locked channel and cleared channel.
You can directly clear a channel by going to the channel and pressing CLEAR,
ENT, and a mode key. A cleared channel will contain nothing in it (only the
decimal point is displayed). When you press the MANUAL key to sequentially
move through the channels, the AR1000 will skip overa cleared channel. In other
words, if channels 127 through 134 are cleared and you start on channel 125,
when you press MANUAL the first time, you will move to channel 126. The
next time you press MANUAL, you will move immediately to channel 135. The
only way to get to a cleared channel is with the BANK key.
If, on the other hand, channels 127 through 134 have frequencies programmed
in them but are locked, each time you press MANUAL, you will move to each
channel within the range 127 through 134. In both cases, while scanning, these
channels will be skipped.
While it would be nice to take advantage of cleared channels, users have reported
that if they clear out enough channels, the AR1000 will lock up completely,
requiring a processor reset. This usually involves a trip to the factory, although
we provide instructions for resetting and reprogramming the processor in this
guide.
Because of this nasty tendency, we recommend that you do not clear channels in
the AR1000. Instead, use a “placeholder” frequency to mark the channel as
“available.” A frequency like 10 MHz works well as a placeholder.
Marking a sequential group of channels as “available”
If your scanner contains many no-longer-used channels or for some reason you
want to get rid of a group of existing frequencies, the following technique will be
helpful. You may wonder why you might want to get rid of existing frequencies
when you can just lock them out. With so many channels to keep track of, it is
sometimes easier to plug in a placeholder frequency. For example, let’s say you

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were interested in monitoring the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). You might
plug in 20 frequencies in your scanner to monitor them. At some point you
decide you are no longer interested in them. If you leave the frequencies in the
scanner, even if locked out, when you go searching around for “available” chan-
nels to plug something else in, you may not remember what these frequencies
were for and whether or not you wanted to keep them. If, instead, they were filled
with a “placeholder” frequency, like 10.000 MHz (or whatever you choose), you
will immediately be able to recognize that these channels are available.
• Enter your placeholder value in the first channel of the sequential group.
• Lock the channel by pressing LOCKOUT.
• Press PROG.
• Enter the next three-digit channel number in the sequence.
The placeholder value will automatically be copied to this channel.
Continue with the last two steps, incrementing the channel number each time.
Both the placeholder frequency and the Lockout status will be copied into each
channel.
Copying a frequency from one channel to another
You may want to copy a frequency from one channel to another.
Assuming that you are in a channel that has the desired frequency,
• Press PROG.
• Enter a three-digit channel number.
This is the destination channel that will receive the frequency. Both the frequency and the
transmission mode will be copied to the destination channel.
This method works well for copying a single channel. To copy a group of chan-
nels to another area in the scanner, see page 41 in the Applications section.
Selecting and locking scan banks
Because you will probably organize your scan banks according to related groups of
frequencies, it is useful to be able to selectively turn banks on and off for scan-
ning.
To lock a scan bank you must first be in the bank you wish to lock.
• Press MANUAL if not in Manual mode.
• Press BANK.
• Enter a three-digit channel number that will put you in the bank you wish to
lock.
This gets you to the bank you wish to lock. You can lock a bank from any channel in that bank.
To lock bank 2, go to any channel from 200 to 299.
To lock a
scan bank
To “mark” a
sequential
group of
channels
To copy a
frequency
from one
channel to
another